Firefly Gathering ~ Rewilding, Primitive, Homesteading and Sustainability Skills in Western North Carolina

Welcome

Thanks to all that were a part of Firefly! Your support, enthusiasm, skills and efforts helped make this a fabulous event. Thanks so much!

The Firefly Gathering is for people seeking to deepen and expand their connection with the natural world.

There will be over 100 classes available focusing on self-sufficiency and wilderness skills taught by over 40 masterful teachers from around the region and country.

It offers learning for adults and children, evening entertainment, and on-site camping.

Firefly Gathering July 22-25 classes include...

Archery
Atl-atl making
Bamboo utensils
Basketry
Basic car repair
Beekeeping
Bird calls and identification
Blacksmithing
Book making
Bowmaking
Breadmaking
Brewing (meadmaking)
Buckskin pouches
Bullroarers
Butchering
Candle making
Canning
Clay Paints
Cordage
Copper Working
Debris hut making
Deer leg usage
Diaper free parenting
Drop spinning
Drumming
Felting
Finger weaving
Fire (bow drill, hand drill, flint and steel)
Fire building
Flintknapping
Flute Making
Herb walk
Hide tanning
Leatherworking
Kudzu basketry
Mushroom Hunting
Moccasin making
Net bags
Pelt tanning
Pigment paints
Pine needle basketry
Plant Propagation
Pottery
Primitive cooking
Primitive instruments
Quillwork
Rivercane flutes
Salve making
Scouting and camoflauge
Soapmaking
Solar Energy for your Home
Storytelling
Tincture making
Tracking
Trapping (modern and primitive)
Veggie oil conversions
Weaving
Wild woods walk
Wilderness awareness
Wilderness first aid
Womens' herb walk
Wood carving

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Thanks for Coming!

For a look back at this year's event, check out this blog post by one of the attendees: I've Been Re-Wilding At Firefly.

Wild Abundance

For ongoing classes please check out WildAbundance.net

We Have a New Location!

Firefly will be held at Camp Pinnacle, a little over a half-an-hour from Asheville, NC. Rustic Camp Pinnacle has a beautiful 18 acre lake, many covered areas, plenty of camping, cabins, and showers. If it is hot we have a lake to swim and canoe in, if it is rainy we have plenty of shelter.

Address/Directions

No dogs, please.

Classes/Schedule

Take a look at our 2010 schedule. View Schedule.

Interested in being a teacher at The Firefly Gathering?

Kids Program

An extensive kids program for children ages 8-12 will take place during all class sessions. It will be staffed by teachers, and work traders.

View the 2010 kids class schedule

Childcare: There will be a fun and educational cooperative childcare system for kids ages 18 months - 7 years at the Gathering during all class sessions. It will be staffed by work-traders and parent volunteers.

Contact

Web: fireflygathering.org

Email: fireflygathering@charter.net

Phone: 828-777-8777 after 9pm or on weekends, or 206-661-6550 anytime.

A Few Instructor Websites

Donations and Special Thanks

Mellow Mushroom
Rise and Shine Cafe
Asheville School of Massage and Yoga
Short Street Cakes
Pies in Disguise
French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Farm and Sparrow
Hickory Nut Gap Farm
Early Girl Eatery
Bald Guy Brew
Espresso News
Imladris Farm
Dynamite Roasting Company
Ultimate Ice Cream Company
Dripolator Asheville
Maté Factor

Pricing

The organizers of Firefly believe that these skills should be accessible to as many as possible. We therefore offer a sliding scale providing low and flexible pricing. If you consider yourself very low income please pay the minimum required price. If you feel secure in your financial situation please place yourself in the sliding scale accordingly.

Please see the registration page for more details.