Join us for a two-day medicinal herb wild harvest and camp out! Participants will join Instructor Reisha Beck on a spring wild harvest and medicine making extravaganza in the Cascade Mountains located at the beautiful Methow Valley.

Date: TBA Early June 2025
Instructor: Reisha Beck
Cost: $250

Course Description and general Weekend Schedule:

Friday : Arrive afternoon/evening, meet the land and set up camp.

Saturday :

Opening circle 9:00am

Wild Harvesting Basics: What is wild harvesting, why wild harvest, the commons, laws, ethics, tools of the trade.

Wild Medicinals walk and harvest. We will go on a wild plant walk identifying and harvesting the plethora of wild plants specific to this bio region. During this walk participants will learn the medicinal and edible properties of these plants, and how to create a reciprocal relationship with these medicines by growing more through propagation.

During our forage, participants will learn the art of a plant sit. Connecting to our Earth bodies, and the body of the Earth, and how to develop a relationship with plants in the spiritual realms.

After our harvests we will make medicines to take home and share.

Evening: Shared meals and campfire stores and comradery

Sunday:

Tea sit meditation Listening to our bodies, learning from the herbs.

Herb processing and medicine making. As a group we will process our harvested herbs, then Reisha will instruct how to make potent medicines out of each. Students are required to bring their own mason jars, and solvents (alcohol, vinegar, oils, honey and or glycerin) if they want to learn hands on how to prepare these medicines and to take them home. Everyone will share the harvest!
*There will be 95% Honey Shine Alcohol and Honey from Pixie Honey on site for sale.

Closing circle and where do we go from here 3:00PM

Students can camp for one more night if needed.

 Some of the herbs we will be wild harvesting:

Arnica cordifolia, Arrow leaf balsam root, Red Root, False Solomons Seal, Yellow Dock, Blue elder flower, mullein and more!

Participants must bring their own food and camp gear. We will have access to a communal outdoor kitchen supplied with propane burners, meal prep area and potable water for drinking and washing up. Complementary Tea and coffee will be available but bring your own if you are needing more or something specific. Potluck style meals are encouraged but not mandatory, bring more to share!

Camping: tent and or car camping on site. Bring extra layers and be prepared for all weather extremes. The weather can change here in an instant from sunny and 80 to snowing, hailing or thunderstorms. Wildcrafting is not for the faint of heart! Bring extra layers and tarps. We will be walking on mostly flat ground at a slow pace, but it will be all day long. We will also be digging roots, and hauling bags back to camp, have appropriate footwear and be conscious of your bodies needs and abilities.