Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants Courses
I
never realized how truly simple it can be to introduce healing herbs
into my life in an every day way. -Kat K.
What are all of those wild green plants growing around you? Did you know that many of them can provide you with nutrition or healing medicines? Plant identification and safety are only the beginning. You will develop a relationship with plants as you make tinctures and salves and entire wild edible plant meals with these green friends. (View our Edible and Medicinal Plants Courses)
Wilderness Awareness School offers classes that will introduce you to the most common and useful wild plants of the Pacific Northwest, as well as in-depth courses that will teach you how to delve deeper into the plants of your area.
Here are just a few of the topics you can learn: Taxonomy and identification of plants; researching native use of plants in crafts and as food and medicine; prediction of plant species location based on knowledge of ecology; interplay of extremes and bird's eye viewing of land features; conservation ecology; the history of the land and the native people's staple resources.
Some articles of interest from our NatureSkills.com site:
- Deadly Plant: Water Hemlock - by Walter Muma
- White Pine: Great Tree of Peace - by Susun S. Weed
- Plant Quiz 1: Are Your Paying Close Attention? - by Eileen VanBronkhorst
2010-2011 Wild Edible Plant Class Schedule
Summer
The Village
This unique program combines a seasonally appropriate survival skills camp with a deeply enriching personal and community experience. Every season provides specific resources, environmental challenges, beauty and influence on human energetic cycles. We will explore our enriching and complex relationship with the Earth, ourselves, and each other. Each one week session we will be guided by its season and will reflect, internally and externally, what is essential for survival!
TBAMore details & online registration
Home Study
Kamana Home Study Course
The Kamana Naturalist Training Program is a comprehensive independent study course that covers the naturalist background needed to engage in the wilderness arts, including tracking, bird language, survival and primitive living skills, traditional herbalism, and naturalist mentoring.
Ages Adult Kamana One starts at $85, Learn at your own paceMore details & online registration
Monthly
Monthly Nature Talks at REI
Many of the region's finest naturalists share their wisdom at REI in downtown Seattle. Plant related topics appear often in this series.
Ages Adult Free, Wilderness Awareness School is featured periodically











