A Seasonal Journey of Cultural Humility, Community Care, and Protection
About this Event
What can we learn about ourselves when we spend time with the earth and the herbs growing around us? How can they guide our journeys of protection, healing, resilience, and our relationships with one another?
Join Kamora's Cultural Corner for The Pause: Florida Water Edition, a seasonal journey that begins in May at the Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve and concludes in October when we gather to finish and bottle our own personalized Florida Water.
Throughout the spring and summer, we'll get our hands in the earth, tending, touching, smelling, harvesting, and learning about the herbs growing at the Sanctuary. We'll explore their histories, cultural and spiritual significance, traditional uses, and the relationships people have developed with these plants across generations. We'll also be learning about ourselves, our own cultural and spiritual lineages, the meanings we attach to things, and the experiences that shape how we move through the world.
Rosemary, lavender, and chamomile welcome us into the labyrinth, each offering its own lessons about protection, grounding, and care. Loosestrife reminds us that loosening strife doesn't mean eliminating difference, but learning how to loosen conflict's hold on us.
As we explore the plants, walk the labyrinth, and share our stories, we'll discover how the same herb can carry different meanings, memories, and traditions for different people.
Together, we'll explore protection, both literally and metaphorically. How do plants protect themselves? How have people used herbs for protection across cultures and generations? What are we trying to protect in our own lives? And how do we care for ourselves, one another, and the earth while remaining open to learning and growing?
Each herb, each conversation, and each experience contributes to something uniquely our own, rooted in what we've learned from the earth, ourselves, and one another. Each gathering builds on the one before it and in August, we'll harvest our herbs, begin combining the ingredients, and prepare our individual Florida Water blends for infusion.
And then we PAUSE!
As summer gives way to autumn, our blends will continue infusing while we return to our everyday lives, carrying the conversations, experiences, and intentions we've explored together.
In October, we'll gather again to complete our Florida Water, adding the final ingredients, bottling our creations, and celebrating what we've learned and made together.
Every participant will leave with at least TEN bottles of their own personalized Florida Water!
Which brings us to:
Give to Receive, Receive and Then Give Again.
We'll enter the holiday season with Florida Water for ourselves and plenty to share with family, friends, neighbors, and others in our communities.
This series is an invitation to slow down, get your hands in the earth, learn from the plants and one another, and create something meaningful that you can carry forward and share.
No experience with herbs, gardening, or Florida Water is necessary. Just come prepared to participate, learn, share, and maybe get a little dirty!
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 65.87 to USD 129.89
