3 Saturdays: April 25th, May 23rd, June 13th
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Field Class
Led by Rachel Mackow and Jared Rosenbaum
Cost for Participant: $75 for all three classes
Walk into a meadow or along a woodland trail, and you are surrounded with edible and medicinal plants, many with long-standing traditional uses and each with a unique ecology. This class will explore the myriad uses for introduced and native plant species, as fruits, spices, teas, salves, oils, and more.
We will also discuss each plant’s role within its natural habitat. Plant identification, safety and responsible collecting, and basic ecology will be taught as part of an ethic of stewardship towards the land. Each class features a leisurely-paced hike, during which we’ll find, discuss, and sample wild plants.
Classes are offered as a three part series.
Class 1: Plants of Early Spring Botany and plant ecology basics Safety & responsible collecting Identifying and using spring greens, bitters, barks, and spring ephemerals Infusions and decoctions for tea
Class 2: Late Spring in the Field and Forest The ecology of late spring – canopy closure and meadow emergence Preparing plants for food and medicine Identifying and using edible and medicinal plants of late spring Making tinctures
Class 3: The Summer Plant stewardship at home Identifying and using edibles and medicines of early summer Salves and oils for summer complaints
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