Classes

The Rose Retreat: A One-Day Plant Initiation

June 21, 2025 — Rockport, Maine
Facilitated by Deb Soule and Lauren Valle
Cost: $175 - $225 (sliding scale)

Join us for full-day immersion with our beloved Rosa Rugosa at the beautiful Biodynamic gardens of the Herbal Hummingbird Hub that have been tended by gardener and herbalist Deb Soule for over 29 years.

Deb planted a magnificent hedge row of Rosa Rugosa twenty years ago to offer the healing gifts of Rose to the world. The Rose Retreat is an incredible opportunity to be steeped in the humming vibrations of the soil, plants, and pollinators here who have been nourished and honored for so many years. You will be re-calibrated toward wholeness and joy during your time in the gardens.

A plant initiation is an opportunity to be in ceremony with a plant where the plant is honored as the teacher, guide and initiator. Plants are dynamic beings who work with us on all levels — physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Plants have the ability to touch us deeply and profoundly transform our lives. They guide us in letting go of what we no longer need and aligning with our highest purpose and the work we came here to do in our lifetimes.

This event is not a teaching day — Deb and Lauren will serve as facilitators, holding space for you to move into deeper relationship with Rose, and for Rose to meet you where you are at. You will have your own direct experience of Rose that is personal to you.

Several times during our ceremony with Rose, we will ingest an elixir made ceremonially from different parts of the plant. To deepen our relationship with Rose, we will engage in sensory and meditative practices as well as creativity and dreaming. Comfort with, and openness to, communing with plants is recommended for this retreat.