🌿 NAHA NATURE WALK 🌿**Plants • Mushrooms • Herbal Wisdom • Community**
Join us for an afternoon outdoors as **three NAHA members share their knowledge of the plants, mushrooms, and natural remedies growing all around us.**
📅 **Sunday, November 15**
⏰ **1:00–3:00 PM**
📍 **Northlake Nature Center**
23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, LA 70448
**FREE • ALL AGES • RAIN OR SHINE**
This will be a casual, hands-on learning experience as we walk the trails, identify what we find, and learn more about how local plants and fungi have traditionally been used.
### 🍄 Meet Our Guides
**Jordan Gros — Mycocentrics**
Jordan is a **Biological Engineer** whose background combines science with a deep interest in nature, biohacking, and alternative approaches to wellness. His own experience with chronic pain led him further into the study of functional mushrooms and their potential role in supporting health. Through Mycocentrics, Jordan now shares his knowledge and experience with medicinal mushrooms and mushroom-based wellness.
**🌿 Kelly McGee — Your Nature Holistic Center**
Kelly has worked with plants and essential oils since becoming a **Licensed Massage Therapist in 2000**. More than two decades of study have expanded her work into aromatherapy, herbalism, folk medicine, and traditional naturopathy. She is currently working toward becoming a **Certified CARE Instructor** and brings years of practical experience studying how plants have been used in traditional wellness practices.
**🌱 Rodney “Duke” Woods Jr. — Duke’s Apothecary**
Duke has spent more than five years studying herbalism and creating herbal preparations by hand using organic herbs. His personal experience with herbal medicine sparked a much deeper study of plants, roots, and traditional remedies. He is currently pursuing a **Master’s in Clinical Herbal Medicine** and brings a strong focus on locally crafted herbal preparations and traditional plant knowledge.
What will we find?
That’s part of the fun. We’ll explore the Nature Center together and see what Louisiana has growing right under our feet. Expect conversations about **local flora, mushrooms, plant identification, herbal traditions, natural remedies, and practical ways people work with nature.**
Bring the family, wear comfortable walking shoes, and dress for the weather. **If it rains, grab a raincoat—we're still going!**
There is **no charge to attend**, and the event is open to all ages.
🌿 **A healthier community grows together.**
Event venue
Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190,Mandeville, Louisiana, United States
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