Green Witch Gathering
This is our second Green Witch Gathering and had a wonderful time last Autumn equinox. This year we will celebrate Beltane, the halfway to summer, to celebrate the beauty, fertility and blossoming of life, earth and nature kind. We shall celebrate during the day with kids crafts and yoga, workshops on soap making, astrology, herbalism and more. There will be live owls, witchy and nature crafts, yoga and drumming. There will be several vendors, tarot readers and reiki/healing practitioners to visit. The evening will be an adult centered Beltane fire, mediation and ceremony.
Growing Your Own Medicine: A Beginner’s Guide to Medicinal Herb Gardening
In this beginner friendly class we will learn about gardening foundations such as creating soil health, watering, mulching and plant spacing. Choosing the right plants for your land, herbs for full sun, partial shade, woodland, prairie and wet areas. Growing and propagation basics, seeds vs starts, transplanting, dividing perennial herbs, cuttings. Designing a simple medicine garden, top 10 herbs to grow, medicinal weeds to welcome. Bring seeds to share if you desire.
Full moon circle
Monthly women’s circle celebrating the full moon through movement, meditation, ceremony, and talking circle.
Spring Plant Walk
Saturday April 4. 9:00 am. MEDICINAL & EDIBLE PLANT ID HIKE at Horseshoe Bottoms.
I will, once again, lead a hike through the woodland and prairie of horseshoe bottoms in West Peoria to discover the useful plants, trees, and fungi. This is a free event but donations to friends of rocky glen are welcome. Meet by 9 am at St Mary’s Cemetery, far west end. Enter the cemetery off of sterling ave in West Peoria, drive through the stone Pilars and keep driving down the hill till you get to the end. You will see the cars and people. Liability permits required. Sponsored by Friends of Rocky Glen.
Kitchen Apothecary
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” — Hippocrates
In this Kitchen Apothecary class, you’ll learn how to utilize common culinary herbs for healing, magic, and first aid. We’ll explore the powerful medicine already living in your spice cabinet and kitchen, and how to work with it intentionally to support health, resilience, and everyday wellness.
This class blends traditional herbal knowledge, folk wisdom, and practical application, giving you tools you can use immediately in daily life. You’ll leave with a deeper relationship to your kitchen, a renewed sense of self-reliance, and the confidence to turn everyday foods into powerful allies for healing.
Some of the herbs we are sure to discuss: Basil, cayenne, cinnamon, chamomile, fennel, garlic, ginger, honey, horseradish, lemon, mint, nutmeg, onion, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, shiitake, thyme, turmeric.
Leo Full Moon Women's Circle
The Leo Full moon is about our personal sovereignty, inner conviction, confidence and creative leadership. It a time to find self trust and creative purpose, to celebrate authentic power and align with our true desires. We shall move, dance, find our voice, get clarity, let go and share our experiences with a circle of sisters. Our monthly circles are for women, with special events being open to all. Held at Miraspa, 2500 N. Main st. East Peoria
New Year Herbal Detox & Energetic Cleanse
Take control of your health and body with the natural power of plants. Learn about herbal detox, healthy fasting, parasite cleanse and herbal allies that support the organs of elimination in the body.
Wild Weeds: Children & Elderly
Violet, Chickweed,Chamomile, Lemon balm, ginkgo
Colic, skin issues, memory, dosage
herbal tasty treats & baths
Individuals: Women & men
Black cohosh, Vitex, Saw palmetto, Yarrow
Hormones, pregnancy, menopause, ED, prostate
Yoni steams, suppositories, sitz bath
Balance: Nervous system
Ginseng, Skullcap, Ashwaganda, holy basil, milky oats
Stress, anxiety, depression, panic attack
Herb balls, plant meditation
Soothing: GI system
marshmallow, slippery elm, mint, bitters, turmeric
Nutritional deficiency, ulcers, nausea, digestion, parasites.
Herbal kitchari, powders, cold infused tea
Breath: Respiratory system
Elecampane, Thyme, Hyssop, Mullein, Elderflower, Usnea
Asthma, bronchitis, cough, lung infection
Fire cider, herbal steams
Fighting Infection: Lymphatics & anti-microbials
Echinacea, garlic, rosemary, plantain, goldenseal, poke, cleavers
Infections, first aid, muscle, throat, ear, eye issues
Tinctures, linaments
Cleansing: blood, liver
Dandelion, Burdock, Hawthorn, Milk thistle, nettles
Liver stagnation, hypertension, skin issues, detox, alteratives
Infusions and decoctions
Wildcrafting in the Field: Location TBA
Wildcrafting basics.
Plant botany, identification, harvesting and preservation
Harvesting demo
Prevention: Immunity
Mushrooms, Echinacea, Astragalus, Elderberry
Cold, flu, fever, viruses, cancer
Herbal broths and syrups
Utilizing plants as medicine
Origins, actions, energetics and herbal terminology.
Methods of administration
Connection to & reverence of nature
Event One
This will be a fun gathering to celebrate harvest, the autumn equinox, the new moon, and community. This will be a fun event with classes, vendors, movement and a tea time social.