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Think you could make it through a night in Asheville’s wilds? If your survival skills need a little brushing up, or maybe you’re still mastering the basics, look no further than local hands-on classes teaching you how to reconnect with nature + live sustainably off the land.
No Taste Like Home
- The most popular option offered by this nature education organization is the Foraging Tour, a guided ramble to find wild fruits, nuts, greens + sometimes even mushrooms. It features on-site tasting with an option for a local restaurant to cook up your finds. Anyone else thinking this would make a great holiday gift? The company also offers a Morel + Ramp tour and a Wild Food Immersion, a 10-week course about edible plants + medicine in nature.
Wild Abundance
- Wild Abundance specializes in teaching natural-world skills “foundational to human culture for millennia.” Enrollment for a virtual Hide Tanning Course is open through Dec. 1, with an upcoming New Year’s sale to enroll in next year’s online + in-person classes. Pro tip: The in-person classes tend to fill up quickly, so get on the waitlist now for courses like the four-day Survival Skills Class offered next spring.
Firefly Gathering
- For those looking for an immersive, multi-day experience, the annual Firefly Gathering at Deerfields in Mills River brings together learners + instructors for over 300 classes like making herbal medicine, food preservation, and more. Next year’s gathering takes place July 7-12, with first tickets going on sale New Year’s Eve. Other ongoing classes here.
Holistic Survival School
- For an immersion in skills our ancestors used to rely on the Earth, HoSS offers everything from a 10-month Deep Remembering to private classes you can book for yourself + a group of friends. Coming up in January is a 5-day Build Your Own Bow Class — tickets can be purchased now.
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