Foraging Medicinals at Balsam Moon Preserve

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Foraging Wild Medicinals class is offered at Balsam Moon Preserve on Saturday, July 25, 2-6pm with Stacey Quade guiding.  This class is sure to please as participants will learn about the variety and abundance of wild medicinals we often think of as weeds and nuisance plants.  We'll learn respectful practices, and head out to forage some of nature’s aids for wellness and then make some tinctures and learn about uses, processing and applications.
     Quade will focus on familiar plants (weeds) and herbs found in your yard and woods around you. She’ll note first aid plants and herbs packed with nutrition, that nature plants for you.  Plants and herbs found in your yard and the woods around you such as yarrow, plantain, mullein, nettles, goldenrod, horsetail, and more have much to offer and will be identified.  She'll aid in identifying uses to add to your meals, basic nutrients and herbal first aid.

     Stop mosquito bites from itching!  Take the sting out of bee stings.  Chew on this ... to settle tummy upset.  Learn about "helpers" for cuts, scrapes and bruises.  And there are many plants/herbs to aid with healing colds, flu, & allergies.
     Part of our time together will be presentation, foraging and make 'n take tinctures, and some taste sampling like Anise Hyssop Tea which not only tastes lovely, it also aids in respiratory and digestive wellness.
      Quade is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and Instructor (CHTP/I) and Herbalist living and practicing in Duluth, MN.  Her herbal experience stems from a lifelong relationship with plants and nature. Structured learning and clinical education began in 2002.  Herbal products are available through direct sales and in community at the Duluth Whole Foods Co-op and other local businesses.

         Additional activities and classes at Balsam Moon include: Grapevine Basket Weaving, Tuesday, August 4, 2-5pm; Pizza Night Friday, August 8, 5-7pm preceded by a Sustainable Tour from 4-5pm; Tending Grief with Nature, Sunday, August 16, 2-5pm; Processing & Preserving Wild Mushrooms, Sunday, August 23, 3-6pm; Harvest Celebration & Meal (potluck) on Saturday, September 12, 2-7pm, and Seed Saving on Saturday, Sept. 26. 

     Overnight experiences in the rustic cordwood cabins are available for personal retreat or in combination with a class.  Short hiking trails, including the StoryWalk® with One Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova, are available to walk and the Labyrinth in the Woods is also available.  Children and families of all ages are welcome. You are also welcome to simply come sit by the pond, enjoy nature and tour the grounds of gardens and many alternative building methods and uses of solar applications.

Registration for all classes and activities is encouraged by calling 218-587-3808 or emailing BalsamMoon3148@gmail.com.  Balsam Moon operates on reciprocity / sliding fee scale.

Balsam Moon Preserve is a non-profit organization sharing an alternative, sustainable, spiritual place of peace, honoring the earth and all living things. It is located at 3148 Bungo Creek Ln SW, Pine River (6 miles west of Pine River out highway 2 and 4 miles south on CR25 to Bungo Creek Ln SW).  

     For more information about Balsam Moon Preserve visit the website at: https://balsammoonpreserve.wixsite.com/balsam or FB.