Upcoming events.
From Mess to Meaning: Learning to Trust Nature’s Architecture
From Mess to Meaning: Learning to Trust Nature’s Architecture
A live webinar on ecological structure, succession, and the beauty of “messy” landscapes
What if the wildest-looking places were actually the most functional?
Modern culture teaches us that health looks tidy — clipped lawns, clean beds, open ground, no decay in sight. But ecosystems tell a very different story. Life builds itself not through neatness, but through layers, overlap, collapse, regeneration, and relationship.
In this webinar, we explore how stepping away from excessive “cleaning up” — raking every leaf, removing fallen wood, constantly clearing space — allows nature to rebuild its own architecture.
We will look at how:
Fallen branches become fungal highways and nurse logs
Dead plants become scaffolding for living ones
Leaf litter becomes soil, moisture, and insulation
Collapse becomes the foundation for new life
Structure emerges from what we stop removing
Ecological health doesn’t come from control.
It comes from allowing complexity to organize itself.
🌱 What you’ll learn:
How natural systems use “mess” to generate fertility, stability, and resilience
Why dead matter is not waste — it’s infrastructure
How understory, shrub layer, sub-canopy, and canopy work together as living architecture
How groundcover isn’t just “low plants” — it’s protection, moisture storage, and soil creation
Why leaving trunks, stems, and debris can restore more life than adding new plants
How to shift from “designing every inch” to partnering with succession
🍂 We’ll also explore the cultural side:
Why we feel uncomfortable with decay
Why “tidy” is often a trauma response
How perfectionism shows up in landscapes
Who taught us that cleanliness equals care
And how reclaiming wildness is also reclaiming trust
This class isn’t just about gardens.
It’s about unlearning control culture.
It’s about replacing domination with relationship.
It’s about letting ecosystems become teachers again.
🌳 You’ll leave with:
A new way to read land
Practical insight into restoration without overworking
Language to advocate for wild beauty in a tidy world
Permission to stop apologizing for natural abundance
A deeper relationship with death, debris, and regeneration
If you’ve ever been told your landscape looks “unmaintained”…
If you’ve hesitated to leave that fallen tree…
If you’ve felt torn between stewardship and aesthetics…
This class is for you.
Wild is not broken.
Mess is not neglect.
Structure is already forming.
Join us as we learn to recognize it.
Synchronous Firefly Campout
Deep in a remaining stand of old-growth in the Allegheny Forest, a uniqe type of firefly dwells. Each year around the summer solstice, these now rare fireflies put on a magical display. Join us as we experience their rythmic light show and share a weekend of connecting with nature in community. There will be campfires, hiking through ancient ocean floor, swimming, music, relaxing, and a solstice ceremony. The exact location will be revealed to confirmed registrants as these rare areas and ecosystems must be protected. There are ample campsites and arrangements to borrow gear can be made. Fill out the form below if you’d like to join this solstice adventure!
Soltice Moon Cacao Journey
You're invited! Join us as we to tap into the bright energies of the summer solstice and commune with heart-healing Cacao in a guided ceremony. We will learn about Bealtaine traditions and interact with the warm personality of this wise plant ally and deepen our relationships with ourselves, our community, and the divine.
At this event we will:
learn traditional ways of working with Cacao
harmonize ourselves with the natural cycles
hear an ancient wisdom story
practice breathwork and movement
learn herbal medicine applications of Cacao
embark on a guided sensory journey to experience the warm personality of this wise plant ally first-hand
Come ready to fill your heart with Cacao love and tend to ancestral connections!
Cost of this ceremonial offering is just $33
Spaces are limited - register below!
Payment can be sent to @Ventyler on Venmo
We hope to see you there!
About Your Guide: Tyler K has been an herbalist, ceremonialist, and land steward for over 10 years. He's been visiting the Ma'ya'ab region for 6 years to learn traditional ways of working with Cacao and gain permission to bring Cacao healing to the local community here. Tyler is an initiate and carrier of two lineages of wisdom traditions and ceremonial arts: the Pachakuti Mesa and the Dún Mór Druid Order. He has a degree from Drexel University where he studied psychology, anthropology, and biological sciences. Tyler has apprenticed with ethnobotanists, herbalists, and ceremonialists around the world and completed programs at the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. Find Tyler K on Instagram
Bealtaine Festival
Celebrate Bealtaine (Beltane) with us!
Join us in celebrating the start of summer and sacred cross-quarter festival - Bealtaine! There will be flower crowns, food, storytelling, comedy, music, cultural history, dancing, fire performance, herbal elixirs, fire, ceremony, land stewardship, and a May Bush to gather your wishes for the coming season.
Bealtaine was a very important time for our ancestors. In celebrating together we keep alive the tradition of living in harmony with natural cycles.
Things to consider bringing: drum and/or musical instrument, water, potluck snacks to share, something to sit on, and an organic / nontoxic offering for the fire, items for community altar, beeswax candles, ethically harvested flowers (please no store-bought), pieces of wood for the bonfire (every bit counts!).
Woodland nymph and other creative attire encouraged. Children welcome.
Saturday, May 10th
6pm-10pm+
Location is near the Glendinning Rock Garden, Philadelphia
**Location and more details such as parking will be sent via email closer to the date.
We hope to celebrate with you soon!
Please RSVP Below
Spiritual Heart of Ireland Tour
Connect with the spiritual heart of Ireland on this small group tour.
Imbolc Irish Traditions Workshop
Immerse yourself in rich Irish culture and traditions. Discover the ancient customs and folklore surrounding this special Celtic festival.
JANUARY FULL MOON CACAO JOURNEY
Join us for a community medicine event as we lean into the stillness of the full winter moon and commune with heart-healing Cacao!