Join us at Holdfast Farm for an engaging plant identification and foraging walk! We'll ID and collect wild herbs, then taste them in a traditional tea ceremony. Celebrate Summer too! Stick around for a cleansing fire to burn old things and welcome in the new season. Event Details! Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026 Address: Holdfast Farm, 5515 Riggs Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20882 Cost: $20 Schedule:
10:30am - Plant and herb walk. Wander the land, meet the plants, and deepen your relationship with the living world around you
12:30pm - Wild Tea Ceremony. Sit together in a simple, intentional tea practice with season plants. (Bring your own lunch to enjoy alongside or after)
1:30pm - Herb Fire and Release Ritual. Gather around the fire as we offer old herbs and old patterns, creating space for renewal and clarity
Afternoon Flow - Stay, Soak, Connect. Enjoy tea, optional zero balancing bodywork, time by the pool, and unstructured space to rest, connect and simply be.
What is a Plant Walk with Tea and Fire Ceremony? We'll start with a Foraging Plant Walk! Walking around Holdfast, we'll find wild medicinals and learn to ID them as well as learn about their medicinal properties. We'll come back poolside and enjoy a traditional tea ceremony with some of the wild and medicinal herbs we find on our walk. We'll shift over to light a ceremonial fire to welcome in the Beginning of Summer. You'll be invited to bring things you'd like to offer to the fire as a way of clearing out the old and welcoming in the new - bring old herbs to burn, or a letter, a prayer, or anything that represents what you'd like to let go of. Afterwards you're welcome to hang out and enjoy the land, the pool, the company, and Jared may even set-up a massage table and offer some Zero Balancing work. Join us for this low key ceremony to celebrate the land and Summer, and good people creating community healing. Can't wait to see you there! Please RSVP to hold your spot!
