Series: Plants + People
5 Sessions: Dive into plants and their medicinal, edible, + historic uses!
8 spots left
Service Description
-Ethnobotany Series Course for Adults- PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE REGISTERING: We'll meet at some Bend local parks + Picnic tables (or indoors if needed for bad weather days). Locations will be emailed to you in the weeks before class. 5 Wednesday evenings from 4/29 through 6/3 **Skipping 5/13 for White Rock Gathering** 5:00pm - 7 or 7:30pm Scroll down on this page to view the schedule. Come learn about how to use the wild "weeds" all around us in Central Oregon! There is an abundance of plant life all around us: from your backyard to the backcountry. This class is a dive into some common plants and some ways we can utilize them respectfully for medicine + food + art. We'll dive into some medicine preparations, identification, ethical harvest and use, and do some cooking and/or eating wild foods. Each meeting will hold a mini-lesson, plant walk portion, + hands-on making session. Each meeting, we'll focus on using just a couple of plants in-depth. Take home any or all of the remedies we make together! Homemade and wild harvested refreshments will be provided most sessions. Below are class topics. Topics may or may not be listed in the order of dates on which we do them ...depending on weather, availability of harvest, or group interest. 1) Plants + People Intro: Course Intro, Group Introductions, Harvesting ethics and safety, Personal Practice notes + Crafting Honey Medicines with a focus on the Willow Family 2) Overview of folk medicine types: -Focus on oil-Based Medicine-making. -Make and take home a medicinal balm made from our local plant(s) of the day. 3) Water Based medicines: -Syrups, Decoctions, and Hydrosols -Focus on Roots and Fruits 4) Tinctures, Tincture blends, and Vinegars. We'll learn extraction methods of plant constituents in various mediums for internal use. Focus on stinging nettle and Oregon grape. We'll make and take home herbal bitters. 5) Wild cooking + Celebrations: Prepare some wild foods and eat wild foods together and bring some creations to share if you have them! Take home some wild food recipes. We'll ad lib on some of the topics or swap them around based on weather and/or class needs. Possible other additions include -bonus plant walk based on the group's interest and availability -crafting fiber from one of our wild plants -plant review quiz Excited for this offering! Registration is for all classes. Only 8 spaces available.
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Cancellation Policy
Cancellation Policy: *Please understand that our programs are small groups and we invest a lot of our resources into outreach to fill them. When you sign up, you and the rest of those who are registered become the specific group of people to which our instructors tailor the program, including group size and specific needs. If you aren't sure you can attend your program, please wait to sign up until you know you are able! Please refrain from registering with the prior intent to switch enrollment to other courses, cancel later, etc. * Refunds are not typical. If you, the PARTICIPANT, CANCEL: We can offer credit for future programs if your space can be filled. If you contact us to cancel your spot, we'll reopen it and if it fills you'll then receive a coupon code for part of your tuition (minus processing fees, cancellation fee, etc.) to use in the future. You will not receive a credit or a refund if you miss part or all of your program, your space does not fill after you cancel, you no-call-no-show, etc. If you decide to gift/swap your space to a friend because you can no longer attend, great! Please communicate with us before the program so we can contact them with pertinent needs/info. "OOPS" Refund: If you registered by mistake, you may contact us via email WITHIN 24 HRS AFTER REGISTRATION AND AT LEAST 48 HRS BEFORE THE PROGRAM to request a refund. We will not honor "oops" refund requests outside of this timeframe. ​ If NIGHTHAWK CANCELS an entire program (not typical), due to extenuating circumstances: You'll be contacted ASAP and offered credit or refund, situation depending, if rescheduling isn't possible. We do not offer refund or credits if we have to call a late start, early pickup, or partial course cancellation due to air quality or weather. See below. ​ Inclement weather and Air Quality Policy: Know that we do our best to run programs as safely as possible given inclement weather. These calls are made on a day-by-day basis and your main contacts will be notified of any changes by 1-2 hours before the start of that day's programming. That is the absolute best we can do. Weather, especially air quality, is unpredictable. We reserve the right to shift the day's program location, operate indoors, or call late start or early pickup based on unsafe conditions. We very seldomly cancel a day of program and only do so if none of these other shifts are possible that day. See more details on policy page.
Contact Details
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