Edible & Medicinal Plants Class

Learn how to ethically harvest edible and medicinal plants with our Edible & Medicinal Plant Class. We'll cover safe harvesting techniques, avoiding chemical contamination, and identifying individual plants. Stay safe with our guidance on woody vs. herbaceous plants, deciduous vs. evergreen, simple vs. compound leaves, and toxicity. Join us for hands-on experience with a variety of plants like Plantain, Cattail, Nettles, and more.

The registration deadline is 2 weeks prior to class start date.

How to identify individual plants/trees

·           Touch on toxicity and dangers

·           Woody vs. Herbaceous plants

·           Deciduous vs. Evergreen

·           Simple vs. Compound leaves

·           Perennial/Biennial/Annual

·           Using various plant guides.         

Plant List (will tailor to what’s up at the time)

          Plantain                                      Cattail

          Red Clover                                  Nettles

          White Clover                               Wild Violet

          Wood Sorrell                               Chicory

          Blackberry                                  Honeysuckle

          Raspberry                                  Poke

          Burdock                                     Black Walnut

          Curly Dock                                 Dandelion

          Various Sumac                            Wild Garlic/Wild Onion

          Queen Annes Lace                       White Pine

          Other Nut/Fruit-bearing trees/Shrubs

How To Harvest

• ·         Ethical Harvest vs. Emergency Harvest
• ·         Where to harvest.
• ·         Chemical contamination
• ·         Short Plant Walk
• ·         Send students to harvest
• ·         Student's lunch supplemented with their harvest.
• ·         Longer Plant Walk - Talk about edible vs. medicinal uses. (a primer for Day 2)

          Q&A During and after

Medicinal Plants

·         Re-cap ITEM, Harvest and dangerous look alike.

·         Medicinal Preps

• Raw
• Poultice
• Fomentation
• Infusion (Cold/Hot)
•  Decoction
• Salves/Lotions/Balms

Making A Salve

• Solids to Soft/Liquid Ratio
• Step by Step
• Making the Infusion
• Wax Preparation
• Adding the Infusion
• Troubleshooting
• Send the students to harvest.
• Make the salve, re-cap the steps while they are cooking.
• Lessons Learned, goodbye!

Equipment List:

• Leather gloves
• Small sharp knife
• Digging shovel or Trowel
• ISO Stove and Fuel
• Bush-pot 2qt
• Bottle and cup set
• Straining basket and lid for cup (should have stock before this class)
• Petersons field guides Medicinal Edible Plants
• Note book and Pencils
• Shemagh X1
• Pruning shears
• 2 1pt Mason Jars with Lids
• Haversack
• Wooden Spoon Stirring
• 1 roll jute twine
• Folding saw

Standard camping equipment if they are camping, small camp stove and cooking gear to prepare harvested plants. Peterson's Edible Plant Guides & Peterson's Medicinal Plant Guide for the Eastern Woodlands, Notebook and pen/pencil. Food/snacks for the duration of the class.

For questions regarding classes or gear lists, please contact our Lead Instructor, Ty Barker, at (304) 237-2173 or by email at tybarker73@yahoo.com. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST.

Age Requirements: 
Must be at least 18 years old.

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About our School:

• Fully Insured
• Red Cross Certified Training Facility
• EMT’s and Paramedic’s on Staff
• AED on Location 
• Epinephrine on Location
• Instructors are CPR and Wilderness First Aid Red Cross Certified 
• Low Student to Instructor to create a Pedagogy learning environment. 
• Most Instructors either former Military, EMS, or LE
• Dave Canterbury is NASAR Advanced Search and Rescue Certified 
• Dave Canterbury is Certified Expert Trapper by Fur Takers of America and a Certified Intermediate Herbalist by the Herbal Academy International School of Herbal Arts and Sciences
• All Instructors are equipped and licensed in HAM radio as well as PLB SAT comms for emergency communications away from classroom area.
• Training area is over 4500 Forested Acres 

Disclaimer:
Please make sure you take all gear with you at the end of the class. If gear is left behind, we will not be able to ship it to you, and will be considered abandoned. 

Due to property insurance restrictions: There will be NO camping on the school property prior to the start of the class or after the class concludes.

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