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Bellefield Garden Talk: Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk
May
18
11:00 AM11:00
Ancestral Food, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Therapeutics, wild food, Wild Plant Identification, Wild Plant Walk

Bellefield Garden Talk: Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk

Join herbalist Dina Falconi and explore the plants in and around the Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield. Learn to identify these plants using basic sensory skills and discover how they are used for food & medicine. This walk will include practical information on harvest and preparation. 

To RSVP and for more info contact: BEATRIX FARRAND GARDEN ASSOCIATION

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Foraging & Medicinal Plant Walks with Dina Falconi at Opus 40
Jul
9
10:00 AM10:00
Ancestral Food, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Therapeutics, wild food, Wild Plant Identification, Wild Plant Walk

Foraging & Medicinal Plant Walks with Dina Falconi at Opus 40

Join herbalist and author Dina Falconi and explore the plants of the Opus 40. Learn to identify these plants using basic sensory skills and discover how they are used for food, medicine and pleasure. This walk will include practical information on harvest and preparation. Bring a notepad, camera, and water bottle.

To register and for more info contact: Opus 40 Phone: 845 246 3400

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Herbal Remedies & Wild Food Immersion June 13th, 20th & 27th August 8th
Jun
13
to Aug 8
Ancestral Food, cooking demo, DIY Body Care, Earthly Bodies, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Skin Care, Herbal Therapeutics, Medicine Making, Natural Body Care, Nutrient Dense Food, wild food, Wild Plant Identification

Herbal Remedies & Wild Food Immersion June 13th, 20th & 27th August 8th

Herbal Remedies & Wild Food Immersion: Foraging, Feasting & Medicine Making with Dina Falconi. An online course hosted at Menla . Dates run from: June 13th, 20th & 27th and August 8th

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Hand Crafted Herbal Body-Care; Make Your Own Personal Care Products with Dina Falconi at Omega Institute
Oct
9
to Oct 11
DIY Body Care, Earthly Bodies, herbal class, Herbal Skin Care, Herbal Therapeutics, Natural Body Care, Medicine Making

Hand Crafted Herbal Body-Care; Make Your Own Personal Care Products with Dina Falconi at Omega Institute

Looking for a better way to treat yourself and the planet? Whether you are looking to avoid the chemicals found in many products, interested in a zero-waste lifestyle, or simply enjoy making things yourself, you can learn how to create your own customized, nontoxic, personal care products perfectly suited to your needs. Using simple, pure ingredients that support the body, skin and hair, herbalist Dina Falconi, author of Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Hair, answers your questions and reveals the art and science of making home-crafted body-care products with her favorite master recipes that soothe, nourish and heal.

In this in-depth, hands-on workshop, you are guided step-by-step in practical ways to make healthy creams, salves, balms, herbal oils, face cleansers, mouthwashes, tooth powders, and more. Learn to create an individual skin, hair and body care plan for yourself, and practice doing a consult for a classmate.

Enjoy a luxurious herbal facial treatment from the items created in the workshop, and return home with product samples and the knowledge you need to continue creating your own natural and healthy personal body care products.

For more info about the course and to register click here: Omega

Photo of Calendula in the wild garden taken by Magda Durante

Photo of Calendula in the wild garden taken by Magda Durante

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In The Wild Kitchen with Dina Falconi - Online Learning at Your Own Pace
Dec
22
to Dec 22
Ancestral Food, cooking demo, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Therapeutics, Nutrient Dense Food, wild food

In The Wild Kitchen with Dina Falconi - Online Learning at Your Own Pace

  • In The Wild Kitchen Online (map)
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In The Wild Kitchen shows you how to forage and feast on wild plants so you can up your wildcrafting and cooking game.  This online master course, made up of eight cinematic lessons, illuminates how to identify, harvest, and prepare wild edibles into delicious, nourishing, and healing food from scratch.

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The 14th International Herb Symposium 2019'
Jun
7
to Jun 9
Ancestral Food, DIY Body Care, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Skin Care, Herbal Therapeutics, Medicine Making, Natural Body Care, Slide Presentation, Wild Plant Identification, wild food, Wild Plant Walk

The 14th International Herb Symposium 2019'

I am excited to be a part of the 14th International Herb Symposium! Featuring 2019 Keynote Speaker Leah Penniman, over 100 classes, and teachers from 14 countries! June 6-9, 2019. For more info: https://www.internationalherbsymposium.com/

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Herbal Intensive with Dina Falconi 2019'
May
25
to Oct 12
Ancestral Food, cooking demo, DIY Body Care, Earthly Bodies, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Skin Care, Herbal Therapeutics, Medicine Making, Natural Body Care, Nutrient Dense Food, Wild Plant Identification

Herbal Intensive with Dina Falconi 2019'

  • Stone Ridge NY USA (map)
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I’m excited to be offering the Herbal Intensive in 2019. Come explore the beauty and the bounty of the gardens, fields and woods in this six month comprehensive course. We will cover a vast amount of information encouraging the daily use of herbs for food, medicine and pleasure.  This course is designed to provide inspiring, practical and thorough “hands on” herbal information that can easily be incorporated into one’s life.

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Herbal Weekend in the Catskills - July 28th-29th, 2018
Jul
28
to Jul 29
Ancestral Food, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Therapeutics, Medicine Making, wild food, Wild Plant Identification, Wild Plant Walk

Herbal Weekend in the Catskills - July 28th-29th, 2018

Join us for a weekend of herbal classes, herbal medicine making, and plant walks up in the beautiful Catskill mountains. Dina will be presenting along with a handful of other teachers. For more info click link here.

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Herbal Intensive with Dina Falconi
May
5
to Oct 13
Ancestral Food, cooking demo, DIY Body Care, Food is our medicine, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Skin Care, Herbal Therapeutics, Medicine Making, Nutrient Dense Food, Wild Plant Identification

Herbal Intensive with Dina Falconi

Come explore the beauty and the bounty of the gardens, fields and woods in this six month comprehensive course. We will cover a vast amount of information encouraging the daily use of herbs for food, medicine and pleasure.  This course is designed to provide inspiring, practical and thorough “hands on” herbal information that can easily be incorporated into one’s life.

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May
21
10:00 AM10:00
Ancestral Food, Food is our medicine, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, Herbal Therapeutics, Wild Plant Identification, wild food

Wild Harvest: Sharing Mother Nature's Bounty — Edible and Medicinal Field Study

Join herbalist Dina Falconi and explore the plants of the gardens, meadows, and woodland edges of the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Learn to identify these plants using basic sensory skills and discover how they are used for food, medicine and pleasure. This walk will include practical information on harvest and preparation. Bring a notepad, camera, and water bottle.

Dina will have Foraging & Feasting books available, if you would like to pick up a signed copy.

For more info contact click here. Phone: 413.298.3926 info@berkshirebotanical.org

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May
14
to Oct 15
Foraging & Feasting, DIY Body Care, cooking demo, wild food, herbal class, Medicine Making, Herbal Therapeutics, Wild Plant Identification

Herbal Intensive with Dina Falconi

  • Google Calendar ICS

Come explore the beauty and the bounty of the gardens, fields and woods in this six month comprehensive course. We will cover a vast amount of information encouraging the daily use of herbs for food, medicine and pleasure.  This course is designed to provide inspiring, practical and thorough “hands on” herbal information that can easily be incorporated into one’s life.

Topics include:

  • Herbal Therapeutics
  • Wild Plant Identification and Application
  • Wild Food Foraging and Culinary Preparations
  • Medicine Making
  • Herbal Skin Care
  • Nutritional Healing… and More

A significant amount of class time will be spent outdoors studying wild and cultivated plants. We will then bring these plants into our kitchen-classroom and transform them into food, medicine and various other preparations.  As part of our learning experience, we will prepare and enjoy a primarily “wild” delicious meal influenced by the plants that are in season.  Everyone will make an abundance of preparations to bring home and begin to create their own medicine chests.  In the last part of each class we will focus on a particular organ system, health topic or special project.

  • One Saturday every month, May thru October
  • 2016 Dates: May 14, June 11, July 9, Aug 13, Sept 10, Oct 15
  • Time: Saturdays, 10:00AM to 4:00 PM
  • Location: The lovely hamlet of Lyonsville, Stone Ridge, NY

  • Cost: $650, includes material fee; $150 deposit due with registration.

  •  For more information and to register contact Wild Earth. Registration opens at noon on January 15th 2016.

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Nov
20
to Nov 22
herbal class, Natural Body Care, Herbal Skin Care, DIY Body Care

Going Natural; Making Your Own Kitchen Cosmetics & Herbal Skin-Care Products

Forget shopping at the mall this holiday season. Give the people you love earth-friendly, skin-pampering creams, balms, and cleansers made in your own kitchen, and treat yourself, too!

“I love introducing people to the art and science of home-crafted body-care products,” says Dina -- and you’ll love the new health and radiance you’ll feel after using formulations made from healing and aromatic herbs. Enjoy the fun of creating items that you thought had to be purchased ready-made. Marvel at your financial savings. Appreciate the minimal impact on the environment. Dina -- using her favorite master recipes -- will guide you step-by-step in practical ways to make healthy creams, salves, balms, herbal oils, face cleansers, mouthwashes, tooth powders, and more. These natural body-care products -- unlike commercial ones -- work in partnership with nature to support the body, using simple, pure ingredients that are as close to their natural state as possible. They’re combined into formulas that enable your body to gently soothe, nourish, and heal. Discover for yourself --  and enjoy a luxurious herbal facial treatment from the items created in the workshop!

For more info please click here. Or contact Rowe Center via phone: (413) 339-4954 or
Email: info [at] rowecenter.org

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Foraging & Feasting the Bounty of Early July in the Catskills
Jul
8
10:00 AM10:00
cooking demo, foraging, Foraging & Feasting, herbal class, tasting, wild food

Foraging & Feasting the Bounty of Early July in the Catskills

Join herbalist and author Dina Falconi in exploring the wild edibles of the Catskills by learning to identify, harvest, & prepare them. The harvest will be transformed into a
delectable feast in the gorgeous setting of Wild Roots Farm. The menu will
include herbal beverages, wild salad (purslane, lamb's quarter violet, dayflower, wood
sorrel, etc.), amaranth & dock soup, wild green pesto, flower
butter, and delicious bread freshly baked in the wood-fired outdoor oven,
among other offerings. Hosted by Amy Gillingham of Wild Roots Farm.

For more info contact Lisa M. Lyons at 845-439-5507 or www.morgan-outdoors.com.

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Apr
29
10:00 AM10:00
herbal class, wild food, foraging, cooking demo, tasting, Foraging & Feasting

Foraging & Feasting at the North Chatham, NY Library

Foraging & Feasting: Slide Show and hands-on harvest + Cooking Demo + Tasting 

Explore the culinary treasures hidden in local wild foods. Learn about foraging from herbalist, author Dina Falconi as she presents slides of botanically accurate illustrations and shares delicious, nutrient-dense recipes from her book new book Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook (www.botanicalartspress.com).

Signed copies of Foraging & Feasting will be available at this presentation.

For more info contact: North Chatham Library


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