<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Undergrowth]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Undergrowth]]></description><link>https://www.theundergrowth.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:12:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theundergrowth.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Case for a Remote Corporate Off-Site — And What to Look For in a Venue]]></title><description><![CDATA[A change of scenery isn't the point. A change of conditions is.   Most corporate off-sites are well-intentioned and quietly ineffective. Flowing water greets all who enter The Undergrowth. Not because the people running them don't care. Not because the agenda is wrong. But because the environment is. You book a hotel conference room two hours from the office, bring everyone in on a Tuesday, and spend two days doing exactly what you do every week — sitting at a table, looking at slides,...]]></description><link>https://www.theundergrowth.org/post/the-case-for-a-remote-corporate-off-site</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3e1ba838edf8f8dd35f6f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:49:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e45979_d676d719860149e1939fe6058e9c59b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Undergrowth</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is a Micro Wedding Retreat — And Why the Shenandoah Valley Is the Perfect Place for One]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your twenty closest people. One weekend in the Shenandoah Valley. A ceremony, a long dinner, a slow morning after. The micro wedding retreat is a different kind of beginning — and The Undergrowth was built for exactly this.]]></description><link>https://www.theundergrowth.org/post/what-is-a-micro-wedding-retreat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3d666d36a85c300c0e128</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:35:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e45979_b45a8cd851ab450d98bf0fb4b619db2b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Undergrowth</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Built a Gathering Space in the Shenandoah: The Story of The Undergrowth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some places exist to slow you down. This is one of them.   There is a particular kind of tired that has nothing to do with sleep. It is the tiredness that comes from being always-on, always-connected, always responding to something that happened on a screen somewhere. It is the tiredness of meetings that could have been emails, of conversations that happen over text instead of over a table, of weekends that end before they ever really started. We know that tired. It is exactly why we built...]]></description><link>https://www.theundergrowth.org/post/why-we-built-the-undergrowth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c6a6c4495b6130434eba31</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:09:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e45979_b5d6f98dcd2f4256a3481a48abf473fa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Undergrowth</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>