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May 1 - 4, 2025
Prince William Forest Park
Triangle, VA
Fertile Ground Gathering is the largest Beltane celebration in the Northern Virginia area, founded in 2008 and celebrated each year at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, VA.
This four-day and three-night event is designed to be experienced as a whole, allowing you to be completely immersed in sacred space throughout the weekend.
Our volunteer team puts together a rich, powerful, rejuvenating celebration that has become a much anticipated annual retreat for many in the region and beyond.
Each year we create an integral experience around a central theme, and all our workshops, rituals, community activities, and even performances are designed to come together for an unforgettable journey.
Join us for this retreat-style Gathering for four days of joyous celebration and empowering experiences with folks of open hearts and like minds. we always look forward to seeing new and familiar faces at Beltane!
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Event Theme
Each year we create an integral experience around a central theme, and all our workshops, rituals, activities, and even performances are designed to come together for an unforgettable journey.
One of the reasons that many of us have sought the Pagan paths is because they offer us the opportunity to take part in a practice that is unique to each of us, to speak with our own voices about what has been, what is, and what could be...what matters to our souls.
But the world can be a divisive place, and often it is easy to forget the importance of our own voices when they seem so small compared to the cacophony around us. We need a place where we can step back, take a break from the voices of the everyday world, and listen once more to the one that matters most of all: the one that tells us who it is that we each want to be.
In the seventeen years since the first of us set foot on the grounds of Fertile Ground Gathering, hundreds upon hundreds of people have been a part of the event and the community, and they have lent their voices in word and song, chant and story, helping to build something that speaks to us all. Because though we each have a voice, this event that we have built together has come to have its own voice as well.
This year, we invite you to come and speak your truth, sing your song, tell your story, and add your own voice to the chorus as we shape the magic of the coming year.
Join us, and unite together as One Voice.
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We look forward to deepening our service, and to helping you find your personal truth.
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