About Kinstone

Modern Megalithic Garden = “Modern” means it was built recently (began in 2011); “Megalithic” means that it consists of very large stones, and “Garden” means a space to grow plants. Visitors find acres of standing stones amidst tall grass prairie as well as berries, fruit, and nut trees and raised bed gardens.

At its heart, Kinstone is a land restoration and human rejuvenation project. Beginning in 2011, founder Kristine turned a portion of her bluff-top family dairy farm into a peaceful place of land-art and creative expression on a grand scale. Love of the earth and a spectacular sense of wonder, mystery, and beauty is at its core. Kinstone has become a deeply energetic place where people come to experience large-scale land art, natural building, tall-grass prairies, sweeping bluff-top horizons and beautiful skyscapes. Many visitors find they are inspired and transformed by the intentional design of Kinstone and its integration of land, stone, sky and the whole natural world.

Kristine Beck is the founder and creator of Kinstone. She purchased this 30-acre section of the original family dairy farm where she was raised from her parents, Roman and Angeline Bork, in 1994. She is the 4th generation on her father’s side to steward this land. An entrepreneur at heart, she returned to her family land to build Kinstone after successfully selling a software company she had started in 2001 with a business partner. She wanted to build a “place to be” where she could literally “come back to life” after a career that was fulfilling yet draining. Kristine now dedicates her time and energy to Kinstone. She has always had a special love for stone and sky and has always felt at peace when immersed in the natural world. At Kinstone, she blends conscious care of the Earth with art to create sacred spaces that offer peace amidst chaos, and invite and inspire people to experience the life-giving power of the land, stone and sky to transform, energize and revive the whole person. Kristine currently manages all aspects of Kinstone. She is an amateur photographer focusing on the beauty and wonder of nature, especially as seen at Kinstone. Her self-appointed title is Land Listener – a job requiring her to listen to the land and help it fulfill its apparent mission to offer peace to and exchange life-giving energy with all beings.