UPCOMING EVENTS
Tracking and Bird Language
Learn to read the subtle signs of the land through tracking and bird language. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll study animal movement, interpret ground sign, and understand how birds signal changes in the environment. Develop deeper awareness, sharper observation, and a stronger relationship with the ecosystems around you.
Spring Moonrise Hike
We welcome you to join us for a Long Branch full moon hike up to Little Sandymush Bald at the top of the property on the first full moon of the spring season!
Firecraft: One Match to Friction
In this workshop, you’ll learn reliable fire starting methods ranging from one match fires, ferro rods, to bow drill friction fires. Develop confidence in varied conditions while deepening your understanding of materials, preparation, and environmental awareness.
Earth Day Storytelling with PapaJoe
We invite you to join in on this fun, engaging tale-of-a-time Earth Day celebration at Long Branch! All ages welcomed and encouraged! Get comfy as PapaJoe takes us on a folklore storytelling journey through different times and places with loving Mother Earth as a centerpiece.
April Cob Oven Pizza Party
Join us for our monthly wood-fired pizza night at the cob oven!
The Wild Hunt & Ethical Harvest
The Wild Hunt & Ethical Harvest explores traditional hunting and harvesting practices grounded in stewardship and responsibility. Learn the fundamentals of tracking, scoutcraft, ethical decision-making, and humane harvest methods for small and large game. This class emphasizes skill, respect, and sustainable relationship with the land.
May Cob Oven Pizza Party
Join us for our monthly wood-fired pizza night at the cob oven!
June Cob Oven Pizza Party
Join us for our monthly wood-fired pizza night at the cob oven!
JULY Cob Oven Pizza Party
Join us for our monthly wood-fired pizza night at the cob oven!
August Cob Oven Pizza Party
Join us for our monthly wood-fired pizza night at the cob oven!
September Cob Oven Pizza Party
Join us for our monthly wood-fired pizza night at the cob oven!
October Cob Oven Pizza Party
Join us for our monthly wood-fired pizza night at the cob oven!
Annual Lumberjack Party + Chili Cook-Off 2026
Our annual lumberjack party and chili cook off is on! Bring your axe, flannel, and your best chili recipe for a day of wood splitting, stacking, and gathering community in the autumn forest at Long Branch.
Spring Equinox Pizza Party & Plant Sale!
Once a month, we gather to light the oven, stretch dough, share toppings, and enjoy slow food and good company. This is an open, family-friendly community evening — bring kids, friends, neighbors, instruments, and your appetite. This is a special one celebrating the spring equinox!
Live Staking Workshop
Live staking is a simple and powerful bioengineering technique that uses dormant cuttings of woody plants to stabilize soil, reduce erosion, and restore ecological function along waterways. During this workday, we’ll be installing live stakes around the perimeter of our trout pond to strengthen the banks before spring rains arrive.
Winter Dreaming: A Solstice Community Dream & Deep Rest Practice
Winter Dreaming is a late season gathering devoted to rest, reflection, and collective imagination.
In the deep quiet of the last weeks of the coldest season, we will be guided into a Yoga Nidra–inspired dream state—an intentional space between waking and sleeping where insight, integration, and creativity naturally arise.
Biochar Workshop
We will talk about what biochar is, how it's made, its historical and cultural significance, how it fits into soil regeneration, and a little about the greater contexts of carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. After the workshop we will share a potluck meal together, so bring your favorite dish!
New Years Day Hike & Polar Plunge
Join Long Branch in ringing in the New Year by a hike to the Sandy Mush Bald and wrap it up with a cold plunge in the trout pond!
THANKSGIVING Potluck 2025
Join the Long Branch fam for a community gratitude potluck. Bring a dish to share to make this a collaborative meal.
Mend & Friend: Hemming, mending, darning and more
Bring your well-loved clothes and gear—and a dish to share—for a night of repair, learning, and connection.
Roots & Fungi for Fall: Fire Cider, Dual-Extraction Tinctures, and Medicinal Broth
Roots & Fungi for Fall: Fire Cider, Dual-Extraction Tinctures, and Medicinal Broth
Saturday, November 8, 11:00am–1:30 PM
As the days shorten and the air cools, nature shifts into a season that has the warm, earthy resonance of roots and mushrooms—a perfect time to prepare nourishing remedies for the months ahead. In this hands-on herbalism workshop, we’ll explore three powerful, kitchen-friendly ways to boost immunity and support seasonal wellness:
Fire Cider – a spicy, root-based apple cider vinegar infusion to warm the body and ward off colds (and throw in salad dressings!)
Dual-Extraction Mushroom Tincture – learn how to extract the full spectrum of medicinal benefits from fungi like reishi and turkey tail using both alcohol and water.
Medicinal Broth – discover how to transform roots, mushrooms, and herbs into a delicious, nutrient-rich broth for everyday seasonal nourishment.
You’ll chop, mix, and pour your own remedies to take home, sample a warming medicinal broth, and gain practical skills for building your own herbal apothecary. All ingredients and materials are provided, and no prior herbal experience is needed.
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Cost: $45-$75 sliding scale (includes all materials, recipe cards, and a jar of each remedy to prepare at home)
What to Bring: A notebook at pen. Optional apron.
Instructor: Allie Mason, herbalist and educator. Allie lives at Long Branch as the education director and has been teaching herbalism for 7 years between the tropics and temperate zones and enjoys melding her experience of different bioregions and cultural herbalism into her offerings here in our temperate rainforest of western NC.
Join us for this cozy afternoon of community, learning, and seasonal medicine-making—and head into fall with remedies in hand and warmth in your belly.
Annual Lumberjack Party + Chili Cook-Off
Our annual lumberjack party and chili cook off is on! Bring your axe, flannel, and your best chili recipe for a day of wood splitting, stacking, and gathering community in the autumn forest at Long Branch.
Chestnutting at Long Branch!
Let's go a-chestnutting! Back in the time of the mighty American chestnut tree, families and friends would gather to go 'chestnutting', collecting the bounty of nutritious nuts and enjoying a fall frolic in the countryside.
Mid-Month Yoga (OCTOBER)
Each month through fall and into winter, we are hosting a hatha yoga class, followed by a community potluck to gather as the days get darker.
LBEEC Closed
We are closed all day to the public today, in honor of the passing of our founder, Paul Gallimore.
Fall Equinox Weekend at Long Branch
Celebrate the turning of the seasons with a weekend of connection, stewardship, and balance. As day and night meet in equal measure, we’ll gather in community to honor the abundance of late summer and welcome the stillness of autumn. Garden workday followed by a ritual bonfire and camping. Sunday sunrise hike followed by a hot breakfast.
Yin + Yum Summer Series - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays (SEPT. 17)
Every first and third Wednesday this summer, we’re hosting a special event to cool off from the summer heat, combining the soothing practice of yin yoga with the comfort of a community potluck.
Yin + Yum Summer Series - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays (SEPT. 3)
Every first and third Wednesday this summer, we’re hosting a special event to cool off from the summer heat, combining the soothing practice of yin yoga with the comfort of a community potluck.
WEED + FEED | Garden WorkdAY & COMMUNITY POTLUCK - AUGUST 30
Get your hands in the dirt this weekend! Join us at Long Branch Environmental Education Center for an afternoon of garden care and community connection.
We'll start the day by weeding and tending our annual garden beds. After our hands-on work, we invite everyone to relax and share a delicious community potluck—a celebration of our collective effort and the Earth we steward.
Men's Gathering - Hosted by Oliver Kristevic
This men’s circle offers a space for honest conversation, mutual support, and genuine connection. Drawing from over seven years of experience with the Mankind Project Australia, Oli will guide the group in a way that honors the unique strengths and skills already present in the room.
Yin + Yum Summer Series - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
Every first and third Wednesday this summer, we’re hosting a special event to cool off from the summer heat, combining the soothing practice of yin yoga with the comfort of a community potluck.
WEED + FEED | Garden WorkdAY & COMMUNITY POTLUCK - AUGUST
Get your hands in the dirt this weekend! Join us at Long Branch Environmental Education Center for an afternoon of garden care and community connection.
We'll start the day by weeding and tending our annual garden beds. After our hands-on work, we invite everyone to relax and share a delicious community potluck—a celebration of our collective effort and the Earth we steward.
Intro to Herbalism Series - Summer’s Balm: Wild REmedies & Ritual Waters
Let’s meet peak summer’s heat through the eyes of herbal wonders. Join us for an afternoon of experiential herbalism at Long Branch. This class will bring a balance of Fire and Water, honoring the warmth and power of summer’s heat while offering some remedy and reprieve for many of the less comfortable elements that accompany midsummer.
WEED + FEED | Garden WorkdAY & COMMUNITY POTLUCK - JULY
Get your hands in the dirt this weekend! Join us at Long Branch Environmental Education Center for an afternoon of garden care and community connection.
We'll start the day by weeding and tending our annual garden beds. After our hands-on work, we invite everyone to relax and share a delicious community potluck—a celebration of our collective effort and the Earth we steward.
Yin + Yum Summer Series - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
Every first and third Wednesday this summer, we’re hosting a special event to cool off from the summer heat, combining the soothing practice of yin yoga with the comfort of a community potluck.
Yin + Yum Summer Series - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
Every first and third Wednesday this summer, we’re hosting a special event to cool off from the summer heat, combining the soothing practice of yin yoga with the comfort of a community potluck.
WEED + FEED | Garden WorkdAY & COMMUNITY POTLUCK - JUNE
Get your hands in the dirt this weekend! Join us at Long Branch Environmental Education Center for an afternoon of garden care and community connection.
We'll start the day by weeding and tending our annual garden beds. After our hands-on work, we invite everyone to relax and share a delicious community potluck—a celebration of our collective effort and the Earth we steward.
Cob Oven Building Workshop
Join us on the summer solstice to build a cob oven for our community here at Long Branch! Learn natural building techniques with experts and contribute to a project that will have tasty yields for years to come.
Raspberry U-Pick Season
Spring raspberries are ripe! Bring your own containers or use one of ours.
U-Pick: Donation by the pint for u-pick raspberries. Please leave a donation in our donation box or donate ahead of time on our website. Pricing is on our signage near the parking area.
Barn clean-out Yard Sale
We’re clearing out the barn! After 50 years of working, living, and learning here, it’s time to make way for the next chapter—and you’re invited to be part of it.
WEED + FEED | Garden WorkdAY & COMMUNITY POTLUCK
Get your hands in the dirt this weekend! Join us at Long Branch Environmental Education Center for an afternoon of garden care and community connection.
We'll start the day by weeding and tending our annual garden beds. After our hands-on work, we invite everyone to relax and share a delicious community potluck—a celebration of our collective effort and the Earth we steward.
Home Brew Wine & Vinegar Workshop
Welcome to the first of our classes on ferments at Long Branch Environmental Education Center! In this half day workshop we will cover the basics of home fermentation, detailing processes for making simple, home brew wine and vinegar.
Weed + Feed: Invasive Species Removal and Equinox Potluck
Saturday, March 22, 10:30am-2:30pm
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Join us to celebrate the equinox after a hard-earned meal!
Our workday will consist of both a learning opportunity on how to identify, manage, and remove invasive species and the removal process itself to apply what you learned. During the first half of the day, we'll work together to remove invasive plant species from the Long Branch campus, learning about their impacts on local ecosystems and how to manage them effectively. This educational workday is a great opportunity to deepen your connection with the land while supporting ecological balance.
Afterward, we'll gather for a community potluck to celebrate the spring equinox—a time of renewal, growth, and balance. Bring a dish to share and enjoy connecting with others as we mark the season's arrival with good food and great company.
Whether you're an avid gardener, an environmental enthusiast, or simply looking to welcome spring in a meaningful way, this event is for you!
10:30-11am: Circle up, invasive species ID/removal methodology lesson
11-1: Invasives removal workday
1-2:30: Potluck and Equinox celebration!