From Soil to Soul
Come for the Plants
Stay for the Soul
The Thrive Sanctuary invites you into an approachable, sensory experience to slow down and breathe again.
Walk inside for air-purifying indoor plants that help you be rooted in calm and add a touch of thriving to your home and spaces.
Stay for the sense of peace, community,
and experiences that nurture your mind and heart
Reconnect to your thriving, one mini-moment at a time
The Thrive Sanctuary is a woman-owned retail shop in the Locust Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland
We are a local refuge where plants, mindfulness, and community come together to remind you that thriving doesn’t have to be hard.
You’ll find small and medium-sized air-purifying indoor plants that delight and an added touch of calm and wellness for your home and spaces.
Plus, stay for the small group experiences rooted in calm with journaling, meditation, and other mindfulness workshops to help you tend to your thriving.
Founded by Elena Sonnino, the Thrive Sanctuary meets you where you are in a way that feels human, healing, and real.
It is built on the belief that plants are a doorway into thriving, and that small acts of tending bring big bursts of joy.
Discover a small assortment of items to help you tend to your thriving from the inside out, like journals, candles, books, and more.
Join The Thrive Club MembershipAn Invitation to Grow Gently and Live Fully
Tend to your thriving, one month and plant at a time.
Every month, you’ll receive a new plant to add wellness and calm to your personal spaces.
What’s Included*:
Delightful and handpicked plants to inspire thriving and calm in your home or space.
Care tips: advice to help your plant thrive
A tending nudge: A mini-practice to help you be rooted in calm.
Exclusive club-only time to rest and relax at The Thrive Sanctuary
Exclusive offers and member-only events
Join the Thrive Club at a special pre-opening founding membership price!
*All Thrive Club sales are final. Plants are not returnable or exchangeable. Plants will be ready for pick up on the 20th of every month, starting in February. Please pick up within ONE week. Once you sign up, your credit card will be billed every month until the membership is paused or canceled. No obligation, cancel at any time.
Upcoming Workshops and Events
Small moments,
big thriving
Join us in community to tend to your thriving, one practice at a time. These workshops and events will help you feel connected and invite you to slow down, so that you can be more present, more purposeful, and more joyful in your life.
Meet the Founder of The Thrive SanctuaryElena Sonnino
The idea for the Thrive Sanctuary came to Elena while training for an ultra-endurance hiking event. And because one of her core values is curiosity, she allowed the seed of possibility to be planted, even if she had no experience in retail.
Real talk: honestly, other than loving plants and having “too many” in her home (according to her husband, Simon), she didn’t have formal horticulture experience either. But what Elena knows and believes is that tending to your thriving is an ongoing journey. A journey that requires trust, ease, and curiosity and is nourished by the wonder of mini-moments.
She’s looked to plants and nature as a source of healing and inspiration for years, in her own life and with her coaching and meditation clients. And now, she is blending her love of plants, her experience as a coach, retreat guide, yoga and mindfulness teacher – and her belief in the power of gathering in community – to Locust Point in Baltimore, Maryland, at The Thrive Sanctuary.
What most people say about Elena is that she brings delightful sparks of energy to everything she does. And she is over the moon to bring that spark of unapologetic, easeful, and delighted energy to life with this new space, as a way to invite even more people to tend to their thriving – one plant, and one moment of presence and calm at a time.
Benefit from Private Thrive MentoringBuild your capacity for peace, groundedness, and reconnection with your truest self
The truth about thriving is that it happens over time, in the soft, simple, and sustainable moments of everyday life.
Whether you're thriving on paper but quietly running on empty, or seeking transformation – we’ll set off on a journey that meets you where you are, and supports you as you reconnect to yourself gently, so that you can live and THRIVE fully.
your private thrive mentoring journey might include:
Coaching & mentoring
Bespoke plants to accompany you on your journey
Individualized tending practices
Guided meditation
Guided journaling
Yoga nidra
Yin yoga
Schedule a Discovery Call to Learn More!
Learn More About Mentoring
Immerse yourself in SOUL nourishment at an upcoming retreat where you have space to come home to YOU
Upcoming Thrive RetreatsTo your truth. To your peace. To your power.
These transformational retreats are an opportunity to open up to yourself and your aliveness on a SOUL level.
These immersive experiences blend the power of presence, intention, and community to help you expand your capacity for peace, freedom, connection, and joy.
Each retreat will offer invitations and mind-body-soul practices to nourish you from the inside out:
Slow flow and yin yoga
Yoga Nidra
Daily guided meditation and somatic practices
Inquiry, reflection, and journaling
Time in community
Local adventures
Free time to rest, to play, and to integrate
Surprises, so many surprises
Get on the waitlist for upcoming 2026 retreats!
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Say YES to THRIVING at a
SOUL level, one plant, and
one mini-moment at a time
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