workshop

Botany and Ecology for Herbalists

When: 
Jul 19 2015 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for a crash course in plant id and ecology . In this day-long class we will explore the far m  to go over some basic botany - gotta knowwhat that plant is if you plan on making medici ne! Then we will walk the forested area to see s ome of the plant communities that are present at l ow elevation and see what stories they have to s hare with us. Knowing this can be useful for fin ding certain plants and gaging the effects of us working with the land. In all this our theme willbe reconnecting with place via plants. &nb sp; Gradey Proctor is a botanist who has spe nt the last dozen years teaching plants and ecos ystems for Bark, and the Arctos School of Herbal and Botanical Studies. His training comes from t he Columbines School of Botanical studies, year s of monitoring forests in the Pacific NW, workin g on a CSA farm, and the Kamana naturalist prog ram. A native of places without intact ecosystem s, Gradey has spent the last 15 years falling in n love with the Northwest, and continually strivi ng to build relationships with his environment. His passion is in finding new ways to keep healthy forests and healthy people one and the same.

Earth People Power: Unsettling white folk by honor ing our forebears and our futures.

When: 
Jul 19 2015 - 10:00am
Earth People Power: Unsettling white folk byhonoring our forebears and our futures. Sund ay July 19 from 10:00am-4:00pm   Who are your ancestors?  What do they mean t o you, for you, here and now?  If you haveEuropean roots, how do you remember them, the w ays your folk were once indigenous to their land,the ways they were colonized and eventually becam e settlers?   For many of us, theanswers to these questions start out blurry, awk ward, and irrelevant to the hyperkinetic world ofnetworked apocalypse.  But as we discover o urselves through and beyond the "end of the [Empire's] world", the long story beco mes our own story.   This workshopinvites us to ground our antiracist, anticolonia l solidarity in accountability to generational tim e.  We start with three assumptions: 1) to b e responsible to our decolonized descendents, we craft a meaningful relation between them and our a ncestors; 2) to be useful accomplices with radica l communities of color, those of primarily Europe an descent remember and invoke our own ancestral c ommitments as people of the earth against Empire;3) to discover liberating pathways our colonized minds can't believe, we turn to the wild, t o the more-than-human world and our bodies' a bility to listen.   This work willbe emotional, intellectual, spiritual, physica l.  A day is enough to crack open the shell ; it is barely enough.  We will invite each other to take risks, and also to hold each others ' struggles.  The workshop will have so me lecture and facilitated conversation, and alsotime alone with the forest, and speaking togethe r in small groups.  Please RSVP early as youwill be invited to do pre-work in gathering what you know about your European ancestors and readingwhat has been written about their journeys from t here to here.   brush is descendedmostly of farmers, ministers, clerks, and cops , whose ancestors were English, Welsh, Scottish , Irish, Low German, African, and South Asian.Socialized male, raised poor followed by an elit e education, brush brings to this work two decade s of passionate action and reflection in radical m ovements from ecodefense to militant unions, fromorganizing infrastructure to priestessing rituals , from third world squatter camps and fourth worl d rebel zones, to urban ecologies in the cities o f the North.   Cost $50 Disc ounted Cost for Friends of the Farm Monthly Donors : $35 Early Bird Special!: $10 off if you re gister by July 4th.   Some schola rships are available for those prohibited by cost.Please e-mail workshops@tryonfarm.org to make arr angements.

Planting the Medicinal Garden: Soil prep, seeds a nd cuttings

When: 
Jun 23 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Ever wonder just what you could do to help the med icinals in your garden thrive?  In the firsthalf of this series - Planting the Medicinal Gard en, we will be playing in the large greenhouse an d outdoor garden focusing on soil prep, seeds, a nd cuttings.  In the latter half - Harvestin g and Multiplying the Medicinal Garden, we will d ive into the details of, and get our hands dirty doing plant plant divisions and harvesting roots a nd flowers.    Laura Altvate r has been growing medicinal herbs in Portland sin ce 1999. Her study of plants began with her bachel ors in Botany from Connecticut College. She came t o Portland in 1997 to farm flowers and vegetables with Sauvie Island Organics. In 1998 she began wor king at Portland Nursery to develop her horticultu ral skills. Since then she has been growing and st udying medicinal herbs in her own gardens, at theHerb Pharm in Williams, OR and with many herbali sts and healers through out the US. After noticinga lack of medicinal herb starts in the nurseries she began Mostly Medicinals in 2005-2014. Mostly M edicinals is currently not in operation. &nbs p;  

Volunteer Educator Training and Tea

When: 
Nov 9 2014 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Do you like working outdoors with kids? Lookingfor more teaching experience? Come volunteer as a n educator with TLC Farm's Hands-On Sustainab ility Youth Education Program! Learn how to engageparticipants aged preschool through college in aninteractive farm tour and hands-on activities andlessons focused on permaculture, sustainable was te management, natural building and more! This isa great opportunity to gain valuable experience t eaching and leading groups, public speaking and e vent organizing. This training provides you w ith all you need to know to get started, includin g an in-depth look at the farm, tools for workingwith youth of various ages and backgrounds as wel l as games & team-building activities. B ilingual Spanish speakers are highly encouraged tojoin us! PLEASE RSVP to isobel@tryonfarm.orgor 503.245.3847 Stay connected through the F acebook Event

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