Grove House is a new, independent spiritual initiative for young adults who recognize that the world we have is not right — and who are committed to using their life, learning, and choices to build a different one.
Grove House
This is something new.
WHAT WE’RE ABOUT
Grove House is as practical as it is deep.
We study what matters — justice, ecology, the body, the spirit, and the connections between them. We meet regularly (virtually) and gather occasionally (in-person).
Grove House is not for profit.
Membership is contribute-what-you-can.
Grove House is a space that gently pushes you to think differently. To care differently. To do differently.
Everyone who joins commits to three things:
1) Study.
Learn what makes a life good, and how you can build one. Deepen your understanding of the connections between history and the present, nature and society, the world and your choices.
2) Connection.
With care and discretion. Share space. Be witnessed. In a space where you're allowed to be real. Connect with the work in your own life, and connect with the people committed to the same thing.
3) Contribution.
Bring what you carry. Your time, your creativity, your resources. Participate. Give what helps nurture the grove.
Pedro Tofua
A note from the founder
I have lived my life between worlds.
Past and present. Here and there. Traditional and anything but. It’s only right that Grove House should emerge from that.
Like me, Grove House is between worlds. It is practical, and grounded. And also bold, and audacious. It can hold politics and knowledge and god and the spirit in the same breath. Because they are the same breath. It can hold an honest laugh and a real cry. A guiding principle and a dreamy thought.
What I carry into it is something new. Born with me and learned over time. But also the inherited, lived wisdom of the great-grandparents of my great-grandparents. The learned wisdom of having faced, and studied, and considered, and changed. And the imposed wisdom of having lived through things others speak about in the abstract.
Grove House exists to gather and empower, inform and inspire. To give and be given to. It is the space I wish I'd had, but could never find. It is the realities I carry, but could never find a home for.
I've spent a lot of time in rooms — classrooms, boardrooms, conference rooms — that got at pieces, but never the whole. And I would rather get at the whole. Plant and tend the seeds of something new, and different. Because every grove, every garden, every forest starts from seed.
Grove House is that seed.
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We are gathering our first group of fellows to help organize our inaugural cohort in Fall 2026. Learn more and express your interest below.
Upcoming
We are gathering our first group of fellows to help organize our inaugural cohort in Fall 2026.
“To express your interest, write me a short letter. Talk a little about who you are and where you are in life. Tell me what draws you here. And tell me what you carry — what interests, skills, lived experiences, identities (past or present, shed or current), values, or vibe you might bring. Submit above.”
—P
The Details
Grove House is open to young adults ages 21-32 (as of December 31st, 2026) who have completed (or will soon complete) a four-year degree program.
We are selecting up to 6 founding fellows. Fellows meet monthly via video call, at the end of each month, and gather seasonally for long weekends in Washington, DC. Fellows contribute to organizing the inaugural Grove House membership cohort launching by the end of 2026.
Membership is contribute-what-you-can. Priority consideration for expressions of interest received by June 30. Rolling after that until spots are filled. If priority, you'll hear back by July 15th.
Fellows are responsible for their own travel to seasonal gatherings. If cost is a barrier, submit anyways and reach out — we'll work with you.