Introduction weekend in the Columbia Basin ( exact location will begiven after registration). Weekend will cover: wild harvesting ethics, seasonal harvesting rounds, and creating a community for the harvesting year.

What we will harvest : Wild onions, biscuit roots, cattail and tule rhizomes, willow, and sagebrush, plus whatever else we stumble across.

What we will process and create: cattail and tule rhizome flour, steamed wild food breakfast, and a random weave willow basket.

Participants can also fish at the lake will will camp by , and be prepared for camfire feasting and plant processing.

Meeting up somewheres near Chelan( exact location will be given after registration) we will cover lots of vertical ground this weekend, starting on the banks for the Columbia and ending in the high canyons of the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest.
What we will harvest: wild asparagus, dog bane hemp, Artemisa ludoviciana, willow bark, Arnica, fir bark, false Solomons seal, wolf lichen and possibly morels. Plus lots of other wild herbs.

What we will create- Wild asparagus and mushroom scramble, dog bane hemp cordage for future projects, and a plethora of medicines ( tinctures, oils glycerites etc) from the herbs we harvest. A reminder lesson on medicine making will be given for those who need it. We will also peel bark and dry it for future basket projects.

Participants need to bring their own jars and solvents for medicine making.

Deep in the hills of the Methow Watershed, there lies a magical lake … We will harvest, fish and swim there this weekend. ( exact location will be given after registration)

What we will harvest: Lomatium dissectum, balsam root, pedicularis, Uva ursi , blueberry leaves, bitterbrush, yarrow and mullein leaf. An emphasis on reciprocity will be highlighted as we scatter seeds from the big medicine plants we harvest, creating right relationship and the continuation of these plants and their habitats.

Tea sits, trout fishing, swimming and medicine making will round out the weekend nicely.

This weekend we will wild harvest in the wild canyons by my home and then make some fantastic creations back at my garden. Afternoon swimming in the Methow River is part of the lesson!

What we will harvest: Elder flower, saskatoon berries, fireweed, yarrow, and alfalfa.

What we will create: First day we will do wild ferments with guest instructor Gabe Garms, herbal kombuchas and lacto-fermented saskatoon berries! Plus Ivan Chai from the fireweed we harvest.

Second day we will do wild dyes! We will go through the whole mordanting and dyeing process of both animal and plant fibers.Plants we will dye with are black beans, and the wolf lichen, bitter brush and sage brush we harvested in previous classes. Students will dye hand spun wool( that they have made) Dogbane hemp cordage( that they have made in previous class) and recycled cotton clothing. Students will also get to practice spinning their own fibers with a drop spindle and a spinning wheel.

We will meet up high in the North Cascades and venture down to the canyon lands of the Sagebrush Stepp for an abundant berry harvest then make an array of wild berry concoctions!

What we will harvest: wild blueberries and huckleberries, blue elderberries, and chokecherries. Possibly king boletes is the weather permits!

What we will make: Wild fermented berry vinegars with guest teacher Gabe Garms. Elderberry syrups with the addition of immune boosting and anti-viral herbs we have harvested in previous classes. Plus traditional pounded chokecherry cakes that we dry as an ingredient for our fall feast in October.

We will also go swimming at my favorite spot near by.

We will start this weekend harvesting int the canyons by my home and end up in the high alpine mountains of the North Cascades. ( Exact location will be given after registration)
What we will harvest: Cattails and Tule for weaving , plus more rhizomes for flour. Alpine roots, sweet root, sharp tooth angelica, Sitka valerian and possibly porcini’s and hedgehogs.

What we will process and create. We will process cattail leaves and tule for weaving, participants need to make sure they have extra space in their car to transport these home. More cattail flour for an ingredient for our fall feast in October. Then we will process the potent fall roots in to medicines for winter wellness, participants will need to bring their own jars and solvents for take home medicines.

We will end our harvesting year way down in Klickitat at my dear friend Natasha Clarks home, harvesting, feasting and celebrating our harvesting season together.

What we will harvest: Acorns, acorns, acorns. Oak gals, oak bark, pine pitch, Lomatium klickitatense and lions mane mushrooms.

What we will create and process: Acorn flour, ink and dye from the gals, medicine from the oak bark and lions mane mushrooms. We will create a fall feast using the many wild foods we have harvested both as a group and independently over the course of the this season.