Medicinal Foraging

Tuesday, August 22, 2023
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Tuition: $25  Materials: $30

Join us as we learn the basics of identifying, harvesting, and utilizing some of the most common medicinal herbs in Northern Minnesota. In this hands-on class, students will learn how to identify, harvest, dry, store, and use some of the most common medicinal herbs native to our area. We will meet on the trail near the Folk School to do some foraging for the first portion of class, and then will head to the Folk School for an in-classroom discussion. Students will also work with some freshly harvested herbs and learn to prepare some common remedies with them such as tinctures, teas, and infusions. Each student will take home their own herbal remedy made in class, and a Minnesota Medicinals handbook with photos, step-by-step instructions, and recipes!

About the Instructor: Allison Austin has been practicing herbalism for over 13 years. Her passion for plants and herbal medicine began in middle school, and has continued to play a central role in her life ever since. She has studied under herbalists in Minnesota, California, Texas, and with Mayan elders in Guatemala.

Allison is passionate about bringing the traditional practices of herbalism to people in a practical and accessible way, encouraging people to utilize herbs in their local area in order to become more self-sustainable, taking charge of their own health.