What’s in your backyard?
Facilitator: Mj Pettengill
Thursday, August 15th, 3:00 - 5:00 ❀❀
Thursday August 22nd, 2:00 - 4:00 ❀❀
Embrace the nature of our cycles and seasons while discovering the art of creating wild, locally harvested tea for beverage and medicinal purposes. Identify familiar, local plants traditionally used for various teas, infusions, and tinctures. Learn the essence of the wildcrafter’s promise and code—emphasizing the principles of ethical and sustainable wildcrafting, vital to perpetuating the continued proliferation of healing plants into the future—an act of kindness, honor, gratitude, and respect to our plant families.
Learn the difference between lunar and solar-infused teas. Unlock the secrets of wild herbs, medicine, and culinary accents used by wise healers from centuries ago—traditional indigenous healing practices and local folk remedies. Go underground and tap into ancient roots.
Wrapped within the stability of the fertile fields and woods around us, wildcrafting is a pathway to self-care. As the plants ripen and flowers boast their fragrant blossoms, awaken to the possibilities that lead to re-wilding: awareness and self-maturation, merging today’s energies with the ancient past. Reclaim a place in it.
The workshop covers a range of practical activities in the field, equipping you with the skills to prepare, dry, store, and crush wild plants, and understand when to use fresh or dry. This hands-on approach will leave you feeling empowered and prepared for your own wildcrafting adventures.
Understanding the tools, guides, and apps for plant identification is crucial for safe and responsible wildcrafting. This workshop will ensure you are familiar with the plants you encounter, helping you to avoid dangerous look-a-likes and learn about endangered, threatened, or sensitive plants.
BIO
Under the guidance of Mj, a seasoned wildcraft herbalist deeply connected to the healing customs of her ancestors, you will have the unique opportunity to delve into the art of gathering wild plants for food and medicine. Her farm in the mountains of New Hampshire serves as a living testament to her expertise, having facilitated, attended, and completed numerous herbal and wildcraft programs.
As an author and Historian, Mj Pettengill focuses on cultural narrative and traditions, historical and intergenerational trauma integration, ancestral healing, and social welfare development.
She has an MFA in creative writing and undergraduate studies in history, theology, music, and psychology. She penned the Etched in Granite Historical Fiction Series.
DATES: Thursday, August 15th, 3:00 - 5:00 ❀❀
Thursday August 22nd, 2:00 - 4:00 ❀❀ FEE: $35 Per Person
These workshops will take place at my studio in North Sandwich, NH. Directions and additional information are provided upon registration. Registration and/or general inquiries are possible via this site, Facebook, or email: dazeyfields@hotmail.com
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