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GIVING GROUND 2010 Herbal Weekend Retreat/Workshop Schedule September - December 2010 September 3-5, 2010: Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon Digging Roots All the best of everything! We'll walk and walk, and dig in the autumn earth, bringing roots home with which to make some fine herbal tinctures for winter. It will be like filling up your jam closet and freezer. This is the most ancient rhythm of herbal medicine, and your glass jars of root tinctures "working" will be a feast for your eyes. We will discuss the protocol of digging roots; this must be the most conservative of harvests in order to sustain the plant communities. Finnish sauna bath, all meals, cottage beds made up, fans - or heat - and lights on. September 10-12, 2010: Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon Fall Harvest & Digging Roots We'll walk and walk, and dig in the autumn earth, bringing roots home with which to make some fine herbal tinctures for winter. It will be like filling up your jam closet and freezer. This is the most ancient rhythm of herbal medicine, and your glass jars of root tinctures "working" will be a feast for your eyes. We will discuss the protocol of digging roots; this must be the most conservative of harvests in order to sustain the plant communities. Finnish sauna bath, all meals, cottage beds made up, fans - or heat - and lights on. September 17-19, 2010: Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon Fall Harvest: Roots: See above. September 22-24, 2010: Wednesday afternoon - Friday afternoon Digging Roots and Full Moon! All the best of everything. See above. October 1-3, 2010: Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon Tree Resins and Holiday Gift-Making We'll explore some lovely ways to "take" herbal medicine, and our study will range from tree resins gathered here along our herbal trails, to a frankincense and myrrh hand and body lotion we'll make up and tie with gold braid. We'll talk of the ancient trade routes for those two precious medicinal tree resins from Africa. There will be bottles, jars, fabric, ribbon - everything you'll need here to complete some unique herbal presents for the winter holidays. Finnish sauna bath, all meals, cottage beds made up, heat and lights on. October 9-11, 2010: Saturday afternoon - Monday afternoon: Monday is Columbus Day Tree Resins and Holiday Gift-Making See above October 15-17, 2010: Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon Tree Resins and Holiday Gift-Making See above December 3-5, 2010: Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon Tree Resins and Holiday Gift-Making We'll explore some lovely ways to "take" herbal medicine, and our study will range from tree resins gathered here along our herbal trails, to a frankincense and myrrh hand and body lotion we'll make up and tie with gold braid. We'll talk of the ancient trade routes for those two precious medicinal tree resins from Africa. There will be bottles, jars, fabric, ribbon - everything you'll need here to complete some unique herbal presents for the winter holidays. Finnish sauna bath, all meals, cottage beds made up, heat and lights on. |