2024
Herbal Healing Retreats
SPRING
SUMMER
FALL
Attend one season or all three.
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A retreat experience spread out across the seasons,
weaving together herbal wisdom, foraging, gardening,
earth (re)connection, community building, healing & growth. Our retreats are facilitated in a way which supports individual and collective learning & growing through experiential processes and hands-on-learning.
During each seasonal retreat, we meet in-person for a full-day, every other week (refer to individual retreats for number of gatherings). Time together is spent in both "active" learning/doing and "passive" quiet/reflective experiencing.
Herbal Wellness
& Wild Wisdom
Foundational knowledge
for healthy living.
Let's explore the ways our grandmother's grandmother's grandmother (you get the idea) utilized herbs in the everyday. Knowledge of local plants were foundational for health and healing.​
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Food as Medicine - a new take on common kitchen spices.
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Support and strengthen internal body systems for targeted healing.
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Holistic healing through sacred plant teachings - connecting with spirit of plants & land.
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Experiential Learning &
Community Connection
Explorations in foraging, gardening & deep nature connection.
Ethics and safety of Foraging.
In spring, we explore the wild and cultivated spaces on the farm.
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Come summer we work in the garden(s), harvest, process and craft food and remedies for healing and wellness.
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All year round, but especially in fall, we focus on building our herbal apothecary/food pantry for winter and year-round wellness and explore wild mushrooms.
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Embrace awareness, caring & tending, community, awe and reverence for the land you call home and your community.
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Mindfulness
+ Sensory Awareness
for peace within.
Games and activities to expand and fine-tune our senses.
Awaken awareness and intuition through ever-changing sights, smells, noises, tastes and textures of the natural world.
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Guided meditation in body awareness, grounding, centering and boundaries.​
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Meditation challenging for you?
Sound therapy, through brainwave entrainment, supports your body and mind in entering a relaxed, meditative state.​ Enjoy a soundbath meditation in each retreat.​
Radically Rooted
FALL SESSION
Sep 28th - Oct 26th
Every other Saturday
9am - 3pm
As summer transitions to fall, we turn our focus inward. We gather the last of the harvest and prepare for the cold months of winter. What can we do, to prepare our body ,mind, heart and soul for the cold months ahead?
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During our fall retreat the focus will be on nervous and immune system balancing. In western herbal medicine, we turn to adaptogenic herbs, immune modulators and immune stimulators.
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There are many ways, at little to no monetary cost, that we can support ourselves in having a healthy nervous system. We will explore various practices, both out in nature and through meditation, to reduce and off-set the negative effects of stress.
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We will work with a few key herbs that are central to both nervous and immune system balance and support. These include elder, holy basil, common kitchen spices/herbs and medicinal mushrooms. You will learn several ways for preparing these herbs for your continued use at home.
Saturdays 9am - 3pm
Sep 28,
Oct 12 & 26
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Cost: $345
Covers all material and supplies. While each retreat is a little different, this includes all herbs, menstruum (vinegar, alcohol, honey, ect...), jars/bags, labels, ect... You will be taking home herbs and remedies/recipes harvested/made during our gathering time.
The Garden Gateway
SUMMER SESSION
Every other Saturday
June 15th - July 27th
9:00am - 3:00pm
Come ... be restored through connection with the plants, land and one another. Healing herbs of field, forest & garden. We'll explore the abundance of untended wild and cultivated garden spaces. We'll witness the exponential growth that comes with the longest daylight hours of the year. We celebrate the gifts of food, medicine and community.
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Our journey begins just before the summer solstice. We'll craft tasty, herbal remedies (food and medicines) for keeping ourselves hydrated, cool and nourished. We make herbal mocktails and cocktails that are complex, full of flavor and visually stunning. We engage all of our senses through relaxed wondering, quiet meditation, games / play, and herb craft (harvesting/processing).
Learn practices for quieting the mind of chatter and becoming fully present in your body.
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Saturdays 9am-3pm
June 15, 29
July 13, 27​​
Wild & Weedy Wellness
SPRING SESSION
March 23rd - May 4th
Every other Saturday
9am - 3pm
We've been tasked with a mission! Our adventures begin at the vernal equinox, and we're going on a foraging expedition through the farm fields and forest. What will we discover, who might we meet, and what secrets will we uncover?
Our entire spring session has a particular emphasis on foraging. Foraging 101 - safety, plant identification and communication allows us to connect in meaningful ways with the land, wildlife and plants around us.
We'll work with root, leaf and flower as we move into ethical harvesting. From there we transform nature's medicine into culinary delights.
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We will discuss shared patterns between our own bodies and the living earth and how we might be mutually supported through attuning to the energies and qualities of the season.
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Saturdays 9a - 3p
March 23
April 6, 20
May 4
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Retreat general information:
What we’ll do…
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Spend time indoors and out, exploring the land, playing games, tuning into our body, heart and mind while expanding our senses, meeting the plants + harvesting, processing, cooking and crafting.
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What you'll need...
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Bring a lunch, tea cup, thermos and your water bottle each time we meet.
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A pair of scissors, gardening gloves and jars/containers for transporting/storing your herbal harvest/creations (re-purposed food jars w/ lids work great for this). We'll send an email before each gathering day with what to bring.
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Anything you need to be comfortable both indoors and out. Examples include a good pair of walking/hiking shoes, outdoor gear (outerware) appropriate for the season, sun protection, bug repellent, ect... Again, a courtesy email is sent out prior to each retreat day with recommendations on what to bring as it pertains to our activities indoors and out.
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What if I need to unexpectedly miss a day?
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You can reach out to us before our next gathering to get you caught up on what you missed, including hand-outs, herb craft activity and a summary of the experiential piece(s) of the day. We do not pro-rate or provide refunds.
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For more information, please reach out through our contact form.
