Wild & Rooted : Winter Solstice 2026 at 1631 Event Venue – Stevensville, MD

Wild & Rooted is a hands-on workshop exploring mindfulness through two complementary practices: creating and listening. Honoring the Winter Solstice, we’ll learn approachable techniques for slowing down, engaging the senses, focusing attention, and becoming more present.

We’ll begin by exploring mindful creativity as we set Winter Solstice intentions by creating a paperwhite and crystals forced-bulb arrangement. You’ll learn the basics of forcing bulbs while experimenting with color, texture, balance, and composition. Along the way, we’ll explore how working with our hands, engaging our senses and connecting with the natural world can become a simple mindfulness practice in itself. No green thumb or artistic experience is required—just come ready to learn, play, and create.

From there, we’ll shift from mindful creating to mindful listening. You’ll learn simple mindfulness and meditation techniques before settling in for a guided meditation and immersive sound bath featuring singing bowls, chimes, and live plant-generated music. You’ll have the opportunity to put stillness, listening and connection with nature into practice as we settle into an ever-changing soundscape created in collaboration with the plants around us.

Wild & Rooted is an invitation to learn, create, relax and unwind while celebrating the magic of Winter Solstice and discovering practical ways to cultivate greater presence and connection—with yourself, your creativity, and the natural world.