Bloom Institute of Holistic Living & Learning

Bloom Institute of Holistic Living & Learning Herbal clinic, apothecary and school focused on holistic, plant-centered wellness.

04/14/2026

Refresh your vibe!

Guided Breath Work with Harry Isaac
Plant Spirit Medicine with Savayda
Sauna / Ocean Dip with Yaro

Plus cacao to elevate our senses.

Sunday, April 26, 1-6 pm
$90

We are delighted to host you for a repeat of this popular event.

Register via the Blue Forest Shores website

Wild Salad – Food Foraging Experience Sunday, May 24, 6:30 pm, all ages welcome, $25 Join me at my home in Head of Jeddo...
04/06/2026

Wild Salad – Food Foraging Experience
Sunday, May 24, 6:30 pm, all ages welcome, $25

Join me at my home in Head of Jeddore for a hands-on wild food adventure!

We’ll explore the field, forest, and shoreline, discovering plants that are both edible and medicinal—seaweeds included.

Then, we’ll enjoy a fresh wild salad and herbal tea made from the plants we harvest.

Why forage wild foods?

~ Nutrient-dense and delicious
~ Survive a food shortage 😐
~ Reduce grocery costs
~ It's fun 😊

Come hungry for learning—and eating!

Half the proceeds go to the Old School food pantry
Register via my website

Garden season is soon upon us! 🌱This is my annual call out for garden help.Head of Jeddore, eastern shore🌱 Mondays, Apri...
03/31/2026

Garden season is soon upon us! 🌱
This is my annual call out for garden help.

Head of Jeddore, eastern shore

🌱 Mondays, April 20 - May 25
🌱9am - 12pm, garden
🌱12-1 pm, lunch

🌿 Come for one or all Mondays

Activities:
cleaning beds, weeding, soil ammendments, planting seeds and seedlings, mulching, building pathways

In exchange for your help I will offer herbs from the garden, herb conversations, medicine garden tips and a yummy, healthy lunch.
The group energy is always friendly and uplfiting, with a great exchanges of garden and life wisdom.

Please send me a DM if you would like to participate.
I will help arrange car pooling if you are travelling from the city.

Thank you! 😊

Ready for a spring reset?This workshop guides you through a practical, three-week cleanse designed to boost energy, supp...
03/30/2026

Ready for a spring reset?

This workshop guides you through a practical, three-week cleanse designed to boost energy, support detoxification, and inspire healthier habits.

✔ Step-by-step structure
✔ Herbs, nutrition & daily supports
✔ Take-home cleanse booklet
✔ Group support and accountability

Led by Savayda, who has practiced and taught this cleanse for 30 years, this program is adaptable and suitable for all levels of health.

Please register via the Bloom website, upcomig events page.

I look forward to guiding you through this process!

03/28/2026

Does your body need coffee, alcohol, sugar?
No, but your mind and emotions may.
The cleanse is a reset, providing the opportunity to reframe your wants and needs.

I hope you'll cleanse with me this spring.

I'll get you prepared during my upcoming workshops:
April 20 - online
April 22 - in person, Halifax

03/25/2026

Plant skills
People skills
Personal skills

Learn how to build all these skills into your herbal practice.

Join me for a clinic practicum intensive:
June 21-26, 2026, Halifax

40 hours, applicable to professional designation, Canada-wide

Meet with clients, dispense herbal remedies, and gain an inside glimpse into a successful herbal practice.

Half full, reserve your spot ASAP and join me and other inspired herb students for this in depth training opportunity.

Send an email request for more details.
Info@bloominstitute.ca

It may not look like spring yet, but I’m planning anyway 🌿Join me for my annual Urban Herb Walk series.Together we’ll di...
03/24/2026

It may not look like spring yet, but I’m planning anyway 🌿

Join me for my annual Urban Herb Walk series.

Together we’ll discover the abundance of wild foods and medicines growing all around us. At each location, we’ll meet different plants and learn what and when to harvest, and how to work with them in sustainable, creative ways.

We’ll also taste and prepare tea with the plants we encounter—always a favourite part of the walk.

Meeting location will be shared upon registration through my website.

03/23/2026

Patience is a virtue, is there an herb for that?

Bloom Herbal Studies — March Spring was our theme this month. 🌱In Level One, we prepared for our three-week spring clean...
03/23/2026

Bloom Herbal Studies — March
Spring was our theme this month. 🌱

In Level One, we prepared for our three-week spring cleanse and explored ways to support the body’s natural detoxification systems year-round. We also dove into toxin-free herbal skincare, culminating in a five-part, all-natural facial. Uplifting group experiences are a hallmark of Bloom programs—this one was delightfully messy and full of laughter. 😃

In Level Two, we explored tree bud medicine and began formulating herbal blends. Water wove through our discussions, from medicinal soups to urinary health. We also shared in a soothing herbal hand bath while learning about traditional bathing practices. 💧

Level Three students presented their winter plant projects—the catnip project was a clear favourite. Together, we made a herbal lotion to soothe dry, irritated skin. 🐈

In Level Four—Plants on the Spiritual Path—we explored herbs used at the thresholds of birth, death, and rebirth, reflecting on the myth of Persephone alongside the story of Jesus at Easter. ✝️

March marked the close of our indoor winter semester. We now look forward to returning to holistic health and herbal studies in the great outdoors, in relationship with the plants. 🌿

Thank you to all the students who continue to co-create connection and community at Bloom. 💚

Registration is now open for 2026/27 programs, with early registration discounts until June.

Address

989 Young Avenue
Halifax, NS
B3H2V9

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

Telephone

+19029571534

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Nature’s classroom

Join me in nature’s classroom...

I can remember my first herb walk as a young herbal student, we gathered under a hawthorn tree loaded with red fruit in a park at Jericho beach in Vancouver before heading off on a path of discovery that changed my life forever. My teacher, Don Ollsin, drew my attention to multiple common weeds such as dandelion, plantain and yarrow, that I had passed a thousand times before but didn’t recognize as medicine. I was filled with awe as I met each plant and learned it’s many virtues. I was enchanted and have been since.

My greatest delight as a herbalist comes from helping to create that moment of awakening to the plant world in others. I have been enjoying my role as a herbal educator here in the Maritimes for sixteen years. The common goal in each of the hundreds of classes and herb walks I’ve lead has been to open the gateway of learning nature’s remedies to bring health and vitality to body, mind and spirit. This remains true now as I expand in new directions as a herbal educator.

The Bloom Institute for Herbal Studies grew out of my previous Mayflower Herbal Studies. The recently launched Bloom Institute for Holistic Living and Learning Inc. is the culmination of twenty five years on the herbal path as a student, clinical herbalist, educator and plant mentor. Bloom is an officially registered private career college operating the Bloom Herbal Practitioner Program. The Bloom vision is to help place a herbal practitioner in every sizable town in the Atlantic region. Our communities need access to traditional and herbal healing practices.