
-- Skills and Nature Program --
Enrollment Closed
Fridays / September - May
Ages: 13-17
(children younger than 13 may be accepted into the program if they have attended one of
our summer camps and shown maturity, focus and aptitude)
Drop off location: Crows End in Squire Canyon, San Luis Obispo
Time: 9am-3pm
“To raise a nature-bonded child is to raise a rebel, a dreamer, an innovator…
someone who will walk their own verdant, winding path.”
~Nicolette Sowder
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FOCUS
The program focuses on building a deeper understanding and connections with the natural world through project-based skill building. All of the crafts we work on have a deeper source or purpose than the object itself. It's all about understanding the relationships things have to one another.
At one point all of our ancestors understood and respected these innate relationships and how to work with them. If you're reading this today, it's because somewhere in your family lineage your ancestors knew how to make these connections.
The ability to understand and apply these skills belongs to everyone. This knowledge is part of our shared and inherited DNA. Our awareness of it just needs to be rekindled.
Some of the skills we work on include forging metal, carving wood, woodworking, archery, knife skills, tomahawk and hatchet skills, building skills, leather craft, drawing/sketching, journaling, hide tanning, animal processing, hunting, tracking and shelter building.
Mentor
James Horvath & Sage Taub
Tuition
$165/Month (9 Payments / September - May)
$200 Deposit upon enrollment
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The Skills and Nature program meets 30 times between September and May.
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It is not a drop-in program and requires a full year commitment.
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Payment can be made by cash, Venmo or Paypal.
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All materials and a once-per-month lunch (i.e. monthly cooking-a-meal-over-the-fire day) included in tuition.
SKILLS
Friction fire
Fire building
Sit spots
Journaling
Campfire cooking
Art drawing/sketching
Nature Hikes/Wanders
Archery
Knife care, safety and sharpening
Hunting/trapping/tracking
Tomahawk and knife skills
Leather Crafting
Wild foraging
Wood working and carving
Nature games
Tanning
Animal Processing
Knife making
Shelter building
Awareness skills
Program Dates
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September 10, 17, 24
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October 1, 8, 15, 29
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November 5, 12, 19
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December 3, 10, 17
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January 14, 21, 28
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February 4, 11, 18, 25
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March 4, 11, 18
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April 1, 8, 22, 29
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May 13, 20, 27
How to Enroll
Full enrollment requires completion of the following:
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Online Registration and Agreement form
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3 Waivers and Forms
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General Assumption of Risk Waiver
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Covid-19 Waiver
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Emergency Contact Information
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Deposit of $200




-- Currently Not Accepting Enrollment --
1 - Register Online
Skills and Nature Program Registration and Agreement
Click the button to fill out the online form and submit to complete enrollment.
2 - Complete Waivers and Forms
Read, complete, sign all three forms
PDF forms will need to be printed and either scanned and emailed or mailed. (See below)
3 - Submit Forms
Submit forms through email or snail-mail
Snail Mail
James Horvath
Gathering Skills
6430 Squire Court
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
4 - Make a Deposit
Deposit of $200 secures a spot
Payment for deposit and monthly tuition can be made through cash, venmo or Paypal.
Cash
Venmo
@James-Horvath-14
PayPal
That's It! Thank you for enrolling!
You will receive a confirmation email and more information soon!