Homegrown Herbalism Course

This course is an opportunity to explore herbal medicine from soil to teacup. Participants will learn the basics of planning, starting, and maintaining an herb garden, plant harvesting and storage, safe and sustainable collection of wild medicinal plants, making home remedies for use throughout the year, and the specific applications for several medicinal plants. This is primarily a hands-on, outdoor course, with lecture woven in.

Activities include:
-Weekly hands-on herb gardening
-Harvest and storage of medicinal plants
-Herbal medicine-making: teas, tinctures, oils, salves, foods, and more
-Planning the home medicine-chest- remedies to have on hand throughout the year