Location & Pricing

2026 Course List

LocationS:

Most classes are held at our private training facility in Northern Virginia. This site is private property in the forests west of Garrisonville, south of Warrenton, north of Hartwood. Detailed directions are provided upon enrollment. We also run a few foraging classes at Sky Meadows State Park near Delaplane, Virginia.

2026 class PRICINg

One-Day Regular Classes - $149
Two-Day Classes - $299
Three-Day Classes - $449

Check out our option for Survival Class Bundles - new 4-Day option just added!

good to know

For school owner and head instructor Tim MacWelch, September 2025 marked the 30th consecutive year of providing survival training to the general public and private groups. That’s three decades of showing people how to stay alive in the woods!

The “lost book” is coming out in 2026. Your instructor Tim MacWelch had a two-book-deal with Skyhorse Publishing in 2019, but only one book was published. COVID hit, and that second manuscript just fell through the cracks. We are all pleased to announce that this lost book on water procurement and fire building is scheduled for an autumn 2026 release. That will be the 14th published book from the school’s head instructor. Check your bookshelf - do you already have a MacWelch Bestseller?

Winter Spotlight

We have finalized our Sky Meadows foraging class dates for 2026 and they are open for enrollment now.

Don’t miss Winter Wild Edible Plants (Feb 7) and Herbal Medicine Making Intensive (Feb 8). If we have the right temperatures, we’ll tap maple trees for sap - and this is the only chance to catch these classes in 2026.

JUST ADDED - We’re now offering a shorter 4 Day option for our survival class Bundle deal. This is a block of four classes at a significant discount. See the survival class bundle page for the details.

Hope to see you in a class soon - Tim MacWelch

Welcome to the Course List page (updated on 1/20/2026).
This page gives you a month-by-month listing of our upcoming events.

2026 Home Location Classes - Hartwood, Va

Home location classes typically run from 9 am until 4 or 5 pm

February 7 - Winter Wild Edible Plants - $149
February 8 - Herbal Medicine Making Intensive - $149
March 21-23 - Primitive Skills (full 3-day version) - $449
March 21-22 - Primitive Skills (2-day version) - $299
March 21 - Primitive Survival Crash Course - $149
March 22 - Primitive Traps and Weapons - $149
April 11 - Spring Wild Edible Plants - $149
April 12 - Medicinal Wild Plants - $149
April 11-12 - Foraging Intensive Weekend - $299
May 16 - Sustainable Gardening - $149
May 17 - Raising Small Animals - $149
May 16-17 - Homesteader Weekend - $299
June 13 - Blacksmithing - $149
July 18 - Summer Wild Edible Plants - $149
July 19 - Advanced Herbalism - $149
July 18-19 - Foraging Intensive Weekend - $299
August 1-2 - Wilderness Survival - $299
August 1 - Modern Survival Crash Course - $149
November 21-23 - Primitive Skills (full 3-day version) - $449
November 21-22 - Primitive Skills (2-day version) - $299
November 21 - Primitive Survival Crash Course - $149
November 22 - Primitive Traps and Weapons - $149

2026 Sky Meadows State Park Classes - Deleplane, Va

April 4 - Spring Wild Edible Plants - $149
June 14 - Summer Wild Edible Plants - $149
November 8 - Fall Wild Edible Plants - $149