TRADITIONAL GOURD WORKSHOP

GOURD WORKSHOP -- Learn to make a bowl, cup, or spoon! August 23, 10 a.m. [NOTE: Besides each of you working on a gourd, we will also share some lessons in making triggers for traps, such as with the quail trap, and you will get to try some wild food...

LEARNING THE BASIC PLANT FAMILIES — a new class!

LEARNING THE PATTERN METHOD OF IDENTIFYING PLANT FAMILIES Sunday, April 27, Noon   Taught by certified Herbalist Cash Robertson     This is a new class we will be offering. You will learn the specifics of how to identify key botanical Families, which is very important if  you plan to...

WILD-CRAFTING

CONFESSIONS OF A WILD-CRAFTER Why I now always collect my own herbs Christopher Nyerges [Nyerges has been leading ethno-botany walks since 1974.  He is the author of “Guide to Wild Foods,” “Foraging California,”  “Wild Edible Plants of North America,” and other books.  More information at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com] First, what’s a wild...