WORKSHOPS OFFERED:

    Rose is no longer available to present workshops, however, Coulee Region Herbal Institute (CRHI) continues to offer monthly gatherings & classes.

    Visit their website for details: http://couleeregionherbalinstitute.org/

    or join their google group: http://groups.google.com/group/coulee-region-herbal-institute/sub?s=bfL7wwgAAACxQl3O0MzCOshjm_gX8jPI&hl=en

    Other members of CRHI may be available to present educational workshops locally in Southwestern Wisconsin, Southeastern Minnesota, and Northern Iowa.  

      If you are interested in medicinal herb and/or wild food walks or presentations,  please feel free to contact CRHI with any inquiries or questions.

     Current email to reach members of Coulee Region Herbal Institute (CRHI):

     gramherb@hotmail.com

EXAMPLES OF PAST WORKSHOPS OFFERED :

v     Spring Wild Food Workshop  (late April, early May)

v     Teas and Tinctures

v     Herbal Oils and Salves

v     Herbal First Aid: Poultices and Compresses

v     Fall Wild Food Workshop   (late September, October)

v     Roots, Barks & Winter Remedies  (October-November)

Typical workshops have included::

• Herb walk to identify in-season medicinal herbs and/or wild foods

• Lecture and display

• Harvesting expedition

• Hands on experience using plants harvested during the workshop

• Handouts and recipes

  ***Customized workshops or presentations on topics not previously offered may be made available upon request.

     A workshop could include a lecture and demonstration, an herb walk, a harvesting expedition, hands-on activities making medicinal preparations or cooking with wild foods, detailed hand-outs or recipes.

       Typically, a workshop would be limited to 15 people, with a minimum of 6 people.  Cost may range from $20 or more per person, depending on topic, materials & handouts needed, time & distance traveled. . 

      Workshop sites should include a kitchen (especially for the wild food workshops) and an outdoor setting with abundant, diverse plant life for the herb walk and harvesting.  American native plants would be a plus, along with the common naturalized plants from European & Asian heritage. However, highly mowed and landscaped settings tend to displace the local, wild ‘weeds’ which would be used in such a workshop.