AMERICAN
HERB ASSOCIATION
2008 HERB EVENT CALENDAR
HERB
& AROMATHERAPY CLASSES
with Kathi Keville, herbalist, aroma therapist
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OAK
VALLEY HERB FARM
PO Box 2482, Nevada City, CA 95959
For class information: call 530-265-9552 (message phone)
To register: send payment. Map will be sent. Sorry, herb
gardens are not open except for classes.
Oak Valley Herb Farm is located 15 minutes from Colfax (off Highway 80) and the picturesque, Victorian gold rush towns of Nevada City/Grass Valley on Highway 49. The area offers good dining, art shows, theater, museums, great shops, hiking, boating, lakes, and swimming in the Yuba River
HERBAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
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details -
One weekend a month, 9:30am-4:30pm
April 26-27, May 17-20, June 14-15, July 11-13 (campout), August 16-17
This in-depth course will show you new realms of understanding medicinal herbs
& medicine-making. It incorporates herbalism, aroma therapy& flower
essences. The course takes place in the outdoor classroom at our farm and
on field trips. Wild crafting, plant ID, The July camping trip is in the High
Sierra & includes canoeing & building a sweat lodge. Designed for
students with some experience with herbs, it is limited to 15 participants.
FEE:
$700 + $40 material fee (optional) Or, take just the first 3 weekends April
- June.
For July program, the cost is $450 + $24 supplies fee.
3 month MINI-PROGRAM: $450 + $24 supplies
Payment plan available. Call for brochure.
The Apprenticeship Program is designed to serve each participant's individual
needs. The program is well-structured, but you are encouraged to experiment
in your favorite areas and to share preparations, ideas, and experiences.
We all learn from each other!
LABORATORY: Learn to prepare and use many different herbal
products, made from herbs we collect. We will take an advanced look at a variety
of methods for producing tinctures, glycerites, salves, liniments, decoctions,
pills, tablets, syrups, oils, and flower essences. Make an herbal/aroma therapy
first-aid kit.
FIELD WORK: Harvest and prepare herbs on numerous wild crafting
excursions. Make a plant press and herbarium samples for ID. Incorporate plant
photography if you wish. Learn the basics of herbal botany and how to key
plants.
RESEARCH: Collect data and establish research contacts. Kathi
will open her extensive library for your research.
CLINICAL WORK: Use sitz baths, poultices, compresses, and
other hydrotherapy methods. Study diagnostic methods, techniques, and stress
reduction methods. Determine correct dosages and when herbs are - or are not
- appropriate and safe.
AROMATHERAPY: Combine aromatherapy with herbalism to achieve
better results. Choose specific aromatherapy techniques and oils for physical
and emotional conditions.
PLANT ENERGY WORK: Get in touch with the plants. Develop
plant-based intuition to enhance your healing work.
HERB
WALKS
Kathi has been leading herb walks in the Nevada City area since 1973. Her
extensive knowledge of the edible & medicinal uses of plants shines through
colorful descriptions of science, lore, history & her own experiences.
Short, wide & easy trails with 40 herbs on each walk. Picnic areas for
lunch afterwards.
WALK FEE: $20 prepaid or $24 at walk ($35/both walks) Kids
free, teens $10. TIME: 9am-12pm.
INDEPENDENCE TRAIL Saturday, May 4
ROCK CREEK NATURE TRAIL Saturday, May 31
HERB
GARDEN TOUR & GARDEN CULTIVATION & DESIGN CLASSES
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Held in our beautiful herb gardens
Saturday, June 7
Fee: $18/class
GARDEN
TOUR: 9:30am-12:00pm
Enjoy a leisurely stroll with Kathi through her rock-terraced herb gardens
where you will see 150 species of useful herbs. Learn the medicinal and unique
culinary uses, aromatherapy, history, & lore of about 50 herbs & flowers—some
familiar, some unusual. This is also an opportunity to observe different garden
design styles used in the three distinct gardens. You will see how to blend
sizes, shapes, and colors for a dramatic presentation. (You will find plenty
of shade and garden benches along the way.)
GROWING
HERBS & GARDEN DESIGN: 12:30-2:30pm
In this class, Kathi combines her herbal knowledge, green thumb, and art degree
to share the secrets of how to create an herb garden that is both useful and
beautiful. Included is a slide show of 20 formal & informal herb gardens
throughout the US that illustrate design techniques ... guaranteed to inspire!
There will also be cultivation & propagation techniques for edible &
medicinal herbs with Kathi Keville. Learn the specific propagation techniques
for medicinal and culinary herbs, both sun & shade lovers. There will
be hands-on demos (with samples to take home) of seeds, divisions & cuttings.
Discover when and how to harvest herbs for their maximum quality.
LANDSCAPING
with STONE & WOOD: 3:00-5:00pm
Hardscaping adds beauty to your garden. Observe and learn about the design
& construction of pathways, rock walls, terraces, steps & other garden
accents with landscape construction artist Ron Bertolucci. Simple methods
will be explained, along with demonstrations on building your own simple stone
& wood projects and sources for materials. (Ron’s hardscaping business
includes the construction of dry stack rock walls, stone and wooden garden
stairways and planters, garden pathways, and ponds. He also teaches half day,
hands-on classes on building dry stack rock walls.)
ROCK
WALL CLASS: DRY STACK CONSTRUCTION
May through September (call for dates), 9am-3pm. $60
Stone construction was used by ancient cultures throughout the world. Class
offers techniques, theory and hands-on instruction with Ron Bertolucci, stone
designer & builder.
Covers in-depth training & demo, tools & supply sources. View different
styles of completed walls, stairs & terraces on site at Oak Valley Herb
Farm, Grass Valley.
Contact us to be on the list for future classes or if you are interested in
having rockwalls/stairs constructed.
HERBAL
MEDICINE CLASSES
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January – March 2008
Herb class series held Sundays 9:30am-2:30pm
COURSE FEE: $130 for a 3 consecutive classes,
or $48 per one class. Call or write for more information.
The Course is taught according to body systems: First Series: Digestive Tract,
Liver, Immune System, Cardiovascular System. Second Series: Lungs/Sinus, Women’s
Health, Stress/Nervous System, & Urinary Tract & Men’s Health.
This program covers practical, integrated holistic healing: custom designing
holistic protocol with herbal formulas, aromatherapy, flower essences, nutrition,
lifestyle & emotional well being, advanced medicine-making methods, consultation
techniques & physiology & chemistry in relationship to herbal healing.
New studies, legalities & ecological concerns discussed. There will beandouts
and suggested home study. Open to students with herbal experience.
HERB
& AROMATHERAPY SEMINARS 2008
with Kathi Keville, herbalist, aroma therapist
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AROMATHERAPY
SEMINAR I
SEMINAR I: September 27-28, 10am-5pm
SEMINAR FEE: including materials:
$170/weekend or $90/day ($10 discount 10 days in advance)
SATURDAY: Techniques for home, clinic & various forms of bodywork. History, lore, scientific research. How to judge quality. Learn blending techniques and prepare your own body oil & spray formulas. Smell physiology & essential oil chemistry. Effects of 45 oils on mind & body skin, digestive & circulation disorders & infections. (Charts included). Treating depression, anxiety, fatigue, and the nervous system. How to choose one oil over another and how to formulate blends that work synergistically. Applications of aromatherapy to massage and other forms of therapy. See the distillation of essential oils & hydrosols from the garden demonstrated in class with explanation and samples. Make your own body/massage oils and aromatic sprays in class after choosing from a selection of dozens of essential oils.
ADVANCED
AROMATHERAPY SEMINARS II & III
ADVANCED
SEMINARS II and III: October 25-26 & November 15-16, 10am-5pm
SEMINAR FEE: $180/weekend
Combine aromatherapy with herbalism to treat acute and chronic disorders &
choose appropriate oils. Custom-made blends, chemotypes, chemistry & healing
properties of common and uncommon essential oils. (Charts included.) Look
at the scientific support backing medical applications of aromatherapy. Each
weekend introduces the history, application, healing properties & blending
guidelines of 30 more interesting essential oils. Learn about unique oils
and the advantages of using these more obscure oils to replace others. Section
devoted to perfume making from natural ingredients. Advanced formulating techniques,
and making specific formulas for various medicinal applications. Aromatherapy
cosmetics, skin care, and skin disorders and skincare physiology. Learn how
essential oils can be used to reverse aging and "new" cosmetic ingredients.
Appropriate oils for facial massage/acupressure face lift. We will also cover
the properties of creams and other carriers. We will discuss and make custom-designed
bath/body salts for therapeutic uses and do aromatherapy facials. Several
new essential oils and hydrosols will be introduced and sampled. Requires
completion of Seminar I or an equivalent course. The three seminars meet the
standards of the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy for Level I
Aromatherapy Training. Certificate granted after completing all three aromatherapy
weekends.
MEDICINAL
& EDIBLE WILD PLANTS
Ethnobotany of the Sierra Flora. July 7-11. SAN FRANCISCO
STATE UNIVERSITY, Bio 315 (1 university credit)
Instructors: Keville and Harnak
Identification, uses, medicinal and edible processes, ecology, and related
geography and herbal interactions with human physiology.
Location: The Sierra Nevada Field Campus in the High Sierra,
near Sattley, CA
Contact: Jim Steele, SFSU, 415-338-1571 - After June 1st:
530-862-1230
- 2008 HERBAL EVENT CALENDAR -
American
Herb Association’s
2008 HERBAL EVENT CALENDAR
FEBRUARY-NOVEMBER:
10-Month HERBAL STUDY COURSE with Jane Bothwell
Class is held one weekend per month at the Dandelion Herbal Center in Arcata,
CA. Expand your knowledge of herbal preparations, formulations, material medica,
wild foods and seaweeds and more with lots of hands on activities. Included
is Rosemary Gladstar’s home study course. Call (707)442-8157 or visit
www.dandelionherb.com
MARCH
8-9: (April 5,6; May 3,4; June 7,8; July 12,13; August 9,10) ROOTS of HERBALISM
PROGRAM with Candis Cantin
This six month program integrates Ayurveda, Chinese and Western herbalism.
It is designed for those who have the basics of Herbology and want to deepen
their understanding of Herbalism and applying it in a clinical setting. Donation:
$900 with some work exchange payment plans. Evergreen Herb Garden www.evergreenherbgarden.org
or 530-626-9288
MARCH
15: LOST DUTCHMAN PARK - HERB STUDY
Reevis Mountain School, Roosevelt, AZ. A day out in the desert with Bigfoot.
9:00-3:00. $100. Includes Peter Bigfoot’s Herbal Study Guide. www.ReevisMountain.org
or BellaBHBH@aol.com
APRIL:
HEART of HERBOLOGY APPRENTICESHIP with Mary Pat Palmer, MA, RH.
One weekend/month for 6 months. Philo (CA) School of Herbal Energetics: mpatpalm@earthlink.net
Website www.herbalenergetics.com
707-895-3007
APRIL
5-6: SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE on BOTANICAL MEDICINE, Tempe, Arizona.
Topics include herbs and statins, interstitial cystitis, treating type II
diabetes without Glucophage, Ayurvedic materia medica and much more. Friday
field studies April 4. CE credits for health professionals.
Information 800-252-0688 or www.botanicalmedicine.org
APRIL
5-6 (and OCTOBER 11-12): GOURMET HERBAL VEGETARIAN COOKING
New to the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine, this class will focus on
gourmet cooking techniques such as; cutting skills, reductions and flashing,
how to create recipes, cooking and creating herbal foods. Come learn how to
incorporate your medicine into amazing looking and tasting meals! Limited
to 8 people. Instructor: Karyn Sanders.
For further information: www.blueotterschool.com
or (530)468-4342
APRIL
12-13: (MAY 10,11; JUNE 14,15) 10am–4:30 pm. ROOTS OF HERBALISM
Beginning Program at Soil Born Farm. 3000 Hurley Way, Sacramento, CA. Learn
the basics of Western Herbology while integrating it with the Ayurvedic philosophy.
Donation: $300, payment plans available.
Evergreen Herb Garden www.evergreenherbgarden.org
530-626-9288
APRIL
19: The Cabarrus County Master Gardener Volunteer Association presents
their 3rd Annual HERB & PLANT FESTIVAL
8:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. Rain or Shine. Admission, parking, educational speakers
and demonstrations are all FREE. Over 80 gardening themed- vendors on site.
Open-air market. 518 Winecoff School Road, Concord, NC 28027. Phone: 704 920-3326
or 704 920-3310
APRIL 26-27 (one weekend a month through August): HERBAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM with Kathi Keville, AHA Director, at beautiful Oak Valley Herb Farm, Nevada City, CA. ID wild food and medicine. Field Trips, Botany, Energetics, Aromatherapy, Medicine Making, Wild Food Potluck, Flower Essences. Distill Essential Oil. 3-day High Sierra Campout. Also: Herb GardenTours, Cultivation/Landscaping & Stonewall classes. www.ahaherb.com 530-265-9552
MAY 17:
PLANTING THE FUTURE CONFERENCE
Tai Sophia Institute, Laurel, MD. $70($60 UpS members), lunch $10.
MAY 18 Special event: Barefoot in the Green Pharmacy Garden with Dr. James
Duke. $50. United Plant Savers. 802-476-6467 Plants@unitedplantsavers.org
www.unitedplantsavers.org
MAY 31-JUNE
2: MEDICINES from the EARTH HERB SYMPOSIUM, Black Mountain, North
Carolina
Workshops include botanical treatment of pulmonary disease, MDR, mental illness,
osteoporosis, herbs of Belize, environmental toxicity and much more. New this
year: herbal therapeutics series with certificate. CE credits for health professionals.
Information 800-252-0688. www.botanicalmedicne.org
MAY 16-19.
Session 1: Herbal classes
May 23-26. Session 2: Herbal classes
AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1. Session 3: Herbal and Sustainability classes
18th annual Northern California WOMEN’S HERBAL SYMPOSIUM.
707-824-1429. www.womensherbalsymposium.org
Once again women, plants and sustainable lifestyles will come together in
Great Celebration! Join us in Mendocino County, CA for four full days of inspiring
Herbal and Sustainability classes, gourmet vegetarian meals, amazing handcrafted
marketplace items, talented camp-fire capers, refreshing swimming hole dips,
Rites-of-Passage Ceremonies, powerful drumming, and remarkable women! Three
separate sessions, over 50 workshops at each, including: Aromatherapy, Ayurveda,
Cultivation, Flower Essences, Herb Walks, Herbal Crafts, Herbal Therapeutics,
Women’s Health, and much more. Session 3 also offers Sustainable Living
classes, including: Natural Building Techniques, Permaculture, Solar Energy,
and more. Work exchange available.
JUNE
(through NOVEMBER): Beginning Herbalism. Our BEGINNING HERBALISM
course at the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine meets the third weekend
of each month for six months and is designed for people new to herbs, beginning
herb students and intermediate students interested in Native American energetic
herbalism. This course will provide you with the information and tools to
begin, or expand, your use of herbs in your life for you and your loved ones.
This course alone will not prepare you for professional practice; if this
is your goal, consider our full-time program. Instructors: Karyn Sanders and
Sarah Holmes.
For further information: www.blueotterschool.com
or (530) 468-4342
HERBAL
BACKPACKING VENTURES
Spend a weekend backpacking in the mountains and learning about herbs. In
addition to backpacking in a beautiful setting we will be identifying plants,
learning about medicinal uses of plants, discussing a minimal impact on our
environment and doing plant meditations. This is not a wildcrafting trip.
Three trips are being offered in the mountains of Siskiyou County, CA. You
may sign up for one or all of the trips. Each trip is limited to 6 people.
Instructor: Sarah Holmes.
For further information: www.blueotterschool.com
or (530) 468-4342
JUNE
22-29: FLOWER ESSENCE
Practitioner Training with Jane Bell
May-OCTOBER: PLANT SPIRIT HEALING APPRENTICESHIP with Pam
Montgomery. Partner Earth Education Center, Danby, Vermont. Call 802-293-5996
or visit our website: www.partnereartheducationcenter.com
JUNE
21-JULY 3: JOURNEY TO PROVENCE
Join this small caravan of herbalists and explore the fragrant herbs, natural
wonders and the ancient touch of humanity in the spectacular rural regions
in the south of France. Herbalists Jane Bothwell and Cascade Anderson Geller
welcome you to join them as they return to enjoy concocting wildcrafted products,
savoring amazing foods and reveling at festivals. For more information/registration,
call Cascade (503)232-0473 <cag@easystreet.net> or Jane (707)442-8157
<janeb@arcatanet.com> or go to: www.dandelionherb.com
JULY
3-7: COSTA RICAN HERBAL ADVENTURES
Do you want to Study Herbs in an exotic location? Come join Candis and Jill
Ruttenberg at the beautiful center in Costa Rica!! call Jill at 866-659-3805
or www.amatierra.com
July 7-11: MEDICINAL and EDIBLE PLANTS. Identify and study past/present uses in the rich diversity at the Sierra Nevada Field Campus of San Francisco State University (near Sierra City, Sierra Buttes). Ecology, use, safey. College credits. www.sfsu.edu/~sierra After June 1: 530-862-1230.
July
18-21: INTERNATIONAL HERB ASSOCIATION
Annual Conference at Willow Pond Herb Farm, Gettysburg, PA. www.iherb.org
JULY
26, Saturday. 6th Annual MENDOCINO HERB FAIR, Mendocino, CA. 10am
to 5pm
Featuring herbal artisans, healers and medicine makers. Showcasing herbal
products, plants, edibles, remedies, bath & body care and more! Call (707)
490-2977 or visit www.mendocinoherbfair.com
July
26-27: NW HERB FEST
Experience classes designed to empower you with the knowledge of
herbal healing. Beginning & advanced classes. Wise Acres Farm near Eugene
Oregon. Choose from 29 lectures. Early bird 25% discount of $145 prior to
May 1st. Additional intensives available with Michael Tierra and Christopher
Hobbs. For information call for free brochure 541-736-0164, go to www.herbaltransitions.com
or email/ class@herbaltransitions.com
August
2: PLANTING the FUTURE CONFERENCE in Oxford, Michigan. 802-476-6467.
$60/70 members plants@unitedplantsavers.org www.unitedplantsavers.org
AUGUST
18–28: TIBET and CHINA HERBAL ADVENTURE
Join Candis Cantin and Vendantin Luo on their adventures to herbal
healers of Tibet and China. This 10 day trip will filled with great food,
comfortable accommodations and herbal wonders. Email Ventantin for details
at schoolyoga@gmail.com
AUGUST 22-24: 21st Annual WOMEN’S HERBAL CONFERENCE in NH www.sagemountain.com
AUGUST
28-31: VITAL HEALTH and WELL BEING
During Changing Times with Amanda McQuade Crawford.
Call 802-293-5996 or visit our website:www.partnereartheducationcenter.com
SEPTEMBER
19-21: GREEN NATIONS GATHERING at Rowe Conference Center in Rowe,
Ma.
Herbal medicine, food topics, plant communication, field and forest walks,
case study panel, emporium, Equinox fire circle, networking and lots of fun.
Visit our website: www.greennations.org
or call 802-293-5996
SEPTEMBER
19 -21: SACRED TEACHINGS of the PLANTS
Are you studying herbs, but find you spend more time than you wish learning
about them from books? Do you yearn to speak the largely forgotten language
of plants? Using ceremony, ritual, story telling, song and celebration we’ll
venture into the magical realm of plants exploring our ever evolving relationship
to The Green Nations. Teachers include ~ Rocio Alarcon , Stephen Buhner, Rosemary
Gladstar, Trishuwa, Susan Grimaldi, Amy Lohman, Marc Conolly, Andrea &
Matthais Reisen. Other Teachers Still to Be Announced. Cost: $285. For Further
Information contact Sage Mountain: www.sagemountain.com
802.479.9825
SEPTEMBER
22-23. AROMATHERAPY SEMINAR with aromatherapist Kathi Keville at
Oak Valley Herb Farm in Nevada City, CA. Physiology, chemistry, blending,
making products & distilling oils. Message: 530-265-9552 www.ahaherb.com
OCTOBER 10-13: TRINITY ALPS TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Join Jane Bothwell of the Dandelion Herbal Center as she guides you along
herb walks and alpine lakes. Located in Northern California enjoy Autumn leaves
falling, gorgeous views, delicious foods and knowledgeable herbal instruction.
Call (707)442-8157 or visit www.dandlionherb.com
OCTOBER: Intermediate/Advanced Apprenticeship with MATTHEW WOOD, MSc, RH, One weekend every other month for one year. Contact Mary Pat at mpatpalm@earthlink.net. 707-895-3007, Website www.herbalenergetics.com
NOVEMBER
7 ~ 23: Join Rosemary Gladstar
A PLANT LOVER’S JOURNEY to THAILAND, LAOS & CAMBODIA
If you love adventure, have dreamed of riding elephants in the jungle, love
river travel, meeting new people and experiencing different cultures, learning
new plants, and enjoy exotic market places and beautiful crafts, then join
us on this unforgettable adventure…
South East Asia is a region of tremendous natural beauty, diverse cultures,
ancient religions and magnificent temples. Though we visit some of the more
renowned sites such as Angkor Watt (the ancient Khmer capitol of Cambodia),
Mekong River, Chiang Mai (Thailand’s principal northern City), and Luang
Prabang (a World Heritage Site), we’ll spend most of our time in small
villages meeting with local people and immersing ourselves in village life.
Trip Cost: $3076 if deposit is sent before March 31; after March 31 $3276.
Cost includes lodging in lovely hotels (double occupancy), meals, ground transportation
and internal flight, all activities, classes, entrance fees, tips, room taxes
and service charges. Does not include international airfare to S.E. Asia.
Further information at www.sagemountain.com
Or Lyon Travel programinfo@lyontravel.com; 866-359-5966
AROMATHERAPY/HERBS
& DISTILLATION CLASSES
- JEANNE ROSE - www.Jeannerose.net/Calendar.html
Enrollments Limited Each Class is Valid For 15 Ce From Abmp and Ncbtmb and
Towards Practitioner Certification. For Any Classes Write Jeanne Rose, 219
Carl St. San Francisco, Ca 94117. E-Mail Aromaticplant@Yahoo.com or Ph 415-564-6785.
FEBRUARY 29, MARCH 2. San Francisco, Ca. Professional Blending
MARCH 14-16. San Francisco, Ca. Natural Perfumery. $450
APRIL 18-20. San Francisco, Ca. Spa & Skin Care, $325
MAY 2-4. San Francisco, Ca. Aromatherapy Certification II. $425
MAY 24. Saturday Only. Rose Distillation In San Francisco. $160.
SEPTEMBER 19-21. Boonville, Mo. Deep Green Aromatherapy Medicine: Discovering
a Personal Path to Healing
OCTOBER 3-5. Reno. Nv. Professional Blending of Essential Oils
OCTOBER 17-19. Grand Rapids, Mi. Professional Blending of Essential Oils
NOVEMBER 7-9. Los Angeles. Natural Perfumery and Exotics. Contact: 323-658-7507.
Refund Policy: refunds are given (less a $100 process fee per class) up to
3 weeks before the class. Then on an individual basis only if the spot can
be filled; or you may take a comparable course with us anywhere at no other
charge up to a year later.