Workshops & Events
Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk
Let a Winter Solstice walk through the labyrinth be an opportunity to take pause and reflect on this shortest day of the year.
January Open Trails
Discover Wintergreen’ stunning hiking trails across 204 acres in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve. Our paths wind through varied ecosystems, offering a peaceful stroll or a vigorous trek amid rich flora and fauna.
This Is How You Do It: Virtual Book Launch
Join us for the virtual launch of This Is How You Do It, a chapbook of poetry written by fourteen poets who took part in a workshop with Lorna Crozier at Wintergreen in June 2024.
Self-Directed Group Writing Retreat
Need a quiet place to work on a writing project? Working on your own with other writers doing the same? Then this self-guided winter retreat is for you.
Winter Tracks & Traces
Explore the trails through sensory walks, learn to identify animals through their tracks and traces, and create a land art masterpiece.
February Open Trails
Whether you seek solitude, adventure, or connection, taking a self-guided hike at Wintergreen offers a memorable day of outdoor adventure showcasing stunning snowy views.
Writing Short Stories to Explore, Connect, Inspire
Short stories are capable of beauty and tragedy as well as weirdness, suspense and delight. In this one-day workshop you’ll learn how writing short stories can develop your creative intuition and risk-taking.
Spring Open House
Drop in to Wintergreen Studios during the Spring Open House to learn about our land, our buildings, and our programs and retreats.
Spring Equinox Labyrinth Walk
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.
March Open Trails
As winter snow gives way to spring thaws, enjoy the changing landscape at Wintergreen on a self-guided hike on trails covering 204 acres.
Build a Bench: Basic Woodworking
Interested in learning some basic woodworking skills and taking a garden bench home with you? Then this workshop is for you!
Little Library
Interested in building a little library with all kinds of salvaged materials? Then this workshop is for you!
April Open Trails
April showers bring May flowers… but there are also flowers in April on the trails. Spot the first of them on Wintergreen’s self-guided trail day in mid-April. Hepaticas await!
Festival Chairs: Make a Pair to Take Home
Interested in learning some basic woodworking skills and taking a pair of chairs home with you? Then this workshop is for you!
Revising and Editing: Giving Your Writing a Glow Up
Short stories are capable of beauty and tragedy as well as weirdness, suspense, and delight. In this one-day workshop you’ll learn how writing short stories can develop your creative intuition and risk-taking.
Writing on the Land
This 2025 spring retreat is for emerging and established writers interested in working with writers and editors to develop, revise, or complete a specific work.
May Open Trails
May is the month of the most vibrant greens on the Wintergreen trails as the trees burst with fresh leaves of spring. Neon maples and skittering squirrels await!
Writing Change: Climate Resilience Residency for Young Writers
Writing Change is open to emerging writers, aged 19-29, interested in a short-term (4 days, 3 nights) fully supported writing residency at Wintergreen Studios in May 2025. This residency provides a place for young writers to explore the intersections of climate, creativity, and self in a land-based community setting.
Spring Land Art BioBlitz 2025
Calling all nature enthusiasts! Join us for the 11th Spring Land Art BioBlitz, celebrating the beauty and diversity of the natural world.
Moth Ball
The moth ball celebrates these amazing insects and will also celebrate the people who grace Wintergreen. Join us for a festive summer evening!
June Open Trails
Explore every trail at Wintergreen this June. You’ll see forests, granite outcrops, wetlands, valleys, and from the top of the cliff, Wintergreen’s straw bale lodge.
Summer Solstice Labyrinth Walk
As our ancestors did in times before and our descendants may do in times to come, we honour the old ways as we walk the labyrinth to celebrate the Summer Solstice.
July Open Trails
So much life on the land in July! Hike to the lake and enjoy a well-deserved swim before heading back on one of Wintergreen’s more challenging trails (the South Trail).
August Open Trails
Still the peak of summer and the trails and lake are waiting for you at Wintergreen. Perhaps the first whiff of fall in the air or changing sounds in the late afternoon. And meadows filled with rudbekia!
September Open Trails
Most of the forest will still be green, but a few leaves will be turning as you make your way through Wintergreen’s network of over a dozen trails. Perfect hiking weather!
Autumn Open House
Drop in to Wintergreen Studios during the Autumn Open House to learn about our land, our buildings, and our programs and retreats.
Autumn Equinox Labyrinth Walk
The Autumn Equinox is a time for reflection, gratitude, and for sharing our abundance with those around us, whether through harvest, spirit, or other blessings. Mark it with us by taking a labyrinth walk.
October Open Trails
The leaves will be turning now, displaying their golden and orange and burgundy hues. It should be sweater weather—too cool for a dip in the lake but perfect for making your way up the hills and down into the valleys of Wintergreen.
November Open Trails
Catch the last glimpse of fall colour before the snow falls as you hike the trails in November. Who knows? You could be lucky and even catch the first flakes of winter!
December Open Trails
Enjoy a self-guided hike on one of Wintergreen’s trails through mixed forests, wetlands, ponds, and granite outcrops.
Christmas Bird Count
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.
Chanter la Pomme: Dinner, Dancing, & Concert
Enjoy an evening of music by Chanter la Pomme, as you dine on a scrumptious meal from the Wintergreen Studios kitchen.
Greenwood Spoon Carving
Unleash your creativity and craftsmanship in this spoon carving workshop, where you'll transform a humble piece of wood into a functional work of art in every carved detail.
Gifts of the Land: Herbal Medicines
Learn from the land and uncover the natural healing potential of plants, the gifts of the land.
FABN Trails Fest
Join us for a hike at Wintergreen Studios as part of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network’s Trails Fest.
From EVs to Heat Pumps: 10th Green Energy Retreat
What does Ontario need to do in the next decade? What personal actions can I take? These are the two lenses through which we will focus our conversations.
Full Moon Festival
An outdoor music festival to celebrate the summer, the natural world, music, and friendship. Come sing and dance by the light of the moon!
Natural Inks & Pigments
Interested in learning how to harvest colours from the landscape? Join us for a day to learn about dyes, inks, and pigments—and make piece of art (or two) to take home with you!
Celebrating Solstice
Celebrate the Summer Solstice (and full moon) with a weekend of workshops, music, and festivities. Enjoy an individual event or take part in the entire weekend—create your own solstice adventure!
After That: Poetry Reading & Dinner
After That, written by Lorna Crozier, is a contemporary poetry collection following the death of a loved one. Join Lorna for an intimate evening of poetry and a gourmet dinner from the Wintergreen Studios kitchen.
A Passion for Poetry: One-Day Workshop with Lorna Crozier
If you are drawn to poetry as a way of expressing the spirit within you and in the people, places, and things around you, this one-day workshop is for you. Everyone is welcome — beginners and published poets alike.
Land Art BioBlitz 2024
Calling all nature enthusiasts! Join us for the 10th Annual Spring Land Art BioBlitz. This FREE event celebrates the beauty and diversity of the natural world.
Total Solar Eclipse
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…
Winter Wildlife Tracks & Traces Webinar
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.
Flash Forward: Kickstart New Writing With Very Short Fiction
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.
Printmaking 101
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.
Book of Night Virtual Book Launch
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.
The Public Service Duo in Concert
Come share a laugh, a story, and a song with frontman George Woodhouse and frontwoman Joss MacNeil, known as The Public Service Duo.
Nature Journaling: Exploring Nature Through Words and Pictures
Take nature appreciation to the next level through journaling. Explore the Wintergreen landscape and learn to hone your skills of observation through curiosity.
Bones of the Earth: Exploring the Land Through Collage
Discover what it means to be at home on our planet, to create artwork that speaks to the particulars of this time and place.
Cordwood Building: A Hands-On Introduction
Learn to build with cordwood! You’ll also learn about other forms of sustainable building during the workshop.
Sacred Fire & Pipe Ceremony
Join Lorrie Potvin for a Sacred Fire and Pipe Ceremony. All are welcome.
The Best of Lorna Crozier: Poetry Reading & Dinner
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.
Building a Sweat Lodge
Take part in building a sweat lodge at Wintergreen with Métis Knowledge Keeper, Lorrie Potvin.
An Acoustic Evening with George Woodhouse & Gary Rasberry
Enjoy an evening of acoustic music by George Woodhouse and Gary Rasberry as you dine on a scrumptious meal from the Wintergreen kitchen.
What I Carry With Me Virtual Book Launch
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.
Snow Moon Festival
An Outdoor Festival to honour and celebrate winter, the natural world, music, and friendship.
The Quiet in Me: Poetry Reading & Dinner
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.
Poetry Out of Silence: Writing Retreat with Lorna Crozier
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.
