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Retreats and skill weeks, off grid in Florida

Come build in person

A compound in the Florida oaks where you live on a set plan for the week: learn real skills, meet people who are building too, and get away from the screen to do it.

Get first word

Dates are not set. Follow along and you will hear first.

Or write to ranches@loadingacademy.com and ask to be told.

Illustration of a stone and timber gatehouse between royal palms and live oaks at sunset
Illustration. The compound is in planning.

What a week is

Loading Ranches hosts structured retreats and week long skill building festivals. You arrive with a plan and follow it with everyone else on the grounds.

01

A set plan

Every day has an itinerary. You know where you are meant to be in the morning, the afternoon and at the fire.

02

Real skills

Sessions you do with your hands and your head, taught by people who practice them. You work, you do not just watch.

03

Your people

You live for a week beside people who are building something too. Meals, work and evenings are shared.

The compound

Off grid, inside its own hedge wall, with one gate in and out. This is the plan for the grounds.

Illustrated aerial view of the walled compound: a main hall, a ring of cabins, a lake, a fire circle, garden beds and a barn
Illustration of the planned layout, not a survey.
  • Main hallWhere the day starts and where everyone eats.
  • CabinsSmall cabins in a ring around a shared green.
  • Workshop barnBenches, tools and room to make things.
  • Training fieldOpen ground for anything that needs space.
  • Kitchen gardenRaised beds that feed the hall.
  • Fire circleWhere each day ends.
  • The lakeA dock, cold water and quiet.
Illustration of a timber workshop barn with benches and tools, doors open to garden beds at sunrise

Days are for work

Mornings and afternoons are sessions: in the barn, on the field, in the garden.

Illustration of a fire circle with wooden chairs in front of three cabins under live oaks at dusk

Evenings are for people

Dinner in the hall, then the fire. The conversations are half the reason to come.

Why in person

Constant self improvement and skill building are what make you a valuable member of your own community.

You can build a community online, and you should. It gets stronger the first time its people stand in the same place, work on the same thing and eat at the same table.

Loading Ranches is that place.

Be first through the gate

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