


PlantCraft: Plant Medicine | Adult Workshop
A hands-on deep dive into the medicinal applications of local plants

PlantCraft: Botanical Colours & Ecoprinting | Adult Workshop
Learn to use plants for inks, dyes, prints and more!


Bushcraft for Women and Non-Binary Folks | Adult Workshop
Bushcraft basics in a. supportive and celebratory space

SUMMER STARTER - PD Day Camp for Kids
Start the Summer off right. Bust out of class and head to the Cedar forest. Ages 4-14 grouped by age and stage.

PlantCraft: Wild Foods | Adult Workshop
Identify and prepare wild foods with Annie and Cailey

Bioregional Herbalism: Foraging Wild Edibles | Adult Workshop
Connect with wild foods & plant medicine from an ecological perspective

Whimsical Carving | Adult Workshop
Learn tools and techniques to craft your own handmade project

Games That Teach
Jump out of our academic heads and into the senses. Thrilling, Co-Operative, Nature-based Games and Challenges. Ages 4- 14, grouped by age & stage.


Weaving with Dogwood | Adult Workshop
Learn fundamentals of basket weaving with red osier dogwood

On the Wing | Adult Workshop
Track the spring migration of warblers and songbirds in Guelph’s backyard

Women's Food & Fire: Spring Soup & Tinder Kits | Adult Workshop
Dive into the practical magic of cooking over an open fire

Growing Green: a GOS PD Day
Plants, buds, and play. Celebrate the world coming alive with friends & adult mentors. Games, Story, and Adventure. Ages 4-14 grouped by age.

Winter Wildlife Tracking Series | Adult Workshop
Learn to decipher animal tracks and sign in the winter landscape. A 3-session series from Jan to March

March Meltdown 2025
A GOS Spring Camp. 5 timeless days - March 10 - 14. Behold the ice flows. Scope out the skunk tracks. Get out on the adventure trail. Kids aged 4 - 14, in groups arranged by age & stage.

Bioregional Herbalism: Tree Medicine | Adult Workshop
Connect with plant medicine from an ecological perspective

Stoke Your Fire: a Trillium Waldorf PD @ GOS
Thrive in Winter. Fire Skills, Stories and…good fire manners :) Ages 4 - 14, grouped by age and stage.

Fresh Tracks, Winter Hacks | January 24th PD for Kids
A PD day for UGDSB, WCDSB, & Trillium Waldorf. A day of detective work, taking note of all that’s around us. Ages 4 - 14.

Women's Food & Fire Making | Adult Workshop
Dive into the practical magic of cooking over an open fire

Minus Whatever: Winter Break Camp for ages 4 - 14
Dec 30 - January 3rd, After all the celebrations are done, food shared, gifts opened. It’s time to get outside. Minus Whatever. ages 4 - 14. No programs on New Years Day :)

Bioregional Herbalism: Tree Medicine | Adult Workshop
Connect with plant medicine from an ecological perspective

Shelter Builder PD Day for Kids
A day focused on thriving outside. Build a little place to be for the day or track some local creatures to see how they do it. Ages 4-14 grouped by age and stage.

Women's Food & Fire Making | Adult Workshop
Registration for this workshop is open!
This unique workshop will provide an intimate, welcoming space for women to delve into the practical magic of fire making, and to tend to our inner fires through food, community and relationship with the land.
Making fire isn't just a useful skill-- it's also a practice that asks us to cultivate awareness and attunement to the world around us. Together, we'll explore the skills needed to confidently and safely work with fire, from harvesting materials from the land, chopping wood, making a tinder bundle, and much more.
In this workshop, we'll explore the landscape, identifying local trees and plants for use as fuel and tinder. We'll practice with various methods of sparking up a fire beyond matches and lighters. Finally, we'll prepare food over the fire, including spruce needle marinated pork loin, ash cakes (vegan and gluten-free!) and apple sauce, and a wildcrafted forest tea.
Meet Your Instructors
Annie Sanassian cherishes the unforgettable nights spent camping in the desert, where a fire illuminated the darkness and the chill in the air created a magical atmosphere. As a child, she was taught to tend to a children’s fire alongside other kids, learning invaluable lessons that deepened her connection to this elemental force. For Annie, tending to fires has always evoked a sense of warmth and curiosity. Passionate about how flickers can weave together, she sees them as a canvas for stories and memories that linger long after the last embers fade.
Proud mother, Senior Staff at GOS, and director & founder at Wind and Rain, Madeleine Carere has an undying love of connecting with the natural world. With a background in studying plants for food and medicine, more recently Madeleine has turned her focus to the world of animals. Continually deepening her relationship with the landscape and this earth one species at a time; be it plant, lichen, insect, 4 legged, or winged.
“Food and fire are in our bones and blood.
There is something innately in us that draws one to cooking over fire that just feels right.”
Browse our Fall Adult Workshop Series here.

Cordage Techniques and Useful Knots | Adult Workshop
Learn to process plant fibers for cordage (and tie them into cool knots, too!)

Eco-Printing | Adult Workshop
Explore plants and creativity with this natural printmaking technique

Trillium Waldorf Fall Break
2 days of Fall Outdoor Immersion. Tracking, Handwork & Bushcraft, Fire Skills, and games, games, games. Friday, Nov. 01 & Monday, Nov.04

Stoke Your Fire PD Day
Gather at the fire in this cozy & bright PD Day Camp. Fire Skills, Stories and…good fire manners :) Ages 4 - 14, grouped by age and stage.

The GOS Open House (Rescheduled)
See the outdoor classroom, meet GOS instructors, do outdoor school stuff :). A free family event, part of Guelph Culture Days.

Adult Workshop: Wild Mushroom Identification
A mushroom walk guided by local expert, Luke Eckstein

Track & Sign | a Trillium Wadlorf PD Day
A day of following tracks, lots of questions, some answers. Detective work for young naturalists. Ages 4 - 14

Summer Solstice Picnic
Celebrate part of the longest day with the GOS community. Food, Games & lots of friends. 5 - 9 pm at the Barber Scout Camp. RSVP!

Spring Into Carving | Adult Workshop
Learn tools and techniques to craft your own handmade spoon