Wednesday β€’ SC β€’ Heartwood (ages 6-15)

  • Nature Programs
Shope Creek Wilderness: 472 Shope Creek Rd, Asheville, NC 28805, USA
Sep 10 2025
May 20 2026
Full Tuition 10 spots left
$2,015.00
  1. Wed9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Description

 

2025 Heartwood: Wednesdays from Sept 10, 2025 until May 20th 2026

with breaks on Oct 8 (Fall Break/Rendezvous), Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving Break), Dec. 24 & 31 (Winter Break), Feb. 18th (Staff Planning for Spring), April 22nd (Spring Break/Rendezvous)

 

31 Program Days Total


🌳 Heartwood is the core of our nature-connection curriculum, the trunk from which our other programs branch out. Heartwood has been carefully crafted since 2011 to provide a progressive learning journey and comprehensive foundation in deeply relating to the natural world and this year we are excited to support the evolution of the program into a full three-season program.

Who Heartwood is For

The Heartwood program is for kids who want MORE. These are the experienced kids who are practicing their skills at home: building fires, carving spoons, naming plants, sharing what they know with others. The kids who are excited to pack up and come to Forest Floor each week, with light in their eyes. Kids who can’t get enough of what we do! 

 

πŸƒ Heartwood is for families who can commit to the full 9 month experience.

 

πŸ‚ Committing to a three-season program with the same instructors (PLUS Guest Instructors!) facilitates deeper dives into primitive skills, nature connection, and rewilding work…along with all the games, stories, and songs that get them there. :) 

 

❄️ The three season model creates opportunities for our kids to develop meaningful relationships with their mentors as they guide them through the seasons, to deepen their existing skills and dive into new ones, and to truly bond with peers as they come into themselves together. It’ll also mean less repetition for kids who have been coming for a long time, and, most importantly, it makes more space than ever for each child to discover an abiding sense of confidence and  home in the natural world.

 

NOTE: kids will be sorted by us into groups based on their individual experience, maturity, skill, and readiness. This is different from our other programs, which are grouped based on age. Some kids may not like this, especially if they are not grouped with a specific friend or favorite instructor, but we see this is a wonderful opportunity for them to work on specific goals to advance. Please speak with your children about this in advance.




 

 

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Class dates

09/10/2025, 09/17/2025, 09/24/2025, 10/01/2025, 10/15/2025, 10/22/2025, 10/29/2025, 11/05/2025, 11/12/2025, 11/19/2025, 12/03/2025, 12/10/2025, 12/17/2025, 01/07/2026, 01/14/2026, 01/21/2026, 01/28/2026, 02/04/2026, 02/11/2026, 02/25/2026, 03/04/2026, 03/11/2026, 03/18/2026, 03/25/2026, 04/01/2026, 04/08/2026, 04/15/2026, 04/29/2026, 05/06/2026, 05/13/2026, 05/20/2026

Restrictions

Participants must be 6 years to 15 years old when the program starts.

Program enrollment capacity

Minimum: 6

Maximum: 42

Registration period

Registration starts on 05/12/2025 and ends on 09/04/2025.

In-person location

Shope Creek Wilderness: 472 Shope Creek Rd, Asheville, NC 28805, USA