Emily Spurlin and Laura Scherb
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3 reviews
Jul 24 - 27, 2025
Group size: 1 - 12
Dappled
Soldiers Grove, WI 54655, USA
Emily Spurlin and Laura Scherb
- Email address verified
3 reviews
$NaN
Jul 24 - 27, 2025
Group size: 1 - 12
About this trip
What’s included
- Chef-prepared mealsRed Clover Ranch’s Chef Dani Lind will prepare seasonally-inspired meals, largely sourced from surrounding farms. Meals are included in the retreat cost.
- LodgingAll of our guest cabins feature easy access to our bathhouse with high end bathrooms, a screen porch with kitchenette, sauna, and outdoor shower.
- BeveragesCoffee and tea are on the house, and low-ABV cocktails, beer, and wine available for purchase
- Shared bathhouse + saunaOur Japanese- and Scandinavian-inspired bathhouse features two full bathrooms, an outdoor shower, and an electric sauna. It also houses a screened-in porch with a summer kitchen and a lounge area.
- Cake decorating tutorialInstruction for making your own seasonally-inspired, naturally colored layer cake from Emily Spurlin
- Photography tutorialsInstruction on capturing storytelling in photography—iPhone, DSLR camera, or sketchpad!— from Laura Scherb
- Local grains seminarSeminar on heritage grains from Halee of Meadowlark Organics
- Baking suppliesAll baking tools, supplies, and ingredients to make your cake will be provided.
- Field tripsExcursions to farmers markets, antique stores, and nature walks to forage for props and flavor/decor components
What’s not included
- TransportationThe nearest airports are Madison and La Crosse, Wisconsin. You can also fly in and drive from Minneapolis-St. Paul or Chicago, both about 3.5 hours away.
- CameraPlease bring whatever you'll be using to photograph - film, digital, and phone photography all welcome!
Available Packages
Available Add-Ons
Private Workshop with Emily
$350
Private Workshop with Laura
$250
Itinerary
Day 1
Thursday
Your Organizer
Emily Spurlin and Laura Scherb
3 reviews
Emily is a chicago- based award winning pastry chef, florist, and artist. Emily uses pastry as a medium to tell stories and translate inspiration into reality, especially focusing on the natural world as her muse.
Laura Scherb is a food photographer, stylist, and writer in Chicago, IL. She works in every capacity of food photography, from commercial work to editorial projects. Her passion is storytelling through light and color, and is particularly interested in shadow work.
Reviews
EB
This retreat was so magical. Red Clover is the perfect setting for everything that Laura & Emily teach on. It was so incredible to take in all the nature alongside Dani's cooking and Annie's hospitality. Cannot recommend this experience enough.
By Elizabeth B for Dappled on Aug 05, 2025
Fabulous! The accommodations were lovely. Beautiful property, comfortable room, thoughtful ownership and stupendous food cooked by Dani.
The workshops by Laura and Emily were a highlight. Both are patient and enthusiastic instructors and answered a wide variety of questions. Overall, the trip was one I’ll fondly remember as the perfect mix of the outdoors, food to savor and exploration. Only downside was that it was crazy humid & sweaty, but what can you do!
By Megan B for Dappled on Jul 30, 2025
I feel very lucky to have stumbled upon the opportunity to join Emily and Laura on this baking and photography retreat. I left with a great sense of peace, a newfound love for baking, and a greater appreciation for lighting.
By Victoria C for Sunbaked: A Celebration of Seasonality in the Kitchen and the Studio on Sep 06, 2024