Protogrove of the Valley Oak

We are not currently an ADF Protogrove, but will be re-applying for protogrove status. As an ADF protogroce, the Protogrove of the Valley Oak, ADF saw its first sparks of life at Imbolc 2012 when four members of Sacramento's Sierra Madrone Grove, ADF gathered in a park in Santa Clara for ritual, and agreed to join together to bring ADF Druidry back to the Bay Area after an absence of a few years.

Our Grove Organizer's Survey (basically an application for permission to form a Protogrove) was submitted to Ár nDraíocht Féin by caitlin the next day (6 February 2012), and we received official ADF approval on 29 February 2012 (is that not an awesome, liminal birthdate for our group?! We're officially based in San José, CA, but have members all over the SF Bay Area as well as other parts of Northern California. Our intentions for our Protogrove include celebrating eight public high days each year (our hearth being Celtic and Norse, we'll celebrate rituals for both pantheons), and performing regularly scheduled community service supporting the folk AND the land. We also have a multitude of ideas for frequent activities ranging from educational to spiritual to social, and sometimes all three together. We are very excited about bringing ADF back to the Bay Area, and we hope you'll join us! :)

You can find our Facebook Social Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheOaklings/ :)