Homestead Herbalism
Meeting *Saturdays* at 9:30am to 3:30pm.
2012 Dates: March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, & November 10.
Dates are tentative and may be subject to change. When the Saturday session fills, a Sunday session will be added the same weekend! Inquire for more details.
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Explore the Fine
Art of Homestead Herbalism
A nine month foundation course
 In the not too distant past, keeping a family strong and healthy with simple home remedies was a common homesteading skill that every woman possessed. Identifying and utilizing wild and cultivated plants was as important and necessary as preserving food for the winter months or learning to stitch.
The "Homestead Herbalism" foundation course was designed to gather small groups of women (and yes, a few men!) with the intent of re-introducing this empowering tradition by learning together, using our hands, and preparing and sharing the herbal harvest.
Farm at Coventry's informative nine month "Homestead Herbalism" foundation course meets one Saturday every month from March through November. The course curriculum weaves informative current herbal wisdom with interesting historical facts and folk traditions. Through the seasons, from planting through harvest, we will learn to create delicious, nutritional snacks as well as therapeutic preparations using edible, medicinal and fragrance herbs that are both cultivated and wild crafted. Our time together will give students basic herbal knowledge and skills that will empower them to use herbs for their own nutritional, therapeutic and creative needs. Our teaching areas include a cozy classroom/farmhouse kitchen, culti- vated gardens on the farm and the fields and forests of northern Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Students will receive approx. 54 hours of instruction, a large spiral ring notebook, plentiful handouts and recipes and a wide variety of take-home herbal preparations made together in class. A beautiful certificate will be presented at the completion of the course. |
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