Saturday, September 8, 1 – 4 p.m., Orcas Christian School
— from Alex Tamayo-Wolf —
Learn to harvest and use the health-beneficial plants growing in your own backyard ecosystem. This class will take you on a fascinating nature walk before returning to the classroom for hands-on instruction.
Join Herbalist Natasha Clarke as she guides you on a fascinating nature walk to identify medicinal plants in our local ecosystem. Along the way you’ll learn about sustainable land stewardship and wildcrafting, focusing on our abundant and overlooked wild rose species: Nootka and Rosa Canina. You will learn all about the rose and her medicinal uses as we harvest and focus on the abundance of the hips, which you will then turn into a fortifying, delicious syrup packed with vitamin C that will keep you rosy through the winter. You will learn how to identify, respectfully harvest and enjoy celebrating community as we honour the medicine of the land.
About Natasha
An herbalist with her own practice on Camano Island, Natasha Clarke can be heard weekly on radio station KSER hosting her own show “Herb Hunter.” She enjoys helping community members get excited about identifying and using the wisdom of our local medicinal herbs. Natascha organizes the annual Green Gathering on Camano Island for the American Herbalists Guild, and teaches at herbal conferences across the country. Ultimately she loves nothing more than introducing people to the healing power of herbs with her informative and entertaining hands-on classes, helping the medicine of the land become the medicine of the people. To find out more about Natasha visit her website at innerearthhealing.com.
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