Hawthorne Valley Harvest Festival

Mark your calendars for our annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 11 from 11am-3pm!

For over 25 years, Hawthorne Valley has offered this free festival to celebrate agriculture, ecology, education, art, and community! It has become an autumn tradition for thousands. This year’s festival will include many of our beloved activities, including a marionette performance by The Magical Puppet Tree, children’s craft activities, horse rides, cider pressing, hay rides, a vendor market, and more!

Living with Hummingbirds Workshop

September 12, 13, and 14, 2025 — Avena Botanicals, Rockport, Maine
Taught by Dr. Rocio Alarcón, with garden walks by Deb Soule
Cost: $395 (includes 2 dinners & 2 lunches)

JPI is Sponsoring a fall workshop at Perennial Roots Farm (PRF) in Accomac, Virginia. 

PRICE IS SLIDING SCALE. PAY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD! If you are able to contribute more, you help cover costs for others to attend and when there's a surplus from the event, it all goes directly to supporting JPI's work extending biodynamics over as much of the earth as possible.

The mission of biodynamics has always been one of fostering health for the purpose of universal human freedom.

Nov. 7, 8, 9, 10 Chesapeake BioDynamic Network Regional 2025 Agricultural Conference

Pick & Choose what you can attend

Donations Warmly Welcomed

Conference Theme: Biodynamic Beekeeping with Speaker

Alex Tuchman, Director of Spikenard Bee Sanctuary

Chesapeake BioDynamic Network (CBDN)

The Chesapeake BioDynamic Network of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware,

District of Columbia, & West Virginia announces:

Biodynamic Presentation September 20 Saturday at 7:00 pm

Biodynamic Dan Ditzler of Pennsylvania

At the Christian Community Parish House 4221 Metzerott Rd College Park, MD 20740

Come and make Biodynamic Dan feel welcomed

Chesapeake BioDynamic Network (CBDN)

The Chesapeake BioDynamic Network of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware,

District of Columbia, & West Virginia announces:

Biodynamic Presentation September 20 Saturday at 7:00 pm

Biodynamic Dan Ditzler of Pennsylvania

At the Christian Community Parish House 4221 Metzerott Rd College Park, MD 20740

Come and make Biodynamic Dan feel welcomed

The Biodynamic Cycle of the Year, Elemental Beings, & Compost Preps Cont.

Enhancing Plant and Tree Health, Cosmic and Earthly Nutrition, & Honeybees

Seeing Nature Whole, Life Rhythms + Biodynamic Planting Calendar

In the morning Craig Holdrege explores how to work with the living dynamic qualities of plants and animals to better understand the world around us. In the afternoon, Sherry Wildfeuer, the founder of the Stella Natura planting calendar, explains how the calendar is created, what it tells us, and how we can use it to learn to work with nature’s rhythms and forces.