By byron
Posted Wolf Trees, Stink Horns and Carrion Beetles
Another day with the tracking apprenticeship and damn, was it a blast! Our focus was how we can read the changes to the landscape based on the signs which remain. […]
By byron
In Apprenticeship, earth tracks, mammals, Mentoring, naturalist, nature, nature connection, nature education, Ontario, Photography, Plants, tracking, Wild Plants, wildlife tracking
Posted Along the shores of Lake Huron in Saugeen FN
We got out of the cars and stretched a little, letting the blood recirculate to all the places it struggled to reach on the drive out there. We laughed a […]
By sammytangir
In earth tracks, edible plants, Edibles, gathering, harvest, land stewardship, medicinal plants, Mentoring, naturalist, nature, Plants, Uncategorized, Wild Plants, Wild Plants Apprenticeship, Wildcrafting, wilderness skills, wildlife
Posted Welcoming Spring-Part 1
The first weekend of 2018’s Plant Apprenticeship began on a cloudy morning along a special spot on the Bruce Trail near Orangeville. We started the day with a circle where […]
By Annie
In Apprenticeship, caretaking, earth tracks, Education, foraging, Healing Power of Plants, land stewardship, naturalist, nature education, Plants, Wild Plants Apprenticeship, Wildcrafting
Posted Rain or Sunshine Kind of Day
The bird songs welcomed folks to our second day of our weekend. As some drank lemon balm tea and others coffee, we settled down in a circle and listened to […]
By Lee
In Apprenticeship, apprenticeships, canada, caretaking, earth tracks, edible plants, Edibles, Education, foraging, grey county, harvest, Health, land stewardship, medicinal plants, Mentoring, naturalist, nature, nature connection, nature education, Ontario, Plants, Wild Plants, Wild Plants Apprenticeship
Posted Sunday – where we hit the books . . .and the wetlands
Sunday May 21, 2017 After a beautiful spring night complete with chatty spring peepers and booming thunderclaps, we met Sunday morning in the Rebel Roots greenhouse. Building on some of […]
By Lee
In Apprenticeship, apprenticeships, canada, caretaking, earth tracks, edible plants, Edibles, Education, foraging, grey county, harvest, Health, herbalism, land stewardship, Landscape Tracking, medicinal plants, Medicinals, Mentoring, naturalist, nature, nature connection, Ontario, permaculture, Plants, Uncategorized, Wild Plants, Wild Plants Apprenticeship
Posted From Forest Forage to Potluck Feast
Saturday May 20, Grey County It was a beautiful sunny Spring day when the Wild Plants Apprentices met up to have their first wild edible themed day! As soon as […]
By Brenda
In earth tracks, medicinal plants, nature connection, Plants, Roots, Wild Plants Apprenticeship, Wildcrafting
Posted Digging Roots
The usual sounds of the forest were temporarily replaced by the rhythmic sounds of our knives carving the black cherry tree pieces from which we were making our digging sticks. […]
In apprenticeships, earth tracks, edible plants, foraging, gathering, Herbal Products, herbalism, Herbalogy, nature connection, nature education, Plants, Wild Plants Apprenticeship, workshops
Posted Thistles, Bitters and Life’s Simple Pleasures
Saturday July 18 2015 – Varney, Ontario It was a beautiful mid-summer morning in July, and we plant apprentices were getting ready to learn about medicinal plants. Weaving a thread […]
In earth tracks, edible plants, Edibles, foraging, gathering, harvest, Herbal Products, herbalism, Herbalogy, medicinal plants, Medicinals, Mentoring, naturalist, nature connection, nature education, Plants
Posted Trillions of trilliums and other adventures in the understory
Story of the Day for Sunday May 17 After a beautiful Saturday night potluck full of wild foods, and a beautiful fire, our plants group got up on Sunday morning […]
In classes, earth tracks, herbalism, Medicinals, nature connection, nature education, Ontario, Plants, Urban Edibles, Wildcrafting, workshops
Posted Urban Edible and Medicinal Plants Class 2014
We spent the last few days in High Park with the Urban Edibles and Medicinals course. What a weekend! We started on Friday night with introductions to each other and […]
