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Shelley & Kevin

Co-founders

Shelley and Kevin expanded Belle Vie Farm in 2021 when they purchased the property adjacent to Wildflower Learning Community. Today, they grow a variety of fruit trees, cultivate and harvest wild fruits including muscadine grapes, elderberries, American persimmons and autumn olives (for jam!). They raise ducks and chickens for eggs, pygora goats for fiber as well as donkeys and bunnies (for cuteness!). They also forest raise Tamworth pigs. They are four years into growing their food forest. They are pictured here with one of their persimmon trees.

Ashlyn

Belle Vie Farm Counselor and

Poplar & Pine Nature School Founder

Ashlyn has been a BVF counselor since 2025 and owns Poplar & Pine Nature School. Poplar & Pine currently offers after school programs on site at Belle Vie. Ashlyn is a co-conspirator with Shelley, coming up with all manner of exciting activities and ideas for BVF campers! Shelley and Ashlyn could talk until sunrise if left unsupervised!

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Alyssa

Belle Vie Farm Counselor

& Stilt Walker

Alyssa has been a BVF counselor since 2025. She is an actor with the Paperhand Puppet Project and teaches art after school. 

Ava

Belle Vie Farm Counselor

& Music Teacher

Ava has been a BVF counselor since 2024. She is a senior at UNC-CH and also teaches music lessons to children in her spare time. 

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