****************. 2020 Minnesota Herbal Festival Cancelled
Hello herbal community! Lise and Erin have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Minnesota Herbalist Festival due to the uncertainty associated with Covid-19 and some of the challenges related to putting on a large event in a rustic setting while maintaining recommended physical distancing. We hope to be back in 2021 and we hope you will join us then! You can look for updates at www.minnesotaherbalist.com
Since 2006 The Holistic Health and Herbal Education Festival has been an an opportunity for holistic health and herbal medicine practitioners, students and enthusiasts from the Upper Midwest to learn from regional teachers in our own backyard. The 2019 festival will take place at Prairie Oaks Institute, a retreat center on a beautiful farm in Belle Plaine, MInnesota just 45 minutes from the Twin Cities. Instructors and participants come from all over Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Sixteen workshops will be offered by a variety of accomplished practitioners and educators. There will be something for everyone from beginning to advanced students, including opportunities for hands-on medicine making and plant id. Relax on the farm between classes and join us for herbal teas a delicious dessert buffet.
Workshop descriptions, instrutor biographies and more available at www.minnesotaherbalist.com
8:30-9:00 Welcome Circle
9:00-10:30 Session One
1. Sage and Other Memory Herbs with Jane Hawley Stevens (Harvest House)
2. Plant Walk with Lise Wolff (outside)
3.The Consultation: Skills and Considerations for Herbalists with Erin Piorier (Granary)
4. Herbal Recipes with Emily Beck (Farmhouse)
10:30-11:00 break
11:00-12:30 Session two
1. Herbal First Aid with Lise Wolff (outside)
2. DIY Foraged Bitters with Betsy Nelson (outside)
3. Healing the Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis with Kathleen Wildwood (location TBA)
4. Plants Can Smell?! The Evolution of the Plant Kingdom as Intelligent and Sentient with Carolyn Smith (outside)
12:30-2:00 Lunch and Dessert Buffet and Plant Walks
Enjoy a relaxed lunch/break period or take the second half of lunch to continue your learning in one of our two lunch time plant walks from 1:15 to 2:00 with Paige Swanson and an additional instructor to be announced soon!
2:00-3:30 Session Three
1. Workshop with Matthew Wood (outside)
2. Herbs for Dental Health Kathleen Wildwood (Harvest House)
3. Easy Ways to Cook with Wild Edibles with Betsy Nelson (location TBA)
4. We. Are. F a.mi.ly.... I Got All My Mustards With Me! with Carolyn Smith (outside)
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-5:30 Session Four
1.The Immune System with Matthew Wood (outside)
2. Medicine Making Q&A with Lise Wolff (outside)
3. Herbs for the New Mother and Baby and with Erin Piorier (granary)
4. Making Herbal Cough Syrup with Jane Hawley Seasons (Harvest House)
