Bioregional herbalism is the practice of tapping into the medicine of locally abundant plants, connecting the dots between herbal medicine, ecology, and relationship to place. This workshop offers an introduction to plant medicine from a framework grounded in reciprocity, right relationship, ethical harvesting, and walking gently on the land. We’ll meet locally abundant medicinal plants growing along the Eramosa River, and prepare a remedy to take home.
Session price: $75 +HST. If cost is a barrier, please see our Economics for a Changing World page for sliding-scale and mutual aid options.
In the first part of the workshop, we’ll take a plant walk and explore key identification features, medicinal actions, ecological relationships, phytochemistry and best of all, preparations of some of the plants that make up our urban ecology, with a focus on non-native and “invasive” species.
In the hands-on portion of this workshop, we’ll prepare fire cider, a beloved traditional seasonal remedy featuring local ingredients, for participants to take home. This workshop welcomes budding home herbalists, wild foods enthusiasts, foragers, and anyone who wishes to gain direct experience working with plants as food and medicine.
Bioregional Herbalism is led by Danielle Hagel, a community herbalist, naturalist, and herb grower with ten years experience studying herbalism, propagating plants, and making medicine. Her work explores the ways plant medicine can help remediate our relationships with our bodies, the land and each other.
