Events

Come on out to the Forest Garden at Laurel Hill for a fun and informative afternoon outside and learn about the non-native invasive plants in our local woodlands, their impacts on ecology and wildlife, remediation efforts, and practical and fun uses for removed plant material.

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Black Friday Guided Plant Walk and Nature Crafting

Join me and my favorite naturalist, Joe Murray for Winter Wild Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plants, the last class in Joe's year long Way of the Wilderness series. The class will focus on winter plant ID, gathering, and preparation of roots and inner barks.

I'll teach about the medicinal properties and preparations and Joe will focus on edible and practical uses.

This promises to be a fun filled day where you will have opportunities to actively participate in:

Way of the Wilderness: Winter Wild Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plants

Spring is here! The spring medicinals are emerging and I hope you will join me and my favorite naturalist, Joe Murray, and learn to all about spring wilde edible and medicinal plants. Learn the health benefits and how to identify, harvest, and prepare plants like chickweed, violets, ground ivy, and so many more.

Learn more and register at the link below

https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/programs-events/all-programs-events/way-of-the-wilderness/

Spring Wild Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants

Some of my favorite medicinal herbs are in there prime in summertime and I'm so excited to share them with you at the Summer Wild Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants workshop.

https://www.pearlstonecenter.org/programs-events/all-programs-events/way-of-the-wilderness/way-of-the-native-registration/

Summer Wild Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants

Our Fall Wild Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants class is a perennial favorite. We'll spend the the first half of class taking a stroll and meeting some of the favorite fall edible and medicinal plants that grow here on the Pearlstone campus. During the second half of class you'll have an opportunity for hands-on gathering, processing and preparation of the nuts and fruits that are ready for harvest during the fall season. Then we'll sample our bountiful harvest and the the dishes that we'll make from it including roasted chestnuts and black walnuts, acorn bread, hickory nuts and hickory milk, persimmons, black haw berries, and a special treat this year - late fruiting paw paws (assuming the local wildlife doesn't get them first).

Fall Wild Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants

Join clinical herbalist Renata Lynn and naturalist and nature educator Joe Murray for Winter Wild Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plants, the last class in the year long 

 series. This class will focus on winter plant identification, gathering, and preparation of roots and inner barks.

This is one of the most popular classes in the Way of the Wilderness series and it promises to be a fun filled day where you will have opportunities to actively participate in: