Step Into the Wild, Find your way Home.

Enjoy a safe, private, and customizable farm and forest wellness retreat.

Peaceful, restful, fun, and joyful

The beauty of nature, joy of animals, and compassionate staff. Enjoy a safe, private (individual or small group), tailored retreat in a quiet, natural forest setting with caring, personalized service – and of course goats!

Peace...calm...mindfulness

Enjoy the peace and joy that only nature and critters can offer. Our wellness retreats provide a quiet respite from the world and is perfect for anyone looking to experience self-care.

Seniors
Autism
Alter-abled
Trauma
Anxiety & Social Anxiety
Grief
Addictions
ADHD
and more..

Create your unique experience

The Wellness Retreat at Mariaville Goat Farm offers numerous customizable services and options to make every experience perfect.

Customized Experience
Experienced, Caring Staff
Private, Two Hour Sessions
Safe Animal Interactions
Accessible Forest Trails
Hermitage
Yoga and Meditation
and more..

Trained, caring staff and partners

The staff at Mariaville Goat Farm are trained and certified to provide you with the specialized support you or your loved ones may need.

Rick Hopkins is an experienced, certified yoga instructor, warm and attentive host, insightful facilitator, knowledgeable goat farmer, and a genuine appreciator of all lives – great and small!

Our calming, supportive staff are guided by Ed Weaver who has a degree in psychology, over 25 years in human services, and personally advocated for his own special needs children. Ed is uniquely qualified with the knowledge, experience, and compassion to create a personalized, positive, healthful retreat for you!

We also have skilled wellness partners that offer crystal sound bathing, guided meditation, Reiki, massage, or paint & sip add-on options, when available.

Mariaville Goat Farm understands that everyone’s wellness needs and financial situation are different. Please contact us to discuss how we can help you create a wellness experience that’s perfect for you! We’re here to help!

Contact us below to begin your journey.

Customers love us

Ed & Rick shape their environment to provide whatever refuge visitors might need. They do this with grace, humility and deep respect for their animals, the environment and for people of all backgrounds. The farm offers a host of enlightening sensory experiences, to be taken in at each visitor's own pace. Solo travelers can enjoy refreshed independence, while communing with nature and feeling surrounded by unconditional, non judgemental love. Couples can grow closer as they breathe deeply and escape screens and commutes. Families can feel as if they have stepped into a story-book, making lifelong memories together. Those who are neurodivergent can feel comfortable in their own skin and enjoy a safe shared experience, rich with opportunities for exchange with animals, teachers and peers. A baby goat on a lap is like nature's weighted-blanket, allowing stressors to melt away and smiles and feelings of connection to take their place. At Mariaville, hug a goat and embrace a sense of calm.

Facts. Healing happens here. ❤️ ☮️

Rick, I just wanted to tell you how much our visit to your farm today meant to my Jeanie and to me. You made her feel comfortable and excited. Her eyes lit up and she smiled when she saw you bringing the babies. I haven't seen her smile like that in years since she got sick. Today was her favorite day of our most recent vacation. And mine. You're a new friend. Most love and respect to you.

Truly the most liberating, decompressing, unhurried, curious and perfectly supported experience we have ever had on a getaway. My Mom and I spent 2 nights in the yurt, enjoyed every second with the goats, and loved every morsel of food prepared for us! A very special aspect of our experience was being encouraged to dream up our own wellness experience. By simply mentioning to Ed that we were interested in adding massage and reiki to our stay, he took it from there! Seamlessly, he scheduled two incredibly skilled and accomodating practioners to bring their experience to my Mom and I! He blended the best of both worlds; Imagine enjoying a massage in a yurt while the birds are singing away through the open door. Then imagine, enjoying a thoughtfully curated picnic basket lunch while you await the next phase of your best day ever! Then came a full hour of Reiki and sound bath under a quiet old pine tree all while enjoying the sounds of singing birds, happy goats, and the smell of warm pine needles and fresh honeysuckle on the breeze. Thats made up, right? Yes, made up and made real! Thank you Ed & Rick for creating and sharing your Farm, and thank you Deb and Christine for walking your healing powers up the winding path straight to the Yurt! We were lifted higher by this unpretentious blending of Wellness, Nature and Hospitality than any one experience ever could lift us. Wow is what we said...over and over again. Thank you seems too little.

Schedule retreat

Have questions or looking to schedule a wellness retreat? Contact us! We value your time and appreciate your business, so we will get back to you promptly.