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Wildflower Walk – Tannery Brook Preserve

$29

with Amy Witt

Calendar May 22, 2024 at 5:30 pm

Did you know that Jack in the Pulpits can change their sex? Or that a Trout Lily has spotted leaves that resemble trout? Curious to learn more about the wildflowers and trees that make their home in the Maine woods? Come meet the native wildflowers and trees along the trails at Tannery Brook Preserve. Our outing will incorporate plant folklore, identification, and the gifts each plant has to share. Amy is passionate about nature, plants and all things connected to Mother Earth. Officially she’s a Naturalist, Garden Coach, Horticulturist, Educator, and the enthusiastic, Nature Spirit guided, Director of Earth Walkers (www.earthwalkers.me).

** Our walk will take place at Tannery Brook Preserve. We will meet at the trailhead on Wentworth Dr.**

Wednesday, 5/22 (rain date 5/23), 5:30pm-7:30pm, Tannery Brook Preserve, $29

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Intentional Collage: Cut, Paste, and Write Your Way to Greater Self-Knowledge - Summer Collage (A Four Season Series)
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Intentional Collage: Cut, Paste, and Write Your Way to Greater Self-Knowledge - Summer Collage (A Four Season Series)

$44

with Lynne Mentzer

Remember the fun you had making art in Kindergarten? Intentional Collage is a fun way to make “kindergarten art” as a way of deepening self-knowledge. The combination of meditation and music, images and words can reveal new insights into your current situation or new directions to explore. No artistic skill is needed; all materials are provided (including chocolate!). Because each new collage builds on previous collages, it is recommended that participants sign up for all four (3/4, 6/4, 9/3, and 12/3) 3-hour workshops. Lynne Mentzer is an avid journal writer. She is certified to teach courses in Journal to Self and has led numerous writing and collage workshops. Lynne is an ordained United Methodist minister, recently retired after serving churches in Maine and New Hampshire for the past 20 years.

Summer Collage, Tuesday, 6/4, 6:00pm-9:00pm, GMS, $44

****Check back this fall for two more classes: Fall Collage 9/3 and Winter Collage 12/3)****

Monthly Meditation Circle - Session VI
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Monthly Meditation Circle - Session VI

Free

with Elissa Nauman

You’re invited to join in this guided meditation where we will open our chakras (energy centers) and send out love and healing to the world. The meditations may relate to a specific time of the year or event (i.e., Spring Equinox, full moon, solar eclipse, etc.) and may center around that. This is a free event. Elissa Nauman, MS, is the founder of Restoring Through Nature, LLC. She guides clients to achieve their physical, emotional, and spiritual health goals through the support of essential oils and energy work (Reiki and IET). She has a Master of Science in Counseling and is certified in essential oils coaching, Usui Reiki Level 2, Integrated Energy Therapy, Reiki Crystal Healing and is a Certified Chakra Therapist.

Session VI, Saturday, 6/8, 10:00am-11:30am, Baxter Memorial Library, $0

Acadian Arts Asian Fusion Cooking Retreat: Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Canada

$495

with Chris Toy

Calendar Jun 21, 2024 at 1 pm

Your instructor, Chris Toy is the author of 6 popular cookbooks, a private chef, and has taught Asian-fusion cooking for several Maine community education programs. Cooking students will learn how to prepare a variety of recipes from Asia, Europe, and the Americas incorporating traditional and local ingredients. Each meal will actively engage cooks with the tools, techniques, and stories behind the dishes being created. $495 Tuition includes all lunches and dinners ( Breakfast is included with room price, accommodations not included in price).  Day students are welcome. Comments from recent Acadian Arts Retreats participants: “I learned so much from Chris that I can use immediately at home in my own kitchen.”  “Great kitchen hints!”.

6/21 (1pm)-6/24(11am), Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Canada. We will be exclusive guests of the international park, staying in historic Victorian cottages. Workshop participants will get to explore the same coastal scenery enjoyed by the summer residents at the turn of the 20th century. All meals are included in the workshop fee, as well as specially planned optional evening activities designed to extend your learning from the day’s workshops. Also included, is a private concert by award winning Celtic Fiddle player, Katherine Moller, in the Victorian parlor of Hubbard House. Special guest Catherine Hunter, will discuss Native American Basketry (included). Register for the retreat, then call Sherry Mitchell at 506-752-2922 to make room reservations.

Acadian Arts Watercolor Painting Retreat: Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Canada

$495

with Mary Laury

Calendar Jun 21, 2024 at 1 pm

Your instructor, Mary Laury is an accomplished watercolorist and highly esteemed teacher. She encourages all her students to believe they can be successful. Painting is an exciting medium; it flows and moves and does beautiful things. If you have never painted in watercolors, we will start at the beginning. If you have painted before, you will pick up some new tips and tricks as well. We all learn together! $495 Tuition includes all lunches and dinners ( Breakfast is included with room price, accommodations not included in price). Day students are welcome. Comments from recent Acadian Arts Retreats participants: “Great instructor!-Mary acts as a guide to develop our own style.“ “Easy no stress instruction.”.

6/21 (1pm) - 6/23 (11am), Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Canada. We will be exclusive guests of the international park, staying in historic Victorian cottages. Workshop participants will get to explore the same coastal scenery enjoyed by the summer residents at the turn of the 20th century. All meals are included in the workshop fee, as well as specially planned optional evening activities designed to extend your learning from the day’s workshops. Also included, is a private concert by award winning Celtic Fiddle player, Katherine Moller, in the Victorian parlor of Hubbard House. Special guest Catherine Hunter, will discuss Native American Basketry (included). Register for the retreat, then call Sherry Mitchell at 506-752-2922 to make room reservations.





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