Roots & Remedies

February 27th-29th 2026

Roots & Remedies is an immersive retreat rooted in the ancient relationship between people, plants, and place. Guided by the quiet intelligence of the land, this gathering invites participants into a living conversation where nourishment, healing, and ritual unfold through touch, scent, and season.

Over the course of the retreat, we move slowly and intentionally, learning to listen to plants as teachers and collaborators. Through hands-on medicine making, ceremonial practice, and shared meals, we explore how everyday acts, harvesting, simmering, tending, become pathways back to earth wisdom and embodied care.

Roots speaks to lineage, grounding, and the remembering of ancestral knowledge carried through soil and seed. Remedies honors both the practical and the subtle: herbal preparations crafted with skill and intuition, rituals that restore balance, and ways of caring that extend beyond the self.

This retreat is a space for cultivating beauty, reverence, and resilience—where the garden becomes an altar, the kitchen a laboratory of alchemy, and nourishment a shared, sacred act. Participants leave with both tangible creations and an enriched relationship to the natural world, carrying these practices home as living rituals woven into daily life.

The Experience

  • Herbal Education & Ritual

  • Sweat Lodge

  • Sound Journey

  • Fire Ceremony

Lead Facilitators

  • Jessica Rose Lee

    Jessica is a dedicated community herbalist, a certified foster mother, a caretaker for numerous animals, and the proud owner and curator of Rosemary Rose Finery in Salisbury, CT. She envisions creating a retreat for like-minded women —a sanctuary where we can step away from our daily routines to nurture one another through plant connections, crafting, and ritual.

    Having spent the past decade in rural upstate New York, at the foothills of the Hudson Valley, she has forged a profound relationship with the spirits of the land. She nurtures the earth by cultivating food and medicine gardens and foraging for wild edibles. Jessica believes in living sustainably and honoring traditional practices by embracing the land's gifts.

    Her teaching style is community-focused, hands-on, and infused with craft and ritual inspirations. She honors her past teachers and elders through their teachings, and prioritizes creating an environment where people feel safe, heard, seen, and supported during their learning journey. Jessica Rose has received formal training in nonviolent communication, permaculture, and both clinical and folk herbalism.

  • Tim Love Lee

    Tim is a life long musician and DJ who started exploring the healing properties of sound over a decade ago. He is excited to bring his unique take on sound baths to the Thyme. Over the course of one hour, using techniques learned from world renowned teachers he will guide us to a place of grounded calm and heightened sensitivity.

All Inclusive Price

All-inclusive price is per person, including state and local tax

Lodge | Solo Room - $2000

Lodge | Shared Room - $1200

Commuter | No Lodging - $500

 Schedule

  • 3:00 PM | Arrival & Check-In

    Settle in, explore the land, enjoy the spa, and begin to slow down.

    Introduction to The Thyme

    Explore The Thyme’s 85-acre retreat grounds—including lodges, gathering spaces, and outdoor features—with an overview of our history, facilities, layout, and land offerings.

    7:00 PM | Communal Dinner

    A nourishing meal to welcome you into the weekend.

    8:00 PM | Opening Fire Ceremony

    A heartfelt tribute to the land, featuring songs and offerings.

  • 7:30 AM | Light Nourishment / Fasting Window

    Guests are invited to fast in preparation for the sweat lodge ceremony. For those who prefer to eat, a selection of light, grounding nourishment will be available to support your morning.

    Fasting before the lodge helps deepen the experience by allowing the body to move energy more freely, enhancing clarity, focus, and the physical cleansing process.

    8:30 AM | Sweat Lodge

    A powerful purification ritual. Harness the transformative energy of fire and steam to cleanse body, mind, and spirit.

    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch

    2:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Herbal Ritual Workshop

    Plant spirits - communing with the plant realm/befriending and getting to know who the plants are, relationships and reciprocity

    Herbal Medicine Making: Explore the art of creating your own herbal remedies

    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Free Time (Sauna, Relax, Reset)

    Free time to make a nature mandala

    6:00 PM | Dinner

    8:00 PM | An Evening of Sacred Sound Bathing with Tim Love Lee

  • 7:00 AM | Optional Yoga or Hike

    8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Breakfast

    9:30 AM -12:00 PM | Herbal Workshop

    Medicine making and Seasonal Rituals

    Overview of Pagan calendar and plant cycles - seasonal medicines, rituals, and practices. Cultivating smudge practices and incense bundle making from the land.

    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Closing Circle/Despacho Ceremony

    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Farewell Lunch

    3:00 PM | Departures

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