With Ember Peters, Registered Herbalist

4 Wednesdays: May 27th, June 3, 10, 17 at 6-8:30 pm

Are you craving connection to medicinal plants but not sure where to start?

Backyard Remedies is a class series to help you connect with nature and learn about plant medicines growing around you. In these four weeks, you’ll be introduced to plant identification, basic herbalism principles, ethical harvesting and making herbal preparations. You will learn the virtues of common and abundant wild medicinal herbs such as dandelion, yarrow, plantain, peppermint, rose, and more.  Together we create a learning environment based on connection with the land and engaging with broader environmental and social issues, while building practical skills to apply plant medicine to your daily life. 

Week 1: Introductions, botany and plant identification, project introduction; plant walk

Week 2: Vitalism, energetics, herbal actions, plant connection, plant walk

Week 3: Harvesting principles, making teas and drying herbs, plant walk

Week 4: How to make basic herbal extracts, plant walk, project presentations

Sliding scale $150-$250 +hst