Seasonal Herb Camps
Integrated Earth Medicine
Weaving Gardens, Herbal Medicine & Daily Food into a continuum of health from the ground up. Condensed, focused instruction in 3 areas vital to embracing herbs as peoples' medicine.
3-Day Camps offered independently
Friday 9:00am - Sunday 4:00pm 7 hours each day
Registration: $250. Includes:
All instruction, Talking Stick Ceremony and a local food lunch each day
Dinner & Rustic Lodging are available for an additional fee. Please inquire.
Garden Camp
Friday, April 12 9:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday, April 13, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday, April 14, 9:00am - 4:00pm
This 3 --day weekend is for people interested in deepening their earth connection with nature as an ally. Guided by the question "How does nature work?"
In these 3 days you will:
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Begin to see through the eyes of a gardener
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Learn simple design techniques
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Hands--On how to with EagleSong-Gardener in her home garden.
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Natural gardening, common sense design, soil management,
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Composting, propagation, division, cuttings, pruning,
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Learn what you need to start and grow your own garden with seasoned gardener and herbalist.
Herbal Medicine Maker's Camp
Friday, June 9:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday, June, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday, June, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Making Medicine: Friday & Saturday
Learn to create herbal preparations for home use right from the garden...
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Water-based preparations: infusions, decoctions, extracts, vinegars
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Oil-based preparations: herb infused oils & fats
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Pills, elixirs, honeys,
Applied Herbal Medicine: Sunday
The simples made in day 1 & 2 are crafted into an array of herbal preparations for cultivating health and vitality and for first aid application.
An herbal salve, cream, poultice, compress, massage oil, soak, bath and much more will be crafted in this full day of engagement with herbal preparations.
These handmade preparations from nature are used for daily health, first aid, acute or chronic situations, bath and beauty.
After this long-weekend...your life will be forever changed!
Food Camp, Unleashed
Friday, August 9:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday, August, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday, August, 9:00am - 4:00pm
You can make cheese, sauerkraut, kimchee in your own kitchen with simple, easy to find tools and supplies. It's simple, messy and fun.
Want to know an easy, delicious way to keep your fresh eggs into winter? Thoughts of brandied cherries, plum wine, aronia truffles keeping you awake at night?
Then, come to Food Camp, Unleashed! Find out why these foods enliven your table, improve health and well-being and are just plain fun to make. Join EagleSong for a long-weekend of hands-on food creation leading up to a sumptuous feast on Sunday afternoon. Bring 2 heads of cabbage and 1 wide-mouth quart canning jar and you'll pound the kraut and take home a jar of fresh sauerkraut at the end of camp. This weekend is best suited to intrepid food explorers and anyone wanting a life closer with earth.