Free workshops
will be hosted throughout the day.
Please, enjoy as many as you would like!
We create new culture, by promoting new ways of life
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”
~ Phil Collins
In teaching we obtain a lens through which we can observe ourselves.
10 Healing Garden Herbs
10:00 to 11:30, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019
In this beautiful slideshow presentation, herbalist Elaine Sheff will explore a new twist on ten of our most popular healing herbs that are easily grown in your garden. Elaine will share her unique and inspiring recipes for each plant, including bee balm honey, calendula oil, herbal cough drops, healing garden salve, peppermint throat spray and more. Learn about bee balm, self heal, chamomile, plantain, calendula, comfrey, yarrow, marshmallow, echinacea and peppermint from Elaine’s over 30 years of gardening and herbal experience.
Free Radicals and Anti-oxidants
2:00 to 3:30 pm on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019
Carla Martinez of Perianth Herbs - Functional foods, herbs and alternative therapies. In this class we will look at the basic chemistry and biology of how free radicals cause damage in the body and how anti-oxidants create a balancing act for human health.
Cultivating Herbs With a Permaculture Perspective
10:00 - 11:30 am, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019
A permaculture perspective is one that seeks to complement and connect our present gardening and farming applications to the future to achieve regenerative landscapes. To do this means planning and planting companionably. Join Sean Mitzel, Permaculture Designer and educator with The Prepared Homestead to learn more about herbal placement in the permaculture garden.
Rocky Mountain Herbs & Weeds
12:00 to1:30 pm, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019
Did you know that there is a natural medicine chest growing all around you? Come join herbalist Elaine Sheff as she talks about both introduced, naturalized and native Rocky Mountain medicinal plants in our bioregion. Find out which plants to use, which parts are medicinal, how to use them and their medicinal and nutritive properties. Ethical harvesting will also be discussed. Using local medicinal plants helps us remember our connection to the earth. There is something powerful and especially healing about using the medicinal plants that grow where we grow. A slideshow and handouts are included.
Using Medicinal Native Plants in Restoration Projects
12:00 to 1:30 pm on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2019
Join Michael Pilarski, creator of Friends of the Trees as he provides insights into methods and practices for using medicinal native plants to restore balance and integrity to damaged ecological sites. This information will also assist you with the creation, rehabilitation and stewardship of Pacific Northwest medicinal native plant communities.
Incorporating Herbs Into Your Everyday Life
2:00 to 3:30 pm Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019
Monica Mitzel of Huckleberry Botanicals says that herbalism is more than carrying around tinctures and balms, it is creating connection and relationships with the world of plants. Learn ways to invite herbs into your every day life and experience the benefits given by our herby friends!
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We are still looking for a
Workshop Coordinator
If you interested in this role contact the Volunteer Coordinator.