Kittridge Retreat, Green Gulch Farm, Zen Center, June 13 & 14, 2008

No speakers, no programs, just time to write or draw surrounded by the beautiful scenery of West Marin, plus informal evening readings and critiques.

Green Gulch Farm is part of the San Francisco Zen Center. The farm is located off of Highway 1 north of the Golden Gate Bridge, in a valley that opens out onto the Pacific Ocean. The accommodations for the retreat are at the Lindisfarne Guest House.

The Guest House is a distinctive octagonal building with twelve rooms on two floors surrounding a 30-foot skylit atrium. The atrium provides a relaxing skylit sitting area where guests often gather to read or sit with a cup of tea by the fire. The building is constructed in a traditional Japanese style and heated with a central wood-burning stove and passive solar system.

The guest rooms are simply, yet comfortably furnished, with large windows opening onto landscaped grounds. Each pair of rooms shares a bathroom and there is a centrally located shower.

Snacks are always available in the guest house kitchen. Vegetarian meals are included in the price of the retreat. http://www.sfzc.org/ggf/default.asp

Inside Hope Cottage, overlooking Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach, and the Pacific Ocean beyond.
Picture copied from the Zen Center Website.

Single rooms, including meals, are $275 The deadline for registration is Feb. 29, 2008.

To reserve your space, you may send in a $150 reservation fee as soon as possible, with the balance due June 1, 2008. This retreat is available only to SCBWI members.

Note: The retreat begins at 3 PM Friday, June 13, and ends at 11 AM Sunday, June 15.

Directions to Green Gulch Farm: Take Highway 101 to the Highway 1/Stinson Beach exit. Turn left at the Arco station onto Highway 1 (Shoreline Highway). Follow the green signs for Highway 1/Stinson Beach. After 2.5 miles the road forks - bear left towards Muir Beach. Go 2 more miles and you'll see a eucalyptus grove and large sign on the left indicating the driveway, "Zen Center/Green Gulch Farm/Wheelwright Center."

Green Gulch Farm, June 13 & 14, 2008 (Friday and Saturday nights, departing on Sunday, June 15)
The February 2008 retreat sold out, so please register early!
Click here for photos from the February 2008 retreat.

Registration form:

Name
Address
E-mail address
Telephone number
Amount enclosed
Optional: Thursday night yes or no

Please mail this form with your check (made out to SCBWI), to SCBWI, C/O Margaret Speaker Yuan, 17 Mt. Darwin Court, San Rafael, CA 94903.

Balance due June 1, 2008

Questions? E-mail Margaret Speaker Yuan at books4women@ yahoo.com