phoenixnewtimes.com PHOENIX NEW TIMES NOV 17TH–NOV 23RD, 2022 State Licensed Dispensaries & Doctor Certifications | CANNABIS | Mike Madriaga Elevated from p 33 boost, amongst other benefits. Come hang out and listen to live DJs and musicians. Or, smoke a joint outside and draw mandalas inside with Antoine Lamar, a Chandler artist and a traveling massage therapist who drives to Sedona once a month to set up inside. “Everything feels better when done in Sedona because there’s a palatable healing energy around here, so it just makes the vibe in everything feel good,” Lamar said. The plant-based wellness drink spot and “canna-buddy” hangout also has a flag- ship location in Phoenix. It’s open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., though doors stay open until midnight on some days. Sedona Greenhouse Project sedonagreenhouse.org While the nonprofit helps the community grow fruit and vegetable gardens by providing educational outreach and community gardening events, Sedona Greenhouse Project also has people who assist in properly growing cannabis in the desert. “It’s multiple gardens,” said Patrick Sullivan, a volunteer and educator at the nonprofit. “They might be in someone’s backyard; there’s two in city lots; there’s another that has a big growing space that is right on the river [where] they are growing cannabis. So it’s all about knowing how to take care of the plant.” In Arizona, a 21-year-old resident can legally plant up to six marijuana plants at their residence. Sullivan — who also owns Gaia Wellspring, a small company that bottles wild-crafted herbs and fungi botanic creations — smokes the same weed he grows. “I help with a lot of growing flowers in Sedona,” he said. “So if people are inter- ested in coming up here and spending a day, I’m a part of the project where we go to a different garden every day of the week. The project was formed in 2020, Sullivan explained, when “organically Crystal, a bartender at Lacuna Kava Bar, invites cannabis consumers to have fun at the first kava bar in Sedona. The spot serves natural drinks focused on wellness. people started getting together at this biodynamic farm in Sedona, which means you are using everything as a resource, even the position of the moon. When growing cannabis, you can harvest on certain days when you know energies are being pulled into the plant based on the moon’s position.” Ascend Hemp Oil 301 AZ-89A, Sedona 928-862-2756 Ascend Hemp Oil is not your standard CBD company. Instead, its salve and other products are activated with sound and crystal energy. Aalia Kazan launched the business in 2018. “We use frequency because this was a sound healing clinic,” Kazan said. “And we provided sound and crystal healing [sessions], so when people lay down, I put crystals on their bodies, then, I would play crystal bowls, chant, and do toning. So now, I infuse the CBD oils the same way.” Ascend Hemp Oil also sells full-spec- trum oils, CBD gummies, and organic skin care. The spot is located at the Sacajawea Plaza in uptown Sedona and is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m on Tuesday through Friday and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Harvest House of Cannabis 2400 Arizona 89A, Cottonwood 928-634-5233 With almost two dozen locations throughout Arizona, Harvest House of Cannabis in Cottonwood is the last dispensary you’ll see when you’re traveling from metro Phoenix to Sedona on State Route 89A. The brick building opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m., allowing travelers to score some bud before checking into a hotel or Airbnb in Red Rock Country. Don’t pass up daily and weekly deals. Harvest HOC in Cottonwood is about 20 miles southwest of Sedona. 35
