The new 2024 program will have cash, work-trade, and barter options. Contact me for more info.
2024 Plant Medicine Gathering Calendar
Typical Day (Saturday typically once per month) 11-12: classroom intro, book and research and experiential discussion, weekly theme topic 12-3pm: Weather permitting outside time with plants - quiet time with guided meditations, smells, making teas, self observation, soil/plants observation
3-4: BREAK 4-7PM: Classroom - from syllabus, clinical tools, education how to use, personal exam/assessment, might be demonstration or experiential taking of the herbs we saw and or gathered.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY ON SOME MONTHS: Plants prepped into medicine, first steps learning what those are, then making your own, this is a major part of being an Herbalist Another option is an overnight out in Nature
2024 General Schedule January - Intro to Plant Medicine, energies, actions, alchemy, amazing facts, magic is part of this world, Water element what is this? Seeing the whole before splitting into parts, Basic Alchemy (inner and outer), Composting
February - Garden set up, getting ready for the light, the warm, the growth. Basic Gardening, how and where to place plants, Knowing your plants, knowing yourself, this session is spent showing how plants and people are similar, Knowing your plants, knowing yourself part 2 features, Compost Tea how to, and use of...
March - Prep for Spring, garden and ourselves. Materia Medica, actions and energies, and frequencies Growth versus Decay Patterns, Dendritic patterns, natural patterns versus manmade Prepping Summer Garden, Basic Permaculture skills, Wood element, what is this?
April - Understanding Soil, and its relationship to healthy plants = healthy people Understanding Earth Natural Recycling Patterns Alchemy of Change - Black, White and Red Phases, how do these relate to me and my plants?
May - Summer Garden planting if not yet, sprouts, greenhouse need? Actions versus Pharmacology/Chemistry, how to translate one to the other? Basic Chemistry module - will be needed!
June - Basic Nutrition Module 1 Basic Nutrition Module 2 Summer Gardening, use of heat and light, UV protection needed! Shading techniques, Coastal Fog dealing with
July - What is leaf and flower energy? Plants, Nature and relationships to Human (blood, mycelium. sex organs, o2<>co2 and more) Fire element, what is this? What is the Black and White Phase of Alchemy and how does this relate to Fire element?
August - Plant Allies, Habitat, Companion Planting, Companion Humans? Unusual Extractions Day! Sodas, Making own Tincture, Using honey, salt, alcohol, vinegars, drying, crucible/spagyric Importance of compost and waste recylcing and transformation to something good
September - What is root energy? What is Earth Element Energy? Winter garden prep
October - What is seed energy? Harvest season, Ground foods, roots, tubers, seeds, fruits, stems, leaves, flowers - how same, how different? What is Metal element energy? What is Air element? How are they same? Different?
November - Tree energy, special yoga day, the many branches of herbal medicine Personal Exam, examine others, practicing herbal Formulas, Practicing medical interface, being an ally versus a drain Natural Gratitude (Red Phase alchemy sign), why Nature is already like this (one plant = 10,000 seeds - one plant makes 10,000 more, now that's giving back!)
December - Herbal Holiday Gift making Last meeting 2024, reflection, follow up, feedback, what worked, what did not? Winter Solstice energy