A Letter from CEO, Tasha Kennard At Thistle Farms, people often ask what makes our model work.  The answer isn’t a single program or initiative. It’s the way everything connects.  We are guide...

A Letter from CEO, Tasha Kennard There are few moments at Thistle Farms as sacred as graduation. Each time we gather to celebrate a woman completing our two-year residential program, the room hold...

April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, and as it comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect and say a heartfelt thank you to the incredible volunteers who make our work possible. Through...

The residential program at Thistle Farms started 29 years ago and continues to be a guiding light for women survivors finding their way to healing. For 2026 Graduate, Samantha, her path to Thistle...

Graduation is a deeply personal and significant milestone at Thistle Farms’ Residential Program. It’s a transition from two years in intentional healing from trauma to thriving on own’s own while s...

At Thistle Farms, volunteers are not an “extra” to the work we do—they are woven into the fabric of it. They are part of what makes this community strong, what makes our spaces feel warm, and what ...

There is a particular kind of wisdom that comes from lived experience. It doesn’t come from theory or observation, it comes from surviving, from rebuilding, from choosing, again and again, to belie...

When you first visit Thistle Farms, you are likely to meet Jennifer. She’s the name in the email signature sign line, the face greeting you in the volunteer space, and the first to say, “Welcome h...

Behind the doors of a simple warehouse in West Nashville, there is daily transformation happening in the setting of a manufacturing facility. As you walk down the hallway, the smell of lavender wel...

She’ll say yes and I have to look at her and say, “Where? When? You gonna bring them to your house?”

I want people to know when they come here that this is a great place. This is a place of love.

It's the story of us.

“I think in my life what I wanted to believe, more than anything, is that love does heal.  So I’ve helped create communities where you get to see love heal; you get to see community in action.  It ...

Hope is showing up, again and again, especially when the road is long.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, I’d like to uplift two incredible leaders from the Thistle Farms network

Middle Tennessee and the South is steeped in histories of pain, liberation, and service for Black Americans. Learn about places you can visit to better understand the movements that defined the fig...

Go behind the scenes for an immersive learning experience while supporting women survivors at this upcoming event.

This Black History Month, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we define history...