Is The Garden a Cult? Plus, Cults on TikTok Explained (EXCLUSIVE) – Distractify

The Garden began as just a plot of land in Lafayette, Tenn. According to the founder, Patrick Martion, he started The Garden as a way to disconnect from capitalist society without any external resources.

It wasnt like a master plan, it was just a 20-something-year-old kid trying to do something... I was very optimistic, I was like, Oh Ill just buy this land and the right people will show up and itll be a positive change in the world, he told us.

In the TikTok videos about The Garden, residents show how they boil rainwater to use as hot water, how they live in renovated buses and shacks, and how they use the chicken coop and garden for sustenance.

To live peacefully, everyone votes on decisions affecting the community during council meetings.

For Patrick and The Garden, joining TikTok was a way to show that its possible to create intentional communities, that you can join intentional communities, you can do good with others, you can provide your own food, water, shelter, [and] become more independent of the system.

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Is The Garden a Cult? Plus, Cults on TikTok Explained (EXCLUSIVE) - Distractify