Inner Garden Creative Retreats

Enjoy a rural Louisiana family farm where we’ll guide you on a journey to find, recover, and light up your inner artist. Our workshops immerse you in activities that will stay with you and become practices long after your retreat experience. Most importantly, the retreats will connect and ground you. 

Back pond and landing strip.

This thoughtfully appointed space was designed as a haven for artists, writers, and holistic wellness professionals seeking retreat, serenity, and community. We host three-to-five-day workshops to connect guests with their inner artist, offer residency stays for writers and artists, and provide a venue for creative and holistic leaders to hold their own programming.

Front porch at Zeke's house.

We create a safe space for novices and experts alike, through words, art, and movement. Whether you identify as an artist or a writer or not, you’ll find takeaways and have aha moments. The best part, all you have to do is show up. Jackie and Pennie take care of the rest.

Red clover in back field.

3-Day 2-Night Retreat

  • 3:30 Check-in, Meet & Greet

    5:30 Introduction, Icebreaker, and Kick-Off

    7:00 Dinner

    8:30 WORDS workshop: Prompt activity,

    MOVEMENT workshop: Serene, Night-time question

    10:00: Quiet time

  • 7:00 Breakfast (individual)

    9:00 WORDS workshop

    10:30 ART workshop

    12:00 Lunch

    1:45 WORDS workshop

    3:30 MOVEMENT workshop

    5:00 ART workshop

    7:00 Dinner

    8:30 Serene MOVEMENT workshop, Night-time question

    10:00 Quiet time

  • 7:00 Breakfast (individual)

    9:00 WORDS workshop

    10:30 ART workshop

    12:00 Lunch

    2:00 Debrief and Goodbye

Your Stay Includes:

    • Includes supplies:

      • Notebook

      • Pens

      • Art paper

      • Paints and pens

      • Tools

    • Free time to enjoy the property

    • All meals and snacks are included:

      • 2 Individual Breakfasts

      • 2 Group Lunches

      • 2 Group Dinners

    • Snacks available 24/7

    • Juice, teas, coffee, and sodas all day. Wine available at dinnertime.

    • Private bedrooms (unless you make arrangements to share)

    • Three bedrooms include en suite bathroom

    • WiFi

    • AC/Heating

    • Parking

    • Laundry available if needed

Workshops

  • Words

    with Pennie

    Whether you're a visual artist, musician, dancer, or writer, words are interwoven in the creative process. But what happens when you’re facing a blank page, canvas, or dance floor? We create safe spaces for our guests to take chances, trust their intuition, and open up to their creative flow.

  • Art

    with Jackie

    Intuitive art is the act of tapping into your creative intuition as a means of producing art. Guests will learn how to connect with their intuition and create mixed media art and will learn to create art in a non-judgmental way by granting them the liberty of experimenting and making mistakes. The goal is to make art without overthinking the creative process.

  • Movement

    with Janet

    Science has already proven that movement—walking, jogging, stretching, and engaging our muscles—increases mental alertness, stimulates creative brainstorming and inspiration, promotes learning and a positive mood, and awakens creative ability. At the Inner Garden Creative Retreat Center, we incorporate walking and gentle movement to help our guests tap into the artist they carry within.