The last total solar eclipse in this area took place in 1349 — nearly 700 years ago! This is your chance of a lifetime to see one (unless you’re planning to be around in 2399 for the next one). Hoping for clear skies…

Join us for a labyrinth walk as the land emerges from the thaw of winter and quietly wakes up to the coming warmth of the summer months, full of new life and vital energy.

Drop in to Wintergreen Studios during the Spring Open House to learn about our land, our buildings, and our programs and retreats.

Join Hilbert Buist and Canadian Wildlife Federation as they explore the wide world of winter wildlife! Find out how birds and animals move and survive in the winter by examining their tracks and trails, browse and beds and scrapes and scat.

Does your writing need a mid-winter thaw? Flash Forward is a one-day fiction workshop for beginner and intermediate writers interested in strengthening their short fiction and prose.

Explore the trails through sensory walks, learn to identify animals through their tracks and traces, and create a land art masterpiece.

Ready for a day of art-making? Join us for a day of printmaking. No experience required! This is a playful art form and you will be surprised by what you create.

Join us for the virtual launch of Book of Night, a chapbook of poetry written by fourteen poets who took part in a workshop with Lorna Crozier at Wintergreen in June 2023.

Let a Winter Solstice walk through the labyrinth be an opportunity to take pause and reflect on this shortest day of the year.

Join us for a day dedicated to the birds! Learn about the joys of winter birding, resident birds and their strategies for survival. You can expect to explore different habitats, listen for birds and look for signs of their presence all while contributing to meaningful citizen science efforts.

Come share a laugh, a story, and a song with frontman George Woodhouse and frontwoman Joss MacNeil, known as The Public Service Duo.

Take nature appreciation to the next level through journaling. Explore the Wintergreen landscape and learn to hone your skills of observation through curiosity.

Discover what it means to be at home on our planet, to create artwork that speaks to the particulars of this time and place.

Learn to build with cordwood! You’ll also learn about other forms of sustainable building during the workshop.

Join Lorrie Potvin for a Sacred Fire and Pipe Ceremony. All are welcome.

Join us for an intimate evening of poetry with Lorna Crozier. Lorna’s reading will be followed by a gourmet dinner from the Wintergreen kitchen.

Take part in building a sweat lodge at Wintergreen with Métis Knowledge Keeper, Lorrie Potvin.

Enjoy an evening of acoustic music by George Woodhouse and Gary Rasberry as you dine on a scrumptious meal from the Wintergreen kitchen.

Join us for the virtual launch of What I Carry With Me, a book of poetry written by Carol A. Stephen that offers a glimpse into the world through the eyes of a poet.

An Outdoor Festival to honour and celebrate winter, the natural world, music, and friendship.

The Quiet in Me is a posthumous collection of poetry from Patrick Lane, compiled and edited by Lorna Crozier. The poems are a clear-eyed and sharp meditation on existing in a world pulsing between life and death, death and life. Join Lorna as she reads pieces from this powerful collection while enjoying a gourmet dinner in the company of old friends.

If you love the sound and shape of words, if you are ready to express the small narratives and emotions of your lives, if you are ready to explore the spirit within you and in the people, places, and things around you, this guided retreat is for you.

In this past event at Wintergreen Studios, the bees worked all summer of 2022 to make honey, and we enjoyed tasting the sweet fruits of their labour!

Learn to build with cordwood and conventional “stick” construction during this weekend workshop where we’ll construct (mostly!) a shed for equipment for our apiary.

Come inside the 9th Meadow Apiary and take an in depth tour of the Wintergreen gardens to learn about honey bees and beekeeping how to plan(t) a pollinator garden,

Join JUNO-nominated artist Gary Rasberry & Friends for an outdoor all-ages summer solstice musical matinee at Wintergreen Studios.

Join us for an in-person launch of three memoirs. Lorrie Potvin’s Horses in the Sand is the featured title. This multi-author launch also includes Cheryl Sutherland’s Alchemy: A Geography of Love, and Tumblehome by Brenda Missen.

Join us for the virtual launch of Hard Bargain Road, a book of poetry written by Susan Haldane that gives intimate view of contemporary life in a rural community.

Join us for the virtual launch of Pink Flamingos, a chapbook of poetry written by seven poets who took part in a workshop with Lorna Crozier at Wintergreen in October 2021.

The winter wrapping workshop involves preparation of the hives for the frigid winter months. The prime purpose of winter wrapping and other preparations is to ensure the survival of the queen.