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Mushroom Cultivation Workshop – May & August

January 18, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date:

Saturday, May 31st

Sunday, August 24th

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Tickets $85

Mushroom Cultivation

$85 – Share the Abundance – Paying full price helps to subsidize and support those that may not have the means at this time.

$75- Essential – Paying this price is in line with my financial integrity. Please use coupon code FUNGI10

$65 – Basic – Paying this price is what feels right for me and my financial situation. Please use coupon code FUNGI20

 

Are you interested in learning more about mushrooms? Join mushroom cultivator and forager Kacy Binz in a fun and hands-on mushroom cultivation workshop! Kacy will walk you through each step of the growing process, from mycelium to mushroom. She will lead the group in an inoculation of blue oyster mushrooms, and you will leave with your own at home mushroom growing kit! You will also learn about the phenomenal health benefits of mushrooms as well as some tasty recipes to introduce wild mushrooms more into your diet. She will also have some tips and advice for those interested in wild foraging.

Mushroom Growing Kit

 

Mushroom snacks and tea will be provided, as well as print outs of all the information. 

Savory Wild Mushrooms served at workshop!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kacy Binz, farmer & mushroom cultivator

Kacy has experience growing a wide variety of delectable mushrooms, such as lions mane, oysters, piopinno, white beech, chestnut, nameko and more.  She also enjoys foraging for wild mushrooms and plants, as well as making tea blends and tinctures. Her goal is to inspire people to incorporate more mushrooms into their diet, to become more connected with nature and our source of food, and to make delicious and creative recipes using mushrooms!

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Create *Explore* Renew

January 17, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Day: Sunday, June 1st
Time: 1pm -4pm
Cost: $90/pp

$90 – Share the Abundance – Paying full price helps to subsidize and support those that may not have the means at this time.

$80- Essential – Paying this price is in line with my financial integrity. Please use coupon code TRE10

$70 – Basic – Paying this price is what feels right for me and my financial situation. Please use coupon code TRE20

TRE

This unique workshop explores flow states of creative exploration through the lens of embodiment and TRE ; a nervous system regulation modality, T. R. E. utilizes the natural tremor mechanism in the body to release stress and chronic tension patterns bringing us more deeply into the present moment and our innate creativity. Creative Visualization, free writing, improvisation and movement will all be explored in this deep dive into the artistic process and the natural tremor release mechanism in the body. Please bring a journal and pen to class.
T.R.E.  allows the body to drop into a flow state in the same way that creativity  does. The tremors emerge spontaneously and follow their own path when we let our mind and urge to control get out of the way . A flow state is not created consciously,  rather one must produce the conditions for the flow state to arise. We go into the body to feel, release, strengthen and create anew.
We will  explore connections between T.R.E. , journaling and improvisational performance as they relate to creating from the present moment and a deeper more embodied flow state . Books/creative examples and brief lectures will be included.
Nicole Strafaci
Nicole Strafaci, artist & TRE Provider

Nicole Strafaci is a certified T.R.E. Provider and a working artist . She creates in a variety of mediums including collage, painting, fiber arts and performance. Nicole has exhibited her work internationally in many group and solo exhibitions for the past 30 years. She has sought a connection between her art and embodied states for as long as she can remember, studying at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, working as a professional artists model  for 16 years and performing improvisational pieces for the stage. She has additional trainings in Reike and Hypnosis as well as a B.F.A. in photography. Most recently, Nicole has been combining embodied states into art classes and has taught at  a variety of locations including ArtYard in Frenchtown NJ and the Newark Museum  and is very excited to be combining TRE and creativity; two things that have enriched her life in countless ways.

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Herbal Anxiety Tool Kit – June

January 16, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date: Sunday, June 8th

Time: 1pm-3pm

Cost: $45/pp

HerbalToolKit

Seeking natural ways to manage stress and anxiety? Join us for a workshop that explores the soothing power of herbs.

In this session, you’ll discover the calming properties of various herbal remedies and learn ways to safely incorporate them into your daily routine. From chamomile, lavender, tulsi, oats, and skullcap,  we’ll cover a range of plants known for their anxiety-relieving effects.

The session will provide practical knowledge, hands-on activities, and the chance to create your own herbal blends. This class includes hand crafting a glycerite and blending a tea. Embrace the healing gifts of nature and cultivate your inner peace!

April Morecraft, herbalist
                                                                               April Morecraft, herbalist

April Morecraft is a mother, teacher, gardener, and creator of Oak Root Herbals, a home based, small batch herb business. She began her studies 5 years ago, taking a farm based herbal foundations course with Linda Shanahan of Bluestem Botanicals. April has completed a 3-year apprenticeship with herbalist, author and green witch, Robin Rose Bennet of Wise Woman Ways and is currently studying herbal astrology online with Sajah Poham of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism.

She looks forward to sharing plant medicine and magic with you.

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English Lavender Wreath Workshop in June

January 15, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date: Saturday, June 14th

Times: 10am – 12noon

  1pm – 3pm

$160 pp

Wreath Workshop

Join us on the farm to make a wreath of freshly harvested Super Blue lavender with Nicole of Spadaflora Botanical Artistry

As a part of our workshop, you will pick some lavender right out of the field. It takes a LOT of lavender to create this, and so the lion’s share of it will be fresh cut and ready for you to fashion into your wreath. There is nothing like the color and scent of fresh lavender and it will dry beautifully, lasting well into the next year. Nicole will guide you to adhere it properly and distribute it nicely around your 12inch wreath support.

Lavender lemonade and lavender shortbread cookies will be served to nibble and sip.

Be sure to take the time to enjoy a stroll around the farm. It is the most beautiful time of year!

This workshop is limited to 8 attendees. In the event of rain, the workshop will be held in our new renovated Workshop Space.

 

Nicole Spadaflora
Nicole of Spadaflora Botanical Artistry

 

Nicole Spadafora is a ghost, driving a meat covered skeleton, made from stardust, riding through space; who on a good day fears nothing. She is the proprietor of Spada Flora Botanical Artistry, a design company which is rooted in all things in all things floral & botanical – from designing and implementing native gardens, foraging, farming flowers and herbs to flowering weddings and holy-days.

Her guiding principal is; “There is only two ways to live your life: one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle” Albert Einstein.

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Summer Solstice & Fathers Day Sound Bath & Reiki Healing – June

January 15, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date: Sunday June 15th

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Cost: $65/pp

Early Sign Up Discount $55/pp until June 8th

Please use coupon code SUN

SoundBath

 

Join as we celebrate the season of light and growth!

Celebrate the astronomical start of summer with a sound-bath, framed with guided meditation, and positive intention-setting.

With the beginning of each new season, Mother Nature offers us an opportunity to pause and reflect, considering fresh intentions for the months ahead.

During summer solstice, our sun reaches its highest point in the sky, and we receive optimum daylight. It’s a time of peak exuberance; we may feel we have much to give, energetically and socially. We can conspire with the powerful energy of high summer – joy and expansion, fire, and ambition – to plant positive seeds, inviting the spirit of the sun to infuse our dreams.

You will be guided into stillness with meditation, so that intentions can arise from a place of clarity. We’ll then flow into a nurturing sound-bath. The celestial sounds of the crystal singing bowls, the multi-tonal resonance of the gongs, and the earthy rhythm of the chimes will work as a balm for the busy mind, coaxing the brainwaves into a more relaxed and meditative state, where seeds can be deeply embedded, and rest can be fully received.

Combined with guided meditation, this experience supports holistic healing for both body and soul. Light touch Reiki will be provided at the end of the sound session to promote wellbeing.

We will also honor all the Fathers and father figures in our lives through this practice for this Summer Solstice Fathers Day workshop.

Please bring a snack to enjoy on in the Picnic Area. Lavender Lemonade will be served in celebration of Father’s Day.

 

Rina Bakhtiani
Rina Bakhtiani, Sound Healer & Reiki Practitioner

Rina Bakhtiani, specializes in the art of Sound Healing integrating Mindfulness practices and Reiki. Rina is a Technologist and Business Major who has a passion for bringing together modern science based mind body healing techniques using Ancient Healing Art.

 

Rina has worked under several meditation & spiritual practitioners to deepen her knowledge and interest in ancient healing methods. Elements of Buddhist and Hindu spiritual teachings  are utilized in her sessions for deeper clearings, and to obtain further guidance and insight for a client.

This may include accessing spirit guides, ancestors, and animal spirits. Elements from the Earth may also be incorporated such as fire, water, stones/crystals, sage for clearing purposes, shells and more to calm one’s energy field.

Rina was born and raised in India and has traveled around the world integrating spiritual practices for her personal and client healing.

 

 

 

 

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