What is that ??
Who are you ?
Do you ever walk through the woods and wonder "What is that plant?" Do you wonder if you can eat it? Or if it is used medicinally? Then this class is for you! In this class we will look at the uses of different famous and not so famous plants.
Spring Ephemerals are Emerging
The Woodland Plants are emerging before the leaves on the trees form a canopy to block the sunlight. Trillium, Bloodroot, Wild Ginger, Blue Cohosh, False and Real Solomon Seal and so many more (see the curriculum below)! Early in the spring, many plants are edible that later in the growing season will be too tough to eat. This is the time that many flowers can be turned into flower essences. Others have roots perfect for harvest. This class captures them at this early spring moment, Entertainment abounds as we touch, smell and taste our way through the woods and discuss the uses of the plants at this phase in their growth.
Preview Course Curriculum
Set 1
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- Welcome Letter
- Plant Walk Begins: Avens (Geum urbanum) (4:59)
- Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) (1:41)
- False Solomon Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) and Real Solomon Seal (Polygonatum biflorum) (5:19)
- Wild Ginger (Asarum Canadense) as Edible and Medicinal (4:29)
- Sweet Melilot (Melilotus officinalis) (2:27)
Set 2
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- Raspberry (Rubus spp.) and Red Cohosh (Actaea spp.) (4:42)
- Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) and Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) (2:36)
- Why Grape Vine (Vitis spp.) for a Flower Essence (0:52)
- Viriginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) and Ramps (Allium tricoccum) and Spring Ephemerals (3:40)
- Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis): Edible and Medicinal (3:05)
Set 3
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- Trillium (Trillium spp.) as a Flower Essence and a Medicinal Root (6:06)
- Worms! (4:34)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) as a Medicinal Root and a Flower Essence (8:52)
- A Recommended Book and Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) (13:08)
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) (3:40)
- Catnip (Nepeta cataria) (3:32)
Spring: May!
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- Work on WELCOME LETTER
- Garden Marshmallow (2:49)
- Black Medic ID and A Nod to Violet (4:33)
- Prickly Lettuce ID...So Staticy, But The Video Gets the Job Done (1:18)
- Fleabane ID and Use (3:43)
- Spontaneous Medicine Garden: Prickly Lettuce, Red Clover, Shepard's Purse (2:35)
- Shepard's Purse Pt 1: ID and Uses (4:38)
- Shepard's Purse Pt 2: More Uses (2:40)
- Plantain: Native vs Introduced Species and Uses (5:42)
- Lilac: Uses as a Flower Essence and Medicinal Oil (4:11)
- Wild Ginger: What is a Flower Essence (3:48)
- Wild Ginger: Making a Flower Essence Pt 1 (5:43)
- Wild Ginger: Making a Flower Essence Pt 2 (7:05)
- Comparing and Contrasting Trees: Ginkgo, Linden and Bur Oak (3:05)
- Linden: ID, Uses and Edibility (3:05)
- Wood Sorrel : ID (1:14)
- St John's: ID (2:20)
- Tamarack/ American Larch: Flower Essence Use (3:46)
- Motherwort: ID (2:15)
- Trillium: ID and Flower Essence Use (4:17)
- Burdock Leaf Pt 1: Uses (4:43)
- Burdock Leaf Pt 2: More Uses (2:23)
- Wild Medicine Garden: Jack in the Pulpit ID, Starry False Solomon's Seal, and Eating Wood Nettles (2:43)
- Comparing Jack in the Pulpit and Skunk Cabbage (1:49)
- Cleavers: ID and Uses (7:44)
- Violet: Food and Medicine (8:42)
- Why Wild Edibles? (2:57)
- Greater Horsetail/ Scouring Rush: ID (3:31)
Here is a Taste of the Fun
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