Most of the herb walks I do are daylong affairs, often
on weekends. I understand that this makes coming
difficult for some people due to work or family
schedules. Enter the evening herb walk series.
This spring, summer and fall, join me and spend a few
hours looking at plants in at Seven Ponds Nature Center
in Dryden, MI...
On our walk we'll be wandering around the lawns, fields
and woods of Seven Ponds to explore the medicinal virtues, identification,
folklore and preparation of many of the common "weeds"
and wildflowers we pass by every day. The information
presented will be both specific and practical, based on jim's twenty plus years experience in gathering,
preparing, and using herbal remedies, and provide a
basis for participants to incorporate what they have
learned into usable skills with which to maintain and
restore health.
At each walk we'll look at the herbs that are in their
prime at the moment, which will vary from season to
season. Please note that evening herb walks
(especially in the fall) sometimes flirt with darkness,
so bring along a flashlight to keep you illuminated...
we also have the beautiful nature center available to
us.
spring
...Wednesday, June 1st
at
Seven Ponds Nature Center
in DRYDEN
summer
...Wednesday, August 3rd
at
Seven Ponds Nature Center
in DRYDEN
fall
...Wednesday, Sept 28th
at
Seven Ponds Nature Center
in DRYDEN
Walks will run from
6pm to
8:30ish. I offer
walks rain or shine; please have clothes to keep you dry
if there's any chance of rain. Seven Ponds, of
course, has a beautiful indoor space we can be covered
up by if rain is heavy.
location...
Click
here for directions to
Seven Ponds Nature Center. If you're already a
plant person, allow extra time to stop numerous times to
check all all the cool plants growing along the roads
out there.
cost...
Each walk is
$30, and includes
extensive handouts on ethical wildcrafting, medicine
making, and some of the plants discussed.
to register...
To register for any of these walks,
please contact Seven Ponds Nature Center at
(810) 796-3200.
jim mcdonald
has been practicing the art of herbcraft for over 22 years, and offers a knowledge of herbalism that blends
western folk and indigenous views of healing with the Vitalist traditions of 19th century western herbalism. He
has taught classes and workshops throughout Great Lakes
bioregion and the US, hosts the website
www.herbcraft.org and is currently writing
(alternately) "A Great Lakes Herbal" and "Foundational
Herbcraft". Jim is a community herbalist, a manic
wildcrafter and medicine maker, and has been an ardent student of the most
learned teachers of herbcraft... the plants themselves.
Have questions about
classes?
I've got answers to frequently asked questions (like
times, weather exceptions and such)
here.
