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2025 Medicinal Herb Garden Walks
Led by herbalist and Biodynamic gardener Deb Soule
Join herbalist and gardener Deb Soule in exploring the lush beauty of the medicinal herb gardens at Avena Botanicals in Rockport, Maine -- just a ten minute drive from the beautiful ocean coast. Deb is the author of the book The Healing Garden, an inspiring guide to herb gardening and crafting herbal remedies. She is the founder of Avena Botanicals, an herbal apothecary that grows ingredients for its artisanal herbal products in the gardens she began creating there decades ago.
In this delightful hour-long tour, Deb will invite you into the pollinator Sanctuary Garden, where you will learn about a variety of medicinal plants that you can add to your own garden for your own beneficial use. Many of these herbs are also of benefit to hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
We are offering only a few limited attendance herb walks in the summer of 2025. Please join us! Children ages four and under may attend the event for free. Adults and children ages 5 and older may buy a general admission ticket. No tickets will be sold at the gate on the day of the event.
Please limit your attendance to one garden walk per summer, to give others who are interested an opportunity to attend. Spaces are limited and tickets sell out each year.
If you appreciate our work, please also consider donating to support our pollinator Sanctuary Garden.
Event Dates:
Wednesday, June 18, 3-4 pm ** Full, Waitlist Available **Wednesday, July 2, 3-4 pm
Wednesday, July 16, 3-4 pm
Wednesday, August 6, 3-4 pm
Tickets must be purchased online in advance; no tickets will be sold at the gate on the day of the event.
🌺 Living with Hummingbirds Workshop
September 12, 13, and 14, 2025 — Avena Botanicals, Rockport, Maine
Taught by Dr. Rocio Alarcón, with garden walks by Deb Soule
Cost: $395 (includes 2 dinners & 2 lunches)
Join us for a heart-opening weekend with Ecuadorian ethnobotanist and healer Dr. Rocio Alarcón, as we step into a sacred journey exploring the physical and spiritual world of hummingbirds — beloved messengers of joy and divine 'oracles of light'. Over three days, we will honor the hummingbird as a teacher, a healer, and a guide through ritual, science, and story.
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Avena Botanicals makes herbal products using fresh, organic & Biodynamic® herbs. We believe that these vital plants and a sacred connection to place promote wellness of the body, mind, and spirit and encourage humans to be mindful and loving stewards of the Earth. Our herbs are hand-harvested in the spirit of joy and immediately processed in our on-site production facility in Rockport, Maine. All of our herbal products are hand-crafted and will always be made in this artisanal way. After over three decades in business, we remain committed to offering the highest quality, traditionally-crafted herbal products possible.
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Rockport, Maine 04856
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