🌿 Earth Skills Revival: 2026 Schedule Overview

WEDNESDAY

Optional Arrival & Setup Day
Arrive early. Grounds fees are $20 per person or $12 for 4QF camp members.

All Day

Arrival & Camp Setup
Meet Your Neighbors & Settle Into Camp
Volunteer Sign-Up & Site Preparation
Casual Community Gathering Spaces Open

Evening

Informal Fireside Gathering @ Drum Circle

THURSDAY

10:00–10:30 AM Morning Circle @ Stone Circle

Morning Class Session 10:30 AM–1:00 PM

Healing Herb Salves with Julie Biedrzycki @ Coffee Dragon
Fire Building @ Stone Circle
Lacto Fermentation: Food Preservation with Robert Roth @ Dining Pavilion
Children’s Programming @ Meet at Drum Circle

1:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break — Pack Your Own

Afternoon Class Session 2:00–5:30 PM

Wet Felting a Bowl with Kypriana @ Coffee Dragons
Making Clay Beads, Part 1 of 2 with Robert Strasser @ Dining Pavilion
Soil Augmentation, Composting, & More with Chris Ridler @ White Pines
Children’s Programming @ Meet at Drum Circle

6:00–7:00 PM Meal Plan Dinner @ Dining Pavilion

Evening

8 PM Drumming & Gathering @ Drum Circle

FRIDAY

9:00–10:00 AM Brunch @ Dining Pavilion

10:00–10:30 AM Morning Circle @ Drum Circle

Morning Class Session 10:30 AM–1:00 PM

Native Plant Propagation with Willow Oak @ Coffee Dragons
Dual Extraction Tinctures with Colleen Killduff @ Dining Pavilion
Drumming: Djembe Rhythm with Ken Crampton @ Drum Circle
Knot Tying for Shelter and Everyday Use with Robert Hatcher @ White Pines
Children’s Programming @ Meet at Drum Circle

1:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break — Pack Your Own

Afternoon Class Session 2:00–5:30 PM

Dueling Realities Conversation: Embracing the Beauties of Life While Preparing for the Worst with Iris Kirsch @ Coffee Dragons
Practical Masonry for the Homestead, Part 1 of 3 with Robert Hatcher and Chris Ridler @ White Pines
Holistic Beekeeping & Roll a Candle with Kypriana Daniels @ Dining Pavilion
Cordage Council with Cas & Dylon @ Main Stage
Children’s Programming @ Meet at Drum Circle

6:00–7:00 PM Dinner @ Dining Pavilion

7:00 PM Trading Blanket with Kypriana Daniels @ Dorm Yard

Evening

8:30 PM

Presentation: The Farm Ecosystem: Take a Deep Dive into Discussing an Ecological Approach to Agriculture with Willow Oak @ Dining Pavilion

Bardic Circle @ Drum Circle

SATURDAY

9:00–10:00 AM Brunch @ Dining Pavilion

10:00–10:30 AM Morning Circle @ Drum Circle

Morning Class Session 10:30 AM–1:00 PM

Fiber Process and Yarn Spinning with Aether Howard and Leslie Howard @ Dining Pavilion
Making Clay Beads, Part 2 of 2 with Robert Strasser @ Coffee Dragons
Making Salves with Julie Biedrzycki @ Main Stage
Wood Carved Spoons with Eden Cornelius @ Drum Circle
Practical Masonry for the Homestead, Part 2 of 3 with Robert Hatcher and Chris Ridler @ White Pines
Children’s Programming @ Meet at Drum Circle

1:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break — Pack Your Own

Afternoon Class Session 2:00–5:30 PM

Herbs for Go Time: Herbal Supports for Your Emergency Kit with Iris Kirsch @ Dining Pavilion
Kitchen Art: Dyeing with Red Onions with Eden Cornelius @ Drum Circle
Sweat Lodge
Practical Masonry for the Homestead, Part 3 of 3 with Robert Hatcher and Chris Ridler @ White Pines
Children’s Programming @ Meet at Drum Circle

5:30–7:00 PM Makers Market @ Dining Pavilion

6:00–7:00 PM Feast @ Dining Pavilion

All attendees eat free.

Evening

8:00–9:30 PM

Scottish, Irish, and Old Time Music with Tune Origin Storytelling by Elias Schwartzman and Anton Guryev @ Main Stage

9:30 PM Drumming @ Drum Circle

SUNDAY

10:00–11:00 AM Brunch @ Dining Pavilion

11:00 AM Morning Circle

Morning Class Session 11:30 AM–1:00 PM

Plant & Mushroom Ecology Walk with Willow Oak @ Meet at Coffee Dragons
Hand-Dipped Candles with Julie Biedrzycki @ Main Stage
Holistic Poultry Farming with Robert Roth @ Meet at Drum Circle
Children’s Programming @ Meet at Drum Circle

1:30 PM Closing Circle @ Stone Circle