Bringing healing back to the table. A rechilding experience for mamas. HerbCraft is a light hearted way to engage the ancient art of herbcraft for anyone interested in deepening their connection to the healing plants. A multi-sensory course using herbs as medicine the HerbMother way. Part herbal medicine making. Part crafting. A whole lot of play. Designed with the Herb*Mother in mind, but fun, safe, and friendly for the whole family.
HerbCraft is a virtual nature camp crafted for wild women interested in learning about fun, EASY, mamafolk methods of herbal craft making. If you’ve ever wanted to start using herbal medicine, but just weren’t sure where to begin, this is the place for you. Filled with activities to awaken each of your senses encouraging you experience the natural world with the excitement of a child again. The camps are short, accessible, and light hearted because I believe medicine making should be ridiculous fun. It is my hope to help begin building your herbal scaffolding, to be your gateway into the magical, savory world of herbs from which you can create your natural healing . HerbCraft will pique your curiosity about the greenstuff growing right in your backyard and encourage you to begin working with our green allies in your kitchen, apothecary, and sacred spaces.
Campers will receive:
- Detailed instructions on how to prepare the most basic and favorite herbal remedies used in my home
- Lively video demonstrations of the entire medicine making process
- Encouragement for engaging your wild and primal self with weekly activities offering you a chance to deeply reconnect with the nature that is right outside your door
- Gentle guidance into the sacred use of herbs
Sounds so wonderful Latisha. So happy you’re creating this…everyone will love it.
love you linden. thank you always for your support.
This sounds like a great adventure! Can I blog about it?
oh gosh! of course. i would be most grateful! And thank you for your lovely award. it’s going to be hard to narrow down my 5!
The vision that just came to me was of a rollercoaster and the climbing,climbing you have been doing and now just starting to ease up over the crest on the high peak with just a glance before….Wheeeeeee!!!!! You my dear sweet mama are in for one amazing ride <3<3
and I a so happy for you and blessed by you!! Can't wait for summer
janet. you are love. i am so excited to do this work together on that beautiful island.
LATISHA!!!! xoxoxox This is so exciting and you are just purrrfect to host such a journey! I will share on my blog also, dear one!! love and hugs to you!!! xxxx
leslie you honor me with your words every time.
I’m so beyond excited for this!! Maybe I’m missing it, but is there a date, or a ball-park time when the course is? I wouldn’t be surprised if it is written right in front of me. I’m tired!
but I’m so in!! Doesn’t matter when it is, I’m just in. But I want to write about it on my website, and didn’t want to miss out on any info.
so excited to do this class under you! When you come back to Washington State, I’ll be on your front door ready for any wisdom you’re willing to offer.
you are so kind. i’m actually quite flattered you think i may have something to offer you, being such an earth devoted herbcrafter yourself. it will be fun to go adventuring together. i am grateful to be gathering a tribe of plant lovers before i even touch ground.
No you didn’t miss the date. I am aiming for the week of the Spring Equinox, but want to be sure I can finish writing it before I pick a specific date.
Exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’m so excited!
thank you Cheri. Me too.
This course sounds amazing! I have been interested in herbalism for years,and now my home-ed 12 year old is getting into herbs as well. She loves making basic tinctures etc with me,but this class sounds like it could be so much fun for us both.One thing though,I am in England,and I know it sounds dumb,but is the course going to be set around specific herbs grown in your area,or is it adaptable to what is local? Thank you for creating such a great website,I always come away inspired
Laura thank you for your kind words! And yes, it will be exactly that. My hope is to inspire folks to get a field guide, go walking in their neighborhood and meet the green people that live right near them. I’m building the class so the activities can be done around wherever whenever with whomever (green people, little people, friends). I will not be spending time talking about specific plants and uses in a general sense. I believe deeply that all the medicine we ever need is found right outside our own door. So Camp is more about meeting what’s local, learning to identify, engage good reliable resources and craft medicine from the things special to us.
I can’t believe I almost missed this. I unplug from email, facebook etc. two days a week because of my schedule and this almost slipped by me. I am very excited even though my location in the northeast may not mean I will be seeing much growing during class time but this is a subject I have been longing to learn more about. Squeeee!
Thanks so much Kim! Honored to have you at camp.
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Hello Latisha,
I am excited to have found your website, I am eager to learn about herbs.
When is the ecamp? I don’t want to miss this experience.
Thank you
~Now enrolling for the Spring Mini Camp. March 19 – April 8 2012.~
Latisha… I so want to take this class… but spring is awfully busy for me. Is there any chance you’ll be doing this again in the summer or fall?
Jill
Thank you so much for your interest! I will be doing it again the fall, but hopefully a fuller 6 week course. I know spring is a crazy time of year. Hope to see you in the fall!
Hi Latisha!
I am very interested, but should I maybe do some reading first and then take the fall course, or do you think I could start here? I would be thrilled to learn from you! Just let me know!
After our brief chat over on the inbetween session, I saw this offering of yours and thought this may be an excellent starting point for me. But as you could maybe tell from my end of the conversation, this would all be new to me and I am scared of the crazy newbie questions that I might pepper you with
Hi Latisha,
How does the ecamp work? It’s entirely online?
Is it live? If so when and how often does it meet?
Thank you
Hi Marissa,
Thanks for your questions. It is entirely online. There will be no live events. You will have access to a private website and forum. A couple times a week I will offer a ‘lesson’ with written work and a video demonstration. The ‘class’ then shares with each other in the discussion about their own experiences and we talk. There will be a pdf at the end of the course you can refer to after it has ended.
I hope this clears up anything. If not, let me know.
Thank you!
I am sad I missed out on this spring Ecamp…I had a baby 2 weeks ago so my computer time has been short til now! But I am curious, how much does it cost?
congrats on your new arrival!! The mini camps are $40, I am thinking about running another one in July, but not sure about the timing yet. The full 6 week ecourse in the fall will be $80.
Love this sister…♥
thank you abby. you are such a treasure to me.
Would love to know more….. How do I find out about enrollment, etc….. Thank you
Thanks for your interest Elizabeth! I am in the process of rewriting/restructuring the courses right now. Learned a ton after the last one and want to make em great. As soon as I know when I am able to offer the next course, I will let you know. Keep in touch here at the blog or on facebook for updates. Thanks again!
I would like to enroll in your next ecamp…when does it start and what does it cost
thank you
Thank you so much for your interest Eileen!! I am deep in the process of reworking the camps right now and still unpacking and settling in from our move. I promise as soon as I’m all set I’ll share all the details.
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