Late Winter Land Tending Weekend at River’s Bend With Returning of the Sun & Full Moon!
Friday - Sunday | Feb 4 - 6, 2023
Join us out on the land, fire and water, continuing to deepen our learning about and connection with this mixed Oak and coastal redwoods ecosystem that so many of us belong to and love. Re-member the total joy of embodied work, outside, in community!
Early February in coastal california is its own version of Gaelic ceremony time called “Imbolc”, a time of honoring the beginning of Spring, rebirth, halfway between solstice and equinox, a time for spring cleaning and divination, and the feast day for the Goddess and Saint Brigid.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/Y2gsb4sbo1fAhjb97
A few ways we’ll get to feel the pulse of this season (and learn more about this land):
Clearing - what is of the last season - in many ways
Clearing fuel for fire that doesn’t serve (working with our Fir trees and Eucalyptus grove to clear undergrowth and “laddering fuels” as well as . . .
Clearing to make way for baby oaks ready to grow, clearing for health of the grandparent Oaks.
Clearing to support balance, through the removal of invasive weeds that can easily take over - for instance, Scotch Broom
Tending Soil - Readying Garden beds. Clearing, weeding, possibly sowing.
Feel the Land getting ready. first stirrings of spring, when the ground feels the first sense of warming after winter. A time for planting the seeds for the next cycle, after the deep contemplation of solstice, when we can consider the metaphorical seeds we want to plant.
Planting and Supporting Baby Trees - Supporting the next generation for our Riparian areas Re-wilding some areas around the pond
Honoring the Sun and Regenerative Carbon Cycles: Tending to a healthy Carbon Cycle by burning in ways that create biochar that can sequester that ancient sunlight for the good of soil health!
More TBD! (there’s always more!:)
Practical Details:
Provided, free of charge: your own room in a lodge or cabin (or share with friends/family), simple and heart-full Breakfasts and Saturday Dinner, good camaraderie, and dirt on your hands!
Schedule:
Friday Arrival:
Friday between 3 - 7 pm or Saturday by 10 am
(if you arrive by 10 am Saturday, we request that you come first to the opening gathering, and later get situated).
Friday Dinner is choose your own adventure (wonderful options in Boonville, Philo, or you can cook in your lodge)
Saturday Morning
9-9:30 am: RB Provides: GF Breakfast (with eggs)
10 am - 12:30 pm:
Learning about this Land and Engaging in Land Stewarding Options
(Plan to arrive Friday night or arrive by 10 am)
12:30 - 2 pm: BYO Lunch, hike, rest
2-5 pm: Land Stewarding and closing with experiences of the day
6/6:30 - 9 pm: Supper and Fire and stars for those who wish (Weather dependent)
The Living Room will be open if needed as a place for folks to spread out for the evening.
Sunday Morning:
9-9:30 am: RB provides simple breakfast with eggs, etc.
10 am -12 pm Land Stewarding Options and Closing circle
(if you need to leave by 11 am, let us know ahead)
Feb 3-5 Volunteer Land Learning and Tending
Schedule & Other Details:
Friday
Friday Arrival: Between 3 pm- 8 pm.
or Saturday by 10 am
(if you arrive by 10 am Saturday, we request that you come first to the gathering, and get situated later).
Friday Dinner: Choose your own adventure (wonderful options in Boonville, Philo, or you bring some food to cook in your lodge)
Saturday
9-9:30 am: GF Breakfast available (with eggs) coffee & tea, etc.
10 am - 12:30 pm:
Learning the Land and Land Stewarding
12:30 - 2 pm: BYO Lunch, hike, rest
2-5 pm: Land Stewarding and Sharing Experiences of the day
5:30 or 6 pm: Soup and Salad Supper by the Fire! Or Supper to Go!
Fire and stars for those who wish (Weather dependent)
The Living Room will be open if needed as a place for folks to spread out for the evening.
Sunday
9-9:30 am: Simple breakfast, coffee & tea, etc.
10 am -12 pm
Land Stewarding Options and Closing circle.
(if you need to leave by 11 am, let us know.)
Land Stewarding Practices We Hope to Work On:
Lodging Info: We will offer each guest or guest group their own room/s in shared lodging, We will use lodges with multiple entrances and bathrooms to offer as much space as possible to support everyone's health. We plan for it to feel spacious.
Meals: Will be offered in way that folks can eat inside, outside or in their cabins.
Friday - Sunday | Feb 4 - 6, 2023
Join us out on the land, fire and water, continuing to deepen our learning about and connection with this mixed Oak and coastal redwoods ecosystem that so many of us belong to and love. Re-member the total joy of embodied work, outside, in community!
Early February in coastal california is its own version of Gaelic ceremony time called “Imbolc”, a time of honoring the beginning of Spring, rebirth, halfway between solstice and equinox, a time for spring cleaning and divination, and the feast day for the Goddess and Saint Brigid.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/Y2gsb4sbo1fAhjb97
A few ways we’ll get to feel the pulse of this season (and learn more about this land):
Clearing - what is of the last season - in many ways
Clearing fuel for fire that doesn’t serve (working with our Fir trees and Eucalyptus grove to clear undergrowth and “laddering fuels” as well as . . .
Clearing to make way for baby oaks ready to grow, clearing for health of the grandparent Oaks.
Clearing to support balance, through the removal of invasive weeds that can easily take over - for instance, Scotch Broom
Tending Soil - Readying Garden beds. Clearing, weeding, possibly sowing.
Feel the Land getting ready. first stirrings of spring, when the ground feels the first sense of warming after winter. A time for planting the seeds for the next cycle, after the deep contemplation of solstice, when we can consider the metaphorical seeds we want to plant.
Planting and Supporting Baby Trees - Supporting the next generation for our Riparian areas Re-wilding some areas around the pond
Honoring the Sun and Regenerative Carbon Cycles: Tending to a healthy Carbon Cycle by burning in ways that create biochar that can sequester that ancient sunlight for the good of soil health!
More TBD! (there’s always more!:)
Practical Details:
Provided, free of charge: your own room in a lodge or cabin (or share with friends/family), simple and heart-full Breakfasts and Saturday Dinner, good camaraderie, and dirt on your hands!
Schedule:
Friday Arrival:
Friday between 3 - 7 pm or Saturday by 10 am
(if you arrive by 10 am Saturday, we request that you come first to the opening gathering, and later get situated).
Friday Dinner is choose your own adventure (wonderful options in Boonville, Philo, or you can cook in your lodge)
Saturday Morning
9-9:30 am: RB Provides: GF Breakfast (with eggs)
10 am - 12:30 pm:
Learning about this Land and Engaging in Land Stewarding Options
(Plan to arrive Friday night or arrive by 10 am)
12:30 - 2 pm: BYO Lunch, hike, rest
2-5 pm: Land Stewarding and closing with experiences of the day
6/6:30 - 9 pm: Supper and Fire and stars for those who wish (Weather dependent)
The Living Room will be open if needed as a place for folks to spread out for the evening.
Sunday Morning:
9-9:30 am: RB provides simple breakfast with eggs, etc.
10 am -12 pm Land Stewarding Options and Closing circle
(if you need to leave by 11 am, let us know ahead)
Feb 3-5 Volunteer Land Learning and Tending
Schedule & Other Details:
Friday
Friday Arrival: Between 3 pm- 8 pm.
or Saturday by 10 am
(if you arrive by 10 am Saturday, we request that you come first to the gathering, and get situated later).
Friday Dinner: Choose your own adventure (wonderful options in Boonville, Philo, or you bring some food to cook in your lodge)
Saturday
9-9:30 am: GF Breakfast available (with eggs) coffee & tea, etc.
10 am - 12:30 pm:
Learning the Land and Land Stewarding
12:30 - 2 pm: BYO Lunch, hike, rest
2-5 pm: Land Stewarding and Sharing Experiences of the day
5:30 or 6 pm: Soup and Salad Supper by the Fire! Or Supper to Go!
Fire and stars for those who wish (Weather dependent)
The Living Room will be open if needed as a place for folks to spread out for the evening.
Sunday
9-9:30 am: Simple breakfast, coffee & tea, etc.
10 am -12 pm
Land Stewarding Options and Closing circle.
(if you need to leave by 11 am, let us know.)
Land Stewarding Practices We Hope to Work On:
- Protecting Baby Black Oaks
- Cutting firs and using the slash in gullies or places of erosion (liberating the Oaks)
- Removing eucalyptus (and gathering leaves for medicine)
- Meadow Seeding for native grasses and flowers
- Willow planting around riparian areas.
- Winter Garden support
Lodging Info: We will offer each guest or guest group their own room/s in shared lodging, We will use lodges with multiple entrances and bathrooms to offer as much space as possible to support everyone's health. We plan for it to feel spacious.
Meals: Will be offered in way that folks can eat inside, outside or in their cabins.
