Tending the Winter Landscape Saturday Series
Tending the Winter Landscape Saturday Series
Classes meet Saturdays from 10a to 4p:
January 25th, February 8th, February 22nd and March 15th.
This is a hands-on, deep dive into understanding and tending place during the winter months. Learn the secrets to identifying plants throughout the year and recognizing ecological features that tell the narrative of place. Explore hands-on activities to tend the landscape while also providing ourselves with food and medicine. We will see that we can provide for our needs while also improving the landscape around us!
Held at the beautiful Mahonia Land Trust just outside Oregon City, with carpools available from Portland. Take home a bounty of what the land has to offer: medicinal preparations, a mushroom log, plant starts, and the know-how to better serve the landscape around us.
What you will learn:
Winter twig ID
Understanding the ecology of a place
Finding microclimates and planting native plants in ideal spots for them to thrive
Winter tree pruning basics
How to safely fell a tree
Planting mushrooms into a landscape for food and habitat
Harvesting winter plant medicine
Botany of the flower
How to harvest late winter/early spring edibles
Making herbal preparations
Discussing herbal medicine for the winter months
Class will mostly be held outdoors, with an indoor space for lunch. Participants should be ready for a hands-on day outside in winter weather. Class will be taught by Gradey Proctor, Missy Rohs and Mark Bassik