Wednesday Oct 23rd
6:30-8pm EST
Online + Free
Hosted by River Valley Co-op
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In this workshop we’ll discuss 3 potent and delicious medicinal mushrooms that double as “food as medicine”- Lion’s Mane, Maitake/Hen of the Woods, and Shiitake. We’ll discuss their medicinal properties such as nootropic, anti-inflammatory, liver and immune supportive, antioxidant, and more, and learn some easy and cost-effective ways to capture their medicine in the kitchen. Recipes will be demoed and shared!

Wednesday Sept 25th
5:30-7:00pm
At Sawmill Herb Farm
Montague, MA
$25

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Learn how to make your own delicious and medicinal cordials, also known as elixirs. These concoctions are a combination of liquor of choice, plus honey, infused with aromatic and bitters herbs and fruits, and in class we'll be focusing on the the bounty of bioregionally abundant late summer and fall fruits, roots, and herbs widely available in our area. These are best enjoyed in fancy cordial glasses on cold fall and winter nights or throw into wine with herbs for a mulled wine beyond compare. And they can be taken medicinally too! We’ll cover formulation, dosage, and crafting your own cordials, with a focus on creativity and a folk medicine-making approach. Recipes will be provided and participants will leave with their own homemade cordial we make together in class.

Fall Foraging: Seeds, Roots, Berries, Barks & More

Wed Sept 11th
4-6pm
At Just Roots Farm
Greenfield, MA
Sliding scale $0-$35
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Join us for a walk around Just Roots Farm identifying our bioregionally abundant medicinal herbs that come into season in the fall. We'll learn identification, medicinal uses, harvesting techniques, medicinal preparations and more. Participants will be given time to do some foraging of their own and we'll end our walk by sharing some medicinal wild food dishes Jade will prepare ahead of time to share. Recipes will be shared!

Sunday June 23rd
10am-6pm
At Bentley University- Waltham, MA

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Creating a Bioregional Materia Medica for the Northeast

Bioregional Herbalism is the practice of working with the medicinal plants abundant in the fabric of the landscape and bioregion you call home. It doesn’t have to look like working with solely native plants, rather, it’s about learning which plants are abundant enough locally to be worked with and harvested sustainably, and often these are non-native, weedy, and even cultivated garden herbs. In this class Jade will share herbal actions no apothecary is complete without and match her favorite bioregionally abundant herbs with these actions to build a northeast bioregional materia medica. The idea is to give participants the tools to create their own home apothecary full of local herbal medicines that can address a wide variety of health conditions and issues. She'll share insights and tips to help participants create their own unique northeast materia medica based on their family's and community's needs, versatility, accessibility, and more.

Saturday June 22nd
10:30-12:00pm
At Northfield Mtn Recreation & Environmental Center- Northfield, MA.
FREE

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Join us for a plant walk exploring the bountiful wild edible and medicinal herbs of late spring and early summer! We'll discuss identification, medicinal and edible uses, recipes, and sustainable harvesting practices for many of our locally abundant plants.

Saturday May 18th-9am-6pm
At Farmacy Herbs- 28 Cemetery St, Providence, RI

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Herbal Approaches to Seasonal & Environmental Allergies

In this class we’ll discuss addressing the symptoms and root causes of seasonal and environmental allergies. Participants will learn effective allergy herbs, herbal actions to look for when formulating, food as medicine support, and how to create balanced formulas. Recipes will be shared!

Saturday May 11th
10am-5pm
At the Montague Retreat Center- Montague, MA

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Tree Medicine of the Northeast

The northeast is about 75% forested and contains numerous medicinal tree species, both native and non-native, making this a category of medicinals well worth getting to know. In this class we'll cover sustainable harvesting methods and ecological considerations to keep in mind when wildcrafting, learn when different tree medicines are in season, and highlight the medical uses of a tree species from each season and cover its medicinal uses in depth. Part workshop and part plant walk, after this introduction, we'll spend some time walking the grounds and identifying some of the medicinal tree species growing there. Handouts and resources for further study will be provided as well!

In this hands-on, experiential herb class we dig deep and form an intimate connection with each plant we work with. Topics covered include sustainable wildcrafting, field botany and plant ID, medicine-making, building the home apothecary, and learning the full materia medica (medicinal uses) for many of our locally abundant medicinal plants

We offer 2 options:

1 Sunday OR Monday/month
April-November
10am-4:30pm

FULL for 2024!

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Saturday April 13th
8am-12pm
Frontier Regional High School- Sunderland, MA

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Common Garden Herbs for Community Resilience

There's so much medicine to be found in the herb garden.We'll explore common garden herbs such as lemon balm, lavender, rosemary, sage, and thyme and dive into their expansive benefits for everything from memory and focus, to nervous system health, immunity, and more.

Saturday March 30th
12-1:30
$20
At Turtle Bend Farm- 20 Chamberlain Rd, Montgomery, MA

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The northeast is home to many medicinal tree species, and spring is one of the best times of the year to harvest them- especially medicinal barks- while the sap is running! Learn techniques for wildcrafting bark, how to to I.D. some of our local medicinal trees while they are still in bud before they have leafed-out, their medicinal benefits, and how to capture these properties in your own homemade medicines like tinctures, oils, syrups, and teas.

1 Sunday/month
March-November
10am-4:30pm
3/17, 4/7, 5/4, 6/9, 7/14, 8/4, 9/8, 10/20, 11/10

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Our Year II program builds and expands upon the concepts and topics introduced in our first year program. Perfect for a student who has completed our Year I From the Roots Up Apprenticeship or any of the seasonal class sessions or those who have some prior herbal experience.

We’ll hold true to the foundations of From the Roots Up- exploring bioregional herbalism, hands-on learning, sustainable wildcrafting, field botany and plant ID, medicine-making, and building the home apothecary- while bringing-in some more advanced topics.

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Where kitchen medicine and herbalism meet