Join us on the Summer Solstice for an introduction to one of the most practical and fascinating tools in biodynamic agriculture: the Biodynamic Planting Calendar.

Used by farmers, gardeners, and ranchers around the world, the biodynamic calendar tracks the rhythms of the moon, planets, and constellations to guide planting, cultivation, harvesting, and soil care.

Join us at Sustainable Settings for this illuminating 2-day intensive of on-ranch Biodynamic (BD) preparation making. Participants will help make the Biodynamic preparations and through whiteboard talks and demonstrations learn the history, and the who, what, and why of how Biodynamic Agriculture and how it can enhance the quality and quantity of life in/on your garden, farm, ranch, orchard or vineyard.

Join Spikenard Mentors and Ambassadors for our Question & Answer session to explore your curiosities and challenges related to healthy, sustainable beekeeping. Caring for bees is a practice of endless questions and exceptions to all of the training and preparations you can make! Drawing from experiences at our Honeybee Sanctuary as well as those of seasoned beekeepers from around the world, we will share our collective knowledge and expertise to encourage and support your growth as a beekeeper.

This Festival in celebration of Rudolf Steiner's Calendar of the Soul is of special interest to those who work with the weekly verses in their relation to Biodyanamics. See the calendar come to life in movement through the choreography and indications given by Rudolf Steiner.

The 52 Colors of the Soul Festival includes workshops and talks from Mary Stuart Adams, Mac Mead, and Daniel Hafner. This event is crowned by the final performance and highpoint of all 52 Calendar of the Soul verses performed on Sunday, July 16th.

We will discuss and make the yarrow and valerian biodynamic preparations. The other compost preparations that were buried in the October class will be unearthed, and the subject of preparation storage will be covered. We will make and show the use of the biodynamic insect pepper, and time will be given for project presentations for those on the certificate track. The subjects of elemental beings and the biodynamic cycle of the year will round out the day. New date: May 30 (originally June 6)

Whether your farm is large or small there is a business that you are running. 

Please join us this Wednesday evening March 11th at 7:00 for a rare (and free) oportunity to learn management skills that will simplify your business and allow you to be out meeting the needs of the land and sensing the elemental changes on your farm. 

The Individualized Farmscape and Pruning Fruit Trees

Hugh Williams and Hanna Bail, owners and operators of Threshold Farm, will share their perspective on unfolding the living being of their particular farm individuality. Also covered: the science and art of pruning fruit trees, including a few hours of hands-on learning, pruning our own orchard under Hugh and Hanna’s expert guidance.

Fall Preparation-Making, Sunday, October 11, 2026, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  

Wintergreen Farm, 89846 Poodle Creek Road, Noti, OR 97461

https://www.oregonbd.org/

Summer Preparation-Making, Sunday June 28, 2026 ~10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 

Singing Creek Farm, 34772 Kizer Creek Road, Cottage Grove, OR 97424

https://www.oregonbd.org/

Spring Preparation-Making, Sunday, May 24, 2026, 9 a.m. 5 p.m.  

Wintergreen Farm, 89846 Poodle Creek Road, Noti, OR 97461

https://www.oregonbd.org/