Trout Lake Medicine Wheel Garden
Medicine Making Workshop
Date: Sunday, June 28th, 2026
Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm PT
Fee: $5
Join us for a special workshop with Leona Brown, an Indigenous Independent Cultural Facilitator, as she shares teachings on the connection to the land and the vital role it plays for Indigenous peoples. Let’s talk about what it means to be in relationship with the land and decolonize our connections to each other and to the earth. Attendees will have the opportunity to harvest plants and medicines growing in the garden and learn how they can be used, from teas to salves.
Some light gardening will take place in the garden after the workshop. Light refreshments will also be provided.
There is a $5 fee to participate in this workshop. You may register through the online portal, call Trout Lake Community Centre, or visit in person to register.
About the Facilitator
Leona Brown (she/her) is a Gitxsan and Nisga’a mother of 3 children, of the Fireweed House and the Killerwhale Clan. She became an Indigenous Independent Cultural Facilitator after gaining 3 years of training in Land and Lives around Indigenous Culture with the Resurfacing History Program Coordinated by Jolene Andrew.
This work has become a healing journey for Leona, her children and those she works with. The knowledge Leona shares connects participants with an understanding of who we are, where we come from, and how we live with the lands and waterways around us.
As a Gitxsan Refugee in the unceded territories of Musquem, Squamish, and Tsleil-waututh, Leona has been facilitating land and water stewardship in Vancouver. She is an ambassador to the work Resurfacing History has taught her about Indigenous food and land systems in the city.
Leona advocates for greater opportunities for Indigenous People to relearn culture on publicly managed lands and waterways and has advised on projects with Vancouver School Board, City of Vancouver, and Vancouver Parks Board to advance reconciliation in action.
The Trout Lake Medicine Wheel Garden is a sacred space and educational site, growing Indigenous foods and medicines. It is located on the western side of Trout Lake, close to the Trout Lake Community Centre playground on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh) Nations.