Hit the hay and wake up refreshed with the help of gentle plant remedies! We'll talk about some common sleep complaints, how to approach sleep from a holistic perspective, and taste easy-to-use herbal preparations that have been traditionally used to promote rest and rejuvenation. 

This is a great class for those who suffer from sleep issues or support others (including kids) who do. You'll leave class ready for bed! Hosted by CVU Access, $25. In person, CVU High School, Hinesburg.

Tummy troubles, be gone! In this class, we will learn about herbal remedies to support healthy digestion, from improving appetite to quelling gas and bloating, staying "regular", and everything in between. We will taste different herbal preparations and think about easy ways to incorporate plant medicine into your daily life (and mealtimes!)

This class is great for individuals, as well as parents and caregivers of others with digestive issues. Bring your questions! Hosted by CVU Access, $25. In person, CVU High School, Hinesburg.

Fall is a great time to get to know the medicinal herbs and plants in your area, as we have many ways to identify them at this time of year: mature flowers and seed heads, leaves, and stalks. 

We'll take a slow stroll through the CVU meadows and wooded edges, meeting common and interesting plants and diving into their uses and the best times to harvest for medicine. 

Bring good walking shoes and notetaking materials!

This class will meet inside CVU to start and then move outside. Please dress appropriately for the weather, as the class will take place outside CVU and may involve walking over some muddy and uneven ground. This class will meet rain or shine. Hosted by CVU Access, $25. In person, CVU High School, Hinesburg.

Fall is the best time to dig medicinal roots, as the plants begin to set seed and die back for the winter. In this class, we'll go over what and how to harvest, with some ideas for how to prepare and use the roots from your garden. Participants will take home a rooty tea blend to enjoy! Bring garden gloves and your favorite digging tool. $48, In person at Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg.

Vinegar isn't just for pickles! We'll investigate the medicinal benefits of vinegar, how it's been used traditionally, and what kinds of delicious brews we can make by infusing our vinegar with herbs and fruits from the garden. Whether you're looking to make a tasty "mocktail" or a nonalcoholic way to take herbal medicine, this class will answer your questions and send you home with your own delicious herbal vinegar! $48, In person at Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg.

Gather in the late summer sun for a plant walk and discussion of some easy herbal preparations that we can make with herbs that are flourishing this time of year. We'll visit some of the abundant wild plants in the Intervale, and talk about what's in season in local farms and gardens as well. From drying herbs for tea to infusing vinegars and preparing for Root Harvest season- come with your curiosity and questions! Free. Hosted by the Intervale Center, Burlington.

Come meet your plant neighbors! Join Sophie Cassel of Patchwork Plant Medicine for a luscious medicinal plant walk around the Plan Do Club fields and wild edges. We'll meet and identify commonly found herbs and their many healing properties. We'll blend some of these freshly-gathered plants with apple cider vinegar and honey to create medicinal and delicious herbal vinegars, called oxymels. This method of medicine making creates a "snapshot" of the seasonal landscape, and is an excellent way to begin deepening your medicine making practice. Participants will take home their a custom jar of vinegar medicine. Hosted by Plan Do Club, Danville.

As the garden bounty rolls in, it's time to start harvesting and drying your tea herbs for maximum potency and flavor all year long. In this hands-on class we'll talk about timing the harvest, setting yourself up for success, troubleshooting, and different methods for drying and processing the leaves, stems and flowers of medicinal herbs. Participants will leave with a handmade tea blend to try at home. $48. In person, Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg.

Join me to see who is showing up in the early Summer herbal garden. We’ll taste and discuss different medicinal herbs, plan how to incorporate them into our gardens (or find them in our local wild spaces), and talk about the different ways to use herbs all throughout the growing season. This class is appropriate for the gardener who is wondering what medicine they’ve been growing all along, and the budding herbalist who wants to form deeper relationships with locally-grown plant medicine. Sliding scale $30-$50. In person at the Woolf Den Homestead, Montkon.

Tummy troubles, be gone! In this class, we will learn about herbal remedies to support healthy digestion, from improving appetite to quelling gas and bloating, staying "regular", and everything in between. We will taste different herbal preparations and think about easy ways to incorporate plant medicine into your daily life (and mealtimes!) Bring your questions! Hosted by CVU Access, $25. In person, CVU High School, Hinesburg.

Does mutual aid and collective liberation inform your vision of herbalism? Are you looking for ways to make herbal medicine more widely available for everyone’s health, joy, and pleasure? Or is it already at the heart of your herbal work, and you’re looking to share and connect? Join members of the Rose Core Collective to discuss their work growing, making and distributing free herbal medicine to communities at the front lines of racial and socioeconomic justice. We'll share what we've learned since the group started in early 2020, exploring our experiences with relationship building, growing herbs, formulating, fundraising, and more. Take a peek inside our process of creating a collectively run apothecary and directing thousands of bottles of herbal medicine towards sites of resistance and regeneration. Come with questions, dreams, and your own stories of building and tapping into herbal mutual aid!

$25-$50. Fundraiser for Rose Core Collective and the VCIH BIPOC Tuition Reduction Fund. Online, Hosted by VCIH.

In this “Make and Take Tuesday” offering from Red Wagon Plants, we’ll blend garden-fresh herbal teas that you can enjoy all winter long. We'll use our senses to identify aromas, flavors and medicinal actions of different herbs, and talk about the best way to dry herbs for tea. If you've been wondering what to do with the herbs in your garden or pantry, this class will give you the confidence to start blending and using your own garden-grown bounty. Cost $25. Register here.

Give your glorious home-grown herbs the treatment they deserve! Use vinegars to preserve, extract, and exalt the flavors and medicine of fresh plants. In this class we will explore the inherent medicinal magic of vinegar (with a special focus on apple cider vinegar) and how best to use this menstruum to make nonalcoholic formulas that are potent and pleasurable to take. This class is suitable for the novice kitchen witch as well as experienced medicine makers looking to expand their offerings. Hosted by Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism.

Pelvic Floor Energetics and Bladder Health

Urinary incontinence (poor bladder control and/or leaking pee) is a pervasive and highly underreported problem, with symptoms and root causes as different as individuals. In this class, we will approach bladder incontinence and pelvic floor tone from an energetic perspective, merging holistic understandings of bodies, herbs, and science, to give participants tools for themselves and their loved ones struggling with "holding it in". If you're looking for a space to share stories and strategies in a safe and affirming group, urine luck! This class is appropriate for everyone with a pelvic floor, with particular focus on folks with a uterus and/or short urethra. All bodies and genders are welcome. Hosted by Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism.