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Summer 2025 Dreaming & Planning Retreat for Practitioners
With Bevin Clare and Camille Freeman
A serene bench at the Wellspring Retreat Center
May 16-18, 2025
Wellspring Conference Center in Germantown, MD
Cost: $650
connect | rejuvenate | plan
Step away from everyday life to do deep visioning and planning.
Life is hectic.
It's hard to carve out time to reflect on what's happening in your business, where you're hoping to go, and what types of support/planning you need to get there.
This retreat is designed to provide space, time, community and support that allow you to think carefully about your vision and plan your next steps.
Reconnect with your work, redefine your practice, and rejuvenate your spirit in a tranquil space, surrounded by other practitioners engaged in similar work.
Our retreat offers a rare opportunity to engage in deep thinking, visioning, and strategic planning for the next season of your professional journey.
This retreat is for:
Our intentions for the retreat:
About Wellspring Conference Center
Wellspring is on 200 wooded acres, nestled in the outskirts of Washington, DC. Accommodations are rustic but comfortable. Learn more about Wellspring. The price listed includes a private bedroom, with shared bathrooms down the hall. Meals are included and are tailored to the needs of the group.
Our Agenda (tentative!)
The retreat will begin late afternoon on Friday and end late afternoon on Sunday.
Friday, May 16
- 3 pm: arrival & check-in
- 4 pm: opening circle
- 6 pm: dinner
- 7 pm: vision board/arts & crafts time
Saturday, May 17
- 8 am: breakfast
- 9:30 am: assessing your path and your practice
- 11 am: "walk and talk" with Bevin and Camille
- 12:30 pm: lunch
- 1:30 pm: your offer(s) and your niche
- 3 pm: free time for thinking, meditating, walking, resting
- 4 pm: workshop
- 6 pm: dinner
- 7 pm: bonfire and big visioning/letting go
Sunday, May 18
- 8 am: breakfast
- 9 am: free time to walk, meditate, rest, etc.
- 10 am: creating a plan for the summer/fall
- 11:30 am: "walk and talk" with Bevin and Camille
- 12:30 pm: lunch
- 1:30 pm: workshop
- 2:30 pm: closing circle
limited spots available
Registration
We believe in the power of coming together as a community and in carving time away from everyday life to dedicate to visioning and dreaming.
Current payment plan: Pay $130/month over 5 months
About Bevin & Camille
Herbalist & Nutritionist
Bevin Clare
Hello! I’m an herbalist and nutritionist and over the past 25 years I have worn a variety of hats and enjoy using my experiences to help others grow and succeed, so I’m very excited about the retreat!
I have been a professor, program director, clinical herbalist, faculty at pharmacy and chiropractic colleges, president of the American Herbalists Guild, lecturer at herbal medicine conferences in more than 10 countries, author of a published book, and the list goes on. I’m currently the program director of the MS in Clinical Herbal medicine at MUIH, where for the past 20 years I have watched students graduate, adopt a path, and succeed and have learned a lot about what it takes.
I love what I do, and I want to help you create the career you envision.
Herbalist & Nutritionist
Camille Freeman
Hi there! I run Bloom & Grow and have been offering virtual dreaming and planning workshops for years. I'm so excited about offering an in-person version. In addition to the classes, workshops, and community of practice here at Bloom and Grow, I've been a clinician (herbalist and nutritionist) since 2004. I'm also a former professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Maryland University of Integrative Health, where I taught physiology and pathophysiology for almost 17 years. Both my teaching and my clinical work are grounded in practical, fun, and common-sense methods that help us understand our work and ourselves more fully.
FAQ
If you have any other questions, please contact us
Yes. Everyone gets a private room. Bathrooms are shared. If you prefer to room with someone else, please contact us!
Absolutely. There will be a short survey after you register. One of the questions in the survey will ask if you have a roommate in mind.
Yes! Wellspring will be providing our meals, and they cater to the dietary needs/restrictions of each group. After you register, there will be a short survey. The survey will ask about your dietary needs, preferences, and restrictions.
Yes! Please contact us if you'd like to commute. Meals are included, but lodging is not. The commuter price for the retreat will be determined soon. We ask that all commuters be conscious that arriving late or leaving early may disrupt the flow of the group
If you cancel > 6 weeks prior to the retreat, you will receive a full refund, minus a $25 processing fee. If you cancel < 6 weeks prior to the retreat, we are only able to offer a 50% refund unless we are able to fill your spot, in which case you will get a full refund minus a $25 processing fee. If we do not reach the minimum number needed to hold the retreat, we will notify you immediately and issue a full refund, although we are not able to cover any costs associated with travel to/from the retreat.
The main conference space is wheelchair accessible. There are two adjoining bedrooms with a wheelchair-accessible bathroom. If you would need a wheelchair-accessible room, please indicate this on the welcome survey after registration.
We recommend waiting to join us a different time if you cannot attend the full retreat.
We may have a limited number of partial scholarships for this retreat. Because we need to cover food and lodging costs, full scholarships are not available at this time.
The Wellspring Conference center is located a 15 minute drive from the nearest Washington DC metro station at Shady Grove. Uber / Lyft are available, and we will also connect attendees prior to the retreat in a private Facebook group, in case you'd like to arrange car pooling. The WMATA DC Metro system is connected to the Washington Dulles and Washington Reagan airports. The BWI Airport near Baltimore is also connected by regular commuter bus service to Gaithersburg, which is about 15 minutes away as well. Amtrak connections are also available though Washington DC.
We'd love to have you join us in May 
Let's dream and plan together.