Upcoming Events
Tending the Winter Landscape
Class will meet on the following Saturdays from 10a to 4p:
January 24th, February 7th, February 21st, and March 7th
This series is a hands-on, deep dive into understanding and tending place during the winter months. Participants will learn the secrets to identifying plants throughout the year and recognizing ecological features that tell the narrative of place. With these basics in mind, we will explore hands-on activities to tend the landscape while also providing ourselves with food and medicine. We will see that we can provide for our needs while also improving the landscape around us!
Class will be held at the beautiful Mahonia Land Trust just outside Oregon City, with carpools available from Portland. Folks will take home a bounty of what the land has to offer: medicinal preparations, a mushroom log, plant starts, and the know-how to better serve the landscape around us.
Skills you will learn: Winter twig ID, Ecology, Finding microclimates and planting native plants, Winter tree pruning basics, How to safely fell a tree, Tapping Maple Trees for syrup, Planting mushrooms into a landscape for food and habitat, Harvesting winter plant medicine and Making herbal preparations to new a few.
Class cost is: $600, including materials. Early bird discount: $525 if registered and paid by December 15th.
Any questions or to register you can email me at gardeningformedicine@yahoo.com
Medicinal Plant Sale
Saturday, April 18th from 10 to 3p
20495 South Geiger Rd in Oregon City
Mark your calendars! Our next Medicinal Marketplace is coming up! Saturday, April 18th from 10am - 3pm. So many starts will be available! From woodland plants like Black Cohosh and Solomon's Seal, Chinese Medicinals like Codonopsis and Buplerum, NW Natives like Nettles and Oregon Grape and a huge selection of Western medicinals too! Plus tyou will be on the Farm in Oregon City, so you can see where the babies are born. Medicinal preparations will be on hand, we'll have tea ready and we are so excited to talk plants!
Edible and Medicinal Plants of Conifer Forest
Saturday, April 25th from 10am to 12:30
Powell Butte Nature Park
In this pay what you can hike, we will wander the Conifer woods of Powell Butte to learn plant ID and ecology, as well as the edible and medicinal uses of the plants we encounter. Our hike will be approximately 2 miles, in a fairly flat section of the park. Bring what you need for a leisurely stroll in the forest and a curious mind.
Please note we will not be meeting at the main entrance to the park, but instead the trailhead at SE 148th There is a smaller paking lot here plus plenty of streetside parking nearby. If you are using your mapping app the address for the parking area is 4125 SE 148th Ave.
Class cost is $0-$40, no one turned away for lack of funds. Please bring cash for this sliding scale offering!