Metabolic health is truly a key indicator of longevity and quality of life. We will discuss

simple ways to improve your metabolic health through diet and lifestyle!

These events are free and open to the public.

Class details:

Join us for an herbal make-and-take class all about using herbs as medicine for cold care! You’ll learn how to skillfully choose herbs that can support various symptoms of these maladies, as well as how to transform them into effective remedies using three extraction methods. You’ll leave with three sample-sizes and recipes of each remedy made.

About the instructor:

Carly is a holistic nutritionist, herbalist, and community educator. She is a committed life-long learner. She holds a master’s degree in holistic nutrition from a naturopathic university and has continued education in traditional western herbalism, functional medicine, and other traditional medical systems.

Audience: Teens-Adults

Location: Flora Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $65 ($52 Fernwood members) - Please register by January 24

*To receive your member discount, please be sure to sign in by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner of the registration screen.

Our hair, skin and nail health can be a window into our nutrient status and our overall

health. Come learn some at-home assessment tools to evaluate your hair, skin and nail

health as well as some ways to support them nutritionally!

These events are free and open to the public.

Our body’s ability to detoxify properly can greatly support our whole body health. We will

discuss some easy ways to use food and herbs to encourage this vital process!

These events are free and open to the public.

Dietary changes and eating well can feel like a daunting task. Join us to discuss ways to make the journey a little easier!

Are you expecting or in the planning phases of growing your family? Come learn

essential tools to deeply nourish your body, and also prevent common occurrences like

morning sickness.

Supporting our digestion can drastically change our health by allowing our bodies to get

the most nutrition out of our food. Come learn a few tips to stoke your digestive fire!

Come join us for an incredibly special experience at the magical farmstead Goldberry Woods!

In this experience, you will learn about plants that are growing during this season, how to identify them, the medicine they offer, how to extract and work with their medicine, as well as how to best care for our environment and maintain a mindful foraging practice.

These invaluable sessions can be the musings that spark your fire for herbalism and sharing this work with your family and community.

What to expect:

Learn to identify 7-10 medicinal plants

Basic information about beginning steps of foraging, safety and environmental considerations

Learn to make three sample sized remedies with what we foraged, including supplies and instructions

Things to bring:

Comfortable, preferably closed toe shoes for hiking around varied terrain

Water

Notepad or some way to take notes

More about Goldberry:

About Goldberry Woods:

Julie and Eric are college sweethearts who both became engineers. They honeymooned at a B&B in Kauai, which was a working flower farm. After that experience, they continued to stay at unique inns whenever they got the chance. They also vowed that someday they would become innkeepers ourselves.

Julie spent eight years working in processed food plants (imagine a million gallons of corn syrup per day!). Soon after the birth of our first child, Julie decided to stay home and spent ten years raising our three fabulous kids. With Eric’s support, she began to build a home around the idea that homemade was best made. Inherited and found items became integrated into the family’s décor. A family garden supplied the basis of our from-scratch meals. She decided that she no longer wanted to return to a career in processed foods but that she was ready to share her hospitality, love of food, and passion for the earth with guests.

They lived in the busy Chicago suburbs but began spending every possible moment vacationing in Michigan’s Harbor Country. On a week-long family vacation in 2011, they stumbled across the old River’s Edge B&B in Union Pier, MI. The property was close to the beach with beautiful woods and enough pasture to create a biodiverse organic farm. Though they thought that there may be too many obstacles, every detail fell into place in a serendipitous fashion and Goldberry Woods opened in May 2012.

They are so in love with Harbor Country, and they can’t wait to welcome you to Goldberry Woods.

Join us for a very special herb walk and medicine making experience at Fernwood Botanical Garden! We’ll be exploring a range of wild and cultivated herbs at their incredible herb garden and grounds.

In this experience , you will learn about plants that are growing during this season, how to identify them, the medicine they offer, how to extract and work with their medicine, as well as how to best care for our environment and maintain a mindful foraging practice.

These invaluable sessions can be the musings that spark your fire for herbalism and sharing this work with your family and community.

What to expect:

Learn to identify 7-10 medicinal plants

Basic information about beginning steps of foraging, safety and environmental considerations

Learn to make three sample sized remedies with what we foraged, including supplies and instructions

Things to bring:

Comfortable, preferably closed toe shoes for hiking around varied terrain

Water

Notepad or some way to take notes

Join us at the stunning Grand Mere State Park to explore some unique, sun-loving, summer herbs during a beautiful inland lake hike.

In this experience, you will learn about plants that are growing during this season, how to identify them, the medicine they offer, how to extract and work with their medicine, as well as how to best care for our environment and maintain a mindful foraging practice.

These invaluable sessions can be the musings that spark your fire for herbalism and sharing this work with your family and community.

Drinking plain water does not meet our cellular hydration needs! Come join us in learning simple tools to achieve true hydration! These events are free to the public, no ticket required.

Come enjoy mother nature with other moms of young children and moms-to-be. This month we'll be doing a spring herb walk and medicine making with Carly Pinto.

In this experience , you will learn about plants that are growing during this season, how to identify them, the medicine they offer, how to extract and work with their medicine, as well as how to best care for our environment and maintain a mindful foraging practice.

These invaluable sessions can be the musings that spark your fire for herbalism and sharing this work with your family and community.

Exact location will be sent to participants a few days before event.

Subtle cues from the body can tell us we may be sensitive to something we are eating. Learn how to identify a potential food sensitivity and ways to work with them to unlock deep healing. These events are free to the public, no ticket required.

Come enjoy mother nature with other moms of young children and moms-to-be. This month we'll be doing a spring herb walk and medicine making with Carly Pinto.

B vitamins are vital for cognitive function, energy, and nervous system health, which many are deficient in! Come learn how to find these in food to make sure your body has the tools for true vitality!

Fats are life-sustaining nutrients, but not all fats are made the same! Join us to learn about how to choose fats intentionally for vibrant cellular health!

Come learn the correlation between food and seasonal allergies! We will talk about a few powerful ways to work on healing inflammation in preparation for allergy season!

Have cold hands and feet or sluggish digestion in the winter? Learn about the power of improving circulation with warming foods and herbs to support whole body health this season!