About this Event
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
There is an abundance of wild, free food, that doubles as medicine, growing all around us! In this hands-on workshop, we will get to know early spring edible plants that can be found growing locally. We'll discuss how to identify them as well as how to work with them for food and/or medicine.
We'll start by gathering for herbal tea and introductions at the patio picnic table. We will then take a walk around the garden focusing on wild edible and medicinal plants that emerge in early spring. As we nibble our way through the garden, we will be harvesting the plants we meet to make a wild pesto together.
Some wild spring edibles we may meet and explore include:
purple dead nettle, Lamium purpureum
violet, Viola spp.
chickweed, Stellaria media
dandelion, Taraxacum officinale
nettle, Urtica dioica
bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta
ground ivy, Glechoma hederacea
onion grass, Allium vineale
peppergrass, Lepidium virginicum
garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata
henbit, Lamium amplexicaule
What to bring:
A notebook and writing utensil if you use them.
Please bring a harvest basket or bag, a small container for your pesto sample, and any snacks you may want to enjoy with it such as crackers, veggies, etc.
**>*> Please note the new time for the Monthly Herbal Medicine Making classes, 12:30-3:30pm. They will still be the second Saturdays of the month.
Accessibility and Promotions:
Four reduced-price Scholarship tickets are available for BIPOC individuals.
Five reduced-price Scholarship tickets are available for Seniors, Students, and other people in low-income circumstances.
Email [email protected] to claim a Scholarship ticket!
**Note: Dress for the weather and the possibility of insects.
Potted seedlings and divisions are available for donation at all our public events, as well as seeds and printed or recorded publications from Jim and Peggy Duke.
The Green Farmacy Garden accepts donations of glass jars with lids, particularly interested in pint size or smaller jars.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden, c/o CEI, 8210 Murphy Road, Fulton, United States
USD 25.31
