Reserve Sky Meadow for a group retreat
The retreat center is in a newly renovated 100-year-old barn that sleeps 16 people and includes a large open hardwood floor surrounded by windows, dining room, couch area, and woodstove. Off this main room are three shared dorm rooms, each with four large beds, two full shared baths, and a fully equipped kitchen, including eating dishes and utensils. On the lower floor, near the pond, garden, and sheep pen, are two more dorm rooms, with two beds each, and a shared full bath. These lower rooms are only available to groups larger than 12 people. Retreats are limited to 16 people.
We will offer leaders a private room or cabin whenever possible. We do not provide single indoor rooms for participants, and do not make individual room reservations ahead of time. We have two small unheated cabins, the Cob House and Mouse House (without electricity), which are both charming and secluded. Each has with two beds and are available May -October for leaders, couples or individuals who need more privacy. Participants may also set up their own tent or sleep in our large Tipi.
We provide comfortable mattresses, blankets and pillows. You bring your own bed linens or sleeping bag, pillow case, and towel. We cannot accommodate children or pets. We have no laundry facility and cannot receive mail or e-mail for you here. Our neighbors are very sensitive to traffic on our road so we ask that you not arrive or use the road after 10:00 pm, or before 6:00 am, everyone sleep at Sky Meadow, and only drive in and out when necessary. We do not allow alcohol, meat or fish, and have quiet hours indoors and out from 10PM to 6AM
We request that each participant receive the welcome sheet we will send to you when you confirm your reservation. (Information for people attending a retreat) The retreat barn will be open for your use after 4PM the afternoon of your first day. Please be sure that a leader or organizer is here to greet people before any participants arrive.
We ask that no one come into the main building for any reason before 4PM on the day your retreat begins unless you have clearly negotiated another time with us before you arrive. We ask all guests to observe quiet hours inside the retreat barn or outdoors after 10:00 with the exception of the dance pavilion building.
Please be cleaned up and out by 4PM on your last day. We also ask each participant to sign a waiver of liability form and participate in a half hour orientation talk upon arrival. To keep our costs down, we ask each group to clean up and leave the buildings and rooms as you found them. This usually takes one half to one hour. Parking is limited to 14 cars in winter so please carpool as much as possible.
Sky Meadow Retreat Fees and Deposit Information:
To confirm a booking with us you will need to send a binding non-refundable and non-transferable deposit of $300/weekend plus $150 for each additional night to:
Sky Meadow Retreat
63 Winchester Rd.
Greensboro, Bend, VT. 05842
(Checks made out to Sky Meadow Retreat)
or deposit by credit card here:
You will have two weeks to deposit after initial booking. If we have not received your deposit after two weeks you will lose your dates. We would also like to know your estimated times of arrival and departure, numbers attending, and meal requests at the time of booking, as well as contact information for the organizer or leader. Our fees are per person for the entire length of your retreat. We do not reduce fees for someone who is not here for your whole program. Please pay by one check only, or cash, by the end of your retreat.
Fees (minimum stay is two nights)
$170 per person for weekend with food
$80 per person for weekend without food
Room cost per person:
$80 / 2 nights, $40 each additional night
$35 / night for 5+ nights
We require a minimum of eight people for Friday and Saturday nights, and six for other nights, or equivalent fee.
Day use fees, per person:
$25 (minimum total day use fee: $200 - group)
You may have us do meals, and you may also use our kitchen to cook your own meals. The kitchen is fully equipped and user friendly. We do not allow alcohol, meat, or fish at Sky Meadow. People with restricted diets must bring their own food as we cannot cater to special needs.
Meal costs, per person:
$90/ 2 days - $45 each additional day
(includes tea and fruit available through the day)
We do not serve coffee. You may bring your own
Additional meals
$12 - light breakfast, $16 - lunch, $17 - dinner
Meals are vegetarian and use local, organic, fresh, and whole ingredients whenever possible. Many of the vegetables come from our own garden and we often cook without dairy products. Food is served buffet style and each meal begins with a short circle blessing. Visit skymeadowrecipes.blogspot.com for recipes of some of the dishes we like to serve at our retreats.
We ask that each person wash their own utensils, and sign up for at least one kitchen clean up or other housekeeping job. The kitchen will serve meals at the time you designate. We can be flexible with you up to a 15-minute delay, and ask that you also be flexible with us for possible delays on our end, although this is not common. If your group is delayed more than 15 minutes the meal will go out on the buffet and be left for you. You will have 45 minutes after the meal is put out to eat, after which time it will be taken back to the kitchen and put away.
Please tally your own fees and pay your balance due by the end of your retreat. You can simply write down the numbers of people/night, and people/meal, add the figures above, total them, and give them to us with one check only, or cash. If you need us to present you with a bill, we will add an additional $25 processing fee to your total.
