Learning from Tree and Stone: Getting to Know Home in the Fall

October 3-5
Begins with dinner at 6 pm on Friday and ends with Sunday lunch.
Cost: $225; includes lodging and all meals.

“Getting to know home is the most human and necessary of occupations,” according to naturalist and author Ann Zwinger. Much of Earth is largely outside our range of perception. We often behave as if it were invisible. Our imaginations are malnourished; our daily lives fail to develop our capacity to see and experience the wonder and joy of our home landscapes.

Come away to the farm for a weekend, to make our home visible, to enlarge our vision, to see again the beauty, variety, and intricacy of life. This weekend will be helpful for those of us who are teachers – classroom teachers, parents, grandparents – and for all of us who want to encourage and foster our relationship to Earth. Prerequisites: A desire to explore, discover, and learn from Earth around us; a willingness to experiment with writing and drawing as processes (not products) in a journaling context, to deepen intimacy with Earth.

Led by Seanna Ashburn, Genesis Farm staff. Seanna has been an educator for over 30 years.