Registration for this workshop opens on Wednesday, March 13th at 10 am.
For foragers and herbalists alike, the first blush of spring is one of the most exciting times to browse field and forest for wild foods and medicines. Come take a tour of the vibrant flavours of our bioregion!
In the first part of this workshop, we’ll get out on the land and explore field identification, ecology and medicinal and edible properties of local plants, with an emphasis on abundant introduced species like nettle, plantain, dandelion and cleavers. You’ll never see these “weeds” the same way again.
In the second part of the workshop, we’ll gather around the fire and learn to create culinary and medicinal concoctions from our harvest. You’ll sample creative, delicious wild folks and make a herbal remedy to take home.
Session price: $80 +HST. If cost is a barrier, please see our Economics for a Changing World page for sliding-scale and mutual aid options.
Bioregional herbalism is the practice of tapping into the medicine of locally abundant plants, connecting the dots between herbal medicine, ecology, and relationship to place. This workshop offers an introduction to plant medicine from a framework grounded in reciprocity, right relationship, ethical harvesting, and walking gently on the land.
Meet Your Instructors
As an educator, spoon carver, mushroom farmer and owner of Full Moon Farm and Apothecary, Annie Sanassian has learned from plants, animals, people, through tending land. She loves spending as much time outdoors as possible. Her background with wild plants led her to grow medicinal and culinary herbs on her farm. Visiting many parts of the world has fostered both Annie’s understanding of cultural sensitivity and awareness to the richness and diversity of life. As an educator, she aims to create inclusive and positive outdoor learning experiences for all people.
Dani Hagel is a community herbalist, naturalist, and herb grower with ten years experience studying herbalism, propagating plants, and making medicine. Her work explores the ways plant medicine can help remediate our relationships with our bodies, the land and each other.