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Use the Indexes below to find the classes of interest to you. You can click on the name of the class or event offered or to view by date, click on the specific month. To contact us or if you wish to be on our email list & have monthly class notices sent to you, please send your email address to class@herbaltransitions.com. Only the classes offered this year are availble for viewing. Each year we will remove last years classes and put the new classes for the year on the site. To download a PDF of the entire ten pages of class information Click Here. You can also download individual class information as a PDF by going to the class data below.
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We encourage you to purchase herbs through Mountain Rose Herbs: They of course have unsurpassed quality. In addition for every time you access their website through the web banner links on this website, they will donate 15% of anything you purchase while at their website to Wise Acres Farm in support of our educational classes. | ![]() |
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The Living Garden • For A PDF Registration: For a registration form, click here: The Living Garden Registration Form What you will learn in a nutshell: How to order, organize, harvest, process and store seeds. How to grow, harvest and preserve healthy, nutritious food as well as culinary and medicinal herbs. This will include where, when and how to prepare a garden bed. How to make compost and care for it. Creating and using compost tea inexpensively. How to start plants from cuttings.How to plant seeds in trays and pots as well as direct planting in ground. How to transplant seedlings from pots to the garden. How to care for the plants once they are in the ground. General care of the garden throughout the spring, summer and winter months. How to harvest and preserve food and medicinal plants for later uses. Since we also teach people how to use medicinal herbs we will discuss uses of some of these herbs while involved in activities in the herb garden. Expect to study hard, work hard and learn more than you can imagine! (Details are listed by month below.) Where you will learn: Wise Acres Farm – A farm in Pleasant Hill Oregon, devoted to teaching planetary citizens to be more self sufficient in a sustainable manner. It is 18 minutes from South Eugene and 25 minutes from North Eugene. Classes are largely taught by Sharol Tilgner. Investment to learn: $425 - $525 (See discount schedule immediately below.) sliding scale fee includes a whole spring to fall of class time, hands-on time in food and medicinal herb garden, preserving of vegetables and herbs as well as tasting and getting to take extra herb, fruit and veg home. You will also get to take home any extra veggie and herb starts. When we weed we dig up lots of valuable plants that you can take home with you. This includes vegetable babies, herb babies and berry canes. Discounts: Receive a 15% discount if you register two months in advance. Receive a 10% discount if you register one month in advance. Refunds available up until two weeks prior to the class starting. There is a 20% surcharge on all refunds up until one month prior to the class when it changes to a 25% surcharge on all refunds. Registration: To print out a registration form, click here: The Living Garden Registration Form When you will learn: Specific scheduled Sundays as listed below. Additional dates will be decided on a weekly basis for hands-on activities in the food and herb gardens. Each week dates and a schedule of activities will be emailed or called in to you. (If you don't have email.) The dates will depend largely on mother nature and the weather as well as a variety of other farm factors. No matter the weather we will meet on the specified Sundays. Only the additional dates will change each week. Although we suggest ou start this class in January, it is possible to join the class at any time. By coming to many of the unscheduled weekly dates you can make up some of the information lost to you. The scheduled Sunday dates (One Sat date was necessary but can be changed by the class on the first meeting date.) are below. January 10th, 17th We will have a harvest potluck in August or September, the date and time to be decided by the class. Families welcome. Harvest time will include making jam, drying of fruit and freezing of veggies as well as veggie fermentation and grape fermentation. Due to mother nature dictating when we plant and transplant etc. we may not always be able to use scheduled days for hands-on experience with seeding, transplanting, thinning, weeding etc. However, since we will have additional days available for people to join us, you should be able to get hands-on experience at everything if you make it a priority. We will meet at the first of the year to discuss general gardening techniques and go through seed catalogs and learn how to make decisions on the best seeds to order for your needs. You will go home with knowledge on how and where to order seeds and make plans for where those seeds will be planted and grow into your future vegetables and medicinal herbs. After this first class all other classes will be a mix of verbal instruction/lecture and hands-on experience. There will also be specific additional days available that students can come join in the daily activities and learn first hand with the Wise Acres folks in the food or medicinal herb garden or orchard/vineyard to learn more about recognizing the various weeds and plants and how to grow the desirable plants into nutritious and health promoting vegetables and herbs. Each week in March - October you will be sent an email telling you what days special events are taking place at the farm. Please tell us days and times of the day you are available and we will try our best to include those days and times. Realize we have to work around mother nature which is largely the weather as well as the dates when plants are simply ready for us to complete a particular activity. General activities:
Specific topics and activites that will be covered are listed below:Not all topics are listed, and mother nature will dictate changes in the schedule, but it gives you a rough idea of what will take place. January 10th: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM January 17th: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM February 28th: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM General March Activities you may be involved with at scheduled times or additional dates: March 7th 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sow Indoors: March 21st 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM General April Activities you may be involved with at scheduled times or additional dates: April 18th: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM General May Activities you may be involved with at scheduled times or additional dates: May 9th: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM May 23rd: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM General June Activities you may be involved with at scheduled times or additional dates: June 6th 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM June 13th 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM General July Activities you may be involved with at scheduled times or additional dates: July 3rd (Saturday) to miss July 4th we can alter this day if you wish. 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM General August Activities you may be involved with at scheduled times or additional dates: August classes General September Activities you may be involved with at scheduled times or additional dates: September classes October Lodging: Fee: The whole summer of learning $425 - $525 sliding scale fee. Includes class time, hands-on time in food and medicinal herb garden, preserving of vegetables and herbs as well as tasting and getting to take extra herb, fruit and veg home. You will also get to take home any extra veggie and herb starts. When we weed we dig up lots of valuable plants that you can take home with you. This includes vegetable babies, herb babies and berry canes. Discounts: Receive a 15% discount if you register two months in advance. Receive a 10% discount if you register one month in advance. Refunds available up until two weeks prior to the class starting. There is a 20% surcharge on all refunds up until one month prior to the class when it changes to a 25% surcharge on all refunds. Registration: To print out a registration form, click here: The Living Garden Registration Form We encourage you to purchase herbs through Mountain Rose Herbs: They of course have unsurpassed quality. In addition for every time you access their website through the web banner links on this website, they will donate 15% of anything you purchase while at their website to Wise Acres Farm in support of our educational classes. Herbs A-Z : Learn your Herbal ABC's • For A PDF For a registration form, click here "Herbs A-Z" Details: You will receive verbal and written information on identification of specific herbs, harvesting techniques and forms to best use the herb. The class will emphasize how to use these healing plants as agents to keep yourself, your family and your pets healthy. You will also learn how each herb is used for specific health conditions. The action of the herb on the mind and body will be discussed as well as correct forms to use such as teas, tinctures, poultices, etc. You will learn correct dosages for each herb. Contraindications for some herbs will also be discussed. The classes will be taught by classifications of herbal properties and actions. The list of herbal properties and actions are listed in the class schedule below. In each classification the most important herbs of that classification will be studied. Every class will include sampling of many of the herbs we are discussing. This allows you to experience the herbs first hand and get better acquainted with them. A book of extensive notes will be given to each participant. All participants who finish the course will receive a certificate of attendance.
Day one starts with an introduction to the course: What to expect from future classes, suggested texts, where to get reliable herbal information in books, periodicals, newsletters, internet, where to get reliable tools and supplies that a herbalist needs. Bring questions and be ready to tell Sharol what you hope to learn from this class. We will begin studying the digestive herbs first and proceed through the list below. You will learn intimate details about more than 100 herbs based on the following categories. Many of the terms below will be new to you. After the class you will know what all of them mean and know many herbs that fit into each category and what makes each herb unique. • Digestive Herbs: Nutritives, Bitters, Carminatives, Laxatives, & Stool-forming herbs, Vermifuges, Antihelmintics, Astringents, Vulneraries, Mucilaginous Herbs, Antiinflammatories • Liver & Gall Bladder Herbs: Cholagogues, Choleretics, Liver Protectants & Stimulants • Immune System Herbs: Immunomodulators, Antimicrobials, Antiseptics, Antifungals, Antivirals, Antiprotazoals, Antitumor, Lymphagogues • Respiratory Tract Herbs: Diaphoretics, Expectorants, Bronchodilators, Anticatarrhals • Reproductive Herbs: Emmenagogues, Abortifacients, Parturients, Galactagogues, Aphrodesiacs, Uterine Tonics, Prostate Tonics, Sexual Potency Effectors • Cardiovascular Herbs: Heart Tonics, Vascular Tonics, Hypotensives, Vasoconstrictors, Vasodilators, Hemostatics/Styptics • Nervines: Nerve Tonics, Relaxants, Stimulants, Hypnotics, Analgesics, Antidepressants • Musculoskeletal System: Antiarthritics, Rubefacients, Antispasmodics, Antiinflammatories • Endocrine System: Blood Sugar Effectors, Thyroid Effectors, Adrenomodulators, Reproductive Hormone Modulators. • Urinary tract System: Diuretics, Antilithics, Urinary Tract Tonic
When is Herbs A-Z (Part II of Herbal ABC's): Six Sundays in late winter/early spring 2010 - February 7th, 21st, March 14th, 28th, April 11th, 25th. The class is from 9:30AM - 5:00 PM. We provide drinks. You provide a sack lunch. Usually we have cheese available with the drinks. What is the Cost of Herbs A-Z: 6 Sunday classes $375-$425 sliding scale fee Discounts: Receive a 15% discount if you register two months in advance. Receive a 10% discount if you register one month in advance. Refunds available up until two weeks prior to the class starting. There is a 20% surcharge on all refunds up until three weeks prior to the class when it changes to a 25% surcharge on all refunds. Lodging: Registration: To print out a registration form, click here "Herbs A-Z ( Herbal ABC's Part II)"
Continuation of The Living Garden - You can still can enroll in this class although you will have missed a bit of time. Call to discuss.(If there is room.) Herb Garden Work Party & Herb Exchange (This will be a part of the Living Garden class this year. If you are an advanced gardener you may still be able to join for the day, email us.) 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Come meet other herbal enthusiasts. Weed out herbs that are too thick and take herbs home to grow. There are always a wide variety of herbs to weed out. A few examples of what may be weeded are Valerian, Fennel, Motherwort, Skullcap, Peppermint, Strawberry, Lilac, Vervain, Datura, Red clover, Yarrow, Calendula, Saint John's wort, Elecampane, Arnica. You will need gloves. If you have a favorite digging tool, please bring it. We can provide tools for some people also. If you are planning to take herbs home with you, please bring soil and pots. The soil in the garden needs to stay there. Bring a sack lunch if you want to join the rest of the group for a leisurely lunch. This event will be cancelled if the weather is bad. A few rain drops won't stop us but continual rain and/or a windy day will. (Due to some problems with well meaning amateur gardeners in the past, we can not accept novice gardeners unless they bring a well seasoned gardener with them. Additionally, we had to turn individuals away last year as we had too many people show up. Please email class@herbaltransitions.com or call to reserve a space. It is OK to show up last minute if you are OK with the possibility of being turned away if we reach capacity.)
Continuation of The Living Garden Continuation of The Living Garden In July we have a two day herb conference/festival. Please join us at this fun and educational event. Click below for more details. NW Herb Fest 2010 July 24th, 25th, 2010 - not on web yet - coming soon - you still see last years data
Continuation of The Living Garden Continuation of The Living Garden Continuation of The Living Garden No classes scheduled this month, at this time. No classes scheduled this month, at this time.
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We encourage you to purchase herbs through Mountain Rose Herbs: They of course have unsurpassed quality. In addition for every time you access their website through the web banner links on this website, they will donate 15% of anything you purchase while at their website to Wise Acres Farm in support of our educational classes. |
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Classes For Intermediate and Advanced Students Intensive On Sunday Night July 25th, 2010 after the symposium: Not listed yet - soon - can still see lasts years Click here to go to the NW Herb Fest where you will find many intermediaate and advanced classes: NW Herb Fest 2010 Herbs A-Z - Learn Your Herbs From A - Z • For A PDF For a registration form, click here "Herbs A-Z" For Details: Click Here
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By Body Systems - Module I - Not available this year. Send an email that you are interested in this class in the future and you will be notified when it becomes availble. class@herbaltransitions.com 2010 Apprenticeships Available as the Living Garden series. Click here to get details: The Living Garden
Address: Wise Acres LLC, 84537 Proden Lane, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, 97455.
The cabin is available from April 1st to October 1st. It is situated in the middle of beautiful gardens on Wise Acres Farm. Call if you have questions. 541-736-0164 email class@herbaltransitions.com Address: Wise Acres LLC, 84537 Proden Lane, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, 97455.
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There are no Intensives scheduled for 2010 as we are focusing on our Living Garden series. Herbal Intensives: These intensives are very full of learning. You can contact us to be on a special email list if interested. class@herbaltransitions.com You will be notified of the dates. Generally subjects in the intensives will involve lecture time as well as hands-on learning experiences such as making soap, cheese, tinctures, salves, suppositories, hand cream and lotions, elixirs, beer, wine, capsules, lozenges and other self sufficiency/self health care items. If you have an interest in gardening techniques, that may become a part of the scheule. Outdoor activity is set up around the lecture theme. Call if you have questions. 541-736-0164 or email class@herbaltransitions.com During intensives you will learn about cultivation of herbs, which parts of a herb is used medicinally, harvesting techniques, drying techniques, preparing the herb as a vehicle for consumption and how to use herbs medicinally. Herb walks will equate the information in the lectures with the actual plants. Please email requests for specific class information you wish to be included in future intensives. During the intensives you will be involved in making herbal preparations. The preparations we make will be decided by which plants are available, student requests and time available. If making a preparation such as a tincture or an oil we will not be able to finish it as these things take many weeks to process. However, we may start a new tincture or oil and may be able to finish a tincture or oil being made from a prior class. There will be herb walks in the garden, wild areas of the property or an outing to another location. Fees for intensives cover the class, all handouts and samples you will take home or consume during the class. It also covers the use of the kitchen, and availability of hot showers. Meals are provided at extra cost.
Special Intensives Intensive On Sunday Night July 25th,after the NW Herb Fest: go to NW Herb Fest
Special reigistration details for the The Living Garden, Herbal ABC's, NW Herb Fest and other special classes can be found in the area of this web site where those classes have been explained in deatil. Please go to the top of this page and click on the appropriate class name. You will find a link to a printable registration form for each class. Where to send registration: Send the registration form with a check or money order (in U.S. funds) out to “Wise Acres LLC.” Mail it to Wise Acres, 84537 Proden Lane, Pleasant Hill, Oregon 97455. We do not accept credit cards. Refunds minus a processing fee are available as stated on the registration form. If we have reached our class limit, your check will be returned. Wise Acres is 18 minutes south of downtown Eugene at 84537 Proden Lane in Pleasant Hill. Directions:
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