Level 3 Foraging: Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms Course – Friday May 10, 2024

Description

Learn the abundant medicine waiting for you right outside your door with this beginner-friendly course! Alison Meehan has been studying foraging, plants, gardening, and herbal remedies for 25 years. She had attended the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, a world-renowned herbal medicine school. We’ll cover:

• Identifying wild herbs and medicinal mushrooms you can harvest locally in Virginia.
• How to harvest, preserve, and unlock the medicinal powerhouse in these amazing herbs.
• How to make a tincture, a salve, an herbal vinegar, an herbal honey, and teas.
• Common ailments and the best herbs plus methods for using it.
• Plus, we will make some of these concoctions to launch your own home apothecary.

When: 10 to 3, Friday May 10, 2024

Where: The Tracks and Roots home base in Glen Allen, VA (Address will be given to you after registration).

Ages: 11 and up

Learn the abundant medicine waiting for you right outside your door with this beginner-friendly course! Alison Meehan has been foraging plants, gardening, and using herbal remedies for 25 years. She had attended the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, a world-renowned herbal medicine school.

This course is a little more expensive than most of the others to cover the cost of supplies – jars, honey, olive oil, beeswax, and some store-bought herbs because I go through them quickly,s etc. You’ll be taking home each herbal medicine you make though!