It's time to unplug
because you deserve time to wonder &
a nature space to wander
Go Slow
REBOOT.
REST.
REJUVENATE.
REEVALUATE.
RECONNECT.
RECOLLECT.
RESTORE.
REIGNITE.
REINVIGORATE.
REFRESH!
Camp Wonder Wander is the opposite of hustle and bustle. It's a chance to escape the digital and demands of your every day life with an invitation to slow down. This is a one-of-a-kind place and experience that can transport you to a simpler mode of life.
Listen to your inner voice that is asking you to channel the inner child with an intentional nature immersion retreat.
Unlike a hotel, resort, or vacation rental, Camp Wonder Wander offers a customized hospitality experience that includes interaction with the land and the animals. Unlike a hotel or resort, there aren't a bunch of other people around. Instead... Here you can HUG Donkeys!
Each retreat package includes a guided Forest Therapy walk also known as Forest Bathing on a path of land that allows you to engage in the sensory experience of the forest, the meadow, and even a lazy river with a rocky riparian zone. Additional elements of your retreat package may include a variety of creative workshops or even a cooking class.
Start the conversation here to begin your plans or visit one of the retreat package pages in the GETAWAY options tab.
Click any of the links to go directly to that page.
getaways for solos, couples, families, and small groups.
Society is changing rapidly. It feels like things are faster and louder. Remember that you are a human being not a human doing and prioritize yourself for a reteat package.
Now featuring a special quiet sit spot in the garden - a wind phone.
What is a wind phone?
mywindphone.com states "A Wind Phone is a beautifully simple idea: an old-fashioned telephone, often rotary, placed in a quiet space for reflection. Inspired by the original Wind Phone created by Itaru Sasaki in Ōtsuchi, Japan, in 2010, a disconnected phone booth became a place of comfort for thousands following the 2011 tsunami. Wind Phones offer a gentle invitation to pause, remember, and speak from the heart.
Visitors are invited to pick up the receiver, dial a number, and speak with the one they miss. It is a place where grief is welcomed without judgment, where love is spoken freely, and where memories can breathe. Above all, the Wind Phone represents hope: the gentle, enduring hope that love continues, that connection remains, and that even death does not truly separate us." please visit the international directory for more information or watch this brief CBS Sunday Morning Story.
ANIMAL THERAPY
Feel the love and joy of the camp donkeys (mostly miniature) who are happy to have hugs. Enjoy the companionship of our friendly cat crew. Smile bigger when you meet the farm dogs or watch the chickens. Observe the wildlife and sing along with the birds or gaze at the tiny creatures in our ecosystem.
FOREST THERAPY
How often do you slow down? How often do you gaze up at the sky? Discover the benefits of spending time surrounded by trees and the ebb and flow of the natural world including our slice of Buffalo River frontage. Understand more about pace of our lives while immersed in this homestead, rustic, organically evolving space. No swimming involved, but just like sun bathing you will be soaking up nature.
LOSE | YOURSELF
DISCOVER | YOURSELF
add-on activities
HOMESTEAD EXPERIENCE
Yearning to get your hands dirty in a garden or raise chickens, but can't because of where you live? Have the urge to get campy with craft or homestead style landscape or upkeep type of projects? This immersion retreat is the opposite of 'bougie' and gives you the chance to connect to yourself through instructional, supervised activities around the land.
CREATIVE ESCAPE
Choose from an array of workshop options that emphasize nature and craft. Get off the computer and the phone to focus on creative projects that require your hands and mind. No art experience necessary. Options include original photo - cyanotypes, collage, botanical dye, and clay as well as upcycling, bamboo craft, and ...
WHY?
a shift in place and time
dislocates the 'blahs'
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Your host is a certified Forest Therapy guide and each retreat includes a slow walk that will enhance your sensory experiences in nature. This is not a hike. This is not a naturalist session. You are encouraged to experience 'airplane mode' with a series of invitations that help you to notice the elements around you.
More details on the Nature Immersion tab and each retreat page.
BENEFITS & AMENITIES
featuring:
17 acres of flora & fauna
nestled in farm and forest region of mid-south Tennessee (Western Highland Rim)
with 500 ft frontage on the Buffalo River.
Meet the donkeys, chickens, peacock family, camp cats, and the two farm LGD dogs.
Find out more about the Lemon Lodge and other accommodation options.
let your creativity flow like the Buffalo...
• creativity/art/design workshops •
* forest therapy guide certified by ANFT *
• homestead immersion experience •
* farm to table - garden & cooking *
* assistance with picking up groceries and/or cooking classes *
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WORKSHOP RETREAT OPTIONS
* Please note this is a secular, not religious, environment that does not support conspiracy theories.