SO BEYOND excited to announce this amazing festival we're hosting September 22nd - 25th!
35 Celebrated Teachers
70 Classes, Workshops, & Walks
3 Nights of Music
Fireside Folklore
Moonlight Masquerade Ball
Crafter's Bazaar
Organic Food Court
Oregon Micro-Brew Biergartens
Peace Tea Pavilion
300 Lush Forested Acres
Canoeing on Pagoda Pond
Solar Heated Pool, Archery Range,
Hiking Trails and more!
The dream of creating a festival steeped in herbal tradition, eco-activism, wilderness skills, joyous revelry, and blossoming community is rooted deep in the history of Mountain Rose Herbs. As plant lovers and herbalists, we are intimately connected with the incredible healing power and ultimate beauty offered through our experiences with the wild. It's this deep connection to nature and community we hoped to cultivate when we finally decided to go for it!
When we started planning Rootstalk early last year, we knew that the location would be essential to the experience. We traveled the state in search of the perfect venue and melted with pure bliss when we arrived at the Oregon 4-H Center, nestled in the lush Cascadian woods just outside of Salem. With 300 acres of mature forest, groves of towering sequoias, emerald green fields, stunning pavilions, glimmering ponds, and state-of-the-art facilities, our vision for the festival came alive and Rootstalk took flight.
We've been blessed with a distinctive mix of experts from diverse backgrounds in the herbal and environmental movements who will share their invaluable insights, exciting skills, and rich knowledge about the earth to empower festival goers throughout the weekend! You can see the complete list of teachers, read their bios, and watch videos of them here.
Good for the spirit, we'll also have performances by musicians, dance troupes, and storytellers to keep the festivities aflame well into the night. You can check out our list-in-progress here.
We are passionate about operating with sustainability and ecological harmony at the heart of everything we do, so we are dedicated to making the Rootstalk festival a Zero Waste and No Impact event. We will also invite food and craft vendors who mirror this commitment to sustainability – anticipate only the best organic, lovingly handmade, and locally produced goodies during the festival!
This year’s Rootstalk is being held in honor of Cascadia Wildlands, a small but fierce organization of planet guardians who educate, agitate, and work to inspire a movement to protect and restore Cascadia's wild ecosystems. This amazing group fights to preserve and rebuild a Pacific Northwest with vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, and vibrant communities sustained by the thriving temperate forest zones found from central Alaska to northern California. These unique landscapes of the Cascadian bioregion are crucial to the health of our world and to the abundant natural splendor we hold so dear in our lives.
Your attendance at Rootstalk will directly support Cascadia Wildlands. All of the profits raised by ticket sales, merchandise sales, and donations will be gifted to this much needed non-profit organization on behalf of all of the festival goers and participants who make Rootstalk an exceptionally beautiful and powerful event.
Register before March 20th for the Spring Equinox Special price!
