Roots Adult Programs
Black Ash Basketry: Pack Baskets
September 27-28, 2025 Sold Out
Black ash pack baskets are iconic for a reason: they are durable, functional, and gorgeous. Weave your own! Learn More…
Wild Edible Foraging
October 11, 2025
Start off with a botany lesson then head to the field and forest to learn to identify, harvest, and prepare wild edibles. Learn More…
Willow Basketry: Stake and Strand
October 18-19, 2025 Sold Out
Join the talented Sandra Kehoe for two days of willow weaving focused on stand and strand techniques. Learn More…
A Handcrafted Life
Starts February 28, 2026 One weekend a month.
A series of projects designed to get students working with a variety of tools and materials crafting objects to be used in your day-to-day life. Learn More…
The Gatherer's Program: Foraging, Herbal Medicine, & Basketry
Starts April 11th 2026 One weekend a month.
Willow gathering baskets, black ash pack baskets, fibers & dyes, seasonal foraging, herbalism and more! Spring to fall. Learn More…
The Way of the Woods: Land Knowledge and Traditional Hand Crafts
Starts April 11th, 2026, One weekend a month.
Naturalist skills meet applied traditional crafts. Get hands on and learn to see through the wall of green! Learn More…
WSIP: Wilderness Survival Immersion Program
Starts April 18th 2026 One weekend a month.
Eight months, one weekend a month, ends with a 4-day full survival trip. Build and sleep in shelters, become proficient at bow drill fire in all conditions, learn to purify water, find food through foraging edible plants, hunting, and trapping. Learn More…
Course To be Announced
Wilderness Self Reliance
September 25-26, 2025
Take a first step into learning wilderness survival with this course that covers the basics of shelter, water, fire and food. Learn More…
Animal Processing
September 13, 2025
A hands-on education in skinning, field dressing, and butchering your own wild game or livestock. Learn More…
Roots Rendezvous
August 30-September 1, 2025
Our annual gathering where we come together to celebrate three days of skills with tons of insructors and classes to explore. Learn More…
Scout
August 3-9, 2025
Old skills that belong to everyone. Learn to defend yourself and loved ones through awareness, blending with the landscape, martial arts, and teamwork. Learn More…
Land Navigation
July 19, 2025
One of the most important survival skills, staying found. Read mapsand navigate using a compasss and the landscape Learn More…
Willow Basketry: Stake and Strand
July 12-13, 2025 Sold Out
Join the talented Sandra Kehoe for two days of willow weaving focused on stand and strand techniques. Learn More…
Tracking and Awareness
June 21-22, 2025
Learn clear print identification, gait interpretation, sign tracking, aging, trailing and methods for pushing your sensory and situational awareness. Learn More…
Black Ash Basketry: Berry Baskets
June 15, 2025
Join Penny Hewitt for a day of black ash weaving making a durable, beautiful, and very useful berry gathering basket. Learn More…
Hide Tanning
May 30-June 1, 2025
Learn to tan hides the old-fashioned way using all natural resources and turn a fleshy deerskin into a beautiful piece of buckskin. Learn More…
Black Ash Basketry: Workhorse Tote
May 24-25, 2025 Sold Out
Weave and incredibly useful, durable, and beautiful black ash basket with Penny Hewitt. Learn More…
Wilderness Survival Four Day
May 23-26, 2025
Dive into 4 days of survival skills focused on building shelters, making friction fire, water purification, foraging, survival hunting & trapping, stone tools, cordage, tracking & more! Learn More…
Wilderness Self Reliance
May 3-4, 2025
Take a first step into learning wilderness survival with this course that covers the basics of shelter, water, fire and food. Learn More…
Arrow Making
April 30- May 1, 2025
Combine a viburnumb arrow shaft with a bone point and turkey feathers using animal sinew and tree resin to create your own arrow. Learn More…
Bow and Arrow Making
April 26- May 1, 2025
Spend six days handcrafting your own Osage Orange longbow and arrow from all natural materials. Learn More…
Traditional Bow Hunting 8 Month Intensive
April 26-September 14 One weekend a month.
Build your own wooden bow and arrows, tan hides, track game, process animals, and scout and hunt. Learn More…
Winter Survival
TBA
Winter shelter building, winter hunting and trapping, survival snowshoes, winter fire making techniques, bark foods, and much more.
Pelt Tanning
TBA
Furs and pelts introduce you to the principals and processes of hide tanning while being less intensive and more approachable than tanning a deer hide into buckskin.
Flint Knapping Stone Tools
TBA
Learn the oldest know humans skills set- turing rocks into useful tools such as knifes, scrapers, drills and projectile points.
Willow Basketry: Ribbed Baskets
TBA
Learn the ribbed willow basketry style with Sandra Kehoe.
Hat Felting
TBA
Make the warmest of hats, amazing camo or pick your own design!
Stealth and Awareness
TBA
A fun filled day of pushing your awareness and stealth skills. Learn More…
Diagonal Plaited Birch Bark
TBA
Take birch bark from fallen tree and weave it into beautiful containers using diagonal weaving.
Advanced Scout
TBA
The next level of scout training. A slower pace with more refined tactics and techniques and higher performance. Still type 2 fun.
Fire Making: From One Match to Bow Drill
TBA
Build your fire skills with all-weather one-match fires and bow drill friction fires. Learn More…
Long Term Intensives
A Handcrafted Life
A series of projects designed to get students working with a variety of tools and materials crafting objects to be used in your day-to-day life. Learn More…
Traditional Bow Hunting 8 Month Intensive
Build your own wooden bow and arrows, tan hides, track game, process animals, and scout and hunt. Learn More…
The Gatherer's Program: Foraging, Herbal Medicine, & Basketry
Willow gathering baskets, black ash pack baskets, fibers & dyes, seasonal foraging, herbalism and more! Spring to fall. Learn More…
The Way of the Woods: Land Knowledge and Traditional Hand Crafts
Naturalist skills and natural history meets applied traditional crafts and wildcrafting. Get hands on and comfortable in the forest and learn to see through the wall of green! Learn More…
Custom Programs
Roots is happy to help you design the course that works for your needs as an individual or to teach at your school or organization. Sky is the limit!
Online Academy
A couple of video Master Classes produced in house here at Roots. Learn More…
Youth Programs
Roots has a variety of programs for children year round. We have a couple Summer Day Camps, a school year one day a week homeschool program, and weekend classes such as Children’s Bow Making. We also have family events that are all ages such as the Family Survival Weekend and the Roots Rendezvous.
WSIP: Wilderness Survival Immersion Program
Nine months, one weekend a month, starts with a 4 day course and ends with a 4 day full survival trip. Learn to take care of your most basic needs with just your own two hands, your mind, and your motivation. Build and sleep in shelters, become proficient at bow drill fire in all conditions, learn to purify water, find food through foraging edible plants, hunting, and trapping.
