From Meadowlark Hearth Farm:
We invite you to join us for a weekend of sharing skills and learning new ones, shared meals, social time, music, storytelling, folk dancing and more! Other skill instruction that may be included are:
- Ancient fire-making skills
- Flint knapping, arrowheads and tools
- Atlatl making and throwing
- Cordage: Harvesting fiber from natural materials, and making cord & string
- Hide work and bead work
- Willow structures and basketry
- Knife safety skills and notching techniques
- Techniques for snares
- Ancestral Scales: Music intervals and singing in and with Nature
- Planetary Rhythms: Sky map study prior to stargazing evenings
- Wild plant walks: Id, uses and harvest
- Felting and drop spindle spinning
- Check back for updates on more!
A limited number of discounted tickets may be offered, based on need, via our Work Exchange Program. If you can come and teach skills and/or help with setting up, daily tasks, take down, etc.and would like a discounted fee in exchange for your work, you may Inquire About Work Exchange.
Camping is available and participants traveling from a distance are encouraged to arrive on August 19 to set up camp.