Indulge your passion for minerals, gems, jewelry, and craft. Join entry and intermediate level short classes. Enjoy programs from our great Speakers-in-Residence. Form new friendships and deepen old ones.
Do it all at Wildacres a beautiful retreat center atop the Blue Ridge Mountains.
What could be better!
It is official! The dates for the 2023 session at Wildacres will be May 15-21, 2023.
If you have had Wildacres on your bucket list, the Session of Wildacres (May 15-21) is open for you to register. Wildacres, sponsored twice a year by the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS), provides room and board, classroom instruction with a small number of students, lectures by the Speaker-In-Residence, a tailgate with a chance to buy or sell hobby related items, an auction, a chance to meet old friends and make new ones, the comradery of being with others in the hobby, to name a few perks of attending Wildacres sessions — all this for a very reasonable fee.
Why not join the thousands who have attended Wildacres, made lasting friendships, took home new skills and knowledge, and much more. This is saying nothing about the bond of friendship and fun while being on top of the mountain.
