Grove Events

• August 31, 2025
• September 28, 2025
• October 26, 2025

The Greenlake Grove welcomes you to the monthly Peace Meditation--online. Dial in from anywhere in the world. All people of good intent are welcome regardless of experience or affiliation. Please join us online for a time of simple chanting and stillness. Bring your intentions.

Druid Prayer for Peace: Deep within the still center of my being, may I find peace. Silently within the quiet of the Grove, may I share peace. Powerfully, within the greater circle of humankind, may I radiate peace. May there be Peace throughout the whole world. 

As is consistent with the OBOD tradition, we gather for a Peace Meditation on or around the last Saturday of the month--for this 30 minute meditation. Nicole hosts and Ruth assists. We hope to see you there!

Join Online via GoToMeeting: Peace Meditation. It's easy to join meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 

 https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/779897725 

Art by Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman

“The Calling”

Mixed Media

© 2022

Please join the Greenlake Grove outside at the north end of Greenlake to celebrate the rite of Alban Elfed. All those of good intention are welcome, regardless of experience or affiliation. 

From the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids:

“The Wheel turns and the time of balance returns. Alban Elfed marks the balance of day and night before the darkness overtakes the light. It is also the time of the second harvest, usually of the fruit which has stayed on the trees and plants that have ripened under the summer sun. It is this final harvest which can take the central theme of the Alban Elfed ceremony – thanking the Earth, in her full abundance as Mother and Giver, for the great harvest, as Autumn begins.”

https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/autumn-equinox-alban-elfed?

LOCATION IS AT NORTH END OF GREENLAKE (between tennis courts and wading pool): 

* Near Stone Avenue North & West Green Lake Drive North. 

* South of the parking lot. 

* East of the tennis courts (on the other side of the Greenlake Trail). 

* Find the west side of the parking lot, and then walk south--and then left--up the small hill into the oak grove. 

Please bring a poem, song or story for after, and food or drink to share. Looking forward to seeing you there. With the blessings of the Oak, Yew, and Silver Birch! - Ruth Oskolkoff

Original art by Wendy Andrew C. 2023 https://www.paintingdreams.co.uk/

Please join the Greenlake Grove in the University District at Edge of the Circle Books to celebrate the full rite of Samhain. All those of good intention are welcome regardless of experience or affiliation. 

From the OBOD website:

"On or around the 31st October in the northern hemisphere, 1st May in the southern, Samhain is the festival of the dead, a festival of remembrance and honouring of our dear departed friends and relations.

The word Samhain is pronounced Sow(as in Cow)Inn, and is sometimes written in the Old Scottish Gaelic form as ‘Samhuinn’. It is said that at this special time of Samhain the veil that separates the worlds is at its thinnest. So our world, the world of Faerie, and that of the dead, blend as one. It is no wonder then that this night has become so wrapped in superstition. It is a night of wonder and magic. On this night the Cailleach (the Crone) comes to strip the leaves from the trees, to quicken the decay of the flesh of the year, so that it may feed the new life to come. We can also ask Her to take the unwanted aspects of our personal year away, so that these too might be transformed. Yet even on the darkest night of Samhain, whilst our minds ponder our mortality, if we listen carefully, we can hear the sound of a new-born child crying for its Mother’s breast, for soon it will be Alban Arthan, the Winter solstice, and the Wheel will turn once more."

https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/samhain-festival

Event Location: Edge of the Circle Books in the heart of the University District -- Seattle's resource for Paganism & the Occult. There is a room downstairs we can use to meet for festivals. Please check out the website for all things pagan including new and used books, jewelry, ritual items, clothes, and more.  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057643021822

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After we can adjourn to a nearby eatery (Big Time Brewery). Looking forward to seeing you there. With the blessings of the Oak, Yew, and Silver Birch! —Ruth