Ready to Register?
Signing up is easy! Just follow these three steps:
1. Choose your course
Select the class that speaks to you from the options below and click “Add to Cart.” You can click on each course for more information.
2. Add your lodging (if needed)
Staying overnight? After selecting your course, choose a housing option that fits your needs. Commuters can skip this step.
3. Check out
Once everything’s in your cart, click the shopping cart icon at the top of the page to finish your registration.
If you have any questions, contact our registrar, Beth Barnet, via email at marybeth.barnet@gmail.com or call (585) 314-6131
CHOOSE YOUR COURSE
You can click on each course for more information about what you’ll learn and our instructors. Youth must be under 18 and over 8 years of age.
Whether you're a new or seasoned gardener, your questions, curiosity and dreams will be watered by hands-on practice, conversation, and creativity. In this workshop the land and gardens will host participants sowing seeds and singing our collective fruitful futures.
Use writing as attentional practice. Explore writing as a tool for insight, resilience, and joy. Through prompts, readings, and shared reflection, this workshop invites you to deepen your connection with your inner voice and craft more honest, integrated stories of self.
Connect with the land and traditional skills through observational drawing. This class welcomes all levels and offers daily demos and one-on-one instruction as you create works inspired by the Guild’s landscape and architecture. Students are required to bring their own sketchbook.
Slow down, look deeper, and transform the way you see the world. In this workshop, photography, using only your cell phone, becomes a mindful practice—a way to observe, connect, and create with greater intention. All you need is your phone and an open eye.
Course Full, Waitlist Only.
Shape, sculpt, and discover the voice of the clay. Whether you're new to pottery or returning with experience, this hands-on workshop offers a full journey—from wheel and hand-building to early firing techniques—in the Guild’s original craft studio. An optional $40 materials fee covers firing and allows you to take your finished pieces home.
Participate in a theater experiment that provides gentle challenges and explorations in a safe space. Using both classical & modern texts, games and improvisations, we will exercise, play, feel, move, go a little deeper into ourselves, connect with others and learn from each other.
Course Full, Waitlist Only.
Turn raw wood into beautiful, functional vessels. This hands-on course introduces or deepens your skills in green woodturning, with personal instruction on your own lathe. Beginners and experienced turners welcome.
$45 materials fee to be paid to the Registrar upon arrival.
ADD YOUR LODGING
We offer housing for out-of-town guests or anyone who wants to stay overnight. Lodgers will stay in our shared guest rooms at the Romeo Retreat Center. Campers will have access to outdoor space in our orchards and meadows.
All overnight stays include breakfast, dinner, and optional morning yoga. Click on each option below to learn more about our accommodations.
Includes: Indoor shared lodging, optional morning yoga, breakfast and dinner daily.
Overnight stay runs from Thursday, August 6 to Sunday, August 9.
Note: Course tuition includes 18 hours of instruction and lunch each day.
Includes: Outdoor camping space, optional morning yoga, breakfast and dinner daily.
Overnight stay runs from Thursday, August 6 to Sunday, August 9.
Note: Course tuition includes 18 hours of instruction and lunch each day.
All Set?
You’re almost there! Once you’ve added your course and (if needed) your lodging, just click below to review your selections and complete your registration.