{"id":446883,"date":"2026-02-01T08:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446883\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T08:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:46:18","slug":"natures-healing-power-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446883\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature\u2019s healing power \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new exhibit at the Leaf explores the magical powers of herbs and botanicals. The exhibit, titled Nature\u2019s Apothecary, allows visitors to learn more about traditional plant knowledge and how dried botanicals, herbs, teas and herbal extracts have been used for well-being, ritual and remedy through the years. The exhibit, which features dried flowers and herbs grown in Assiniboine Park\u2019s gardens, runs until March 22.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00233.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00233.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS &#10;                                Curator Wade Meisner uses dried flowers from the gardens in Assiniboine Park to arrange the \u201cshed\u201d in The Leaf\u2019s new exhibit.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS <\/p>\n<p>Curator Wade Meisner uses dried flowers from the gardens in Assiniboine Park to arrange the \u201cshed\u201d in The Leaf\u2019s new exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00051.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00051.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS&#10;Paola Geronimo waters new plantings as The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit, Nature's Apothecary.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Paola Geronimo waters new plantings as The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit, Nature&#8217;s Apothecary.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00200.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"1365\" data-pswp-height=\"2048\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00200.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS&#10;Euguenia Druyet Zoubareva cleans pathways in preparation of re-opening.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Euguenia Druyet Zoubareva cleans pathways in preparation of re-opening.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00074.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"1365\" data-pswp-height=\"2048\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00074.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS &#10;One of 700 orchids in The Leaf\u2019s new exhibit.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS <\/p>\n<p>One of 700 orchids in The Leaf\u2019s new exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00179.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00179.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS&#10;Some of the 700 orchids in The Leaf\u0573 new exhibit, Nature\u2019s Apothecary.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Some of the 700 orchids in The Leaf\u0573 new exhibit, Nature\u2019s Apothecary.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00107.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00107.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS &#10;The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS <\/p>\n<p>The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00115.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00115.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS &#10;The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS <\/p>\n<p>The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00347.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00347.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS &#10;The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS <\/p>\n<p>The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00064.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3943044_web1_260129-The-Leaf-00064.jpg\" alt=\"MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS &#10;The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS <\/p>\n<p>The Leaf transitions to its new exhibit. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mikaela-mackenzie-mug1.jpg\" class=\"author-portrait\" alt=\"Mikaela MacKenzie\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mikaela MacKenzie<br \/>Photojournalist<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/local\/2026\/01\/31\/mailto:mikaela.mackenzie@freepress.mb.ca\" class=\"social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mikaela MacKenzie loves meeting people, experiencing new things, and learning something every day. That&#8217;s what drove her to pursue a career as a visual journalist \u2014 photographers get a hands-on, boots-on-the-ground look at the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"articleBioLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/biographies\/mikaela-mackenzie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00a0 Read full biography<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-non-subscriber\">Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">becoming a subscriber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-subscriber\">Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new exhibit at the Leaf explores the magical powers of herbs and botanicals. 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