In place of our usual weekend women’s retreat, we will be hosting healing women’s gatherings in the woods this year. Meet at the Appalachian Forest Museum for the indoor yoga class and bring your own picnic lunch before heading out for the beautiful trails at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary. Bring your female friends and family […]
Stop by between 11 and 4 and join us as we learn about water through observation, experimentation and exploration. Every living thing needs water to survive but we rarely stop to think about what that means. What is in our water? How can litter effect water? How can the ground clean the water? What natural […]
Open Free to the Public, No Registration Necessary- at the Appalachian Forest Museum The Artists-in-Sanctuary gallery show and sale – featuring artwork, poetry readings, and naturalist led hikes – is the culminating event of the two week residency program at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary. Take time to chat with the artists to learn more about […]
Enjoy the company of other like-minded women and get back to nature in the way that suits you best – whether it be hiking with new friends, meditating under a tree, journaling, or getting a massage on a quiet deck under the canopy of trees. This retreat offers something rarely afforded in our busy lives […]
Forest Therapy – A Weekend Mindfulness Practices, Nature Immersion, and Poetry with Mary Alice Mastrovito, Jean Farkas and Nancy Stranahan Friday, September 13 – Sunday, September 15, 2019 Held at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary $299/person includes six meals and all curriculum. Back by popular demand, we are pleased of offer the Forest Therapy weekend, based […]
Part of the Arc's Time Honored Skills Series that will be held at Fort Hill's Education Center this summer, this in-depth course led by Justin Houston will teach you how to utilize naturally occurring materials to knap a useful flint tool. Your experience will begin with a nature hike at Fort Hill to locate your […]
Friday and Saturday Night Excursions Firefly ID by Sight and Light, Natural History, Ecology Two evening & night field trips. Daytime hours are free to rest and explore. Held at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary with a field trip to Adams County with leaders, John Howard, Southern Ohio expert field naturalist and Nancy Stranahan, Director, Arc […]
Held at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary with field trips to other Arc preserves $450/person includes 12 meals and all curriculum. This is an in-depth course that teaches you to learn and remember the songs, calls and field identification skills of the breeding birds in in America’s Eastern forest heartland, as well as their natural history […]
Weekend Theme: Signature Animals of the Great Eastern Forest Researcher Cheryl Mollohan: Allegheny Wood Rats & Bob Cats; Researcher Kelly Williams: Hooded Warblers; Researcher Denis Case & Rita Apanius: Timber Rattlesnakes OPTIONAL: register for a Special Photography Workshop with Tom Croce Both events: concurrent, shared meals, held at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary $145/person for the […]
Mindfulness Practices, Nature Immersion and Poetry with Mary Alice Mastrovito, Nancy Stranahan and Jean Farkas. Forest Therapy is so much more than a walk in the woods. The highest purpose is not to acquire more information, but to drop into the energy of the forest, where we can take a time-out from the hectic pace […]
