Ingersoll Wellness Hub

10/07/2026

She's been begging you to plan a date night, but you don't have any ideas! We've heard this in couples' therapy a million times. Well, here you go - THE idea.

🎃🌸 **DATE NIGHT, BUT MAKE IT PUMPKINS.** 🔥🍎

Dinner and a movie? Cute.
But have you ever wandered through a flower field, snipped your own blooms, stuffed them into a pumpkin, drank warm c***r by a fire and left with something ridiculously pretty that you made together?

Because **Pumpkins, Petals & Campfire Nights** is BACK this weekend — and our evening sessions were basically made for date night. 💅

📍 **415 King St. W, Ingersoll**
🎟️ **$40 per ticket**
🌼 Each ticket includes **ONE full pumpkin floral arrangement**

Your ticket includes:
🎃 Your pumpkin
✂️ Cut-your-own flowers from the farm
🌸 All floral supplies + help assembling your arrangement
🍎 Warm apple c***r
🔥 S’mores around the campfire
🌿 Time to wander the gardens, enjoy the farm, and check out the farmstand before you leave

**THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:**

💕 **FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9**
5:30–7:30 PM — **DATE NIGHT**

🎃 **SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10**
9:00–11:00 AM
12:00–2:00 PM
3:00–5:00 PM
6:00–8:00 PM — **DATE NIGHT**

Come with your partner. Come with your best friend. Come with your mom. Bring somebody you’re trying to impress. 😂

And here’s the deal: **one $40 ticket = one pumpkin arrangement.**
If you’re the kind of couple who can peacefully share a creative project without ending up in a domestic dispute over who gets to place the dahlias, **you are absolutely welcome to share one ticket and make one arrangement together.** 😏

If “sharing” is not your love language, grab two tickets and make one each. Honestly, probably safer.

Even better? Proceeds from these events help fund **Room to Bloom**, our summer outdoor psychotherapy group, including next year’s seeds, bulbs and tubers. 🌱💛

Tickets are limited, and Thanksgiving weekend is coming in HOT.

👉 **RUN, DON’T WALK:**
https://ingersoll-wellness-hub-x-thistle-croft-f.bloomtickets.ca/hostinfo/2717

**Pumpkins. Petals. Campfire. Date night handled.** 🎃🌸🔥

09/30/2026

We are happy to share a trusted resource for Occupational Therapy services in Ontario! At the hub, we are well aware that sometimes finding providers who can support LGBTQ+ and 2S individuals can be difficult! Sometimes it is challenging to anticipate if a provider will show up as kind, compassionate, and curious about each individuals needs.

We hope to see more providers in our community like Leta at Rainbow Occupational Therapy - seeing that rainbow flag proudly displayed lets us know that fellow providers are more likely to be a safe referral option (and can put client worries at ease too!)

Keep up the great work Leta!

Thrilled to be one of 70 vendors today at the Sudbury Healthy Aging Fair.

09/29/2026

🎃🌸 THE PUMPKINS ARE READY. THE FLOWERS ARE READY. THE S’MORES ARE READY. ARE YOU??

Pumpkins & Petals is happening THIS WEEKEND + NEXT, and if you’ve been thinking about coming, this is your cue to stop thinking and actually grab the ticket before your preferred time disappears. 👀

Come wander the flower field, cut your own blooms, choose your pumpkin, and make a gloriously extra pumpkin floral arrangement — then warm up with apple c***r + s’mores by the fire because apparently we’ve decided to become the human embodiment of October. 🍎🔥

A tiny bit of pumpkin housekeeping:

🎃 Each $40 ticket includes ONE pumpkin arrangement.
If you and your friend/date/mom want to each make your own, you’ll each need your own ticket. You can share one pumpkin if you truly want to… but this is very much a get-your-own-pumpkin household. 😂

🌸 Cut-your-own flowers
🎃 One pumpkin arrangement per ticket
🔥 Campfire + s’mores
🍎 Warm apple c***r
📸 Aggressively cute fall vibes

Spots are limited, and once a time slot fills up, that’s it.

👉 GRAB YOUR TICKETS HERE:
https://ingersoll-wellness-hub-x-thistle-croft-f.bloomtickets.ca/hostinfo/2717

Come pick some flowers, make something pretty, and live your tiny fall fantasy with us.

Pumpkins, petals, and campfire nights. 🎃🌸

09/28/2026

Thank you for sharing these helpful
Tips Oxford County Pride! Even small adjustments in language and understanding can make a huge impact :)

Friday we asked how to be an ally, today we give you the DOs and DON’Ts cheat sheet!

Would you add anything?

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09/18/2026

🎃 Pumpkins, Petals & Campfire Nights are open for booking! 🌸🔥

We’re hosting a few fall weekends at the flower farm this October with a Make Your Own Pumpkin Floral experience from Thistle Croft Flowers × Ingersoll Wellness Hub.

You’ll wander the field, cut your own flowers, choose your pumpkin, and put together your arrangement with support from our resident florist. Then you can warm up with apple c***r and a s’more by the campfire before checking out the other fall goodies at the farmstand on your way out.

$40 per pumpkin arrangement
Up to 3 people can work on one arrangement, so bring a kid, your partner, a friend, your mom, or just come claim the whole pumpkin for yourself. We won't judge!

We’ve got sessions on Sunday, October 4, Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 10, including evening Date Night options.

👉 Click the link to see all available tickets and session times.
Tiny but important instruction: please make sure you choose the right DATE and TIME when you book. There are several ticket listings, and I would love to avoid accidentally hosting someone’s Friday date night on Sunday morning. 😅

Pre-registration is required and spaces are limited.

Come cut flowers, make something pretty, eat a s’more, and lean aggressively into fall with us.

https://ingersoll-wellness-hub-x-thistle-croft-f.bloomtickets.ca/hostinfo/2717

Pumpkins. Petals. Campfire Nights.

This event is a collaboration between Ingersoll Wellness Hub and Thistle Croft Flowers, two local ventures that share a love of community, creativity, and getting people outside.

09/09/2026

🌸 **Did you even KNOW greenhouse therapy was a thing?!** 🌸

If you haven’t heard about **Room to Bloom** yet, allow us to introduce you.

Room to Bloom is an outdoor, greenhouse-based psychotherapy program created by Melanie Rodrigues, Registered Psychotherapist and co-owner of the Ingersoll Wellness Hub. It brings therapeutic learning out of the office and into the garden through reflection, hands-on activities, connection with nature and floral design.

This summer’s inaugural 10-week group was something pretty special—and now Melanie is developing educational materials to help other therapists learn how to facilitate the program.

That brings us to…

🎬 **ROOM TO BLOOM — THE MOVIE!** 🎬

We’re inviting a small group to experience and demonstrate a selection of Room to Bloom activities while professional photographers and videographers capture the process for future therapist-training materials.

We still have **five participant spots available!**

📅 **Saturday, September 12**
⏰ **4:00–7:30 p.m.**
📍 **Ingersoll, Ontario**
💐 **Free to attend**

This is **not intended to be a standalone therapy experience**. You’ll be helping us show future facilitators what Room to Bloom can look and feel like in practice—with the added bonuses of snacks, fresh air, flowers and a perfectly reasonable amount of frolicking.

And rest assured: **Melanie is the one in the hot seat.** Participants are not expected to perform, disclose personal information or say anything profound for the camera. You can participate naturally and may step back or opt out of any activity or discussion that doesn’t feel comfortable.

Participants must be available for the full event, feel comfortable being photographed and filmed, and sign a photo and video consent release.

Snacks and drinks will be provided, everyone will leave with a bouquet, and participants will be offered copies of any especially lovely photographs captured of them among the flowers.

Interested in claiming one of our **five remaining spots**? Send the Ingersoll Wellness Hub a private message.

No acting experience required. A willingness to wander dramatically through a flower field is considered an asset. 🌸🎥

07/16/2026

Even though we are smiling….we are sad to hear that Ingersoll Pizzafest is cancelled today due to the air quality. We do however appreciate the concern of our communities health.

Please look around your local businesses for our popcorn, graciously donated by C&D Lanes in Woodstock! Help yourself to a yummy snack on us!!!

Ingersoll BIA Ingersoll Wellness Hub Therapy by Miss Jane

06/13/2026

Hate has been a little too loud in our community lately, and frankly? We’re over it.

After the homophobic property destruction impacting Gunn’s Hill Cheese, alongside other anti-q***r incidents in the area, it feels important to say this clearly:

Q***r people belong here.
Q***r-owned businesses belong here.
Q***r-allied businesses belong here.
Pride flags belong here.
Love belongs here.

And if a few sad little gremlins with big feelings and poor coping skills think vandalism is going to make this community less q***r, less loving, or less fabulous… bless their hearts. That is not how glitter works.

So here’s the call: show up.

Buy the cheese. Visit the businesses. Share the posts. Leave the kind reviews. Fly the flags. Tip well. Speak up. Make it wildly, inconveniently, unmistakably clear that hate does not get the final word here.

And while we’re at it: shout out your favourite q***r-owned and q***r-allied local businesses in the comments. Tag them. Hype them up. Tell people why you love them. Let’s turn this comment section into a little rainbow directory of places worth supporting.

At Ingersoll Wellness Hub, we are proud to be a q***r-allied business, and we stand firmly with Gunn’s Hill Cheese, with our 2SLGBTQIA+ neighbours, and with every person who deserves to feel safe, seen, celebrated, and at home in this community.

Let’s love so loudly that hate can’t even hear itself think.

And seriously: buy the cheese. Bigots hate joy, community, and probably an excellent aged cheddar.

06/11/2026

A Therapist Who Gets Small-Town Life, Big Feelings, and Starting Where You Are

Kristy is one of those people who makes therapy feel a little less intimidating.

She brings nearly a decade of experience supporting youth, families, and adults through some of life’s more complicated seasons — but what clients often appreciate most is her approachable, grounded presence. She is warm without being fluffy, practical without being cold, and genuinely committed to helping people feel safe, heard, and understood.

Kristy has deep rural roots and understands the unique realities of living, working, parenting, and seeking support in a small-town community. She knows that reaching out for therapy can feel vulnerable — especially when you are wondering, “Will this person actually get me?”

And yes, therapy is absolutely allowed to include moments of, “LOL, yes, I am currently a dumpster fire, thank you for noticing.” With Kristy, you do not need to arrive polished, perfectly insightful, or already knowing what to say. You just need to show up as you are.

With Kristy, the goal is simple: to create a space where you can exhale, be yourself, and feel supported as you sort through what has been feeling heavy.

She supports individuals, parents, teens, couples, and LGBTQIA2S+ clients with warmth, humour, compassion, and zero judgment.

Outside of the therapy room, Kristy is an avid baseball fan — Go Jays Go! — a book lover, and someone who appreciates a good movie with popcorn in hand. And much like baseball, therapy is not about hitting a home run every time. Sometimes it is about getting back up to bat, finding your footing, and having someone steady in your corner while you figure out the next play.

Kristy brings that same baseball-fan-level commitment into the therapy room, too. She will root for you hard — through the wins, the slumps, the awkward middle innings, and the moments where you are not totally sure what the next play should be.

If you are looking for a therapist who feels real, relatable, and easy to connect with, Kristy may be a great fit.

Evening appointments are available. Reach out today to book with Kristy.
[email protected]
226-666-0083

06/04/2026

We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Cindy and her beautiful family (joined by a few other therapist guests throughout the day!) representing The Hub at Oxford County Pride’s family day event for the third year running!

We are a proud participant in the Family Day event year after year because we believe it’s important to support LGBTQIA2S+ folxs and families of all configurations and ages! Inclusion and empathy learning starts at a young age; participating in local Pride initiatives (even if you don’t self-identify as a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community) helps your children to respect, protect, and love every valued member of our community at an early age.

We are all human first, and we all deserve safety and equal opportunities in this beautiful community ❤️❤️

While you visit us, why not ask Cindy about brainspotting, PMDD, or neurodivergence?! Rumour has it, she is obsessed with providing education, and loves to talk about her areas of clinical focus!

🌈✨ My kids and I are so excited to be representing Ingersoll Wellness Hub at Pride this year! 🏳️‍🌈💜

Celebrating love, inclusion, community, and a space where everyone belongs. 🫶🌈
Come say hi, connect with us, and celebrate Pride together! ✨

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