Upcoming events
SUMMER SOLSTICE GATHERING of the BIODYNAMIC ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
BIODYNAMIC Summer Solstice Gathering
Sat, Jun 20th & Sun, Jun 21st, 2026
Summerfield Waldorf School Farm (map)
Join Biodynamic Farmers, Gardeners and Eaters from across Northern California at the beautiful Summerfield Waldorf School & Farm, for a festive, family-friendly gathering.
We will join together to celebrate the solstice with food, interactive Biodynamic herbal preparation-making, medicinal plant study, a farm tour, lively conversation, and more.
RSVP: www.bdanc.org
CHAMOMILE HARVEST SONG CIRCLE
Join in our seasonal Chamomile flower harvest, while learning and singing rounds, work songs and seasonal songs. Children welcome. (We do not have additional children’s activities for this event, they join in with the project or play nearby under your supervision).
Bring a hat, water bottle and snacks if needed. Participants may take some chamomile home to dry for your own tea!
We begin and end promptly. Drop ins welcome, or come for the full hour and a half. Feel free to go for a hike or use our picnic grounds after the harvest.
CHAMOMILE HARVEST SONG CIRCLE
Join in our seasonal Chamomile flower harvest, while learning and singing rounds, work songs and seasonal songs. Children welcome. (We do not have additional children’s activities for this event, they join in with the project or play nearby under your supervision).
Bring a hat, water bottle and snacks if needed. Participants may take some chamomile home to dry for your own tea!
We begin and end promptly. Drop ins welcome, or come for the full hour and a half. Feel free to go for a hike or use our picnic grounds after the harvest.
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
Waldorf Family Camp
Join our inaugural summer Waldorf Family Camp at Three Springs Biodynamic Farm in Freestone, Sonoma County!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
NATURE PLAY WITH AVIVA ARTS
Join Aviva Arts at Three Springs Community Farm for a joyful day of creative play, nature connection, and community.
Nature Play at Three Springs Farm is a one-day immersive gathering to reconnect with yourself, others, and the living world around you. Through guided meditation, gentle hikes, theater games, collaborative art, and hands-on practices, we explore simple tools for presence, resilience, and nervous system reset.
During the day, Pamela will guide a natural cordage workshop using raffia (palm fiber), where you can create small pieces like necklaces or bags while learning about plants that can be transformed into cordage, reconnecting with ancestral skills rooted in nature.
The gathering also includes a guided garden tour, with time to relax, connect, and enjoy the farm.
ALL AGES WELCOME!
Fees:
Individual: $45
Bring a friend $80 (2 adults)
Family: $100 (2 adults + up to 2 children under 18)
No one will be turned away for lack of funds, please contact us
Bring your own lunch so we can share a meal together
CHAMOMILE HARVEST SONG CIRCLE
Join in our seasonal Chamomile flower harvest, while learning and singing rounds, work songs and seasonal songs. Children welcome. (We do not have additional children’s activities for this event, they join in with the project or play nearby under your supervision).
Bring a hat, water bottle and snacks if needed. Participants may take some chamomile home to dry for your own tea!
We begin and end promptly. Drop ins welcome, or come for the full hour and a half. Feel free to go for a hike or use our picnic grounds after the harvest.
MINDFULNESS IN NATURE HALF DAY RETREAT
Nature is calling. Step into stillness with mindfulness-based practices designed to restore, ground, and reconnect you to the natural world.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This half-day, nature-based retreat is designed to gently guide you out of the busyness of everyday life and into a slower, more spacious way of being. No prior meditation experience is needed, just a willingness to show up, slow down, and let nature do some of the work! Your time together will flow through a thoughtful series of mindfulness-based practices woven into the natural landscape, including:
Guided meditation in an outdoor setting to settle the mind and open the senses
Mindful walking through nature, learning to truly see, hear, and feel the world around you
Reflective exercises that invite deeper awareness of your inner landscape alongside the outer one
Periods of supported silence to let stillness sink in and do its quiet, powerful work
Group sharing and community connection to close the experience with warmth and intention
By the end of retreats like this one, participants report feeling noticeably calmer, more grounded, and genuinely reconnected, both to themselves and to the natural world around them. Participants in Mindful of Nature programs consistently describe the experience as restorative, grounding, and exactly what they needed!
ADULTS ONLY (Teens welcome if accompanied by a parent or legal guardian)
TEACHER
Alex Gilman, M.A. is a Certified Nature Meditation Teacher with over 15 years as a meditation practitioner and over 7 years as a teacher, facilitator, and coach. He is passionate about exploring the meeting place between meditation and nature connection as a way to reconnect people with themselves and the natural world. Outside of nature meditation, Alex works as an adolescent educator, program manager, and mentor for students, teachers, and people seeking ways to thrive in their lives, as well as a handyman and musician.
SPONSORED BY MINDFUL OF NATURE
This retreat is proudly sponsored by Mindful of Nature, a nature-based organization dedicated to deepening our connection to the natural world through mindfulness-based practices, programs, and retreats. Founded by Buddhist meditation teacher and author Mark Coleman, Mindful of Nature brings together a network of skilled teachers whose work is rooted in science, compassion, and a deep love for the earth.
CHAMOMILE HARVEST SONG CIRCLE
Join in our seasonal Chamomile flower harvest, while learning and singing rounds, work songs and seasonal songs. Children welcome. (We do not have additional children’s activities for this event, they join in with the project or play nearby under your supervision).
Bring a hat, water bottle and snacks if needed. Participants may take some chamomile home to dry for your own tea!
We begin and end promptly. Drop ins welcome, or come for the full hour and a half. Feel free to go for a hike or use our picnic grounds after the harvest.
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
RESONANCE ONE-DAY IMMERSIVE RETREAT WITH AVIVA ARTS
Join Aviva Arts at Three Springs Community Farm for a joyful day of creative play, nature connection, and community.
Resonance at Three Springs Farm is a one-day immersive gathering designed to help you reconnect with yourself, others, and the living world around you. Through guided meditation, gentle hikes, theater games, and collaborative art projects, we explore simple tools for presence, nervous system reset, and resilience, practices you can use on your own, with family, or within your community.
This Earth Day gathering invites you to refresh your sense of wonder and inspiration, experience creativity as a form of presence and resistance, and celebrate community in a beautiful outdoor setting. A guided gardens tour are included, offering time to relax, connect, and enjoy the farm.
ALL AGES WELCOME!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
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[FULL] BASKET WEAVING CLASS
Using fresh cut willow, we will each learn to weave a twined basket.
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
IMBOLC / CANDELMAS GRATITUDE PARADE
Come to the farm to make your holiday wreaths for the season. Join us for a fun seasonal event for the whole family!
Make your own beautiful wreaths from natural materials harvested from our forest
No experience needed, instruction provided
Wreath bases and materials provided
Warm your hands around the campfire
Visit the farm animals with your children
Feel free to bring friends & family
SOLSTICE GRATITUDE PARADE
Come to the farm to make your holiday wreaths for the season. Join us for a fun seasonal event for the whole family!
Make your own beautiful wreaths from natural materials harvested from our forest
No experience needed, instruction provided
Wreath bases and materials provided
Warm your hands around the campfire
Visit the farm animals with your children
Feel free to bring friends & family
WREATH MAKING WORKSHOP
Come to the farm to make your holiday wreaths for the season. Join us for a fun seasonal event for the whole family!
Make your own beautiful wreaths from natural materials harvested from our forest
No experience needed, instruction provided
Wreath bases and materials provided
Warm your hands around the campfire
Visit the farm animals with your children
Feel free to bring friends & family
WREATH MAKING WORKSHOP
Come to the farm to make your holiday wreaths for the season. Join us for a fun seasonal event for the whole family!
Make your own beautiful wreaths from natural materials harvested from our forest
No experience needed, instruction provided
Wreath bases and materials provided
Warm your hands around the campfire
Visit the farm animals with your children
Feel free to bring friends & family
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
SAUERKRAUT MAKING EVENT
Put up your Kraut for the winter with our beautiful biodynamic “Late Flat Dutch” cabbage straight from the field! Bring Your Own cutting board, knife, bowl, crocks and jars for our annual kraut-making festival.
PESTO MAKING EVENT
Together we will harvest basil, parsley and other herbs to blend with organic olive oil, nuts, seeds, salt and our very own garlic. BYO blender or immersion blender, and freezer-worthy jars or containers.
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: WEEDING DAY
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!
VOLUNTEER DAY: HERB GARDEN & BIODYNAMIC PRACTICE
Every third Saturday, we host a volunteer day specifically for the herb garden and our seasonal biodynamic practices. Projects would include planting, harvesting, and drying herbs in our herb garden, as well as preparing and applying our biodynamic preparations that nourish the land. Let’s come together and build the farm while building community!