Welcome to the web site of Red Maple Grove, a community of ADF druids dwelling in the area of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. Red Maple Grove has been offering open, public rituals to the Pagan community since Midsummer 1999. As a member grove of Ár nDraoícht Féin, North America’s largest Druid organization, we are committed to presenting Indo-European traditional spirituality to those living in the 21st Century. Our main traditions are Celtic and Norse, and those of other traditions are welcome to join us. Recently, including on September 29th for one of our Autumn Equinox rituals, we have also held some rituals in Slavic style. We have a goal of providing open rituals, etc. to the Pagan community of Canada’s National Capital area. We are beginning to arrange locations and times for our Samhain 2025 rituals. You are welcome to suggest other places and times (from Oct 24th to Nov 7th) resonating better with your availability. Please, if you send a request to join our Facebook group, let us know you’re for real. Send me a message introducing yourself, saying that you really are interested in druid/pagan matters and are sending a request to join the Red Maple Grove Facebook group. Red Maple Grove also is on Discord, under that same name Red Maple Grove. Thanks.

By the way, if you are an ADF member living anywhere across Canada lacking an ADF grove, you might wish to consider starting one up. It only takes one person to plant that initial seed. Just ask ADF how to get that going. And, if you are not an ADF member, you’re welcome to check out ADF and see whether or not you resonate. Ditto wherever you live in the world actually.

Coming up, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, is the new moon, a time some people may feel especially low on energy. You are welcome to join us in person for a healing ritual at Dundonald Park (Somerset and Bay) at 3 pm and/or in spirit, where and when resonates with your availability, sending out healing energy and prayers to those who would like to receive these.

We have also been holding in person informal druid conversations. Next of those is Saturday, October 18th at 2 pm at Minto Park (Elgin and Lewis). We invite people interested in additional conversations, and study sessions to let us know when and where best works for them.

We have done various activities to benefit the wider community, have conducted public discussions on druid and pagan themes, and have run classes teaching the ADF Dedicant’s Program (introductory druid study).

We have four Facebook pages in English: our main Red Maple Grove one for anyone interested in following us, one specifically for our members, one for text conversations and one for discussing health and healing. We also have our French language Facebook page, Bosquet des Erables Rouges. And we have a Discord server with the same name, Red Maple Grove. If you’re interested, you are very welcome to come and check us out. You are welcome to suggest other social media platforms you feel we should join.

Our bylaws are here.

If you’d like to get in touch with us, check this site’s Contact page.

Thrive !