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Whole Living From the Ground Up
A foundation course on organic herbal living with the cycles of nature
On this journey, you will learn by growing, harvesting, nourishing, and healing with the herbs and vegetables as you learn to make them part of your everyday life.
In this course of 12 classes, we will lay the groundwork to healthy living by exploring and learning how to live in rhythm with the natural world. Mother Nature has so much to offer us and we must learn to be still, observe, connect, build awareness and relationships to explore all the bounty that is available. We then move forward in building our knowledge base to work with the herbs safely and build confidence to use them to nourish and heal yourself, your family, and friends.
This course is a hands-on course in both gardening and basic herbal medicine skills. You will work on deepening your knowledge and connection with the plants over a growing season. Through the use of this knowledge, you will learn how to make quality medicine from the plants. The herbs in combination with whole foods will provide you with a foundation for healthier living and fulfillment of a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Topics Covered:
- Herb & Vegetable Gardening from seed: ordering seed, starting from seed, greenhouse growing, storing left over seed, planting seed in trays for pot production as well as direct seeding in the garden, transplanting techniques using biodynamic methods
- Garden Beds: soil preparation using the no-till sheet layered technique, how & when to till a bed when necessary
- Herb & Vegetable growing: planting, tending, harvesting, and preserving
- Herbal Medicine Harvesting: learning the proper part of the herb to harvest, when to harvest, and the best ways to prepare medicine with the herb
- General Garden Care: through the season (watering, weeding, fertilizing)
- Fertilization – organic and biodynamic methods
- Crop Rotation
- Organic Pest Control and Insect Identification (know your good and your bad bugs)
- Companion Planting
- Vermicomposting
- Seed Saving
- Making Garden Structures: support in the garden
- Cover Crops & Natural Mulches
- Plant Journey: basic botany for gardeners, plant identification, in depth look at 20+ herbs, nature journaling and class project with your plant ally
- Ethical Wildcrafting
- Herbal Medicine Making: as we go through the seasons we will harvest herbs at the proper times to make teas, tinctures, salves, oils, vinegars, herbal honey, aromatherapy
- Herbs for the Medicine Chest
- Herbs as Food: delightful culinary dishes, medicinal herbs in everyday food for foods as medicine, seasoning mixes
- Herbal Body Care: wonderful recipes for your pleasures and they make great gifts too
- Cordials, Syrups, Elixirs
- Fermented Foods, Whole Nourishing Foods, Eating Seasonally
- Crafting and Art from Nature: potpourri, pressing flowers (herbarium), paper making
Important: To reserve your spot, please click the green sign up button and fill out your
name and phone
number. We will send you a confirmation email reserving your place. Payment
can be made the day of the event.
 Costs: $600 plus material fee $100. Payment plans available.
Please register early, space is limited.
Class will meet 2 Sundays a month May through October from 12:30 pm to 6:00pm.
Sunday dates:
May 16, May 23
June 13, June 27
July 11, July 25
August 8, August 29
September 12, September 26
October 3, October 17 |
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Testimonial
"Attending your workshops and learning to grow, harvest, and prepare
culinary and medicinal herbs has really changed my life. I feel better
because there is something therapeutic about being outside and watching
things grow. My family is healthy and our immune system is stronger than
ever; we have been cold and flu free all winter. We are still enjoying our
teas and sharing our tinctures with friends and family. Store bought tea
bags just can't compare. Gardening started as a mystery and then became a
chore that I just couldn't keep up with. The plants I purchased from
Forrest Green thrived. Now I have an organized organic no-till garden that
I can maintain without heavy equipment and I am producing more crops with
less weeds than I did when I was tilling every year. I can't wait for
classes to start this Spring. Thank you!"
Tracey J. |
