Come gather, create, and explore the outdoors this winter! This is an opportunity for girls age 10-13 years old to come together and learn hands-on earth skills while tending their hearts and the hearth of fire. In this four part series, participants will learn how to build and maintain fire, work with plant fibers and wood, learn ways to identify and ethically harvest plants as food and medicine, while growing awareness and confidence within place.

Potential Themes/Activities:
Fire
Activity: The art of building fire, ancient traditions of women and fire, fired digging sticks, Winter Solstice intentions and honoring of the light

Earth
Activity: Ethics of root harvest, wandering wild pathways/ clearing trails, cyclical intentions

Water
Activity: Hot rock boiling, forest teas and water-based infusions, burn spoons

Air
Activity: Cottonwood harvest, oil-based infusions, the branches above- tree medicine

• Date and Time: Saturdays, December 19th, January 9th, January 30th, February 20th; 11AM-3PM

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

• Tuition: $250 (4- part series)

Open to girls ages 10- 13 years old.

Due to COVID, classes will be limited to participants. This class will be held outside, socially distanced with masks.

Other logistics:
This series will take place at the Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA. Rachael Witt of Wildness Within LLC will be the instructor for the program. We will be outside for the duration of our time together– primarily in the woods around a fire or exploring the property. Participants will have access to water and clean facilities on site. They will be required to wear masks, stay socially distant, and bring their own water/food. COVID protocols will be enforced for our time together, while also allowing for connection around craft and nature.

If weather (snow) limits accessibility to the land, we might adjust the meeting spot to a park or outdoor place available based on conditions or reschedule entirely.