A special Day in the Forest : WildFlower hike with foraging

full spring Experience: Wild Flower Day

Come for this special day of easy and gentle nature therapy and foraging this Saturday, April 27th from 10:30am - 7:00pm to experience playfully being guided through nature using all of your senses.

Wildflower Foray: Meet our Rare and Endemic plants Bhakti Mountain is ablaze with a rainbow of wildflowers. Rare hawthorns, uncommon spiderworts, uncommon milkweed, and a blanket of larkspurs paint the mountain purple, blue, white, and pink. If you want to connect more deeply to the flora of a beautiful and ancient ecosystem, join us for the hike of a lifetime. Expect a half mile hike with 600 feet of elevation gain. After our hike we will enjoy a healthful dinner topped with locally foraged herbs. Stay for the day or spend the night in our bell tents on a tempur pedic bed.

What You may Expect

Join us for a full day of enjoying and immersing yourself in part of the 716 acres of Just Love Forest. We work spontaneously in partnership with the forest for each unique journey. There is no right or wrong way to spend a day in the forest.

10:30am: Arrive at meeting point
11:00am: Introductions, overview of the day and history of the land
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00 Begin hike up Bhakti mountain with flower identification and foraging
4:00pm: Conclusion of hike with return to basecamp
6:00pm: Forging herbs and dinner experience
7:00pm: Closing circle and departure

Sliding scale payment
We’ll be offering payment for this nature therapy hike and forging experience on a sliding scale basis to help in offering access for everyone. After registering below, you’ll be taken to a payment page where you can choose your amount.
- Forest Day Retreat Standard Rate: $100 This is the recommended rate, allowing us to provide certified guides, while helping us to steward and protect our 716 acre nature preserve.
- Forest Day Retreat Sustainer Rate: $150 This is the recommended rate for those who can help support this work and allow us to pay it forward to others.
- Forest Day Retreat It’s All Good Rate: $75 This is greatly accepted for those who can pay this amount as a show of the value exchanged and your support of the forest.
- Special Member Rate: $50 This is for members of Just Love Forest: www.justloveforest.com/membership
Please plan to bring your own lunch. Dinner will be provided with some foraged herbs from the forest. If you would like to inquire about overnight stays for an additional $50, please email bala@justloveforest.com
Please have each individual RSVP separately. We look forward to seeing you in the forest!
Feel free to email bala@justloveforest.com with questions or for more information.
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Meet your guide

Josh Wayne began his foraging journey 13 years ago, hoping to find edible, medicinal, and sacred mushrooms. Josh learned how to forage with the help of many knowledgeable mentors in the Atlanta (Pine Lake Eco Arts) and Athens (Wild Intelligence) area as he worked to deepen his connection with the plants and animals that inhabit the Georgia Piedmont. As an Atlanta native, he has foraged, prepared, and consumed over 100 species of mushrooms and an additional 150 species of plants from the Southeast. Josh serves as a World-bridger and Lead Sacrament Forager for Whole Inc. and works to connect both members and nonmembers to our plant, mushroom, and animal ancestors. If you want to learn about the mushrooms and plants here to nourish you, hike with Josh.