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There IS a Free Lunch with Linda Diane Feldt sponsored by People’s Food Co-op • July 24, 7-8:30 p.m. at Crazy Wisdom Community Room • We are surrounded by wild plants that are tasty, nutritious, and fun to eat. Learn a few of the local volunteers free for the picking. Free. Pre-registration is preferred. Call 994-4589; outreach@peoplesfood.com.

Creating and Using an Herbal First Aid Kit with Linda Diane Feldt sponsored by People’s Food Co-op • June 26, 7-8:30 p.m. at Crazy Wisdom Community Room • We will discuss what to include and how to use it. Free. Pre-registration is preferred. Call 994-4589; outreach@peoplesfood.com.

Spring Herb Plant Sale and Herb Fair with Gaia School of Herbal Studies • May 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • We sell dozens of varieties of hardy medicinal and decorative plants and seeds, suitable for our region, plus extracts, balms, creams, room cleansing sprays, flower essences, body soaks, and medicinal tea blends. Tour our herb school, receive information, schedule consults, and enjoy refreshments. Free. Call 769-7794; gaiacenter@sbcglobal.net.

Medicinal Herbalist Certification Program with Mary Light and Faculty of Gaia School of Herbal Studies • May 23-25: Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday all day • Join our premier workshop for the season in Medicinal Herbal Studies, natural therapeutics, and healing. $300. For more information, call 769-7794; www.gaiaherbalstudies.net.

Herbal Studies Summer Intensive with Faculty of Gaia School of Herbal Studies • July 21-26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. with some evenings offered • Summer Certification program of medicinal herbalist studies on 800 lovely, quiet acres. Curriculum focuses on medicine making, wild harvest, herbal pharmacy and dispensary skills, field ID, and how body systems interface with herbal actions. $850. Call 769-7794; gaiacenter@sbcglobal.net.

Edible Mushroom Cultivation Outdoors with Matt Demmon • May 17, 1-4 p.m. • Want to learn how to grow edible or medicinal mushrooms on logs in your backyard? Gain hands-on experience and learn about other methods you can use. Herbal tea and healthy snack provided. Supervised children welcome. $40 for the class or $60 to take a log home. Call 255-2783; mdemmon@gmail.com.

Vernal Virtues: Michigan’s Medicinal Plants with Jim McDonald • May 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. • Join in an exploration in the woods and meadows surrounding Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center in Oxford in search of many common, medicinal herbs that grace this land each spring. We will cover identification, ethical wildcrafting, and responsible use of the plants discovered. Experience, stories, folklore, and a plethora of handouts will complement the day’s discussions. $50 or $40 preregistered. Call 248-737-3589; jim@herbcraft.org.

Summer Solstice Herb Walk: Michigan’s Medicinal Plants with Jim McDonald • June 21, time to be determined • Join in a walk around Tall Trees Community Farm in White Lake to see and share the medicinal and practical uses of the plants whose virtues thrive under the summer sun. We will cover identification, ethical wildcrafting, and responsible use of the plants discovered through a blend of story, experience, humor, and lore. Part of the Tall Trees’ Summer Solstice Celebration. Free. Call 248-737-3589; jim@herbcraft.org.

First Aid at Your Feet: Using Common Herbs for Bites, Burns, Scrapes, and Scratches with Jim McDonald • July 19, time to be determined • Join in Yule Love It Lavender Farm’s 4th Annual Lavender Festival, where you will find, simply by looking down, plants that will help give ease to some of our most common “ouches”. $7 admission to the Lavender Fest for both Friday and Saturday. Call 248-737-3589; jim@herbcraft.org.

Midsummer Medicines: Michigan’s Medicinal Plants with Jim McDonald • July 20, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. • Join in an exploration in the fields and meadows surrounding Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center in Oxford in search of many common, medicinal herbs whose virtues thrive under the summer sun. We will cover identification, ethical wildcrafting, and responsible use of the plants discovered. Experience, stories, folklore, and a plethora of handouts will complement the day’s discussions. $50 or $40 preregistered. Call 248-737-3589; jim@herbcraft.org.

United Plant Savers: Planting the Future in the Great Lakes Bioregion with Althea Northage-Orr, Betzy Bancroft, Christine Dennis, Colleen Dodt, George Vaughn, Jim McDonald, Joyce Wardwell, Leslie Williams, Linda Conroy, and Wendy Wagoner • Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. • This event helps support the United Plant Savers to spread awareness about the stewardship of wild medicinal plants at risk from their very popularity as herbal medicines. Herbalists from surrounding states will share their herbal wisdom on medicinal plant use, wildcrafting, medicinal mushrooms, fermentation, aromatherapy, native seed collection, and the consciousness needed to ensure that our wild medicinal plants continue to thrive in our environment. $70 or $60 for United Plant Savers members. Call Jim at 248-737-3589 or Betzy at 802-476-6467; plantsaversmail@earthlink.net.