Join us for a unique, intimate gathering of women and plants at beautiful Kina gegoo Botanical Sanctuary, August 12th to 14th, 2022 in Cannington, Ontario! Participants are welcome to camp on the land under the trees and experience this sacred place first hand. (If camping is not your thing, please ask for a list of nearby places where you can stay!)

This is a unique weekend to let your wild, tender, curious feminine play. Explore the many gifts plants have for women, with five herbalists teaching about their craft. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 60 people. We will sing, dance, tell stories, recite a poem or two, laugh and maybe even cry.

Throughout the weekend you will have the chance to participate in four workshops, offered by experienced traditional herbalists, each bringing her own style and approach to herbal medicine. This is truly a unique opportunity to learn from women who have all walked the path of healing with herbal medicine according to her tradition.

In small groups, you can meet, connect with old friends, make new friends and share ideas as you move through each workshop, and during the spaces in between. Saturday evening will feature a keynote address by herbal elder Christine Dennis, followed by a bonfire gathering with song and some dancing.

We’ll also go on plant walk through Penelope’s beloved United Plant Savers’ Kina gegoo Botanical Sanctuary, as well as the chance to explore the gardens and the beautiful surrounding wild land on your own.

Once registered, you will receive a download of the registration form along with directions to the sanctuary and a few more important details that will be required to be filled out, signed and returned to us via email.

The organizers of this gathering recognize that gender is diverse and ever-flowing. Lady Slipper Herb Gathering is a committed safe space for people of all gender identities and expressions. In calling this gathering a “women’s” gathering we are not limiting the attendees to cis-gendered women. This gathering invites people of all gender identities, who may feel connected to immersing oneself in feminine energy and feminine wellness education for the weekend. Should you have any more questions or concerns, please contact us!

All participants will go home with a gift from our sponsor Faunus Herbs!

Keynote Speaker:

Christine Dennis

Registered Herbalist

Christine is an eco-psychospiritual herbalist, with a Master of Science (MSc.) degree in Herbal Medicine from the University of Wales in the UK. She is a current Professional Member (RH) and past president of the Ontario Herbalists Association as well as a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (MNIMH) in the UK. Christine is an IFS-informed therapist (Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy), having first been introduced to this approach by ayahuasca in a ceremony about 15 yrs ago. 

In awe of the Mystery, as a vitalist, death doula, ceremonialist, griever, amateur naturalist, thus being a lover of Nature, and having a blend of bio-medical, traditional, energetic and mystical herbal medicine experience, Christine considers herself to be an eclectic and integrative practitioner. She has 25+ years of hands-on experience in the field, seeing patients, and facilitating herbal and health education.

Living at the end of a dirt road, surrounded by trees, gardens and nature, right next to the forest, it is here that Christine works and dwells in the edges.

Website: christinedennis.ca

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Penelope Beaudrow is a Registered Herbalist who has devoted the past 25 years to helping others foster deep and resilient connections with the living intelligence of the natural world and the regenerative, healing forces of plants and the medicine they carry. Penelope earned her Diploma in Herbal Medicine from Dominion Herbal College in British Columbia. She serves as Product Development Specialist and Herbal Educator at Faunus Herbs. She is also deeply engaged in in the field of herbal education, including in depth work with the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine and The Ginkgo Tree Herbal Course. Penelope is deeply concerned with regenerative ecology as an integral component of the health and wellbeing of the earth and all of its inhabitants. She works diligently to reintroduce a wide variety of native, at risk and endangered plants at her sanctuary and farmstead and is engaged in significant re-wilding efforts.

The work that Penelope is engaged in every day aims to lay the foundations for a verdant, thriving, and viable future that upholds and works alongside the brilliance of nature. The path of earth stewardship has as its goal harmony, health and the peaceful coexistence for all beings. The transformations that Penelope has, and continues to witness through her careful and patient partnership with the green world have far exceeded her hopes and expectations; when the plants begin to speak, it’s always best to listen, for the marvels that will unfold are sure to be beyond our wildest dreams.

Website: Home – The Ginkgo Tree

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Lauri Hoeg

Traditional Herbalist

Lauri Hoeg is Anishinaabe Kwe and a proud member of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation where she lives and creates in her studio by the water called “Eagles in the East”. Inspired by her First Nation culture and island surroundings, Lauri loves to create.

Artistic interests for Lauri include traditional beadwork, leatherwork, designing jewelry, and acrylic painting that is inspired by the eastern woodland art movement. These paintings convey bold and beautiful colour and an overwhelming feeling of interconnectedness.

Lauri’s passion for health and wellness have drawn her to practice the Indigenous tradition of supporting one’s wellbeing through plant medicines. Growing up she came to know many plant medicines and how to forage and gather from her family and community. Later in life, participating in ceremonies the plant medicines became part of her spiritual journey. Lauri has been fortunate to receive teachings from her elders in the Indigenous community. Her interest also led her to study and complete Rosemary Gladstar’s course, ‘The Science and Art of Herbalism’ with the Ginkgo Tree. Lauri continues her herbal learning and sharing with Penelope at the Gingko Tree where they have developed their own workshop sharing the spiritual and medicinal uses of plants.

It is Lauri’s belief that “Spirit” moves through you when you are creating, because she has often been surprised at what shows up when she lets her brush lead the way and experiences that same interconnectedness when working with plant medicines.

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