Fires of Venus is held at the Ramblewood Retreat Center on 200 acres of very private land in Northern Maryland. Minutes from I-95, our Beltane festival is easily accessible by public transportation.

Once a summer camp for kids, Ramblewood has been completely upgraded and now caters exclusively to private groups. Each of the 40 cabins have full bathrooms with hot water, showers and flush toilets. Cabins also have electricity, clean mattresses, new lighting and ceiling fans.

For those who wish to get closer to nature, you can pitch your tent almost anywhere on the 200 acre camp. Tenters have full use of bathroom facilities in the cabins.

Other facilities include two swimming pools, a lake for canoeing, Lakeside bonfire and miles of hiking trails.

While some people enjoy cooking their own meals at their campsites, most enjoy the community of sharing meals at the camps dining hall. A couple of years age, we started having a staff member working on menus with the camps kitchen and the results were noticeable. Of those who completed our post-festival survey in 2004, 73% rated the Camp's food quality as "good" to "excellent".

Dinners ranged from grilled Mediterranean chicken to top sirloin London broil with vegetables such as roasted red potatoes with fresh rosemary, grilled fresh corn on the cob rubbed with butter and sage, and herbed long grain & wild rice. Lunches are simpler; sandwiches, hamburgers off the grill, pizza, etc. Breakfasts usually offer eggs, pancakes, pastries, cold or hot cereal and juice. And of course, lots of coffee.

Meals may be purchased on-line with your registration or on-site at the dining hall. We don't lock you into set meal plans, so you can purchase only those meals you want. The individual cost of meals is $7.00 - Breakfast, $9.00 - Lunch and $11.00 - Dinner.

If you do decide to prepare your own meals, you should know that the camp offers no real solution for dishwashing or food storage, although they do sell ice in the canteen. You are prohibited from cooking in the cabins or on the porches and you can’t wash your dishes in the bathroom sinks. Hot water is available to haul to your campsite.