What's On
We have a lovely programme of upcoming events for everyone to get involved with at the shop over the coming weeks and months. Do get in touch if there is something you would like us to do!
Monday 23rd September - Baby Reflexology - ongoing every Monday 10:30am
£45pp
A 4-week baby reflexology course designed for parents and carers just like you:
Learn gentle reflexology techniques specifically for newborns up to pre-crawlers.Create a powerful bond with your baby through the power of touch.Discover the healing benefits of reflexology in a fun and informative way.
Classes are held in the new upstairs space at Loving By Nature, in Antelope Walk, Dorchester. Buggies can be left inside the shop. Parking nearby.
To book visit: https://weymouthbayreflexology.as.me/schedule/71ca65da/?appointmentTypeIds[]=65991961
Saturday 28th September - Going into Autumn with Lore Botanicals and We Grow Colour (Charli & Sarah) - 10am
£45pp
Join Sarah & Charli for this collaborative workshop where they will share their passion & extensive knowledge for using flowers and herbs for skincare, wellbeing & creativity.
This 2.5 hour workshop will be in two parts. Charli will teach you facial massage techniques to support your skin and lymphatic system as the seasons change. You will then mindfully create your own clay face mask with essential oils of your choice, to take home and continue your self care journey.
We will break for some delicious refreshments and then Sarah will lead you in creating a small dried flower wreath using flowers grown on her flower farm in Beaminster.
Our workshops provide a beautiful, relaxing space for you to take time out and nourish the many parts of yourself with the power of plants!
At: Loving By Nature, Dorchester
Time: 10am - 12.30 pm
Date: Saturday 28th September
Price: £45 - This is an introductory offer and isn’t to be missed!
Please book by heading to www.wegrowcolour.co.uk/events
Saturday 5th October - Make Your Own Sketchbook / Journal with Jodie House - 11am
£15pp
‘Make your own Sketchbook or Journal 
with Jodie of Houseworks Dorset CIC
~ "recently I’ve found the joy of daily sketchbook play and as well as developing creative ideas it’s a wonderful way to decompress and relax. Also, making your own book is a lovely way to make a dedicated resource for reflection and journaling.
I’ll be sharing how to make a simple, playful book and we will begin to fill some pages using mixed media, collage and sketching materials and / or journal prompts." ~ Jodie - Houseworks Dorset CIC
The session will be very informal and relaxed with lots of refreshments and cake!
Please bring a packed lunch 
Saturday 4th October, 11-2pm at the gorgeous @loving_by_nature_ workshop space.
£15 pp including all resources and refreshments.
TO BOOK: email jodie_house@hotmail.com places are limited
This workshop would be wonderful paired with our autumn poetry workshop on October 12th - so you can create your journal and then write within it the following week 
Saturday 12th October - Nature Poetry with Sarah Acton - 10:30am
£20 - £25pp (early bird pricing)
Join us for a gentle and uplifting October themed creative writing and poetry workshop. With select readings and prompts to celebrate Autumn through nature connections and fun creative conversation and activities. We will be exploring Autumn images, memories and sounds, and ways to express ourselves through haiku, short poems, fragments and poem postcards of wishes. This workshop is for everyone wanting to start writing poems or return to writing. It is a participatory workshop so we will share our ideas and new lines in a supportive and friendly space.
90 mins/ all levels and abilities/ pen and paper provided plus refreshments
Please feel free to stay on afterward to chat as a group.
Sarah Acton is a writer of oral history, myth, story and poetry, and a community playwright, delivering socially engaged arts projects with an established track record of working with landscapes and seascapes and with multiple partners, artist collaborations and organisations.
I am for writing and activism that serves with humility and beauty, crafted for the purpose of sharing, healing, teaching and tendering fierce boundless kindness and love to the earth, community and self. I am for creative process as an essential means of communication and expression in the deep “heart-work” (Rilke*) that connects us to what really matters, especially now. ~ Sarah Acton
Book your space via Eventbrite here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/autumnal-poetry-writing-workshop-tickets-1008798151427
This workshop would be wonderful paired with our journal making workshop with Jodie House the weekend before, so you can create your own sketchbook to write your musings the week before 
Saturday 2nd November - Autumnal Embroidery with Nadine Shaban - 1:30pm
£19 - £35pp (early bird pricing)
As well as learning a range of stitches and making your own hand embroidered design you'll take away with you all the tools to keep stitching at home including a wooden embroidery hoop, needle and two threads in colours of your choice.The workshop will be led by Nadine Shaban, a local artist who over the years has spent many hours lost in the art of embroidery, incorporating it into clothing, sculptures and paintings.