Spirit of Spring: Plants & practices of Spring
Explore the essence and herbs of springtime with community herbalist, farmer, and educator AC Stauble. Gather with other plant people and Nature lovers to sip herbal tea and taste some wild greens pesto at the beautiful NewVida Preserve. We'll learn about the common plants popping up this time of year in the forests, fields and gardens and how to incorporate them into our diets and medicine chest. We will get a chance to take a brief walk of the land and look for some of the plants we discussed or see what else we can find.
AC will share some springtime activities, traditions, and archetypal elements of the spring season, especially in the Northeast US. You'll get to know some of her favorite plants like cleavers, chickweed, nettles, dandelion, burdock root, yellow dock root and more with lovely pictures in the slide deck and some examples of freshly harvested plants to examine and taste.
Throughout the class we do deep dives into plants, their constituents, the ways they interact with our body and some of the historical uses and lore of the plants of spring.
AC integrates art, books she loves and used as resources for the class research, and the use of all of our senses through tasting, touching, smelling, and seeing herbs in class. She offers tips on how to harvest and wildcraft (or weedcraft) plants with heart and intention, and directions or pro-tips for harvesting the different plant parts like leaf, flower, seed, or root.
Saturday, May 18th
10:30-12:30pm
$40 per person or use your class package
