Slow Living Retreat
Hosted Online | December 3-4, 2021
The annual Slow Living Retreat is a weekend event where we learn new skills, practice self-care, and engage in community conversations, bringing in makers and thought leaders in the sustainable fashion, food, and lifestyle spaces. This year, as we prepare to move into a new season, we will be embracing the gifts of winter as a theme for our gathering, learning and sharing about the food, activities and design concepts for seasonal slow living.
This year’s retreat will again be online, allowing for expanded reach and more ease of accessibility. Come join us, live or on your own time, wherever you are.
what to expect
We will start the day with a relaxing yoga class, after which we gather with everyone for a coffee chat with Emma and Mary of Lady Farmer. Then we'll all begin our 75-minute workshops together! We have Eva Kosmas Flores teaching Intentional Design, Kirsten Shockey showing us how to make small fermented food gifts, and Christi Johnson guiding us through stitching embroidery in her embroidered talisman workshop. That night, we'll end with a Community Happy Hour that includes a special musical guest!
All weekend long attendees will connect and share workshop resources within the Lady Farmer ALMANAC, our private online community. Attendees also receive free-trial access to the Premium section of the ALMANAC, along with event-exclusive discounts & benefits, beginning with 15% off everything in the Lady Farmer Marketplace for the weekend. Recordings of workshops will be accessible for 3 months and are included in the price of your ticket.
Click below to read more about this year's workshop hosts!
A Day at the Retreat
Giving Back
10% of all proceeds from this event will be donated to the Acres of Ancestry Initiative Return of the Bees Quilting Collective. Acres of Ancestry is a multidisciplinary, cooperative nonprofit ecosystem rooted in Black ecocultural traditions and textile arts to regenerate custodial landownership, ecological stewardship, and food and fiber economies in the South. Their latest project, Return of the Bees Quilting Collective, will be an e-commerce site for fiber artists and heritage quilters to sell their artworks directly to art supporters/customers.
Scholarships
If you're able and would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, there is a $10 donation add-on option at check-out. If you'd like to give a different amount, you can do so at this link. If there are any unused scholarship funds after the event, they will be allocated directly to Acres Of Ancestry Initiative/The Black Agrarian Fund.
If you are interested in attending the Virtual Slow Living Retreat but are unable to at this time due to financial constraints, please reach out to us at scholarships@lady-farmer.com.
Ticketing
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Intentional Design for Slow Living - Eva Kosmas Flores
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Simple Seasonal Gifts: Winter Fermenting to Enjoy and Share - Kirsten Shockey
- Embroidered Talisman Workshop: The Magic in the Making - Christi Johnson
- Lady Farmer Community Session & Coffee Chat - Led by Mary & Emma
Sponsorships
Interested in sponsoring this event? We have partnerships available at all levels to meet your needs. Get in touch with us at partnerships@lady-farmer.com.