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Join Us For a 5 Class weekend packed with fun and herbal learning! Learn the basics of herbalism. Learn how to identify and harvest plants for use in a wide variety of applications. Practical tools and techniques will be taught to give you the tools to use the plants you have collected. Join us for a unique opportunity to learn from Dr. Patrick Jones, who has been learning from nature all his life. Hear about the medicinal plants he uses and learn about the advantages of a natural, herbal medicine practice.
June 24th – June 25th 2022
This class is brought to you by The HomeGrown Herbalist School of Botanical Medicine
4094 N 2100 E Filer Idaho 83328
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If You would like catered lunches on Friday and Saturday, Please Make Sure You have signed up for the catered lunches by purchasing a lunch here: https://homegrownherbalist.net/product/catered-meals/
Your instructor:
Dr. Patrick Jones, Clinical Herbalist, Naturopath, and Veterinarian, has been using herbal medicines in his Naturopathy and Veterinary practices for decades.
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– Schedule of Events –
HomeGrown Plant Walk and Garden Tour
June 24th | 9am – 12pm | Garden Tour and Plant Walk
- Plant identification
- Ethics and techniques of foraging and harvesting
- Medicinal actions
- Modern and traditional uses
- Field applications of fresh herbs
- Notebook
- Camera if desired
- Sunscreen
- Hat
- Bottled water
- Lawn chair if standing is an issue
- Appropriate footwear
- Clothing and umbrellas appropriate for the weather
Friday, June 24th, 2022 from Noon to 1 PM – Optional Catered Luncheon
A meal catered by Texas Roadhouse
Steak Tips, Mashed Potatoes, Salad, Bread Rolls, and Various Drinks (Soda, Tea, Water Etc.)
Harvesting, Drying & Processing Herbs: Master’s Seminar
June 24th | 1pm -3pm | Herbal Harvest Mastery Lecture
The best medicine starts with the best ingredients!
In this presentation, Dr. Patrick Jones discusses principles and techniques for acquiring excellent herbal material and preparing it for use or storage. Learn harvesting principles for herbs growing in your own gardens as well as principles of wildcrafting herbs in the field. Learn when and how to harvest, leaves, flowers, seeds, roots, and bark from various species of amazing medicinal plants. After we discuss acquiring the herbs, we’ll learn about drying and processing herbs in ways that will maximize the potency, effectiveness and shelf life.
Herbal Food Therapy – Mastery Lecture – Mastery Lecture
June 24th | 3pm – 5pm | Herbal Food Therapy
“Let thy food be thy medicine” Hippocrates
Learn how to achieve health and balance in your daily life by combining nutritional and botanical therapies.
- Incorporating herbs in your daily routines; cultivate small habits for big results!
- Chinese food therapy
- Herbs for kids
- Herbal teas
- Cooking with medicinal herbs
- Digestive support formulas
There are no pre-requisites for this course. Everyone is welcome!
Herbal Foraging and Wildcrafting Trip
June 25th | 9am – Noon | Herbal Wildcrafting and Foraging Event
Join Dr. Patrick Jones and the HomeGrown Herbalist staff on a harvesting and wildcrafting adventure. You’ll learn to find and recognize wild medicinal plants in their natural habitats.
Dr. Jones will teach the principles of identifying good locations and specimens from which to harvest. He’ll also show you how to actually safely and ethically harvest leaves, flowers, roots and seeds from various species in the wild. Learning how to use a plant from a book is wonderful. Learning to identify, locate and harvest the plant itself from the wild is a must-have, game-changing experience for any serious student of herbal medicine. Come and be mentored by a Doc Jones (a weed-pulling master!) in this hands on event.
A few of the topics we’ll cover
- What tools & equipment will you need?
- How can live wild plants be successfully collected and relocated to your own gardens?
- Where can you harvest legally?
- How can you harvest sustainably?
- What wild growing locations/conditions produce the best medicines?
- How and when do you harvest the various parts of plants?
- What kinds of micro environments are likely to be the home of various species of medicinal plants?
- What do those plants in your herb books look, smell, feel and taste like in the wild?
There are no pre-requisites for this course. Everyone is welcome!
Saturday, June 25th, 2022 from Noon to 1 PM – Optional Catered Lunch
A meal catered by Texas Roadhouse
BBQ Chicken, Seasoned Rice, Salad, Bread Rolls, and Various Drinks (Soda, Tea, Water Etc.)
Herbal Medicine-Making Workshop
June 25th | 1pm – 3pm | Herbal Medicine Making Workshop
- Hot infusions
- Cold infusions
- Tinctures
- Vinegars
- Glycerites
- Oil infusions
- Salves
- Lotions
- Pills
- Electuaries
- Poultices
- Jell-Os
- Gummies
Demonstration
Doctor Jones will demonstrate correct procedures and techniques for a number of herbal remedies, including:
- Hot infusions
- Cold infusions
- Oil infusions
- Lotions/Salves
