Class Length

1 hour 31 minutes

Class Description

Many important herbal medicines come from trees and shrubs. One of my favorite things about tree medicine is that the long-lived woody nature and large size of most trees makes it possible to harvest them in a truly sustainable manner. In this class I will cover several species of medicinal trees that are found in Michigan & the Great Lakes Region. We will discuss the medicinal properties, actions and applications of these trees. For each tree we will also discuss identification, sustainable harvest techniques, processing & medicine making. If there is a tree onsite that can be pruned for the class, we will process and make a tree tincture in class. Specimens of some species may be provided for identification purposes.

About the Teacher

Cal Janae Wolfpack, is a clinical herbalist, botanist, farmer & plant educator located in their home state of Iowa. They have been studying plants for their entire life: as a child they were led on plant and bird watching walks by their father before they could walk on their own. Later, they formalized their passion for the natural world and living sustainably in it with a degree in Ethnobotany from Drake University. Cal then studied and apprenticed with 7Song at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine in Ithaca, NY where they then were employed and volunteered as a clinical herbalist at the Ithaca Free Clinic for several years. Cal currently works as an herb grower, a clinical herbalist & botanist in their private practice in which they offer sliding scale herbal consultations and provide herb kits to clients of Gentlyborne Midwifery, amongst other projects. In their free time Cal maintains a strong wanderlust and rapt interest in the botanical arts, bird watching & homesteading with their family.Instagram: @profoundexistenceherbs