Festival parking will be located nearby at State Route 541 / White Woman Street, just a short walk from the main entrance. The Clary Gardens entrance area will be reserved for guest arrival, drop-offs, and festival flow, with no general vehicle parking at the entrance itself.

Yes. Drop-offs will be allowed near the main festival entrance before vehicles continue to the parking area. This is especially helpful for elders, families with young children, guests with mobility needs, or anyone who needs a shorter walk into the gathering.

The festival entrance opens at 9:00 AM. Scheduled events begin at 9:30 AM, while many demonstrations, vendors, and open activities will be ready as guests enter the grounds. Arriving at opening gives you time to park, check in, receive your wristband and map, and settle into the day.

Yes. Guests may purchase admission day-of at the entrance booth, or buy tickets ahead of time to save a few dollars. Presale tickets will be held at will call.

All guests will enter through one main entrance tent. At check-in, you will pay for admission or check in through will call, receive your wristband, and receive a printed festival guide with a map to help you find your way around the grounds.

Many main areas of the gathering are accessible, especially with assistance, but Clary Gardens is a real outdoor garden landscape with hills, paved paths, grassy areas, wooded edges, and uneven ground. Some workshop spaces, woodland areas, hills, or tent locations may be difficult for wheelchairs, walkers, strollers, or guests with limited mobility.

Yes. Lost Skills Gathering is an outdoor, rain-or-shine event unless weather becomes dangerous. Please dress for October weather, wear comfortable shoes, and prepare for changing conditions.

Food and drink will be part of the day, with options planned to help guests stay nourished, comfortable, and present throughout the gathering. Offerings may vary as the festival takes shape, so guests are encouraged to bring cash, plan for a full day outdoors, and check back closer to the event for updated details.

Outside food is not generally encouraged, but we understand that children, elders, and guests with special dietary needs may need small snacks. Guests may bring a refillable water bottle or thermos, though dedicated water refill stations are not currently planned.

Please leave coolers and folding chairs at home. Blankets are welcome if you would like to sit on the grass, rest under a tree, or enjoy a quiet moment without blocking paths, tents, teaching spaces, or gathering areas.

Pets are not permitted at Lost Skills Gathering. Trained service animals are welcome and should remain leashed, under control, and clearly identified while on the grounds.

Many teachers will have suggested donations posted at their teaching spaces. Please plan to thank teachers directly with cash when you attend their classes, demonstrations, or hands-on offerings. If money is tight, gratitude can also take the form of a kind note, handmade token, pantry gift, garden harvest, useful item, or heartfelt thanks.

Most offerings will not require advance booking. Some will be scheduled, some will be rolling or drop-in style, and some may repeat throughout the day as space, materials, and teacher energy allow. If a class or activity has a specific limit, fee, or sign-up process, that will be noted in the festival guide or at the teacher’s space.

Yes. Guests should expect bags to be checked at entry. Please travel lightly and bring only what you need for the day. Guns, weapons, alcohol, and drugs are not permitted on festival grounds.

Smoking and vaping should happen only away from people, tents, teachers, children’s areas, wooded spaces, and gathering points. Please be especially mindful of fire safety, the comfort of those around you, and the protection of the grounds.

Lost Skills Gathering is a peaceful, family-friendly, politics-free gathering rooted in kindness, curiosity, and shared learning. Political campaigning, divisive signage or clothing, religious solicitation, disruptive behavior, or anything that interferes with the welcoming spirit of the day may result in removal from the festival.

Yes. Children are welcome, and the gathering is being shaped with families in mind. Children should remain supervised, especially around tools, demonstrations, wooded areas, hills, water features, and busy gathering spaces.

Tickets are non-refundable, and Lost Skills Gathering is planned as a rain-or-shine event unless conditions become unsafe. Re-entry will require a valid wristband, stamp, or other festival-approved re-entry marker, so please check at the entrance before leaving the grounds.

Yes. By attending Lost Skills Gathering, guests understand that photos or video may be taken for festival, promotional, educational, archival, website, or social media use. Attendance implies consent to being photographed or filmed without compensation.

Presented by Woodland Herbal, LLC. (DBA Woodland Herbal / DBA Lost Skills Gathering)

Festival Directors: Brandon Elijah Scott & Jennifer Parsons
Venue: Clary Gardens, 588 W. Chestnut St., Coshocton, OH 43812

1. General Terms of Attendance

By purchasing a ticket and/or entering the Lost Skills Gathering (“Festival”), you agree to comply with all policies, terms, and conditions set forth herein. These terms form a binding agreement between you (“Attendee”) and Woodland Herbal, LLC. (DBA Woodland Herbal / DBA Lost Skills Gathering). For purposes of this Agreement, “Organizers” means Woodland Herbal, LLC., the Festival Directors, and their authorized employees, representatives, and agents. For purposes of the assumption of risk and release provisions below, “Released Parties” includes Woodland Herbal, LLC., Lost Skills Gathering, its directors, employees, representatives, agents, volunteers, contractors, teachers, instructors, demonstrators, presenters, vendors, exhibitors, sponsors, partners, the Festival venue and property owners/operators, and their respective officers, employees, agents, and representatives.

Attendance and participation are entirely voluntary. Entry to the Festival signifies acceptance of all terms, including the liability waiver, photo release, and behavioral policies outlined below.

2. No Refund Policy

All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable, regardless of weather, illness, schedule changes, or event modifications. Tickets may not be resold or transferred for profit. The Festival will take place rain or shine, though schedules and activities may be adjusted for safety.

3. Force Majeure & Event Modification

The Organizers reserve the right to postpone, cancel, or modify the Festival due to weather, public health concerns, natural disaster, venue unavailability, or any circumstance beyond reasonable control. In such cases, no refunds will be issued. Except as otherwise required by law, the Organizers are not responsible for travel costs, lodging, lost income, vendor expenses, or other incidental or consequential losses resulting from cancellation, postponement, schedule changes, weather, venue conditions, or circumstances beyond the Organizers’ reasonable control.

4. Health, Safety & Participation

Attendees experiencing a contagious illness or otherwise posing a direct health or safety risk to others may be refused entry or asked to leave.

Participation in any demonstration, class, or activity is voluntary and undertaken at the attendee’s own risk. Attendees must follow all safety instructions, use caution, and act within their own physical and mental capabilities. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Parents and guardians are responsible for the supervision, conduct, safety, and participation decisions of minors in their care. Attendees under 18 are strongly encouraged to have a parent or guardian present.

5. Accessibility & Terrain

Clary Gardens is a naturally hilly landscape with both paved and unpaved paths. Some areas—including woodland trails and certain activity spaces—may not be safely accessible for wheelchairs or those with limited mobility. Attendees are responsible for knowing their own limits and exercising caution when navigating the grounds. Due to the natural terrain and existing site conditions, some areas of Clary Gardens, including portions of the lower woodlands, may be inaccessible to individuals using wheelchairs, mobility devices, or otherwise unable to safely navigate steep steps or uneven terrain. Accessible routes and activities are available throughout other portions of the Festival grounds.

6. Inherent Risks, Assumption of Risk & Release of Liability

Lost Skills Gathering is an outdoor, hands-on event involving natural terrain, demonstrations, instruction, and activities that carry inherent and other risks. These risks may include, without limitation, slips, trips and falls; hills, roots, rocks, mud, grass, wooded or uneven terrain; weather and outdoor conditions; insects, ticks, stings or bites; plants, herbs, fungi and other natural materials; food and allergic reactions; animals; crowds; fire, flame, smoke and hot surfaces; sharp tools, knives, axes, saws and other implements; woodworking, blacksmithing, food preparation, butchering, fire-making and other traditional skills; and the actions or omissions of other attendees or third parties.

By entering, attending, observing, or participating in the Festival, Attendee knowingly and voluntarily assumes the inherent and reasonably foreseeable risks associated with attendance and participation, including the risk of injury, illness, allergic reaction, property damage, or loss.

To the fullest extent permitted by Ohio law, Attendee releases, waives, and holds harmless the Released Parties from claims for injury, illness, property damage, loss, or expense arising out of or related to attendance at or participation in the Festival, including claims caused in whole or in part by the ordinary negligence of one or more of the Released Parties.

7. Emergency Medical Care

Basic first aid may be provided on-site. In the event of injury or emergency, organizers may contact medical services as deemed necessary. Attendees are responsible for their own medical treatment decisions and expenses. The Festival and its Organizers are not liable for any medical costs incurred.

8. Conduct, Behavior & Removal

The Festival maintains a peaceful, inclusive, and family-friendly environment. Attendees agree to conduct themselves with kindness and respect.

• No political signage, divisive clothing, or disruptive speech or behavior.
  
• No alcohol, drugs, or weapons of any kind.
  
• No proselytizing or religious demonstrations.
  

Anyone violating these rules or endangering others will be asked to leave immediately, without refund or compensation.

9. Property & Personal Belongings

The Organizers are not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged personal property. Attendees should keep personal belongings secure and attended at all times.

10. Photography & Media Release

By attending, you grant Woodland Herbal LLC and its representatives the unrestricted, perpetual right to photograph, record, or film your participation, and to use such media for promotional, educational, and archival purposes without compensation. Attendance implies consent to this media release.

11. Teachers, Vendors, Exhibitors & Other Participants

Teachers, demonstrators, vendors, exhibitors, presenters, performers, and other Festival participants are responsible for conducting their activities in a safe and responsible manner and for complying with all Festival safety requirements and applicable laws. Certain participants may be required by the Organizers to maintain their own liability insurance or provide proof of coverage, depending upon the nature of their activities. Any such requirements will be communicated directly to those participants.

Teachers, demonstrators, vendors, exhibitors, and other third-party participants may operate independently of Woodland Herbal, LLC. (DBA Lost Skills Gathering) and remain responsible for their own conduct, instruction, products, services, equipment, and activities.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by Ohio law, the assumption of risk, release, waiver, and hold-harmless provisions of this Agreement apply to all claims arising out of or related to attendance at or participation in the Festival, including claims arising from the ordinary negligence of one or more of the Released Parties, acts or omissions of third parties, weather, natural conditions, or conditions of the venue.

The Released Parties shall not be responsible for indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages or expenses arising from attendance, participation, schedule changes, delays, cancellation, property loss, or other Festival-related circumstances, except to the extent such liability cannot lawfully be limited or waived.

13. Severability

If any part of this Agreement is found invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

14. Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the Attendee and the Organizers concerning general Festival attendance and participation and supersedes any prior oral or written communications concerning those matters. Separate activity-specific waivers, releases, acknowledgments, or participation agreements may apply to particular demonstrations or hands-on activities and shall supplement this Agreement.

By purchasing a ticket, entering, attending, or participating in the Festival, you acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to review, understand, and agree to these Terms, Assumption of Risk & Release of Liability.

Woodland Herbal, LLC. (DBA Woodland Herbal / DBA Lost Skills Gathering)

Lost Skills Gathering – Coshocton, Ohio