The Art & Craft of Medicinal Herbs.a six week series of garden workshops with Jillian VanNostrandAll workshops take place at 321 Anawan Street, Rehoboth MA 02769 (call 508-252-6363 for directions) | ||
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| This weekly, 3 hour garden remedy workshop series is aimed at folks who are interested in identifying plants, learning about traditional uses, and wildcrafting herbal remedies for home health. It will take place on six consectutive Sundays in Spring of 2000, 1-4 PM. Enjoy one class...several..or all six...mark your calendars now! | ||
| Week 1 | Sun April 2nd | weedwalk and identification, digging for harvest & transplant, planning & planting gardens/wildharvesting...focus on roots for health & Spring tonics |
| Week 2 | Sun April 9th | Making water and alcohol based remedies from plants..f ocus on women, |
| Week 3 | Sun April 16th | Making infused herbal oils & using essential oils...fo cus on stress relief |
| Week 4 | Sun April 23rd | Making Salves, poultices, tars and soaks and packs...f ocus on immunity and repair |
| Week 5 | Sun April 30th | Beltane! Making herbal ales, beers & wines...focus on sacred mysteries of fermentation...ancient tonics for the new age. |
| Week 6 | Sun May 7th | Making herbal incense, smudge, & tobaccos...focus on sacred/ceremonial use of medicinal herbs |
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This series of workshops is based on the garden remedy book series Jillian
has co-authored with her sister Christie V.Sarles. They have done hundreds
of garden workshops all over new england. Participants will each receive one
of the books published so far. These books with free seeds are the basic
textbooks of the course:
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