[announce] sunday, may 16th herb walk with jim mcdonald at upland hills EAC

[jim mcdonald]

Hi all...

YES!  Spring is sprung, which means classes from now till fall are almost
entirely out of doors, where we'll be able to explore the world of herbs
right where they grow.  This is my first long herb walk of the season, and I
hope to see ya there....   jim

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*Vernal** Virtues... Michigan's Medicinal Plants*
*Sunday, May 16th from 11:30am – 6ish*
 *$50/$40 in advance*
****please bring along a light lunch or snack to tide you over*
*Graciously sponsored by Living Free FoundationSM*

Herbalist jim mcdonald will be leading participants around the fields and
woods surrounding the EAC in Oxford to explore the medicinal virtues,
identification, folklore and preparation of many of the common "weeds" and
wildflowers we pass by every day.  The information presented will be both
specific and practical, based on Jim's sixteen years experience in
gathering, preparing, and using herbal remedies, and provide a basis for
participants to incorporate what they have learned into usable skills with
which to maintain and restore health.

Participants will receive detailed handouts covering the preparation of
herbal remedies, ethical harvesting, toxicity, recommendations for further
study and, as always, new information on plants not covered in previous
workshops, making the event fruitful for previous participants as  well as
those new to medicinal herbcraft. Some of the plants we'll cross paths with
include Dandelion, Apple, Nettle, Ground Ivy, Plantain & Periwinkle.

*jim mcdonald* has been practicing the art of herbcraft since 1994, and
offers a knowledge of herbalism that blends western folk and indigenous
views of healing with the vitalist traditions of 19th century western
herbalism.  He has taught classes and led walks throughout Michigan and the
US, hosts the website www.herbcraft.org and is currently writing "A Great
Lakes Herbal". Jim is a community herbalist, a manic wildcrafter and
medicine maker, and has been an ardent student of the most learned teachers
of herbcraft...

*the plants themselves*.

Please contact Jim at jim at herbcraft.org regarding any questions or need of
further information.  Please also visit his website at www.herbcraft.org.

~Graciously sponsored by~
Living Free Foundation sm
&
Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center

To preregister, visit www.uheac.org or send a check made out to them to:

Upland Hills EAC
2375 Indian Lake Rd
Oxford, MI 48370
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