THE WALK FOR JULY 16TH IS CANCELLED DUE TO AIR QUALITY. Please note: If you were registered for that class we can transfer your registration to the September 24, 2026, 5:00pm-7:30pm walk, give you credit for another herb walk (except for the MI folk school walks) or give you a refund). Please check your email for the information that was sent out regarding this.

***Please do not sign up for the September walk using the link below, we will transfer you to that walk manually.

This spring, summer and fall, please join me and spend a few hours looking at a slew of amazingly virtuous plants growing in Ada, MI... On our walk we'll be wandering around the lawns, fields, and woods at Roselle Park to explore the medicinal virtues, identification, folklore and preparation of many of the common trees, "weeds" and wildflowers we pass by every day.

The information presented will be both specific and practical, based on jim's 25+ 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 medicinal plants that are in their prime at the moment, which will vary from season to season. We'll go far beyond just listing "uses" of herbs and cover plants as they relate to the larger practice of herbalism.  

cost...

Each walk is $40, and includes extensive handouts on ethical wildcrafting, medicine making, on some of the plants discussed.

location...

Roselle Park in Ada, MI (just east of Grand Rapids)

1010 Grand River Dr NE

Ada, MI 49301

Click here for directions right to where we'll be meeting at Roselle Park

or enter these coordinates into whatever map app you use:

42.9811778,-85.5368062

to register...

Please use a "register for a walk" button on this page ; pre-registration helps SO MUCH and is deeply appreciated.  Likewise, sharing with and bringing along friends, family, and random passersby makes you awesome! If there is space left you can also bring payment the day of the walk.

Please understand that all walks happen rain, snow, sleet, or shine; please have clothes to keep you warm & dry if there's any chance of snow, sleet or rain.

questions about classes?

I've got answers to frequently asked questions (like times, weather exceptions, missed classes and such) here.