Solstice Floral Forest Gathering
Schedule
Sun Jun 21 2026 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1645 N Scott Blvd, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52245 | Iowa City, IA
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Celebrate the summer solstice by slowing down and communing with the natural world. The afternoon of the solstice we will engage in the practice of creating floral crowns and forest bathing. We will explore the meanings of the solstice as part of a cycle of the natural world and how these themes might present themselves in our own natural lives.
We will discuss a brief history of the purpose of floral headdresses and provide step-by-step directions for a hands on practice of making one of your own. We will also review best ways to preserve your flower crown as decorative adornment or ritualistic use.
We will then bring these creative pieces into the forest to offer presence to self and the more-than-human-world through experiential nature and forest therapy practices.
This is an offering of re-calibration and regulation for your own internal ecosystem, you are invited.
THINGS TO BRING
Weather friendly clothing
A notebook and a pen/pencil for writing and drawing (optional)
EDUCATOR BIO:
Emelia Sautter is the founder of Good Earth Medicine and certified forest bathing guide. Her heart’s work loves spending time with the land and providing opportunities for humans to connect with self and with our nature relatives, helping us fall more wholly in love with ourselves and with the world around us.
Annie Ventullo is a folk crafter, mushroom forager and lover of the woods. When she isn't playing with forest-found items, she is a practicing ecotherapist, death doula, research therapist and educator. Annie believes that everyone needs at least 30 minutes a day in the natural world, and if you don’t have that to spare, you need an hour.
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Where is it happening?
1645 N Scott Blvd, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52245Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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