One spot left!
Wild Medicine Ways starts next weekend!
“I took Hannah’s Wild Medicine Ways class in 2024, and it was a deeply meaningful learning experience for me—not just as a beekeeper, but as a friend, a son, and a member of my community because it taught me something I can now bring back to all the people I come in contact with.
Hannah taught us how to identify various plants and trees, then explained in depth their medicinal properties, the best times of year to harvest different parts, and, of course, the different ways to prepare medicine from them. Beyond technique, she emphasized the importance of respect for the plants—harvesting mindfully, giving back as much as we take, and questioning whether we should take at all. Her perspective on harvesting rare/native vs. common/invasive plants resonated with me and gave me a deeper appreciation for ethical foraging.
She always welcomed our questions, and when she didn’t have an immediate answer, she was honest about it—then turned it into a group discussion, encouraging us to think, share our perspectives, and learn together. Hannah created a space that felt like a little community of its own. She shared teas and snacks made from wild plants, welcomed us into her home, and taught in a way that made her feel not just like a teacher, but a friend and mentor.
I would highly recommend this course to anyone—whether you dream of becoming an herbalist or, like me, simply want to be able to make a cough syrup for your friends when they’re sick.” —R, ‘24
good morning! A quick note to let you know that Wild Medicine Ways, our 9-month, in-person bioregional herbalism course begins 1 week from tomorrow and there is one spot left in our cohort for the year. While I love to let this course come together as organically as possible, I also know that there might be someone out there who doesn't yet know about it, just waiting to join us. Is it you?!
This class is a lot of things and over the years it has morphed so much, solidifying into what I see as a real community container for joyful plant exploration together on the land. We go on plant walks and learn basic introductory botany, we meet plants in both wild and cultivated contexts, we learn ethical harvesting principles and techniques and then make A LOT of medicine together, and we forge friendships with plants and people alike that, with hope, last a lifetime.
I have a particular teaching style that focuses a lot on weaving our socio-political lives with our understanding of the ecological webs we interact with here. We all come from people who have had long and important relationships to the land and people who have likely also done a lot of harm. We don’t just make medicine in this class in a vacuum, but rather try to engage with these practices within the greater context of who we are, how we came to be here, and the ways we impact individually and collectively as a culture as we move through the world. But there’s a casual lightness to it all too—you might learn in moments when you think you aren’t learning, swim in the Shekomeko creek, eat delicious wild foods, sniff wildflowers, laugh about silly things, cross bird sightings off your bucketlist…
What I have loved most over the years of facilitating this program is all the amazing people I’ve gotten to know who have participated. Artists and beekeepers, ecologists and farmers, musician and teachers, parents and health practitioners and caregivers of all kinds. The list goes on! While I am the “teacher,” we learn and share laterally—everyone brings perspectives and knowledge to the table that molds the class into something unique and special each year. I learn so much and my hope is that, in both big and small ways, you will too.
Read more & apply HERE.
xx hannah
