Join us for this fun and inspiring program. Learn to craft handmade soap and incorporate healing herbs into the process. You will be amazed at how simple it is to make your own soap. This is soap made the old fashion way-the way grandma used to make it. You will leave feeling confident about the soap making process as well as informed about herbs that are good for the skin!!
July 15, 2007
All Welcome! Wild food potluck sponsored by the Coulee Region Herbal Istitute. This will be held on our land in Coon Valley, WI 3:30-5:30 Bring a dish to share and walking shoes, we will take a plant hike to explore the plants of mid-summer! Call Linda (920) 457-9290 or Rose (608) 637-3074 for directions!
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July 15, 2007 Women's Residential Apprenticeship officially begins in Coon Valley, WI
This program offeres women a unique opportunity to connect with the earth, the plants and themselves. Join herbalist Linda Conroy for this deepening of Wise Woman Ways!!
For more information click here!
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Introduction to Home Cheese Making
Date: July 22, 2007 (full day)
Offered through the Driftless Folk School, registrar@driftlessfolkschool.org
Fee: $60.00 (plus $15 supply fee)
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Seattle Events!
May and June 2007
Linda will be in Seattle during the months of May and June. She will be offering a wide array of workshops and classes including: cheese making, soap making, pine needle basketry, fermentation and more!!
John will be in Seattle in late June sharing the fun art of broom making. Below is a sampling of what we will be doing.
For more classes and workshops click here.
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Wild Eats: A Whole and Wild Food Adventure (this is a 6 hour program. You will eat, learn and get inspired to prepare wild edilbes and whole foods in unique ways! This is intended for the novice as well as experienced foodies!)
When? June 3rd and June 10, 2007 (10am-1pm each day)
Where? Dandelion Botanical Company
5424 Ballard Avenue
Seattle, Washington
For info and to registrer call: 206-545-8892
Join herbalist, wildcrafter and whole food enthusiast Linda Conroy for this fun and inspiring program. Participants will be treated to tips from Linda's years of experience incorporating wild edibles into her diet as well as feeding others. She is the founder of Wild Eats; a Wild and Whole Foods Community Meal, which has inspired people across the country to incorporate tasty wild and while foods into their daily life. We will make and sample a variety of whole and wild food snacks including kelp cookies, rosehip soda, nettle pesto dip, roasted burdock "coffee" and much more!! We will examine the nutritional value of wild edibles as well as food preparation techniques that increase their nutrient density. You will leave with recipes, a full belly and a whole lot of inspiration! A weed and farmers market walk will be included as well!
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Herbal and Seaweed Intensives on Lopez Island
June 14-21, 2007
Herbal Wisdom, Wild Edibles, Whole Foods, Community
and More!!!
For more information click here!
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Promoting Health with "Probiotic Foods":
Sauerkraut, Miso, Kim Chee, Kefir and More!
We have long been aware of the health benefits of yogurt and now are becoming aware of the health benefits associated with other foods that, like yogurt, contain live active cultures or "probiotics". Making Sauerkraut, Miso, Kim Chee, Kefir, Yogurt and cultured butter are all approaches to this time honored technique of food preparation, which increase their nutritional profile as well as their taste. Fermentation is a food preparation technique that relies on the breakdown of carbohydrates and proteins, which results in releasing nutrients and probiotics in their natural state. The result is delicious food that is beneficial to overall health. Join us for this fun evening as we learn hands on to make a wide variety of fermented food and beverages that can be easily crafted in your own kitchen. We will make and sample fermented vegetables (ie sauerkraut, carrots, kim chee, pickles) lacto fermented "healthy" soda, fermented fruit, miso, yogurt, keifr and more!! We will learn about and sample sour dough crafted from grapes grown in Linda's own garden. Participants will be treated to snack as well as recipes and cultures to begin their own journey at home!!
June 28, 2007 (6-0:30pm) DiscoverU.org Seattle, Wa 206-365-0400
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Broom Making: A Functional Art
Discover the art of making handmade brooms! You will be guided through this beautiful and functional art. Students will learn to make one round or one flat hearth broom (your choice), weaving and sowing the broom corn into place by hand. These brooms look beautiful hung on the wall, either by a hearth or other area of your house and are a function piece of art that you will treasure for years to come. Handles of various types of wood have been gathered and cured for you to use, and all materials are provided. Discussion about decorative options as well as the history of broom making and broom corn (the grass used to make all natural brooms) will be included. Limit 12 people
June 26, 2007 (6-9:30pm)Discover U.org Seattle, WA phone 206-365-0400
June 27, 2007 (6-9:30pm) Moshier Art Center, Burien, WA
June 30, 2007 (10am-3pm) All Day Broom Making Class J Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA for registration 425-771-0230
Guitar Brooms are the rage!!