2025 Nourish in Nature Weekend
Fri, Dec 12
|Ozark Natural Science Center
Take time to slow down, reconnect, and nourish your mind, body, and spirit through food and community in nature.
Time & Location
Dec 12, 2025, 4:00 PM – Dec 14, 2025, 2:00 PM
Ozark Natural Science Center, 1905 Madison 1305, Huntsville, AR 72740, USA
About the Event
🌿 Nourish in Nature Retreat🌿
December 12-14, 2025 ~ Ozark Natural Science Center Main Campus
Reconnect with your food, your body, and the natural world.
The only requirement for this weekend retreat is the desire to cultivate a healthy, intentional relationship with food.
Join us for a reflective and hands-on weekend led by Alex Foster, Certified Yoga Therapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and off-grid homesteader. Through group discussions, movement and meditation, seva (selfless service), and shared meals, you’ll explore your personal food values, where your food comes from, and preparation practices that support mindful, intentional eating.
This retreat is not about diets or restrictions—it’s about awareness, gratitude, and the nourishment that comes from slowing down and connecting with what sustains us.
This workshop is for adults only. However, consideration for mature and interested teenagers may be made. Please reach out to ONSC at info@onsc.us to inquire further.
What’s To Expect:
Group discussions
Group hikes
Seva
Breakout sessions
Tickets & Lodging
👣 Full Workshop Ticket (Fri–Sun) — $100
Includes:
✅ All activities, presentations, and hikes
✅ All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch
✨Optional donation to ONSC
Despite rising costs in nearly every area, ONSC remains committed to providing affordable, high-quality programs that connect people with nature. We are not raising our prices at this time. If you find value in our work and would like to support our mission, we gratefully welcome tax-deductible donations to help sustain our efforts.
🛏️ Lodging Options🛏️
Choose from comfortable lodge rooms, our cozy glampsite, or primitive campsites.
💡 Sharing with friends or family? When you book a room with multiple beds, you can add other workshop guests at no extra charge.
🏡 Lodge Rooms — $60 per night
1 Twin Bed
2 Twin Beds
2 Twin Bunkbeds (sleeps 4)
3 Twin Bunkbeds (sleeps 6)
⛺ Glampsite — $40 per night
A rustic yet comfortable outdoor experience
No access to electricity or showers. Restrooms available.
🌲 Primitive Campsite (Platform) — $15 per night
For the true nature lovers!
No access to electricity or showers. Restrooms available.
All proceeds go to support research, community science, and education at Ozark Natural Science Center.
Tentative Schedule
Friday
🕓 4:00 – 6:00 PM – Arrival & Settle In
👋6:00 – 6:30 PM – Group Welcome
🍽️ 6:30 – 7:30 PM – Dinner
🧠 7:30 – 9:00 PM – Group Discussion
Saturday
🍳 7:00 – 9:00 AM – Breakfast
🧘 9:00 – 10:30 AM – Group Meditation/Movement
⏸️ 10:30 – 11:00 PM – Break (+ ONSC Store Time)
🗣️ 11:00 – 1:00 PM – Group Breakouts and Seva
🥗 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Lunch
🧠 2:00 – 4:00 PM – Group Discussion
🥾 4:00 – 5:00 PM – Group Hike
⏸️ 5:00 – 5:30 PM – Break
🤝5:30 – 6:30 PM – Seva
🍽️ 6:30 – 7:30 PM – Dinner
🧠7:30 – 9:00 PM – Group Discussion
Sunday
🍳 7:00 – 9:00 AM – Breakfast
🧘 9:00 – 10:30 AM – Group Meditation/Movement
⏸️ 10:30 – 11:00 PM – Break (+ ONSC Store Time)
🗣️ 11:00 – 1:00 PM – Group Breakouts and Seva
🥗 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Lunch and Dismissal
About Ozark Natural Science Center
Our Mission: To strengthen the understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of land, water, and wildlife in the Ozarks.
Our Vision: Everyone should have the opportunity to connect with the outdoors. We inspire and educate our community to protect the Ozarks.
Our Core Values:
Create clear and engaging educational programs
Provide hands-on experiences in the outdoors
Encourage responsibility for the natural world
What We Do: At ONSC, we help people connect with nature through fun, hands-on science activities. Since 1992, we’ve been the only overnight science center in Arkansas. We’ve hosted more than 100,000 students through field trips, camps, and workshops.
We also rent out our space—including lodges, tiny houses, an event center, classrooms, and campgrounds—so visitors can enjoy the outdoors.
We believe everyone has the right to receive outdoor education. No matter your background, we are here to help you to explore science and nature!
About the Instructors:
Alex Foster is an off-grid homesteader, Certified Yoga Therapist, and mom of four living near ONSC and the Kings River. A long-time practitioner of Ayurveda and Yoga, Alex previously trained yoga teachers and ran a yoga studio in Fayetteville before moving to her family homestead. She also creates Veda Folk—a line of organic, herb-infused body oils sold locally in Northwest Arkansas. Wellness and connection are at the heart of her work, and she is passionate about creating space for shared growth and healing through retreats like this one.
Ticket Refund Policy
Refunds up to 1 week before the event: Tickets are refundable minus any applicable fees (processing, administrative, etc.) until 7 days before the event.
Refunds within 1 week of the event: For refund requests made less than 7 days prior to the event, a 50% refund will be given.
No refunds within 24 hours of the event: Refund requests made within 24 hours of the event are not permitted, except in exceptional circumstances and only with approval from ONSC administration.
*Please note that all refund requests must be submitted in writing to jill.bowman@onsc.us. Refunds will be processed within 7-10 business days.
Questions? Please email Program Manager, Breana Patterson, at breana.patterson@onsc.us
Tickets
Workshop Ticket
Full Workshop ticket includes all activities and presentations + meals from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. LODGING MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY
$100.00
+$2.50 ticket service fee
1 room in a lodge - 1 twin bed
1 room in a lodge (1 twin bed, 1 private bathroom). Each room has an attached private bathroom with shower. There is a shared entryway and living room for all of the rooms. View photos of our lodges at https://www.onsc.us/facilities
$120.00
+$3.00 ticket service fee
1 room in a lodge - 2 Twin bed
1 room in a lodge (2 twin bed, 1 private bathroom). Each room has an attached private bathroom with shower. There is a shared entryway and living room for all of the rooms. View photos of our lodges at https://www.onsc.us/facilities
$120.00
+$3.00 ticket service fee
1 room in a lodge - 2 bunkbeds
1 room in a lodge (2 twin bunkbeds, 1 private bathroom). Each room has an attached private bathroom with shower. There is a shared entryway and living room for all of the rooms. View photos of our lodges at https://www.onsc.us/facilities. This price is for THE ENTIRE ROOM. Feel free to invite others to share this room with you at no extra cost. During check-out, please let us know the names of everyone staying in this room.
$120.00
+$3.00 ticket service fee
1 room in a Lodge - 3 bunkbeds
1 room in a lodge (3 twin bunkbeds, 1 private bathroom). Each room has an attached private bathroom with shower. There is a shared entryway and living room for all of the rooms. View photos of our lodges at https://www.onsc.us/facilities. This price is for THE ENTIRE ROOM. Feel free to invite others to share this room with you at no extra cost. During check-out, please let us know the names of everyone staying in this room.
$120.00
+$3.00 ticket service fee
Glampsite
Includes the glampsite ("glamour camping") for 2 nights at ONSC's campground - large canvas tent, queen bed with screen, personal outhouse, cooking station, solar lights, sunshower. This site sleeps up to 2 people. No running water, but water and restrooms are available on the main ONSC campus. During check-out, please let us know the names of everyone staying at this site.
$80.00
+$2.00 ticket service fee
Campsite
Includes camp site at ONSC's platform tent sites. Each site can sleep up to 3 tents. Outhouse available, but no running water (water and restrooms are available on ONSC's main campus- no showers available). During check-out, please let us know the names of everyone staying at this site.
$30.00
+$0.75 ticket service fee
Tax-deductible Donation
Despite rising costs, ONSC is keeping our programs affordable! We’re committed to offering high-quality nature experiences for all. If you value our work, we’d truly appreciate your tax-deductible support. 💚
$+Ticket service fee
Total
$0.00