Naturalist and Bushcraft Instructor
Garrin is a passionate nature connection facilitator that uses bushcraft and survival skills to help others relate to their natural surroundings .
Garrin began his deep dive into bushcraft and naturalist skills with a 7 month apprenticeship with Sticks and Stones Wilderness School in the Spring of 2012, which at the time was held on the very same property that Wilde School now tends.
After completing this apprenticeship he began teaching with Sticks and Stones while developing his skills and working along side some of the most talented nature connection facilitators in the country. Garrin went on to work with many organizations such as The Pine Project, Earth Tracks, Luna Adventures, The Pine Institute and many others while refining his approach of using bushcraft to connect people with themselves, the land and those they share it with.
In the fall of 2021 he found himself back on the hills of the Beaver Valley when he joined the amazing team here at Wilde to share the magic of the valley with the next generation.
Garrin is a firm believer that while knowledge of our natural world is valuable, it is experiences that truly foster connection and lead to its preservation.
When a person heads out into the woods and turns what they find there into food, clean water, shelter and fire (and more!) that person begins to build a relationship with the natural world that is deeper than what can be found with knowledge alone.
Experiences, unlike knowledge, are not taught but guided through. A mentor is someone that walks beside the student and shares in the learning.
Garrin grew up crawling through the woods and creeks of Southern Ontario chasing the local reptiles and amphibians.
Many years later those wild places called him back in the form of a 7-month apprenticeship with Sticks and Stones Wilderness School on the hills of the Kimbercote property where he lived the survival and stewardship knowledge passed on to him.
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