Most of the herb walks I do are daylong affairs, often
on weekends. I understand that this makes coming
difficult for some people due to work or family
schedules. Enter the evening herb walk series.
This spring, summer and fall, join me and spend a few
hours looking at plants in Sterling Heights, MI...
On our walk we'll be wandering around the lawns, fields
and woods of southeast michigan to explore the medicinal virtues, identification,
folklore and preparation of many of the common "weeds"
and wildflowers we pass by every day. The information
presented will be both specific and practical, based on jim's twenty plus years experience in gathering,
preparing, and using herbal remedies, and provide a
basis for participants to incorporate what they have
learned into usable skills with which to maintain and
restore health.
At each walk we'll look at the herbs that are in their
prime at the moment, which will vary from location to
location. Please note that evening herb walks
(especially in the fall) sometimes flirt with darkness,
so bring along a flashlight to keep you illuminated...
spring
...Wednesday, May 18th
at
Dodge Park in
Sterling Heights
summer
...Wednesday, July 13th
at
Dodge Park in
Sterling Heights
fall
...Wednesday, Sept 21st
at
Dodge Park in
Sterling Heights
Walks will run from
5pm to
7:30ish; we'll meet by the
playground/picnic shelter on the far northwestern end of
the parking lot (the opposite side from the parks and
rec building). I offer walks rain or shine; please
have clothes to keep you dry if there's any chance of
rain. We can likely make use of the shelters there
if rain is heavy.
location...
Click
here for directions to
Dodge Park; we'll meet by the playground & picnic
shelter on the far northwestern end of the parking lot
(the opposite side from the parks and rec building,
or your left if you're standing with your back to the
road looking towards to woods)...
cost...
Each walk is
$30, and includes
extensive handouts on ethical wildcrafting, medicine
making, and some of the plants discussed.
to register...
To register for any of these walks,
please either use the PayPal link below or contact me
about sending a check. Or, you can bring payment
the day of the walk.
jim mcdonald
has been practicing the art of herbcraft for over 22 years, and offers a knowledge of herbalism that blends
western folk and indigenous views of healing with the Vitalist traditions of 19th century western herbalism. He
has taught classes and workshops throughout Great Lakes
bioregion and the US, hosts the website
www.herbcraft.org and is currently writing
(alternately) "A Great Lakes Herbal" and "Foundational
Herbcraft". Jim is a community herbalist, a manic
wildcrafter and medicine maker, and has been an ardent student of the most
learned teachers of herbcraft... the plants themselves.
Have questions about
classes?
I've got answers to frequently asked questions (like
times, weather exceptions and such)
here.