Indigenous Tea Blending Workshop
Join us for a hands-on experience to learn about medicinal and culturally significant plants and create your own loose-leaf tea blend!
Participants will be guided through an interactive Indigenous herbal tea blending experience while learning about culturally significant plants, wellness, plant relationships, and Coast Salish perspectives on reciprocity with the land. Each participant will create and package their own custom loose-leaf tea blend to take home while enjoying a tea tasting and discussion.
About the Instructor
Senaqwila Wyss is Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, Tsimshian, Sto:lo, Hawaiian, and Swiss. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Faculty of Communications, Arts and Technology, with a minor in First Nations Studies. She also holds a First Nations Languages Proficiency Certificate in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim. She and her husband are raising their 5-year-old daughter, along with her adopted 10-year-old niece, to be first-language speakers — something that had not been done in her family for four generations following colonial impacts. Senaqwila practices ethnobotany alongside her traditionally trained mother, Cease Wyss, working with Indigenous plant medicines. Raised with these ancestral teachings, she uses plants in teas, medicines, tinctures, and ceremony through her Indigenous tea company’s loose-leaf teas.
Register here.
WHAT:
- Learn about medicinal and culturally significant plants from Indigenous perspectives.
- Explore Coast Salish teachings on wellness, reciprocity, and relationships with the land.
- Participate in an interactive herbal tea blending and tea tasting experience.
- Create and package your own custom loose-leaf tea blend to take home.
WHO: This workshop is intended for participants 16 years of age and older.
WHEN: June 13th, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
WHERE: Fraser River Discovery Centre
COST:
- Early Bird (until May 26th) – $40
- Regular (starting Mar 27th) – $45
- Student (Student ID Required), Senior (65 and older), or Member – $45
Ivy Weaving Workshop
Discover the art of crafting baskets from invasive English ivy!
In this hands-on experience, you will learn all the steps of collecting, preparing, and weaving ivy. Learn about nature while you connect with fellow participants. You’ll leave with your own completed ivy basket. No experience is necessary; all materials are provided.
About the Instructor
Grace Nombrado is the founder and Executive Director of Free the Fern Stewardship Society, a nonprofit that cares for the Champlain Heights Trails, one of the last forests in Vancouver. Grace has worked on a number of planting projects, including creating: the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden, a Community Food Forest, and a Pollinator Garden along the trail. Since learning how to ivy basket weave from Still Moon Arts in 2022, Grace has also been teaching weaving workshops across Metro Vancouver. Grace loves to transform invasive plant material into beautiful and functional baskets!
Register here.
WHAT:
- Learn how to identify, collect, and prepare invasive English ivy for weaving.
- Explore environmental stewardship and the impacts of invasive species.
- Participate in a hands-on weaving experience.
- Create your own ivy basket to take home.
WHO: This workshop is intended for participants 16 years of age and older.
WHEN: July 18th, 1pm – 3pm
WHERE: Fraser River Discovery Centre
COST:
- Early Bird (until June 18th) – $35
- Regular (starting June 19th) – $40
- Student (Student ID Required), Senior (65 and older), or Member – $35