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
Coming in March! Exact date still tbd
For this two-day event, we will have so many Western and Chinese Medicinals, NW Natives and perennial vegetables that thrive in NW gardens! There will also be a great selection of seeds on hand, all gathered right here on the farm! (All of our 4-inch containers are $6 and gallons just $15! There will be a reduced rate for cash payments. Medicine will also be on hand, from a selection of tinctures to dried plants, even stones gathered here in the NW. We will be serving tea, hanging out, and always excited to talk plants!
Plotting and Planting
Running a pretty special deal for the start of Autumn! For just $120 I will deliver TEN medicinal plant starts, seeds and hang out for 90 minutes in your garden, getting you all the know-how to be successful with your new plant friends!
Did you know that right now is the BEST time for planting perennials? They are putting their energy into the earth during the cooling weather, building a solid foundation, so they are ready for the upwards pull of spring. Plus, with the rain returning we don’t have to worry about watering!
With our time, we can also ID plants or weeds in your space, identify microclimates in your landscape so we can find suitable places for your new plant friends, etc. Really, however you’d like to use the time to grow better. This is a wonderful time for this offer as fall is the best time for planting, and our brains are full of what worked and what didn't.
I have selected ten plants for their ease of growing in the Northwest as well as covering basic medicinal needs of a household. Included in this package you will be getting 4-inch starts of Skullcap, Echinacea, Marshmallow, Comfrey, Arnica, Blue Vervain, Elecampane, Catnip, Meadowsweet and Yarrow. Substitutions are welcome! I'm also colluding a seed pack for some easy to grow annuals that you can just scatter about in the winter. I promise these will come!
Just let me know if you’d like to schedule a visit or if you have any questions. Email me at gardeningformedicine@yahoo.com or call (503) 489 3483 for more information or to schedule a visit.