Join us for our seventh annual Bushskills Rendezvous!

Primitive Survival Skills: The basics of tropical living - fire, shelter, water, fibers
Day 1: Thursday, March 7
Instructors: Snow Bear, Chris Maness, Nate Olive, Shelli Brin

Herbs and Trees: Medicines, herbalism, crafts, and food
Day 2: Friday, March 8
Instructors: Tony the Palm Weaver, Snow Bear, Nate Olive, Veronica Gordon

Hunting and Gathering: Hunting tools, ethical hunting and fishing, gathering from wild plants and cultivated plants
***Featuring afternoon gut hike to beach, bonfire and pizza!***
Day 3: Saturday, March 9
Instructors: Tony the Palm Weaver, Snow Bear, Nate Olive, & Friends

Food Day: How to grow and prepare an all-natural island feast - an all-day bush cook out!!
***Featuring live performance from Atlanta-based rock band Waller***
Day 4: Sunday, March 10
Instructors: Chef Angletta Pascal, Snow Bear, Nate Olive, & Special Guest Chefs

Event Timeline

Sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m. each morning, with a lunch sign-in also available for participants who want to take afternoon sessions only.

We gather in the outdoor classroom for a group circle at 9:00 a.m.

Morning classes begin at 9:30!

Then we break for lunch and resume classes in the afternoon.

Learn these skills and more . . .

• Stone Tools, Flint-knapping
• Shell craft
• Primitive pottery
• Tree Fibers and Food
• Fire by Friction
• Jumbies, Roots, and Ancestral Songlines
• Forest Foraging
• Spears & Nets for Fishing
• Hide Tanning Demonstration
• Herbal Healing
• Calabash Craft
• Wild Edible Plants
• Indigenous root crop planting and other ancient agriculture techniques
• Primitive Cookery
• Tracking
• Primitive Shelter building

Pricing
Full program package (includes camping, 8 classes, and 3 meals per day, for all four days): $225
Daily rate (year-round VI residents): $45 per day, lunch is included

Fun and learning for all ages! Come one day or all.
Camping and cabanas still available. Contact us to arrange your space.

Sign up!

Questions?

See you soon!