Presentations and Workshops

“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners”.
-John Holt

I am available to do presentations, workshops (see examples below) and herb walks. If you would like to hire me to do any of these, please contact me at 618-530-1224 or through email.

Presentations

I am available to do a presentation at your next meeting. You can select an herbal topic for me to speak about or let me choose a topic based on your group’s interests. Presentations run from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Subjects I am able to present on include:

*Medicinal Uses of Culinary Herbs
*Basic Herbal First Aid
*Herbs for Children
*Backyard Herbs: Using the Weeds that Grow in Your Backyard
*Preparing for Flu and Cold Season
*Herbs for Stress
*Herbs from the Kitchen
*Herbal Allies for the Childbearing Year

Group Fee: $35 for first hour, $10 for each additional hour (includes hand outs)

Teaching Schedule

For an updated schedule of classes and workshops being offered locally, join my Meet-Up Group.

Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference

June 7 – 9 , 2013, Mukwongago, WI at Beber Camp

Once again I am the coordinator for the Kids Programming at the conference. I’ll be teaching kids only at this camp, offering up a variety of classes, activities and plant walks to give them a valuable learning experience while moms get to enjoy their own classes. For more information and to register, go to their website.

Montana Herb Gathering

July 19 – 21, 2013, Hot Springs, MT at Alameda’s Hot Spring Resort

I’ll be teaching kids and adults at this conference. This will be my first time in Montana and I’m looking forward to the event. Join me and a host of amazing teachers in beautiful Montana! For more information and to register, go to their website.

Kids Herbal Sprouts Workshops

This class is geared for children ages 6 – 13 years old.

Every 2 weeks during the summer, come and learn about an herb. Each class will focus on one herb. We’ll discover the plant, talk about its many uses, make a craft and recipe, sing songs and tell stories about the herb. Bring a sack lunch and enjoy the day in a rural setting learning about how special herbs are!

Each child will receive a copy of Herbal Roots zine that corresponds with the herb we are teaching about, plus get to take home a completed recipe and craft and a seed or plant to grow.

Bring your own sack lunch. Drinks will be provided (homemade lemonade or ginger ale and/or water)

Class offering for 2013:
Tuesday, June 18 – Yarrow
Tuesday, July 2 -
Tuesday, July 30 -
Tuesday, August 13-
Tuesday, August 27 – Echinacea

From 10am – 2pm

Class fee: $30 per child (per class). Sign up for all 5 at the same time and receive a $30 discount. Discount will be refunded upon receipt of payment. Those enrolling in the full course will receive a complimentary binder complete with cover label, tab dividers, pocket, and a blank notebook for keeping notes and sketches in. Binder is made from recycled materials and is made in the USA.

Location: Luna Farm

Spaces are limited. To reserve a space sign up at Meetup.com.

Herbal Study Group at Luna Farm

Second Wednesday of every month since May 2005

Each month, we will study an herb that is native to this area or locally grown.

For more information, choose the Herbal Study Group page from the menu.

Herbal Remedy Workshops at the Collinsville Library

Fourth Wednesday of every month since 2011

Schedule for 2012:

January – Herbs for Aches and Pains
February – Herbal First Aid
March – Herbs for Allergies and Asthma
April – Herbs for Children
May – Backyard herbs: Using the Weeds that Grow in Your Yard
June – Herbs for Women
July – Herbs for Men
August – Herbs for Stress
September – Herbs for Digestion
October – Preparing for Flu and Cold Season With Herbs
November – Medicinal Uses of Culinary Herbs
December – Herbs for Pets

Herb Walks

Come to Luna Farm LLC and walk the the herb garden and yard to discover herbs that can be grown for medicinal use in our region and herbs that grow naturally all around us OR let me come to your place and show you what herbs you have available in your own back yard! I will do private or group sessions.

Fee: $35 for first hour, $10 for each additional hour