Herbal Support for Lyme Disease
This class will be live on Zoom at 6:30-8:30 PM Atlantic Time (5:30-7:30 PM Eastern Time)
A recording will be made available for anyone who couldn't attend live after the class.
I didn’t choose Lyme disease as a focus for my practice. It chose me. I live on the South Shore of Nova Scotia/Mi'kma'ki where we have some of the highest per capita rates of Lyme disease in the world. As a result, I’ve had to get to know this illness very well, and every year, I work with many people dealing with different stages of Lyme infection. Anyone who has experienced it will tell you this is a daunting illness (I have personally had it twice). And for those that end up with chronic symptoms, it can be truly devastating.
Herbs for Digestion & Tincture Making
Come to this full day hands-on dive into spring herbal medicines! We will do a spring herbs plant walk and explore the foundations of how to use medicinal plants to optimize digestion. We will differentiate herbs for digestion through taste and direct experience. We will harvest seasonal spring herbs fresh from the garden and make a digestive support tincture for participants to bring home.
Wild Medicine Walk - Graves Island
Join clinical herbalist Oren Hercz (RHP) to learn how the wild plants growing around us can be used as medicine. During our walk, we'll explore the identification, medicinal properties, and preparation of many common "weeds" and wildflowers we pass by every day. Oren will share practical knowledge based on his 20+ years’ experience in gathering, preparing, and using herbal medicine both at home and in clinical practice. Participants will gain usable knowledge they can implement right away to help maintain and restore health. At the end of our medicinal plant walk, the conversation will continue around a pot of wild medicine tea that we will brew together.
Herbs for Emotional Support & Flower Essences
Plant medicines can help us move through emotional difficulties with more ease. In this full day hands-on workshop, we will discuss how we can counter experiences of disconnection and isolation by opening our senses to the plant allies growing right in our backyards. In this class, we will talk about herbal strategies to support the nervous system, and we will make a flower essence together for participants to take home.
Wild Medicine Walk - Card Lake
Join clinical herbalist Oren Hercz (RHP) to learn how the wild plants growing around us can be used as medicine. During our walk, we'll explore the identification, medicinal properties, and preparation of many common "weeds" and wildflowers we pass by every day. Oren will share practical knowledge based on his 20+ years’ experience in gathering, preparing, and using herbal medicine both at home and in clinical practice. Participants will gain usable knowledge they can implement right away to help maintain and restore health. At the end of our medicinal plant walk, the conversation will continue around a pot of wild medicine tea that we will brew together.
Herbal First Aid
Do you want to feel confident treating common first-aid situations with herbs? Whether it’s treating wounds, scrapes, burns, bruises, bites. . . there is so much more than just polysporin and peroxide. Experiencing herbal first-aid makes people believe in herbal medicine because the herbs work so well, and the results are obvious. You will develop a sense of empowerment knowing you can deal with day to day injuries safely and naturally, reducing pain and speeding healing. Together we will make indispensable herbal preparations for first aid, including salves, poultices, powders, compresses and infused honeys, and you will make your own herbal first-aid kit to bring home with you!
Eat Your Medicine: A Wild Food Foraging and Dining Experience
This workshop is given in partnership with the wonderful folks at Foraged Florals Flower Farm in New Ross! During the workshop, we’ll learn about local edibles and medicinals, and forage for a wild salad and pesto. This will be followed by a 4 course luncheon in celebration of nature, catered by the Foraged Florals team, featuring delectables like chocolate dipped daily, dandelion capers, and a seasonal herbal cordial.
Herbs for Cold & Flu Season
Do you want to feel prepared and empowered this cold & flu season? In this day-long workshop we will dive into herbal strategies to strengthen our immune function and manage respiratory infections easily at home. Together we will make herbal infused honeys and vinegars for immune and respiratory support that you get to take home with you. A seasonal plant walk will introduce you to elder, goldenrod, marshmallow, echinacea, and more!
Root Medicine Intensive
If you want to learn about herbal medicines outside on a beautiful farm while getting your hands dirty, this class is for you! Ember and Oren are kicking off the root harvesting season with this day-long intensive to share combined decades of experience and knowledge around everything ROOTS! In the late summer and fall the plants send their energy back into the earth and we find enhanced potency and relevance of root medicines. We have many medicinal roots that are common in the wild throughout Mi’kma’ki and easy to grow in our gardens.
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Free In-Person Workshop
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Free In-Person Workshop
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Online workshop live on zoom, hosted by the Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia (HANS).
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Free In-Person Workshop
Herbs for Stressful Times
This class is part of a 2 part series - Moving Through Hard Times: Herbs for Stress and Emotional Well-being
February 4th: Plant Allies for Emotional Well-Being with Ember Peters
February 18th: Herbs for Stressful Times with Oren Hercz
Both classes will be live on Zoom at 6:30-8:30 PM Atlantic Time (5:30-7:30 PM Eastern Time)
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Online workshop live on zoom, hosted by Le Frigo Vert in Montréal
Plant Allies for Emotional Well-Being
This class is part of a 2 part series - Moving Through Hard Times: Herbs for Stress and Emotional Well-being
February 4th: Plant Allies for Emotional Well-Being with Ember Peters
February 18th: Herbs for Stressful Times with Oren Hercz
Q&A Session - Intermediate Program
Live Zoom class is at 7pm AT (6pm Eastern)
Come get all your questions answered about our Intermediate Program. We’ll also do a walkthrough of the program and the online portal so you can see what it looks like on the inside.
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Free In-Person Workshop (donations will be accepted for the non-profit Save Our Old Growth Forests)
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Free Online Workshop (donations will be accepted to our tuition assistance fund)
Our health cannot be separated from the earth that nourishes us. The growing epidemic of chronic illness is deeply entwined with a disconnected culture, degradation of the earth and societal inequalities.
Many are embracing herbal medicine as a path to empowered healthcare that connects us with our own bodies, each other, and the natural rhythms of the earth.
As an interested or aspiring herbalist, how do you really become competent and of service to yourself, family and community given the health challenges we face? Whether you are new to herbal medicine, or you are wondering what is the next step to improve your knowledge and skill, this workshop is for you.
Rising to the Health Challenges of our Times With Herbal Medicine
Free In-Person Workshop (donations will be accepted to our tuition assistance fund)
Our health cannot be separated from the earth that nourishes us. The growing epidemic of chronic illness is deeply entwined with a disconnected culture, degradation of the earth and societal inequalities.
Many are embracing herbal medicine as a path to empowered healthcare that connects us with our own bodies, each other, and the natural rhythms of the earth.
As an interested or aspiring herbalist, how do you really become competent and of service to yourself, family and community given the health challenges we face? Whether you are new to herbal medicine, or you are wondering what is the next step to improve your knowledge and skill, this workshop is for you.
Managing Respiratory Infections at Home
This class is part of a 2 part series - Support for Cold & Flu Season
November 5th: Immune Herbs for Resilience & Balance with Ember Peters
November 19th: Managing Respiratory Infections at Home with Oren Hercz
Both classes will be live on Zoom at 6:30-8:30 PM Atlantic Time (5:30-7:30 PM Eastern Time)
Each class is $30 +hst or $50 for both (scroll down to register)
The classes can be taken stand-alone or together (and recordings will be sent out afterwards).
Both classes will be live on Zoom at 6:30-8:30 PM Atlantic Time (5:30-7:30 PM Eastern Time)
Immune Herbs for Resilience & Balance
This class is part of a 2 part series - Support for Cold & Flu Season
November 5th: Immune Herbs for Resilience & Balance with Ember Peters
November 19th: Managing Respiratory Infections at Home with Oren Hercz
Both classes will be live on Zoom at 6:30-8:30 PM Atlantic Time (5:30-7:30 PM Eastern Time)
Medicinal Plant Walk at Chicory Blue
Join clinical herbalist Oren Hercz (RHP) to learn how the wild plants growing around us can be used as medicine.
We'll wander around the gardens and nearby trail, exploring the identification, medicinal properties or the wilds plants and trees we pass by every day. Oren will share practical knowledge based on his 20+ years experience in gathering, preparing, and using herbal medicine both at home and in clinical practice.
At the end of our medicinal plant walk, the conversation will continue around a pot of wild medicine tea that we will brew together.
Root Medicine Intensive
If you want to learn about herbal medicines outside on a beautiful farm while getting your hands dirty, this class is for you! Ember and Oren are kicking off the root harvesting season with this day-long intensive to share combined decades of experience and knowledge around everything ROOTS! In the late summer and fall the plants send their energy back into the earth and we find enhanced potency and relevance of root medicines. We have many medicinal roots that are common in the wild throughout Mi’kma’ki and easy to grow in our gardens.
Medicinal Plant Walk at Chicory Blue
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Herbal First Aid Intensive
Do you want to feel confident treating common first-aid situations with herbs? Whether it’s treating wounds, scrapes, burns, bruises, bites. . . there is so much more than just polysporin and peroxide. Experiencing herbal first-aid makes people believe in herbal medicine because the herbs work so well, and the results are obvious. You will develop a sense of empowerment knowing you can deal with day to day injuries safely and naturally, reducing pain and speeding healing.