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.
At each, we'll spend 2-3 hours looking at plants in
various parks in southeast Michigan; in 2016, I'll be
offering these in Ann Arbor, Sterling Heights, East
Lansing and
Dryden...
On our walk we'll be wandering around the lawns, fields
and woods of southeast michigan 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 location to
location. Please note that evening herb walks
(especially in the fall) sometimes flirt with darkness,
so bring along a flashlight to keep you illuminated...
click the
underlined links for details and to sign up
for the classes...
spring
...Thursday,
May 12th at
The Michigan Folk School
in
ANN ARBOR
...Wednesday, May 18th
at
Dodge Park in
STERLING HEIGHTS
...Tuesday, May 31st
at
Lake Lansing Park North
in EAST LANSING
...Wednesday, June 1st
at
Seven Ponds Nature Center
in DRYDEN
summer
...Thursday, July 7th at
The Michigan Folk School
in ANN ARBOR
...Wednesday, July 13th
at
Dodge Park in
STERLING HEIGHTS
...Tuesday, July 19th
at
Lake Lansing Park North
in EAST LANSING
...Wednesday, August 3rd
at
Seven Ponds Nature Center
in DRYDEN
fall
...Wednesday, Sept 21st
at
Dodge Park in
STERLING HEIGHTS
...Thursday,
Sept 22nd at
The Michigan Folk School
in ANN ARBOR
...Tuesday, Sept 27th
at
Lake Lansing Park North
in EAST LANSING
...Wednesday, Sept 28th
at
Seven Ponds Nature Center
in DRYDEN
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, an occasional email
mangler, 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.
