Plants, Place & Knowledge
Holistic Habits grew from a relationship with the plants and landscapes around Grande Cache and from a belief that useful knowledge should be experienced, shared and kept alive.
What began with botanical products has grown into a working apothecary, hands-on workshops and a visitor experience where people can smell, touch, make, ask questions and learn where the things on the shelf actually come from.
Meet the Indigenous Infuser
Holistic Habits is created by Kimberly Thibeault, a Cree woman from Driftpile Cree Nation with deep family and cultural connections to the Aseniwuche — the Mountain Cree people of the Grande Cache area.
Her work brings together plant knowledge, curiosity, experimentation and the everyday practice of making things by hand. From harvesting and infusing to teaching workshops, Holistic Habits is built around learning by doing and sharing what we know.
Indigenous Infuser is the designation given to Holistic Habits through the Economusée network, recognizing the working apothecary as a place where visitors can discover the people, plants and processes behind what is made here, indigenously.
Made Here, By Hand
At Holistic Habits, making is part of the story. Plants are harvested, dried, infused, blended and transformed into products in our working apothecary in Grande Cache.
We work in small batches, experiment constantly and let the plants themselves inspire what comes next. Some knowledge comes from family and community, some from research and experience, and some simply from paying attention.
Visitors are invited into that process — not just to buy the finished product, but to see, smell, make and learn alongside us.
Knowledge That Keeps Moving
Plant knowledge has never been static. Families, communities and individuals can know the same plant in different ways, prepare it differently or carry different stories about it.
At Holistic Habits, we make room for those differences. Workshops and conversations are opportunities to share what we know, remember what our grandmothers and other knowledge holders taught us, experiment, and sometimes learn something completely new from one another.
Knowledge stays alive when it is used, shared and passed on.
