This spring, summer and fall, please join me and spend a few
hours looking at a slew of amazingly virtuous plants growing in Sterling Heights, MI...
On our walk we'll be wandering around the lawns, fields,
and woods along the banks of the Clinton River at Dodge
Park 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
25+ 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.
late winter tree walk
...saturday, March 29th, 2025
from
1pm to 4ish
at
Dodge Park in
Sterling Heights
spring
...Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
from
6pm to
8:30ish
at
Dodge Park in
Sterling Heights
summer
...Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
from
6pm to
8:30ish
at
Dodge Park in
Sterling Heights
fall
...Tuesday, Sept 9th,
2025
from
5pm to
7:30ish
at
Dodge Park in
Sterling Heights
We'll meet by the
playground/picnic shelter on the far northwestern end of
the parking lot (the opposite side from the parks and rec building). Please understand that I offer walks rain or shine;
be sure to
have clothes to keep you dry if there's any chance of
rain. We can likely make use of the shelters there
if rain is heavy.
location...
Dodge Park
40620 Utica Rd.
Sterling Heights, MI 48313
Click
here for directions
right to where we'll be meeting at
Dodge Park; by the playground & picnic
shelter on the far northwestern end of the parking lot
(the opposite side from the parks & rec building,
or your left if you're standing with your back to the
road looking towards the river and woods). You can
also just plug these coordinates directly into your map
app to get you to exactly where we're meeting:
42.593918, -83.012711
cost...
Each walk is
$40, 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 use the PayPal link below; pre-registration helps
SO MUCH and is deeply appreciated. If there is
space left you can also bring payment
the day of the walk.
questions about
classes?
I've got answers to frequently asked questions (like
times, weather exceptions, missed classes and such)
here.
In 1994, jim
mcdonald's life changed when he drank tea
from a wild plant he harvested from the land he lived
upon. Since those first sips of strange tea, his life in
the woods and meadows of southeast michigan has been
centered on the plants & ecosystems of that land, and
how he might share their virtues to restore wellness
with those around him. jim's approach to herbcraft is
deeply rooted in the land he lives upon, and blends
traditional european folk influences with 19th century
eclectic and physiomedical vitalism, which he conveys
with story, experience, humour, common sense and lore to
students, clients, random passersby and readers of his
websites www.herbcraft.org & herbcraft.podia.com.
He's taught classes throughout north america, is one of
the organizers of the Great
Lakes Herb Faire and is currently alternately
writing “Foundational Herbcraft” and “A Great Lakes
Herbal”, in addition to articles for journals and other
publications. 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.
