🌿 Herbal Medicine Nature Walk – October 5th 🌿

Date & Time: Sunday, October 5th, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: TBD (on Vancouver Island)
Cost: $70
Includes: Guided walk, herb tasting, and a PDF download of 20 plant monographs.

Discover the Medicine of the Forest

Join us for a guided Herbal Medicine Nature Walk where we’ll explore the incredible local foods and medicines that grow right here on Vancouver Island.

This hands-on experience will introduce you to wild plants that have nourished and healed people for generations. You’ll not only learn to identify these plants, but also taste some of them and discover their practical uses for health and wellbeing.

Featured Herbs

Here are just a few of the plants we’ll encounter:

🌲 Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) – Vitamin C-rich needles, healing sap, and bark remedies for colds, wounds, and digestive support.

🌿 Cedar (Thuja spp.) – Traditionally used for coughs, bronchitis, kidney problems, and as a powerful antifungal and antiviral (with cautions for use).

🌰 Oaks (Quercus spp.) – Acorns as an ancient staple food, and bark for sore throats, wounds, and digestive balance.

🍇 Oregon Grape (Berberis aquafolium) – Tart berries for food and a berberine-rich inner bark for antimicrobial and skin-healing remedies.

🍓 Salal (Gaultheria shallon) – Sweet berries for preserves and leaves for soothing stomach and cough complaints.

🌹 Wild Rose (Rosa damascena) – Vitamin C-packed hips, petals for calming teas, and roots for digestive support.

🍄 Turkey Tail Mushroom (Trametes versicolor) – A potent immune modulator known for anticancer and antioxidant properties.

And many more—including Blackberry, Horsetail, Plantain, Dandelion, and Skunk Cabbage