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Aging Well & Talking Cafe - Gardening with Claire Scruby
2025-11-12 14:00:00 2025-11-12 17:00:00 America/New_York Aging Well & Talking Cafe - Gardening with Claire Scruby Learn about sacred Indigenous medicines followed by a Talking Cafe with refreshments In partnership with Compassionate Communities Kingston. Calvin Park Branch - The Friends of the Library Community Meeting Room

Wednesday, November 12
2:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-12 14:00:00 2025-11-12 17:00:00 America/New_York Aging Well & Talking Cafe - Gardening with Claire Scruby Learn about sacred Indigenous medicines followed by a Talking Cafe with refreshments In partnership with Compassionate Communities Kingston. Calvin Park Branch - The Friends of the Library Community Meeting Room

Calvin Park Branch

The Friends of the Library Community Meeting Room

Learn about sacred Indigenous medicines followed by a Talking Cafe with refreshments In partnership with Compassionate Communities Kingston.

Claire Scruby will be at KFPL to share about the four sacred Indigenous medicines. This event will include an informative presentation and have an interactive component to follow. 

Claire is Algonquin from Pikwàkanagàn First Nations and a Queen’s University ITEP graduate. 

At 3:30 PM, the presentation will be followed by Talking Cafe where participants engage in lightly guided conversation facilitated by Compassionate Communities Kingston Canada.   

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Interests & Lifelong Learning |

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Calvin Park Branch
Phone: 613-549-8888
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