Sustainable Hill Wellness Resort

02/20/2026

🔥 Community Sauna Weekend at Sustainable Hill 🔥

We’ve rented a wood-fired barrel sauna and we’re opening up time blocks for the community to come warm up by the river.

✨ 2-hour sessions
🔥 Pre-heated sauna
❄️ Optional cold plunge in the Herbert River
🔥 Bonfire to relax between rounds

Choose from Friday, February 27th or Sunday, March 1st.

$30/person + HST or book a private slot for $150.

Slow down. Sweat. Breathe. Repeat.

👉 Book Now: https://sustainablehill.ca/riverside-wood-fired-sauna-cold-plunge/signup

02/17/2026

Ever wondered how natural playgrounds are built?

In Nature Playgrounds 101, you’ll learn the essential foundations, including:

🌲 How to choose safe, strong wood
🪢 Rope types and what to use outdoors
🔗 Knots like the clove hitch + square lashing
🛠 Tools and techniques for simple builds
🔥 Safety principles for child-led outdoor play

You’ll also work hands-on in the forest building real elements together — and take home your own reference guide.

👥 Only 12 spots available
👉 Book Now: https://sustainablehill.ca/nature-playgrounds-101-building-with-wood-and-rope/signup

02/13/2026

Meet Allan 🌿

Allan Hill is a forest school educator, builder, and co-host of Mindful Explorers Nature and Forest School, our weekly program for children ages 6–12 here at Sustainable Hill.

With years of experience designing and building natural structures, Allan is passionate about helping families and educators feel confident working with real tools, real materials, and real landscapes.

This workshop is practical, approachable, and rooted in the belief that the best learning happens by doing.

Limited to 12 adult participants.
(Families are encouraged - kids under 12 are free)

🗓 Sunday, April 12, 2026
🗓 1:00 - 4:00 PM

$110 + HST

👉 Register here! https://sustainablehill.ca/nature-playgrounds-101-building-with-wood-and-rope/signup

02/13/2026

Biscuit update! 🍼🐑 Our first 12 days with our bottle lamb have been nothing short of amazing.

He was born a triplet and couldn’t be cared for on his home farm, so we were asked to raise this sweet little guy.

He arrived at just 6 lbs 9 oz — the exact same birth weight as me! 🥹
And now he’s already almost doubled his weight.

Biscuit has started visiting the rest of our flock, but honestly… he still seems convinced he’s part Border Collie and is constantly searching for our dog Indi. Luckily, she’s soaking up the attention and giving him all the gentle, mothering energy he needs. 🤍

Next week he’ll begin transitioning to barn life, but for now, these early days have been such a special chapter for our family — one we’ll never forget.

02/12/2026

🌲 New Workshop Alert!

We’re so excited to introduce a brand new hands-on workshop at Sustainable Hill:

Nature Playgrounds 101: Building with Wood and Rope
A hands-on introduction to building safe, engaging play spaces in nature.

Join Allan Hill for a 3-hour experiential afternoon in the forest where you’ll learn the foundations of natural playground building — from wood selection and rope basics to essential knots and lashings.

🗓 Sunday, April 12
🕐 1–4 PM
📍 Sustainable Hill, Scotch Village
👥 Limited to 12 adult participants
(families are welcome - kids under 12 are free)

Participants will also take home an illustrated reference guide to support future builds.

👉 Spots are limited — Book Now here: https://sustainablehill.ca/nature-playgrounds-101-building-with-wood-and-rope/signup

02/03/2026

Meet Biscuit 🐑🤍

Day one with our bottle lamb was nothing short of amazing. 🍼🐑

As a homeschooling family, we couldn’t be more grateful for the chance to offer our kids—and ourselves—this kind of hands-on, heart-centered learning.

From feeding schedules and gentle handling to responsibility and patience, animal care brings lessons you simply can’t replicate from a book.

Watching our children slow down, tune in, and build trust with this tiny being has been incredibly rewarding.

The confidence they gain, the care they offer, and the bond forming before our eyes is exactly why we chose this way of learning and living.

Grateful for milky lips, early mornings, and the sweetest new farm addition. 🤍

Welcome to Sustainable Hill, Biscuit!

Thank you to everyone who shared name ideas—Gavin’s suggestion was the one that stuck and we couldn’t love it more.

02/02/2026

Welcome to the farm, little one 🤍

We’re so excited to introduce our newest bottle baby — a 1-week-old Dorset lamb who has already stolen all of our hearts.

This baby was born as a tiny triplet at another farm and just wouldn’t have been able to make it in the barn. We were honoured to be asked to adopt him!

He’s a wether, meaning he won’t be able to breed and will grow into the calm, gentle soul we love so much about this breed.

This sweet boy will be raised with lots of love, cuddles, and connection, and we’re so happy to share that he’ll be part of our animal-assisted therapy sessions launching this Spring 🌿

He doesn’t have a name yet… and we’d love your help!

✨ Drop your name suggestions below ✨

02/01/2026

We have a big surprise coming to our farm later today! Hint: it’s wooly, it’s tiny, and it’s going to need a lot of love. Any guesses what it might be?! 🐑💗❄️

01/28/2026

✨ Last chance for early bird pricing!

This August, we’re offering this course with the intention of hiring from within to support our growing Mindful Explorers Nature & Forest School. If you’ve been feeling the nudge to work with kids, nature, and community — listen to it.

Spots are limited and the early bird window closes in just a few days.

🌱 Learn and grow with us.

The Mindful Explorer’s Club

⏳ 11 days left to save with early bird pricing

A reminder that early bird registration for our upcoming courses is ending soon. If you’ve been planning to join us, now is the time to secure your spot and register at a reduced rate.

🔗 Learn more and register through this link: childnature.ca/forest-school-canada/

01/25/2026

Last weekend at our retreat, something magical happened in the sauna. 🔥❄️

Some women had come alone.
Some had come with a friend.

And an honest, heart-opening conversation unfolded about what it means to choose either path.

Many of us admitted that coming alone can feel scary. Saying yes when you don’t know anyone. Walking into something new without a familiar face beside you. It can feel deeply uncomfortable… and yet, it can also be one of the most powerful ways to grow and come home to yourself.

Others shared how coming with a friend can be just as powerful. We lift each other up. We feel safer. We celebrate the wins together. 💛

And sometimes… we also hold ourselves back a little. We filter our truth. We worry about what the other might think.

Neither way is right or wrong.
Both hold their own kind of magic. ✨

So now I’m curious…
Would you rather retreat alone — or with a friend? Comment below.

We have just 6 spaces left for our next retreat:
🧶 Winter Wool & Wellness
📅 Saturday, February 28

Whether you come solo or hand-in-hand with a friend, you’ll be met exactly where you are. 🤍

https://sustainablehill.ca/winter-wool-wellness-retreat/checkout