Deanna Kitchen

Growing up, Deanna just assumed her deep desire to connect with people and find ways to create community was just the by-product of being born and raised in a town so small it only had one stop light. But she's come to realize it’s the very fiber of who she is and was the seed that eventually led her to founding the Growing Kindness Project.

Deanna believes deeply in the importance of connection and community, the power of small acts of kindness, and leaning in to the limitless possibilities that our limitations provide us.

Married to her high school love (true story: they met through 4H at the county fair) and mama to three amazing boys, they live together on their small scale flower farm Twig and Vine Farm, in tiny town north of Seattle. It's also home to hundreds of dahlias, a small flock of sheep, a handful of chickens, a faithful farm dog, and more tree forts and bike jumps than one can count. Deanna and her family have always seen their farm as an opportunity to to invite others into a place of rest and gathering and the Growing Kindness Project has become a very special extension of that deeply held value.