Registration for this workshop is open!
Come take a tour of the vibrant flavours of fall in our bioregion!
In the first part of this workshop, we’ll get out on the land and explore field identification, ecology and medicinal and edible properties of local plants, with an emphasis on abundant introduced species like nettle, plantain, dandelion and cleavers. You’ll never see these “weeds” the same way again.
In the second part of the workshop, we’ll gather around the fire and learn to create culinary and medicinal concoctions from our harvest. You’ll sample creative, delicious wild folks and make a herbal remedy to take home.
Bioregional herbalism is the practice of tapping into the medicine of locally abundant plants, connecting the dots between herbal medicine, local 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. See you out there!
Session price: $80 +HST. If cost is a barrier, please see our Economics for a Changing World page for sliding-scale and mutual aid options.
Meet your instructors:
Danielle Hagel is a herbalist, naturalist and artist with ten years experience studying clinical herbalism, propagating plants, and making medicine. She cultivates a diverse landscape of medicinal, edible and native plants on her one-acre permaculture-inspired herb farm. Her work explores the ways plant medicine can help remediate our relationships with our bodies, the land and each other.
As an educator, spoon carver, mushroom farmer and owner of Full Moon Farm and Apothecary, Annie Sanassian has learned from plants, animals, people, through tending land. She loves spending as much time outdoors as possible. Her background with wild plants led her to grow medicinal and culinary herbs on her farm. Visiting many parts of the world has fostered both Annie’s understanding of cultural sensitivity and awareness to the richness and diversity of life. As an educator, she aims to create inclusive and positive outdoor learning experiences for all people.
Browse our Fall Adult Workshop Series here.
