Our workshops are a celebration of the healing power of nature. All workshops are held in the yurt with opportunities to spend time in the herb garden, gazebo, growing lavender field, or pine forest.
Life's Journey
Some paths take us through darkness; our life journey is full of twists and turns, but on the darkest journey there is beauty to be found. Using nature as our teacher, this workshop will allow you to process where you are in your life's journey and acknowledge the tender places.
The yurt will be our touch stone where we will gather together for guided meditation and conversation in pairs and small groups. Time for personal inner quiet will be integrated into this workshop through " walking meditation" on Wild Apple Farm's pathways and herb garden.
Dates: June 24 , July 29th 9.30-12.30 Cost: $35
Some paths take us through darkness; our life journey is full of twists and turns, but on the darkest journey there is beauty to be found. Using nature as our teacher, this workshop will allow you to process where you are in your life's journey and acknowledge the tender places.
The yurt will be our touch stone where we will gather together for guided meditation and conversation in pairs and small groups. Time for personal inner quiet will be integrated into this workshop through " walking meditation" on Wild Apple Farm's pathways and herb garden.
Dates: June 24 , July 29th 9.30-12.30 Cost: $35
Painter's Day
Whether cultivated or wild, flowers are bursting with beauty at Wild Apple Farm.
Bring your easel for an afternoon of painting, sketching or pastels and express whatever feeds your soul. Any level of ability is welcome. This is an unstructured opportunity to hone your skills or try something new. After introductions, we will take a stroll around gardens and pathways. Select your place to work with a friend, in a group or alone. Refreshments will be set out to allow time for conversation with people who share your passion. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Date: July 15 10 a.m -2 p.m Cost: $25
Whether cultivated or wild, flowers are bursting with beauty at Wild Apple Farm.
Bring your easel for an afternoon of painting, sketching or pastels and express whatever feeds your soul. Any level of ability is welcome. This is an unstructured opportunity to hone your skills or try something new. After introductions, we will take a stroll around gardens and pathways. Select your place to work with a friend, in a group or alone. Refreshments will be set out to allow time for conversation with people who share your passion. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Date: July 15 10 a.m -2 p.m Cost: $25
Poet's Day
Since time immemorial poets have used images from nature, in metaphor, to express emotions from grief to exquisite joy. This unique workshop is held outdoors in our large open sided yurt. It will allow you to sit in the heart of the natural world with the sights and sounds of nature filling your senses. Whether you are just getting started or you have been writing poetry for a long time, feast your eyes on beauty and let nature inspire. For more details contact us!
July 22 9.30-12.30 Cost: $35
The heart is deep wild rock. -D.H. Lawrence
Since time immemorial poets have used images from nature, in metaphor, to express emotions from grief to exquisite joy. This unique workshop is held outdoors in our large open sided yurt. It will allow you to sit in the heart of the natural world with the sights and sounds of nature filling your senses. Whether you are just getting started or you have been writing poetry for a long time, feast your eyes on beauty and let nature inspire. For more details contact us!
July 22 9.30-12.30 Cost: $35
The heart is deep wild rock. -D.H. Lawrence
The Healing Power of Writing
The ancient art of storytelling allowed both story teller and listener a way to understand the outer world and the inner life. Our own stories are just as powerful; writing them out can be cathartic; reading them back, a revelation. The writer's workshop will explore ways to unlock your creative spirit and find a voice.
This is an interactive three hour workshop with discussion, personal reflection and opportunities to write
Retired, award-winning journalist, Philip McNichol will offer guidance throughout the workshop
Date: July 2nd 9.30-12.30 or July 25th 1- 4 p.m Cost: $35
*WRITERS RETREAT This small retreat cabin offers quiet and privacy in a beautiful wooded setting. Available for a day of retreat to write, meditate or just to get away from it all. It comes complete with with table chairs and a bed for an afternoon nap. The five windows offer cross breezes.
It also has a composting outhouse. Contact us for availability.
The ancient art of storytelling allowed both story teller and listener a way to understand the outer world and the inner life. Our own stories are just as powerful; writing them out can be cathartic; reading them back, a revelation. The writer's workshop will explore ways to unlock your creative spirit and find a voice.
This is an interactive three hour workshop with discussion, personal reflection and opportunities to write
Retired, award-winning journalist, Philip McNichol will offer guidance throughout the workshop
Date: July 2nd 9.30-12.30 or July 25th 1- 4 p.m Cost: $35
*WRITERS RETREAT This small retreat cabin offers quiet and privacy in a beautiful wooded setting. Available for a day of retreat to write, meditate or just to get away from it all. It comes complete with with table chairs and a bed for an afternoon nap. The five windows offer cross breezes.
It also has a composting outhouse. Contact us for availability.
Jam Making Day. . . From harvest to mason jar
Like the quilting Bees of pioneer days, the process of picking and preserving is an opportunity to gather and work in community. More than just learning the fundamentals of jam making, this workshop teaches the process from harvest to the label on the jar.
In this full day workshop, you will pick blackcurrants ( full of anti-oxidants and vitamin C) and learn the pace of harvesting. Together, we will prepare the fruit, sharing conversation while we clean and sort currants. All before measuring and boiling to make the jam. You will leave the workshop with your own jar of delicious homemade jam.
Date: August 5th 9.30 a.m Cost: $75
Like the quilting Bees of pioneer days, the process of picking and preserving is an opportunity to gather and work in community. More than just learning the fundamentals of jam making, this workshop teaches the process from harvest to the label on the jar.
In this full day workshop, you will pick blackcurrants ( full of anti-oxidants and vitamin C) and learn the pace of harvesting. Together, we will prepare the fruit, sharing conversation while we clean and sort currants. All before measuring and boiling to make the jam. You will leave the workshop with your own jar of delicious homemade jam.
Date: August 5th 9.30 a.m Cost: $75
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Wild Leek Soup, the pioneer way
Learn how and why the pioneers gathered wild leeks in the spring-time. In this hands-on outdoor workshop you will learn to identify wild leeks, dig them in a sustainable manner, and prepare the ingredients to make leek soup over an open fire. The workshop ends with sharing soup around the campfire. Beginning of May
Learn how and why the pioneers gathered wild leeks in the spring-time. In this hands-on outdoor workshop you will learn to identify wild leeks, dig them in a sustainable manner, and prepare the ingredients to make leek soup over an open fire. The workshop ends with sharing soup around the campfire. Beginning of May