As a clinical herbalist in Minneapolis Minnesota, I have harvested the medicine for my own practice for 32 years. Over the course of the year, I will begin in the cold weather, teaching you the basics of ethical foraging, drying plant material, botanical latin. You will learn how and why to harvest medicinal barks from trees and shrubs. Then we move along to the plants growing from very early spring, all the way to late fall, when the weather turns cold and we harvest roots. I will teach you plant identification and harvesting techniques while I teach the uses of the plants through stories from my practice.
January to November Curriculum:
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Free Clips From The Subscription Series "A Year of Plant Walks"
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- Welcome!
- Daylily (8:50)
- Celandine: Using Ideas From Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy and Doctrine of Signatures (6:19)
- Comparing Motherwort and Garlic Mustard (2:53)
- Plantain ID and Use (3:37)
- Wild Leeks/Ramps (3:07)
- Lilac: Uses as a Flower Essence and Medicinal Oil (4:11)
- Comparing and Contrasting Bur Oak, Linden and Ginkgo Trees (1:09)
- Linden: ID, Uses and Edibility (3:05)
- Flowering Creeping Charlie: Uses Part 1 (4:18)
- Lady's Thumb: ID and Uses (2:45)
- Northern White Cedar/ Arborvitae: ID and Use (6:38)
- Poison Ivy and Virginia Creeper ID, With a Nod to Jewelweed, Goldenrod, Giant Ragweed and Raspberry Leaf (6:39)
- Plantain: Using Ugly Plants and Not Washing the Gathered Material (2:42)
- Calendula: More Uses and A Case History (6:39)
- Burdock Root: Uses (11:45)
Additional Bits and Pieces
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Winter: Planning Your Herbal Year While The Plants Sleep
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Guidelines and Technique for Harvesting and Preparing Barks as Medicine
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Very Early Spring Starts the Cycle of Outside Plant Walks: Before the Trees Have Leaves
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- Welcome Letter
- Intro to Seeing Trees: White Oak Family and Linden Comparison (2:29)
- Elm with a Brief Comparison to Oak (2:13)
- Red Cedar/ Juniper Berry (2:33)
- Thuja (0:57)
- White Pine (3:09)
- Ohio Buckeye (0:26)
- Cottonwood (3:50)
- Ginkgo (1:45)
- Black Elderberry ID and Lore (6:51)
- Red Elderberry (3:36)
- River Birch (0:59)
- Our Local Cramp Bark (Viburnum trilobum) (2:27)
Let's Get Into More Details about Uses of the Barks
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- WELCOME LETTER
- Red Osier Dogwood Uses (9:50)
- Red Osier Dogwood: Collecting and how to take care of plants when you collect them (3:30)
- White Oak Family ID (8:02)
- White Oak Family ID (2:56)
- Emotional and Physical Uses of Oak (11:33)
- Oak ID: Comparing Red and White Oak Family (2:36)
- Prickly Ash ID and Uses (8:26)
- Prickly Ash: Further ID (1:18)
- Blooper of getting ready for the Bark Walk (1:37)
Early Spring Part 2: Beginning of April: Tender Edible and Medicinal Baby Plants are Emerging
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- Welcome Letter: Tender Edible and Medicinal Baby Plants Are Emerging
- As A Beginner Lise Knew Nothing! (1:09)
- Daylily (8:50)
- Agrimony and Yarrow (1:12)
- Wood Betony and Mullein (1:51)
- Yarrow and A Nod to Queen Anne's Lace (7:41)
- Red Osier Dogwood (1:05)
- How Lise Uses a Wild Edible Field Guild As A Backup ID (0:39)
- Creeping Charlie (1:26)
- Comparing Daylily and Tulip (0:52)
- Comparing Daylily to Iris (0:52)
- Dandelion Flower Oil As Medicine (4:29)
- Celandine: Using Ideas From Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy and Doctrine of Signatures (6:19)
- Garlic Mustard: So Invasive! So Edible! Let's Eat Pasto! (7:44)
- Iris (1:41)
- Wintercress (4:19)
- Wild Edible Harvesting and Making 9 Green Soup (1:53)
- Sweetleaf, Goldenrod and Mullein (2:10)
- Comparing Motherwort and Garlic Mustard (2:53)
- Burdock- ID and Edibility of the Leaf (1:52)
- Plantain (2:42)
- Jewelweed With a Big Nod to Avens (3:43)
- Watercress (6:20)
- Goldenrod (0:56)
- Stinging Nettles (5:39)
Early Spring Part 3: Later April: Plants Are Bursting Out All Over!
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- Welcome Letter
- Review: Nod to Daylily, Virginia Waterleaf ID and Use (1:49)
- Solomon Seal and False Solomon Seal ID and Edibility (2:48)
- Wild Ginger: ID, Edibility and Uses of Root (6:17)
- Sweetleaf/Beebalm ID (2:23)
- Goldenrod (1:08)
- Iris ID (0:45)
- Daylily ID (1:07)
- Mullein (2:32)
- Plantain ID and Use (3:37)
- Wild Leeks/Ramps (3:07)
- Violet ID (2:13)
- Tiny Plant Review: Violet, Cleavers, Jewelweed, Avens, Garlic Mustard and Creeping Charlie (4:11)
- Compare Garlic Mustard, Creeping Charlie and Motherwort (3:37)
- Female Gingko with Fruit (1:14)
- Burdock ID (1:04)
- Stinging Nettles ID (0:54)
- Blue Vervain ID (1:32)
- Comparing Red and Black Elderberry (1:41)
Spring: May!
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- 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 Bur Oak, Linden and Ginkgo Trees (1:09)
- 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)
Late Spring/ Early Summer: Beginning of June
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- Welcome Letter
- Iris Use with a Nod to Yarrow and Prickly Lettuce, Catmint and Day Lily (5:25)
- Lilac: Medicinal Uses (2:21)
- Behind the Scenes: Getting Ready for Creeping Charlie (0:26)
- Flowering Creeping Charlie: Uses Part 1 (4:18)
- Flowering Creeping Charlie: Uses Part 2 (6:11)
- Flowering Celandine: Uses (6:58)
- Flowering Black Medic Pt 1: Uses (7:30)
- Flowering Black Medic Pt 2: More Uses and Collection (4:12)
- Motherwort Pt 1 : ID and Uses (3:47)
- Motherwort Pt 2 : Uses And Making a Tincture (9:29)
- Sow Thistle: ID (2:32)
- Prickly Lettuce Pt 1: Uses and Making a Tincture (5:07)
- Prickly Lettuce Pt 2: Uses, Case Histories and Making a Tincture Continued (5:23)
- Sweet Mellilot: ID and History (3:46)
- Cinquefoil: ID and Uses (6:01)
- Lady's Thumb: ID and Uses (2:45)
- Chickweed Pt 1: ID and Uses (4:27)
- Chickweed Pt 2: More Uses (2:14)
- Pineapple Weed ID and Use, With a Nod to Common Ragweed (3:08)
- Northern White Cedar/ Arborvitae: ID and Use (6:38)
- Milkweed: Edible and Medicinal Uses (3:28)
- Poison Ivy and Virginia Creeper ID, With a Nod to Jewelweed, Goldenrod, Giant Ragweed and Raspberry Leaf (6:39)
- Jewelweed Pt 1: ID and Use (5:29)
- Jewelweed Pt 2: Flower Essence and Other Medicinal Uses (5:08)
- Common Grape Leaf: ID and Edibility (2:35)
Early Summer: Garden Plants: Third Week of June
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- Welcome Letter
- Lady's Mantle: ID, Collection and Uses (8:57)
- St John's Wort: ID and Collection (6:49)
- Black Elder Flower: ID, Collection and Uses (7:20)
- Lamb's Quarter: ID and Ediblity (3:18)
- Blooper with Red Clover (0:22)
- Red Clover: Food and Medicine (3:20)
- Blooper with Day lily (0:31)
- Day Lily: Flower and Bud as Food (2:30)
- Flowering Yarrow: Collection and Uses (5:21)
- Plantain Gone to Seed: Uses (2:35)
- Plantain Leaf: ID and More Uses (2:25)
- Plantain: Using Ugly Plants and Not Washing the Gathered Material (2:42)
- Comfrey: Flower Essence Uses (3:32)
- Motherwort: ID, Collection and Uses (9:05)
- Agrimony: ID and Uses (2:43)
- Linden Blossom: Collection and Uses (7:41)
- Serviceberry: ID and Deliciousness (4:06)
- Comparing Making a Tincture Vs An Infused Oil (11:26)
Summer: A Mix of Garden Plants and Not Garden Plants: Mid July
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- Welcome Letter
- Calendula Flowers As Food And Medicine, With a Nod to Lady's Thumb (4:58)
- Decanting (Straining) Motherwort Tincture Pt 1 (4:59)
- Decanting (Straining) A Tincture Pt 2 (4:46)
- Flowering Mullein: ID and Use (6:33)
- Flowering Hoary and Blue Vervain Pt 1: ID and Case History (3:49)
- Flowering Hoary and Blue Vervain Pt 2: Uses, Personality Profile and a Little More ID (7:32)
- Flowering Sweetleaf/ Beebalm: ID, Collection and Uses (7:28)
- Flowering Grindelia: ID, Collection and Use (4:24)
- Amaranth, With Nod to Lamb's Quarter: ID and Edibility (4:04)
- Flowering Pleurisy Root/ Butterfly Weed, With a Nod to Flowering Milkweed: ID, Uses and Edibility (8:16)
- Flowering Borage: ID, Harvest, Uses Both Medicinal and Edible (6:29)
- Elecampane: ID, Use and Case History (6:53)
- Echinacea: ID, Flower Essence and Medicinal Uses (Not to Stop a Cold!) (6:37)
- Garden Sage: ID, Uses (3:02)
- Black Cohosh: ID and Uses (3:55)
- Teasel: ID and Use (5:00)
- Fleabane: ID, Use and Case History (4:51)
- Chicory: ID, Uses and Food and Flower Essence (5:03)
- Queen Anne's Lace: ID, Preparation and Use (7:44)
Mid Summer: More Mid July
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- Welcome Letter
- Wood Sorrel as Medicine, With a Nod to Motherwort, Sweeleaf/ Beebalm, Lady's Thumb, Iris, Calamus and Wild Rose (10:36)
- Flowering Wood Betony: Collection and Uses, with a Nod to Goldenrod, Flowering Agrimony and Boneset (8:57)
- Flowering Agrimony: ID, Collection and Psychological Uses (10:39)
- Common Ragweed: Collection and Uses, with a Nod to Black Medic and Sweetleaf (8:12)
- Poor Man's Pepper: ID and Uses (2:36)
- Wild/ False Indigo Pt 1: ID, Collection and Use (6:30)
- Wild/ False Indigo Pt 2: Case Histories (7:37)
- Buckthorn: ID and Uses (6:37)
Later Summer: Early August
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- Welcome Letter
- Mountain Ash/ Rowan Berries: ID, Collection and Uses for Food and Medicine (3:17)
- Flowering Lobelia ID, Collection and Uses with a Nod to Joe Pye and Blue Vervain (9:05)
- Greater Blue Lobelia Flowering: ID (1:42)
- Flowering Comfrey: Uses and Case Histories (8:48)
- Black Walnut Blooper (0:20)
- Black Walnut Pt 1: ID, Collection, Uses for Food and Medicine, with a Nod to 2nd Year Burdock (3:58)
- Black Walnut Pt 2: Medicinal and Flower Essence Uses with Case Histories (7:08)
- Wild Cherry Pt 1: ID and Collection (8:10)
- Wild Cherry Pt 2: Uses (4:59)
- St John's: Medicinal Oil Uses (5:45)
- Agrimony Take 2: ID, Uses and Case Histories: Some Repeat, But Also Additional Uses and Case Histories (11:57)
- Flowering White Snakeroot ID and Use, with a Nod to Boneset (4:59)
- Flowering Boneset: ID, Collection and Uses (8:41)
- Blooper...Fatigue (0:47)
- Lady's Thumb: ID, Collection and Uses (10:13)
- Joe Pye Weed/ Gravel Root: ID, Collection and Uses (6:41)
- Calendula: More Uses and A Case History (6:39)
Late Summer: End of August : Berries!
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- Welcome Letter
- Leafy Prickly Ash: ID and Uses (3:08)
- Crampbark Berries/ Highbush Cranberry: ID, Collection and Uses (4:32)
- Staghorn Sumac Berries: ID and Uses for Food and Medicine (4:56)
- Virginia Creeper Berries: ID and Story (4:04)
- Greater Horsetail: ID, Collection and Uses (7:39)
- Flowering Goldenrod Pt 1: With a Nod to Dandelion: ID, Collection and Uses (9:03)
- Flowering Goldenrod Pt 2: An Unusual Use (4:06)
- Black Elderberry Pt I: ID, Collection and Uses (7:34)
- Black Elderberry Pt 2: Preparation and Unusual Uses (7:12)
Winter Health Using Preventative Folk Medicine
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- Welcome Letter
- Part 1: Your body is smart. Don't stop a cold! (21:24)
- Part 2: Elderberry; research and how and what to make; Fall foods as immunomodulators and the innate immune response (22:10)
- Part 3: Many food and non-food options (not supplements!) to enhance the immune response (21:02)
- Part 4: Non food options to enhance the immune response (25:00)
- Part 5: Inflammation and Tissues States. Food sources to encourage flow and strengthen your vital force, including making garlic honey and fire cider (24:40)
Fall: Mid-October: Roots!
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- Welcome Letter
- Garden Thyme: Collection and Uses (4:01)
- Wild Ginger Root: Collection and Uses Review (6:44)
- Pleurisy Root Seed Pods and An Interesting Case Using Baptisia (and Chickweed) (4:17)
- Solomon Seal Foliage and a Node to Celandine (4:43)
- Digging Real and False Solomon seal (8:02)
- False and Real Solomon Seal Uses and Case Histories (7:14)
- Burdock Root: Uses (11:45)
- Burdock Burs: Use (2:22)
- Ginkgo: ID, Collection and Uses (5:09)
- Ginkgo Fruit: Edibility and Preparation (4:14)
- Ginkgo Fruit Blooper (0:29)
- Ohio Buckeye: Use (2:33)
- Yellow Dock Root: ID and Uses (13:02)
- Dandelion Root: Uses (4:56)
- Hydrangea Root: Uses (1:09)
November: Late Fall
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"I Have learned so much from you. Probably more than any other herb class."
I started the plant walks with you from early Spring and I am loving this!!! I have learned so much from you. Probably more than any other herb class. I know this because I'll be out among the plants, and certain things come to mind about a particular plant you talked about. It must take a lot of time and energy to do these videos, so I want to say thank you, and I appreciate you :)
Linda Casiano
"Lise believes that plant wisdom is for everyone, and she lives that belief in her teaching."
In March 2020 - with all three kids back in the house full-time, and their dad, too - time to myself was suddenly a rare and precious thing. By some grace I ended up enrolling in Lise’s online Plant Walk series.
Throughout the Spring and Summer of 2020, these Plant Walks were a constant companion. I built a habit around watching a few segments during my afternoon tea break. It was always a highlight of my day! In perfectly manageable servings, Lise led us through the seasons, and I began to notice that the plants Lise was pointing out in the walks were doing the same things in my backyard. Fifteen minutes of screentime, plus endless hours walking in the neighborhood, around lakes, in the woods with my family - this was enough to carry my interest in herbalism through that chaotic year. I met plants underfoot I’d been stepping over for decades but hadn’t known before. I learned new uses for plants I’d known for years. And maybe most importantly, I began to trust that I could learn. This knowledge wasn’t beyond my reach just because my life was so full already. Lise gave me that confidence.
How did I get hooked? Lise is fun to watch. She is full of stories about the plants and the people they help. She manages to meet students wherever they’re at even in a recorded format (no small feat) and is fiercely dedicated to all her students’ success. Maybe most importantly, Lise believes that plant wisdom is for everyone, and lives this belief in her teaching.
The year after my “plant walk year”, I joined Lise’s Three Seasons program, and this was when working with herbs found a bigger and more insistent place in my life. But these Plant Walks were the beginning for me, and I credit them with changing the course of my life. For anyone herb-curious out there, especially those without a lot of time to spare, this series is a fabulous resource.
I can’t recommend Lise strongly enough!
Emily Pearson Ryan, Minneapolis, MN Lowlandplantmedicine
Edible and Medicinal Plants are Everywhere!
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"...have already paid for so many classes I haven't even started..."
I am enrolled in your plant walks (LOVE them!). I have taken many classes from various herbalists and am a current student of (Bleep! A famous and popular herb school)...and have already paid for so many classes I haven't even started. I am a single mom with two beautiful children that are significantly impacted by autism, so I find I jump into buying these classes, but have absolutely no time to view the content. However, every time you send out the email saying there is more content on the plant walks, I watch those right away! So, that just tells you how much I love them! Priorities.
Taran Green, Crystal MN
