April 30 - May 3, 2026
Prince William Forest Park
Triangle, VA
Fertile Ground Gathering is the largest Beltane celebration in the Northern Virginia area, founded in 2008 and celebrated each year at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, VA.
This four-day and three-night event is designed to be experienced as a whole, allowing you to be completely immersed in sacred space throughout the weekend.
Our volunteer team puts together a rich, powerful, rejuvenating celebration that has become a much anticipated annual retreat for many in the region and beyond.
Each year we create an integral experience around a central theme, and all our workshops, rituals, community activities, and even performances are designed to come together for an unforgettable journey.
Join us for this retreat-style Gathering for four days of joyous celebration and empowering experiences with folks of open hearts and like minds. we always look forward to seeing new and familiar faces at Beltane!
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Event Theme
Each year we create an integral experience around a central theme, and all our workshops, rituals, activities, and even performances are designed to come together for an unforgettable journey.
Artist
Sarah Greenman
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The long dark of the winter approaches, and with it, the opportunity to turn within. To take the experiences we had during the growing season, and reflect upon them, learn from them, use them to perform the inner working that allows us to awaken in the spring with new wisdom, insight, and self-realization.
Mystic Fire is is a dream created by the spiritual team that has been crafting rituals for Fertile Ground Gathering since 2015; it is an intensive retreat designed to help each of us create the tools we will carry with with us through the darkness, to light the way as we prepare for rebirth.
Darkflower Books & Folk Art is the home of the Spiral Pathways series. We are a folklore and witchcraft education company, and everything in the shop was created by a practicing witch with over thirty-five years experience mentoring and teaching in the Pagan community. We are here to help keep the Old Ways alive and spread knowledge and healing to a wider community.
Sarah Greenman is a queer artist, story-teller, theater-maker, facilitator, and community organizer. She is the author of "The Creative Alchemy Cycle," a #1 release in Celtic Spirituality when published in 2024. She is also the artist and creator behind the "Creative Alchemy Oracle Deck," a 64-card divination tool for creative, intuitive, and spiritual work. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including The Huffington Post, Advocate, Texas Monthly, D Magazine, Curbed, Elle Décor, Spirituality & Health, Houzz, Apartment Therapy, and Country Decorating. Her plays have been produced in New York, Seattle, Dallas, Berkeley, and Oakland. She lives in rural Oregon.
A Place to Lose Yourself
A Place to Find Yourself
The Wilder Grove is the realization of a life-long dream to offer education, guidance, and services to those who follow the Nature Paths as a way of life and spirituality. Through our years of service to the spiritual community, we have gained the knowledge and experience to humbly offer our wisdom to those who seek to better understand themselves and the path they are on.
We look forward to deepening our service, and to helping you find your personal truth.
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