Session
Descriptions
Schedule update: Breathwork will be held on Friday, May 23rd at 4:30pm.
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Saturday, May 24th
Sunday, May 25th
Saturday
Block 1 | 9:00 - 10:00 am
Herbal Bouquets: Blending Beauty and Function
Dee Hall Goodwin
Mermaid City Flowers | Black Flower Farmers · mermaidcityflowers.com
This workshop explores the art of creating bouquets using herbs and edible plants alongside flowers. Participants will learn how to design arrangements that are both fragrant and functional. The session would cover things like best herbs for cutting, pairing herbs with flowers for complementary color and scent, and uses for herbal bouquets from culinary to medicinal.
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Dee Hall Goodwin, a Norfolk based florist and urban farmer blends eco-consciousness with artistry through locally grown, seasonal blooms. Inspired by her grandmother's garden in St. Lucia and her childhood in Brooklyn, Dee founded Mermaid City Flowers to celebrate nature's beauty while supporting community-sourced farming.
As the founder of the Tidewater Flower Collective and Black Flower Farmers, Dee champions sustainable practices and diversity in floriculture. Her work has been featured in Black Flora, Garden and Gun, and Country Living, reflecting her dedication to floristry as a blend of art, nature, and heritage.
Hoof Trimming: Goats & Sheep
June Battle
Maroon Grove Farm | Maroon Grove Farrier Service · maroongrovefarm.com
This hands-on workshop and demonstration will cover the fundamentals of trimming goat and sheep hooves, along with effective topical preventatives to maintain hoof health and prevent infections. Participants will learn the best practices for hoof care, ensuring that their animals stay healthy and comfortable. This workshop is oriented to people who currently own small ruminants or beginners with the desire to learn about hoof maintenance.
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June is a farmer and barefoot farrier based in Sussex County, VA. They raise equines, small ruminants, poultry, and a small crew of dogs. They also grow cut flowers and attend farmers markets in the Richmond and Southside VA area. They are passionate about rural community building, mutual aid, and donkeys!
Poetry Workshop: Poetry of Place
Leia Darwish
leiadarwish.xyz
Deepen your creative writing skills and settle into the Poetry of Place. Participants will learn new ways to meditate on the intricate relationship between self and environment. We’ll process our experience of land, community, and the domestic space in all the ways those elements show up in our unique lives. Open to beginners and longtime writers alike. This session will include a micro-lecture, writing prompt, writing time, and feedback session, so bring a notebook and something to write with!
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Leia Darwish is a poet, editor, copywriter, and educator with creative writing degrees from University of Colorado Denver and VCU. She has served as managing editor for a couple top-tier literary journals, taught creative writing as adjunct professor, and currently works the corporate grind editing a financial literacy blog for PenFed Credit Union. In creative work, she focuses on the poetry of place and the relationship between self and the homeplace/environment. Her poetry and nonfiction can be found in diode, The Journal, PANK, RHINO, The Paris-American, and elsewhere. She lives in Richmond, VA with her partner and young son.
Easy Build: Chicken Tractor (Part I)
Dwayne Jones
Redd Cabbage Farms | Redd Cabbage Cares · @the.joneses
Each part of this multi-session demonstration may be attended individually. This is a hands-on building workshop.
Constructing a chicken tractor doesn’t have to be a daunting task. We’re going to grab a few pieces of wood, a roll of hardware cloth, a few screws, and some basic power tools, and let the fun begin! You’ll also learn why chicken tractors are such a great tool for providing your chickens with fresh forage while keeping them safe and contained, all while improving your garden soil naturally.
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Dwayne, a self-proclaimed handyman turned farmhand, is a Richmond native with a passion for gardening and farming. After spending about 15 years as a novice gardener, he decided to take things more seriously over the past five years, driven by the desire to create a more sustainable and healthier lifestyle in the face of today’s uncertainty. When he's not pulling weeds, petting pigs, or hunting for eggs, you’ll find him in his workshop searching for drill bits—though he's convinced the chickens are hiding those too!
Friday, May 23rd
4:30 - 5:30 pm
ReWild Breathwork
Liz Bowden
ReWild Spirit · rewildspirit.com
This session is a breath experience designed to support deep release, nervous system recalibration, and ignite your joy. Rooted in the body’s innate intelligence and the rhythms of nature, this guided journey invites you to clear emotional residue, move stuck energy, and reconnect with your raw, vibrant self. Through the breath, we soften the grip of old stories and awaken the wild pulse within.
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Liz is a mentor, breathwork facilitator, and earth medicine woman devoted to helping others reconnect with their inner wisdom and the rhythms of the natural world. Her path—spanning from disconnection and pharmaceuticals to off-grid living, sacred ceremony, and ancestral remembrance—infuses her offerings with depth, creativity, and soul. Through breath, herbalism, ritual, and grounded space-holding, Liz invites others to shed old patterns, rewild their spirits, and remember their sacred place within the great web of life.
Friday Music Line-up
5:15 - 6:15pm Music: Dylan Wheeler
6:30 - 7:15pm Music: Haley Noel
7:30 - 8:30pm Music: E 33rd