All Biodynamic classes are taught by Lloyd Nelson, with contributions by Brook LeVan founders of Biodynamic Source
Previous guest mentors have been – Pat Frazier, Dawn Rains, Stone Hunter, Jared Minori, Megan Miller, Red Horse, W. Jason Harris.

 Biodynamic Tree Care
 Saturday March 11, 
 10am-4pm 
 Cost $120

to register, call 970-963-6107 or email rose@sustainablesettings.org

This hands on workshop will include ways to bring heath and vitality to fruit trees using the Biodynamic method. Pruning of young and old tree will be demonstrated. BD treatments of common pests and disease will be discussed. We will be making and application of Biodynamic Tree Paste, and you will be able to take some home for your trees. Even if you have already pruned your trees, this tree paste is still beneficial to apply at this time.

Light Lunch Provided (Soup bread and salad)
Take home 1 gallon of tree paste for your own fruit trees, bring a bucket!
Bring:  gloves, a 5 gallon bucket, old paint brush and/or scrub brush, sun hat water bottle, dress for any kind of weather. 

This is a foundation course and is highly recommended before participating in other advanced Biodynamic courses offered at Sustainable Settings. The history of Biodynamics and the significance of the nine Biodynamic preparations. Designing a farm as a whole living organism.
Learn about the core principles of Biodynamics including:
~ Overview of the key principles of Biodynamics.
~ The practical application creating regenerative on farm fertility.
~ Recipes and methods you can use at home.
~ Planting with the moon, and optimum astrological times for agricultural activities.
Biodynamic compost is a fundamental component to vitalize the farm. It serves as a way to recycle animal manures and organic wastes, stabilize nitrogen, build soil humus and is essential to soil health. Biodynamic compost is
unique because it is made with BD preparations 502−507. Together, the BD preparations and BD compost may be considered the cornerstone of biodynamics. We will make BD Compost, and you’ll get to take some home, bring a 5 gallon bucket.

2023 Bee Guardians
with Corwin Bell
Session l, May 20, Saturday,
Session ll, May 21, Sunday

register for session I online here
register for session II online here

Lunches both days are Pot Luck please bring a simple dish to share.

Session I : This class is for those just getting started. We will cover basic bee ecology, how the bees communicate with each other in the hive, explain why bees are a super-organism, and the importance of honeybee genetic diversity.You will learn how to set up the hive for bees, obtaining bees, catching a swarm and getting the bees into the hive. You will learn the reasoning behind treatment-free, natural beekeeping (it may surprise you). We will demonstrate how to work with the bees in an altruistic, gentle manner so that a symbiotic relationship is formed with the bees. And if there are combs to harvest, we will demonstrate how to harvest and process honey comb.

Session II: This class is for the bee guardian who has taken the beginner class and has a colony of bees. In this class you will learn an in-depth working relationship with the bees. The class will cover a deeper understanding of the intimate workings of the colony and the brood nest, so that the bee guardian can confidentially work their hive and feel comfortable with interacting with the bees. We will cover queen-less hives, over wintering, processing all comb types and spring harvesting.

Biodynamic Spring Prep Intensive
June 16 & 17, Friday & Saturday, 9am-4pm  $400
lunch included both days
to register, call 970-963-6107 or email rose@sustainablesettings.org

Hands-On Practicum:
· Making BD 501 Horn Silica and BD 502 Yarrow
· Unearthing the preparations buried last fall ; BD 500x Horn Manure, BD 503 Chamomile, BD 505 Oak Bark, BD 506 Dandelion
· Practical training in dowsing and homeopathic potentization

Lecture topics:
· Demystifying the preps -the significance of the materials
· Describing the physical and subtle cosmic forces of each prep

 Tour of Biodynamic ranch systems
This workshop is intended to bring Biodynamics into your daily farming and gardening practice, introducing you to the main Biodynamic land therapies, and best dates for working with positive astronomical influences for the whole farm.

Advanced Dowsing the Practical Art
with Maestro di Niente 

July 15, Saturday, 1pm-4pm $100 – Limited to 8 participants.

*Prerequisite for this course is Dowsing 101 and minimum of one month of personal practice.

We are truly amazing creatures and can do so much more than we are taught in conventional educational frameworks. In this advanced intensive we will delve deeper into the multiplicity of possibilities in communicating beyond this limited horizontal realm of what we think of as our reality. Dowsing offers us a point of entry into what we might call the real psychic neural network of Nature herself. Depending always on your evolution of course, be prepared to tap into Nature’s Cosmic and the Earthly rhythms. Come work and learn with your dowsing rods as we advance into other realms of inquiry. Participants must have taken Dowsing 101 and personally practiced for a minimum of one month. Bring your dowsing questions and experiences to share. Buckle up for this afternoon of expansive dowsing and energy shifting skill development.   

“The Internet and A-I are child’s play.” – Maestro di Niente

2023 Biodynamic Fall Prep Intensive – 3 DAY
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9am-5pm
Wednesday, September 14 will be a potluck dinner, lunch will provided Thursday Friday,Saturday. Please let us know if you have any dietary needs.
Camping available. Please call to reserve a spot.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity in North America. This is our 18th year of
bringing together Biodynamic mentors that collectively have over 4
decades of experience in the making and uses of the Biodynamic
Preparations in farm field and forest, orchard, vine, medicinal herbs, for
broad scale farms and ranches to smaller scaled homesteads.
Join us at Sustainable Settings for this illuminating 3-day intensive of on-
ranch Biodynamic (BD) preparation making. Participants will help make the
Biodynamic preparations and through whiteboard talks and demonstrations
learn the history, and the who, what, and why of how Biodynamic
Agriculture can enhance the quality and quantity of life in/on your garden,
farm, ranch, orchard or vineyard.
These preparations will be made with native foraged and specifically grown
flowers, herbs, tree barks and sheaths to create homeopathic remedies
that regenerate soil and heal the land. Third party scientific laboratory soil
tests and empirical testimonials from chefs and customers as well as
recommendations on how to begin to establish a Whole Farm Organism
will be shared.
The learning continues during meals and in the evening around the camp
fire. Bring your yarns, poetry, songs and musical instruments to share.
——- What you need to know——–  Thursday, September 28 will be a
potluck lunch. After that local Biodynamically and organically sourced
lunches and dinners are provided on Thursday and Friday, only continental
breakfast and a lunch will be provided Saturday.
Limited reserved camping with access to a full bathhouse facility available
for a nominal fee.
If flying or driving in from afar feel free to call about suggested best airports,
land routes and accommodations.
Call with any dietary concerns 970-963-6107. *Limited Work Study
Scholarships available call for more info. Register early, this course sells
out.

Sustainable Settings verified Regeneratively Grown

A Member of the North American Fellowship Preparation Makers, has been Demeter Certified Biodynamic, and approved mentor ranch for North American Biodynamic Association Apprenticeship Program (NABDAAP), was a founding member of the Central Colorado Biodynamic group (CCBD),  past member of the BDA.