Part of the Herbs & Nature Connection Community Workshop Series Free to attend · Donation welcome · All welcome · No experience needed. We'll meet lemon balm, skullcap, and milky oats — three medicinal plants that nourish and calm the nervous system. Together we'll make a nervine hydrosol through steam distillation and brew a triple nervine sun tea. You'll leave with your hydrosol, a recipe, and a new relationship with the plants growing around you. Outdoors · Rain contingency in place · Bring a friend

Part of the Herbs & Nature Connection Community Workshop Series Free to attend · Donation welcome · All welcome · No experience needed We'll work with pineapple weed (a wild medicinal plant growing right here in Centretown), chamomile, and lavender. Together we'll handcraft a lavender sleep pillow — sewn by hand — and make a chamomile tincture to take home and finish over the next four to six weeks. A gentle, hands-on session for anyone who needs more rest. Outdoors · Bring a friend who needs sleep

· Free for Ellevate members This roundtable is for the professional woman who understands herself deeply — and still feels exhausted, disconnected, or stuck. We'll explore why greater wellness awareness isn't producing greater wellbeing, unpack the hidden drivers of burnout and chronic disconnection, and introduce practical tools from The Integrated Root™ framework for building sustainable wellbeing rooted in connection and authenticity. Free for Ellevate Network members · Register through Ellevate

Part of the Herbs & Nature Connection Community Workshop Series Free to attend · Donation welcome · All welcome · No experience needed Late summer is when the roots go deep and the medicine gets earthy. Join somatic coach and vitalist herbalist Brooke Marie Bridges for the final workshop in our summer series, exploring the wild plants and bitter roots of the Ottawa landscape. We'll meet yarrow, chicory, dandelion, burdock, and cacao — smell them fresh and roasted, learn what they offer the body, and make a yarrow first aid salve to take home. We'll close by brewing a ceremonial herbal root coffee together and sitting with our cups in intentional quiet. Free. All welcome. No experience needed.