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Turtle Island Preserve Founded by Eustace Conway, Turtle Island Preserve is an Outdoor Education Center We cook on a fire, gathering our own wood.

Turtle Island is located in a remote hidden valley at the end of a long gravel road. Our programs are full of lifestyle practices of earlier people from our great grandparent's time and back into prehistory. We orient to the basic foundation of where things come from and where things go. We plant and harvest in our gardens, milk goats, make bowls, spoons and tools of all size and description. We h

unt and gather wild foods and medicines and natural resources abounding in our huge natural preserve. We completely made the many buildings of our farmstead; carved literally from the wilderness. Accommodations for guests are simple shelters i.e., log houses and primitive tents. We really believe in getting back in touch with the natural world. We use outhouses for our bathrooms and learn to "go outdoors." This is a complete cultural experience not a watered down viewing. When a group comes here it is life changing for them. That is our vision, goal, and success! We get hands on "experiential" activities going whether harnessing a mule or pounding metal at the blacksmith shop or killing a rooster for supper. Some people mistake a description of primitive living with "roughing it" but actually our ancestors moved gracefully with a balanced rhythm through daily economic challenges. It is the sophisticated "modern man" that, in his bumbling ignorance of earlier natural lifestyles, finds himself truly uncomfortably "roughing it" through his inability and discomfort of trying to exist in his "foreign environment" of nature.

17/12/2024

Folks are always asking how they can help...this Holiday Season, we'd like to offer a few options for some great gifts or stocking stuffers.

1. Purchase a Raffle Ticket...or a few, for a fun evening with Eustace. Drawing in February. https://www.turtleislandpreserve.org/store/p/raffle-ticket

2. Purchase tickets for "Music in the Mountains" for some great bluegrass and a meet & greet with Eustace, March 29. www.turtleislandpreserve.com

3. Purchase a gift certificate of any amount you choose which can be applied to any event we are hosting. Just email [email protected] for more info.

As always, your support financially helps keep us going, especially in some difficult times. We appreciate you all!

Spencer and Carolyn were guests on the local radio station talking about our FREE Family Resilience class. If you are i...
13/12/2024

Spencer and Carolyn were guests on the local radio station talking about our FREE Family Resilience class. If you are interested, registration information can be found here.

Turtle Island Preserve

Turtle Island Preserve is offering a FREE class in January called Family Resilience. Carolyn Jordan stopped by and Spencer Bolejack, the teacher for the class, called in from Canton to share details. Click on the link below to hear the interview and visit them online at turtleislandpreserve.org
Here is the link to the registration form if you would like to attend...
www.turtleislandpreserve.org/s/Liabilit…clause.pdf

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13/12/2024

Family Resilience Class is coming up on January 25. We are happy to offer this opportunity to 20 folks in our communities absolutely FREE...we just ask that you register and please, 1 member per household so that we may reach more families. Find out more information and register here:

https://www.turtleislandpreserve.org/family-resilience

We're beyond excited to add a new workshop to our lineup for 2025. September 6-7 is the date. Jonathan Shapiro with Fox...
06/12/2024

We're beyond excited to add a new workshop to our lineup for 2025. September 6-7 is the date. Jonathan Shapiro with Fox Paw School will be teaching TRACKING. You don't want to miss this one...and it's never to early to register! Gifting a TI workshop is definitely the gift that keeps on giving. Check out the course here:

https://www.turtleislandpreserve.org/tracking

Hi Folks...Carolyn here. As you know, it's been quite a season here in our beautiful WNC mountains. There is still so...
01/12/2024

Hi Folks...Carolyn here. As you know, it's been quite a season here in our beautiful WNC mountains. There is still so much need for so many folks, it's difficult to know how to proceed. All we know how to do is "press on" and continue with our work here at Turtle Island...we put most everything "on hold" for the past few months, but it's time for us to move forward into 2025 as we approach the New Year. We have a couple of fund raising events coming up that would be a great stocking stuffer or gift if you have any TI lovers in your circle. First is our Dinner Raffle with Eustace. We did extend our drawing until Valentine's Day 2025, so please note that. Second is a wonderful Bluegrass Concert with Ralph Stanley and Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road. You can read about both events and purchase your tickets on our webpage: www.turtleislandpreserve.org

Please continue to keep all the good folks in Western NC in your thoughts and prayers.

28/11/2024
Our founder and leader himself, Eustace, was back for an amazing"Forestry and Timber" workshop this past weekend, doing...
19/11/2024

Our founder and leader himself, Eustace, was back for an amazing"Forestry and Timber" workshop this past weekend, doing what he does best...teaching! Weather was spot-on, the attendees were amazing, food was wonderful and everyone learned so much, and enjoyed the camaraderie of our community. It's difficult to capture all that we experienced, but hopefully this will give you a glimpse into our time together. Check our website soon for the Forestry 2025 date.

13/11/2024

FOR SALE. Meet our 2 year old filly. She's a gem with an amazing lineage. $2000. Please text or call 336-669-4965 if interested. Serious inquiries only.

04/11/2024

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.❤

25/10/2024

Conversations with Conway....Call it Courage

23/10/2024

After the storm, we are ready to begin our programming once again. We filmed this video a while back, but wanted to share again, as we have a great workshop coming up that Eustace himself will be teaching. November 16-17 is the date. More than you can imagine will be covered in this "hands-on" forestry and timber harvesting class. You may sign up for 1 day or both. Find more info and register here:
https://www.turtleislandpreserve.org/eustace-conways-forest-products-timber-harvest-workshop

Friends...unfortunately due to all the need and devastation in our area, we opted to cancel the workshops for the upcomi...
15/10/2024

Friends...unfortunately due to all the need and devastation in our area, we opted to cancel the workshops for the upcoming weekend...October 18-20. HOWEVER, our last workshop of 2024 seems really appropriate given all that our area has been through and we are moving forward with a forestry workshop taught by Eustace himself. If you have been wanting to learn from this "Mountain Man" here is your chance. November 16-17 is the date. This "hands-on" workshop will cover everything from chain saw use to felling trees to firewood processing. Read all about this timely workshop and register here:

https://www.turtleislandpreserve.org/eustace-conways-forest-products-timber-harvest-workshop

07/10/2024

Conversations with Conway..."Stay Strong" ❤🐢🍂❤

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