Dearest Beautiful Bee-ing  🐝

We live in fast times. We multi-task. We message instantly. A hundred urgent news stories demand our attention.

And yet we are creatures designed to live by seasons - something our always on culture resists.

So as the leaves brown, and the days shorten, it’s time to unplug and slow down.

Time to look back at all that we harvested this year.

Time to turn inwards as the colder, darker months ensue and nourish ourselves with warm fires and warm hearts.

Telling stories of all that we’ve seen, integrating all that we’ve learned.

And compost all that moves us so that we and our hive may thrive rather than survive all that is to come until green shoots appear once more.

You are warmly invited to Beehive Samhain 2024

In the beautiful environs of Wir Bauen Zukunft

October 31st - November 3rd.

8 fire pits, a neighbourhood-style dormitory, tiny houses, sauna, sweat lodge and forest walks awaits us.

Holding us as we come together with the greatest resource we have - each other.

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Finance & Accommodation:

We are lucky to be gathering at the beautiful Wir Bauen Zukunft, and will have two accommodation options. We have Lummerland, which is their amazing dorm room village built with little separating cabins - this hold 12-14 people. We also have five different private tiny houses - four that sleep 2 (double bed) and one larger one that sleeps 4.

The cost will be approximately 20% more for the tiny house option, and due to the limited capacity in the dorm, we are asking anyone who can afford to choose the more expensive option to do so. We will be holding a money process to support everyone in finding the price that fits best for them, but this initial step will help immensely. Please choose your accommodation option on the Choose & Pay page after your application is accepted.

🛏️ The cabin dorm option cost will range from approximately €180 to €220 including food, depending on the size of the gathering.

🏠 The tiny home option cost will range from approximately €220 to €270 including food, depending on the size of the gathering.

Regardless of which option you choose, a €150 deposit is required to secure your spot. The rest will be decided on site in the money process.

Please register your application to join by Wednesday 16th October - we know this is short notice but we need to know how many people are attending and make decisions accordingly if we don't reach the 22 needed to be financially viable. Thank you for helping us with this!

Food:

We are very lucky that this year's Samhain will be a collaboration with Wir Bauen Zukunft when it comes to food - meaning that they will source all the ingredients and prepare a menu, and we will join them in cooking it.

Friends & Family

Samhain is an opportunity to nourish the roots of our community, reflect back on all that has been, and look forward to all that might be. Therefore we have proposed that this Samhain we solely invite bees, their partners / significant others and children to join, deepening existing connections in contract to Solstice in which we open ourselves to new energies.

Should we need to adjust this for any reason, we will let the hive know as soon as possible.