Join us for a nourishing Herbal Wisdom Retreat filled with hands-on learning, connection, and the healing gifts of the plant world. We will explore the art of ethical wildcrafting, how to harvest herbs and roots, and learn how to properly dry and preserve them for future use. Together, we will learn how to brew a proper herbal tea, nourishing broths, and the art of tincture making. We will take a medicinal plant identification walk around the farm, and discuss herbs traditionally used for immune support and winter wellness. Along the way, I’ll share wisdom gathered through more than 20 years of working with medicinal plants—and we’ll make space for the knowledge, questions, and experiences everyone brings to the circle.

On Saturday June 20 I will be leading a medical plant walk at Kankakee State park, meet at the Hickory Hills Shelter. Following at 11 will be a real treat…. a gong meditation with Cory Flanigan. This will be an outside event so dress accordingly. This event is free, donations accepted. Also Friday night June 19 we will be holding a small summer solstice ceremony at Potawatomi campground at the state park. For more information on attending the ceremony or about the Saturday event feel free to contact me at nicoleplanthealer@gmail.com.

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.

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.

Monthly women’s circle celebrating the full moon through movement, meditation, ceremony, and talking circle.

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.

• Violet, Chickweed,Chamomile, Lemon balm, ginkgo

• Colic, skin issues, memory, dosage

• herbal tasty treats & baths

• Black cohosh, Vitex, Saw palmetto, Yarrow

• Hormones, pregnancy, menopause, ED, prostate

• Yoni steams, suppositories, sitz bath

• Ginseng, Skullcap, Ashwaganda, holy basil, milky oats

• Stress, anxiety, depression, panic attack

• Herb balls, plant meditation

• marshmallow, slippery elm, mint, bitters, turmeric

• Nutritional deficiency, ulcers, nausea, digestion, parasites.

• Herbal kitchari, powders, cold infused tea

• Elecampane, Thyme, Hyssop, Mullein, Elderflower, Usnea

• Asthma, bronchitis, cough, lung infection

• Fire cider, herbal steams

• Echinacea, garlic, rosemary, plantain, goldenseal, poke, cleavers

• Infections, first aid, muscle, throat, ear, eye issues

• Tinctures, linaments

• Dandelion, Burdock, Hawthorn, Milk thistle, nettles

• Liver stagnation, hypertension, skin issues, detox, alteratives

• Infusions and decoctions

• Wildcrafting basics.

• Plant botany, identification, harvesting and preservation

• Harvesting demo

• Mushrooms, Echinacea, Astragalus, Elderberry

• Cold, flu, fever, viruses, cancer

• Herbal broths and syrups

• Origins, actions, energetics and herbal terminology.

• Methods of administration

• Connection to & reverence of nature

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.