Bruce and Kristen Weaver

Unique Wilderness Caretakers

Interests: Brain tanning buckskin, native beadwork, painting, permaculture, primitive skills, gardening, cooking.

Bruce and Kristen Weaver make a great caretaking team. Kristen spent most of her early professional life in the health and fitness industry in southern California before moving to Prescott, AZ. Bruce spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a nuclear armaments specialist, then worked as a Personal Trainer in Aspen, CO and as a general manager.

In 1993, Bruce and Kristen moved to Prescott, AZ to take positions as year round resident caretakers of Camp Charles Pearlstein, a Jewish summer camp in the biggest Ponderosa Pines forest in the world. They were full time salaried employees, with a large home provided, along with health and dental insurance.

Bruce’s duties included light construction, plumbing, electrical, groundskeeping, and building maintenance. He also built a hand crafted log cabin to be used as a nature center to educate children about indigenous plant and wildlife.

While reading The Caretaker Gazette, they were intrigued with another caretaking opportunity for a seminar and retreat center in California. They were flown out for an interview, and soon after were offered the position. They plan to turn their backyard into an heirloom garden called The Garden at Four Springs.