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MOUNTAIN RUN JAM in Virginia this weekend Oct 3-5, 2025 ! Wowie zowie. https://mountainrunjam.com/

We’ve been dreaming of this all year.

Curating the music, workshops, food, and rhythm of the weekend—shaping a gathering that only happens once a year.

We’ve lined up herbalists, farmers, craftspeople, healers, foragers, dancers, artists, and musicians—each bringing their own thread to the Jam.

You’ll leave with more than memories.
Learn how to forage for wild food and medicine, raise chickens on pasture, ferment cheese, build garden fertility, craft herbal tinctures, and dye fabric with indigo—just a few of the 70+ hands-on workshops happening this weekend.

And the weather? Low 70s during the day, low 50s at night. Clear skies, crisp air—pretty much perfect.

You don’t need anything fancy—just bring yourself. We’ll handle the rest.

👉 Get your ticket before midnight →

We’ll see you soon!


Sincerely,

Mark & Allison

P.S.

Don't forget to explore the breadth of workshops, healing activities, kids activities, live music, vendors & exhibitors, and amazing food options available all weekend long.

P.P.S.

Make sure you study the schedule to make a gameplan for your weekend—choose your own adventure!
This Jam is rooted in community—and supported by it.

Mountain Run Jam thrives on community—and that includes the local businesses, organizations, and supporters who help make it all possible.

Our sponsors aren’t just logos on a page. They’re part of the Jam family, investing in skills, music, land, and connection so that everyone can take something lasting home.

Mountain Run Jam | In Celebration of Agriculture and the Arts What happens when you bring together music, hands-on skills, and community? Mountain Run Jam Three days of hands-on workshops, healing activities, live music, farm-to-table food, and community in the mountains of Central Virginia. October 3–5, 2025 Sedalia, VA Save $55—Get My Pass Now your dream...

Hope you can jump in! See the strawbale structures, earth plasters, thatched and living roofs, rocket stove & earth oven. 10a-12p. There is also a CANDLE-MAKING WORKSHOP in the afternoon that you can register for!

TOUR & EARTH OVEN PIZZA @ Strawbale Studio Take a LEARNING TOUR @ Strawbale Studio & create your OWN PIZZA and bake it in the wood-fired EARTH OVEN! Enjoy an afternoon in nature!

CELEBRATE the FALL EQUINOX @ Strawbale Studio ! WILD PLANT WALK + Foraged Craft! Free "you dig" plants, too.

WILD PLANT WALK & Craft @ Strawbale Studio CELEBRATE the FALL EQUINOX ! Join us for a fun day of exploring wild plants and crafting at Strawbale Studio!

Register to join the 2 hr LEARNING TOUR @ Strawbale Studio Aug 17 , 2024 10a-12p (August 17, 2024) Aske natural building questions! See thatched & living roof natural buildings Buildings, Earth plasters on strawbale walls, Earth Oven & more.

2 hr LEARNING TOUR @ Strawbale Studio Aug 17 , 2024 10a-12p See the enchanting buildings with Thatched & Living roofs, plus Earth Oven, Rocket Stoves, Rumford Fireplace .. on lovely wooded rural land.

Check out this offering, and share if you can to folks in the TC area! Warmly, Deanne

Pass it on ) May 11, 2024 (Traverse City) NATURAL BUILDING & HEALTHY HOME Symposium. For ATTENDEES: https://crosshatch-bloom.kindful.com/e/canary-homes-collective-natural-building-healthy-home-symposium
For SPONSORS:
: Invitation to Sponsor Letter https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=2c8c6b5545&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1796130233176154069&th=18ed22ee46cddfd5&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_luw1kqpi1

ROCKET STOVE ! EARTH OVEN !
WorkshopS April 13 & 14, 2024! Come to 1 or both!
Learn the principles of design & construction with our rocket stove class. Hands-on construction of an instructional model of a Rocket Stove combustion unit + some experience in mixing cob and finish plaster.
The next day, we host our Hands-on 1/2 scale Earth Oven construction in teams. We will make a pizza lunch fired in the Earth

FIRE Workshop : Rocket Stove & Earth Oven. - April 13 & 14, 2024 Fire up ! Rocket Stove & Earth Oven ~ Hands-on learning ! Create useful heat efficiently from the local, natural materials !

Hands-on Basics of Thatching a Roof!
Mar 10 & 11, 2024 @ Strawbale Studio. Early-Bird Special extended to 2/29/2024! Tour, Demo, Hands-on, Reed collect, Videos.

THATCHED ROOF 2-day Workshop ~ March 10 & 11, 2024 Hands-on thatching with local reed grass in Michigan! See enchanting thatched roofs on site & learn bssic skills !

FIRE! Rocket Stove & Earth Oven hands-on workshop Jan 27, & 28, 2024
Get ready to make something this year? Have fun, make pizza in the earth oven, learn to mix and sculpt cob, and make a model earth oven, and a brick mockup of the rocket stove combustion unit. See them both in action, and understand the building principles!

Fire! ROCKET STOVE & EARTH OVEN workshop Jan 27-28, 2024 Create useful heat efficiently from local materials ! JANUARY 27 & 28, 2024 9:30 am – 5p each day. Tour the buildings & Stoves on site, Hands-on: brick mockup of combustion unit, mix…

UPCOMING Workshops in Jan-Feb! ROCKET STOVE, Earth Oven, THATCHING, Earth Sculpting & ROUND POLE Framing !

Deanne Bednar I entered the world of natural building by participating in a “Start-to-Finish” course with theCob Cottage Companyin 1996 after retiring from teaching art & sustainability at the middle school level. Returning to Michigan, I became a collaborator in the Strawbale Studio Project. I now educate (a...