Come out to spend time on the land, learn new skills, share meals and knowledge, and tend to your mind, body, and spirit.
MountainCraft and Music Gathering is a 4 day long festival featuring a variety of workshops in primitive skills, earth skills, permaculture, fiber arts, outdoor survival and wildcrafting. The festival includes a benefit concert with the Earthy folk beats of Holy River and legendary bluegrass band The Fruit Jar Howlers. Concert proceeds support The REED Center’s initiatives to plant trees and host environmentally conscious events like MountainCraft.
Set in the Appalachian Foothills on 150 acres of protected woodland. The site is home to a permaculture learning center, budding food forest, serene panoramic views, and a woodland amphitheater. The festival will include a kids area, medicine song circles, campfire stories, local food trucks, and a family friendly atmosphere to reconnect us to each other and to nature.
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Join us for a chance to share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a chance to share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a chance to share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a chance to share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a chance to share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Prepping a healthy garden begins in the fall. In this class, we will be exploring several distinct practices that are best done during this season.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Join us at Morning View Food Forest for a chance to get your blood pumping, breathe in the fresh air, and share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
This class is for people who have familiarity with permaculture or ecological landscape design principles, and some experience working on and with the land. We'll be covering more advanced design techniques, including strategies for making long-term management of these landscapes easier.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
We'll start the day by planting some trees together as part of the ground-breaking for the Tree of Life. Then, we will hear presentations from our PDC Project Track students and provide feedback to help them move forward with their evolving designs. Any alumni will be welcome to share their experiences with projects they may actively be working on as well.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Join us at Morning View Food Forest for a chance to get your blood pumping, breathe in the fresh air, and share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Participation in a drum circle is a wonderful meditative practice. It gives us an opportunity to turn off our thinking minds, as we tap into a unified pulse. People who play in drum circles often share how it is an experience that creates a sense of belonging. It is a reminder that we are all connected, and that each person’s contributions are valuable.
Join us at Morning View Food Forest for a chance to get your blood pumping, breathe in the fresh air, and share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Join us at Morning View Food Forest for a chance to get your blood pumping, breathe in the fresh air, and share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
In this class, we will be diving into the ins and outs of how to design and care for forest gardens and food forests.
* Mandatory class for PDC
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
Participation in a drum circle is a wonderful meditative practice. It gives us an opportunity to turn off our thinking minds, as we tap into a unified pulse. People who play in drum circles often share how it is an experience that creates a sense of belonging. It is a reminder that we are all connected, and that each person’s contributions are valuable.
In this class we will be building our own bee hotels, and we'll be exploring specific practices we can use in our own yards to create sanctuaries and support the health and well-being of bees and other insects. Our guest teacher, Kypriana, will be showing us how to keep honey bees naturally.
Join us at Morning View Food Forest for a chance to get your blood pumping, breathe in the fresh air, and share in the joy of transforming a once-damaged landscape into a vibrant, bio-diverse, thriving ecosystem.
Join us for a mid-week boost of asana (yoga/movement) and human connection every Wednesday evening from June through August.
Join us for a mountain-side yoga flow boasting a beautiful view of the Middletown Valley, every Sunday morning, from March through November.
