Hawthorn Harvest
Field Days
Hawthorn Flower & Leaf Harvest Field Day
Saturday, May 25, 2024
11:00 pm - 3:00 pm bring beverage & lunch
$100.00 per person All skill levels welcome.
This 4 hour field day includes botanical ID of common herbs found in the hedge, the art & craft of spring tending hawthorn trees, making hawthorn leaf & flower herbal preparations and harvesting hawthorn for home use
Once registered, you'll receive a list of tools & medicine making supplies to bring along for this take along~make along field day in the hedge!
Hawthorn Fruit Harvest Field Day
Saturday, September 28, 2024
11:00 pm - 3:00 pm bring beverage & lunch
$100.00 per person All skill levels welcome.
This 4 hour field day includes botanical ID of common herbs found in the hedge, the art & craft of tending hawthorn trees in the fall, making hawthorn fruit herbal preparations and harvesting hawthorn fruit for home use.
Once registered, you'll receive directions, a list of tools & medicine making supplies to bring along for this take along~make along field day in the hedge!
HAWTHORN FIELD DAYS: The Nitty Gritty
These harvest forays take place on a private farm in a 50+ year old hawthorn hedge I have been working for 30 years. The hawthorn species are diverse here.
You'll learn how to tend & harvest hawthorn trees. You'll learn to see the structure, biodiversity and habitat found in a hedge and how hedges support human & ecological biodiversity.
Each day is a hands-on practicum. Using the wise woman tradition, you will harvest and make hawthorn herbal preparations in the field with the leaves and flowers in spring and fruit in the fall. You'll get links to recipes for many hawthorn preparations from the practical to the magical to try at home after the field day...
Watch the RavenCroft Garden blog for Hawthorn articles this spring...
Hawthorn! What's It Good For?
Come find out! Crataegus: The Generative Genius is a tree and a medicine for times such as these!
