Herbs to Grow for Household First Aid

Name: Herbs to Grow for Household First Aid
Start: 2024-11-16T10:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-16T12:00:00-08:00
Location: 1216 North Park St, Victoria, BC, Canada, British Columbia V8T 1C9

Schedule

Sat Nov 16 2024 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

1216 North Park St, Victoria, BC, Canada, British Columbia V8T 1C9 | Victoria, BC

Would you like to be empowered to grow your own medicine? This workshop will help you plan and establish a herbal garden to support your household’s needs. We will discuss site selection and plant selection to create a herbal garden or incorporate herbs into an existing garden. You will learn how to grow and harvest a selection of herbs that are useful for common household needs and first aid care.
Instructor Bio: Lindsay’s interest in plants was cultivated in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. During 10 years of work as a naturalist guide, Lindsay gained a deep appreciation for ecology and teaching integrates her respect for the profound nature of connection within our web of life. She has a deep love for plants and a passion to increase the availability of safe, effective medicines. After study in geography, nutrition, and yoga, and mentorship in energy work, shamanism, organic gardening, and herbal wildcrafting, she dedicated herself to herbal studies and was one of Pacific Rim College’s first Diploma of Phytotherapy graduates. She is a professional member of the British Columbia Herbalists Association, the past Vice President of the Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations, and Dean of the School of Western Herbal Medicine at Pacific Rim.