Georgia's Premier School of Herbal Studies for Thirty Years!
In this webinar, Patricia Kyritsi Howell introduces you to a step-by-step method for assessing symptoms presented during an intake, determining the herbal actions needed, and generating a list of herbs that will form the basis for effective formulas. Using body systems and herbal actions, this method helps you organize and prioritize symptoms to address both [Read More]
The 2020 Foundations of Herbalism Online Program begins on April 25 and continues through December. The curriculum consists of 118 hours of lectures, virtual plant walks, and medicine-making demonstrations. Classes are held one weekend and one evening per month. Students may attend via live-streamed sessions or access recordings at their convenience. Each monthly weekend class [Read More]
Join us on the trail for our first plant walk of the season as the forest comes alive! Bloodroot, mayapples, and trillium unfurl their distinctive foliage. Fiddleheads spirals, clusters of wild violets and the tiny chartreuse flowers of blue cohosh line the forest trails. Traditional Appalachian spring tonics - chickweed, dandelion, plantain, sochan, and bittercress [Read More]
In late spring, the Southern Appalachians are in transition. The weather warms, spring ephemerals fade, and a new display of wildflowers awaits us. The fragrance of wild rose and honeysuckle intoxicates while the elusive pink lady slipper and spectacular flame azaleas bloom deep in the shade of the forest floor. A sharp eye finds many [Read More]
Still room for a few more people to join us! This week-long retreat is an immersion into the medicinal and edible plants of the Southern Appalachians, a region sometimes referred to as the “Apothecary of North America.” Together, we’ll explore the incredible diversity of native, introduced, and cultivated herbs that thrive here. Patricia Kyritsi Howell [Read More]
It's chanterelle mushroom season in Northeast Georgia. Let's see what we can find on the trails! Foraging in summer is a prime time to hone your botanical identification skills, as many plants and fungi bloom and fruit. You can tell a lot about a plant by its inflorescence (flower) and fruit, and knowing how to [Read More]
Join Cara-Lee Langston of Wildcraft Kitchen to learn about foraging and using local fungi as food and medicine. Our day begins with a short presentation about mushrooms, some show-and-tell, and a few hands-on learning activities. Cara shows you the basics: mushroom characteristics of various typical families, using key identifier species, and recognizing toxic lookalikes. Then it's [Read More]
Join Cara-Lee Langston of Wildcraft Kitchen to learn about foraging and using local fungi as food and medicine. Our day begins with a short presentation about mushrooms, some show-and-tell, and a few hands-on learning activities. Cara shows you the basics: mushroom characteristics of various typical families, using key identifier species, and recognizing toxic lookalikes. Then it's [Read More]
In open fields, goldenrods, thoroughworts, and bonesets bloom as signs of autumn begin to appear. First to display their electrifying colors are sumac, sourwood, and sassafras, all with edible and medicinal uses. Silver-gray rabbit tobacco, red spicebush berries, and the glossy nuts of non-native chestnuts are all part of the early fall bounty in the [Read More]
On our last walk of the year with Cara-Lee, you'll hear stories about the infamous poke berries, hunt for wild native persimmon, and learn about the many uses of black walnut and hickory. And if it's true that nature provides us with everything we need for health and healing, then the herbs we'll see [Read More]