Description
Are you curious to learn about how you can combine ecosystem restoration and medicinal plant growing? Join us for a beginner-friendly workshop with Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski to learn about stewarding medicinal food forests! You’ll be introduced to agroforestry concepts and design ideas that can help support functioning ecosystems and provide both food and medicine.
In this workshop, topics will include:
Plant selection for diversity, food and medicine
Basic design principles
Maintenance practices for year-to-year yields
For centuries and still today, indigenous peoples world-wide have created social ecosystems with their favorite medicinal plants. In this workshop, we’ll lead with reverence and respect for these communities and teachings, as we explore social ecosystem ideas for the Pacific Northwest.
This workshop will include a conversational lecture and time exploring the Beacon Food Forest. Class will take place outdoors – please come prepared for the weather and for a walking tour. Class size is limited to about 15 people and we will be following current public health recommendations.
*This class is part of an ongoing partnership in educational offerings with Beacon Food Forest and Tilth Alliance. The goal of these sessions is to explore climate solutions, permaculture-themed ideas, and growing practices that are creative and relevant in our urban communities.
About the Instructor
Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski
Michael Pilarski has been farming and gardening organically since 1972 with medicinal herbs being his main crops for the last 25 years. Michael has been creating medicinal forests for over 40 years and has worked with over 1,000 species of plants. He has taught extensively in the fields of regenerative farming, permaculture, medicinal herbs, native plants, plant propagation, ethnobotany, forestry, agroforestry and related disciplines. He has taught permaculture classes in Washington State since 1981. His publications include: Growing and Wildcrafting Medicinal Plants in the Pacific Northwest, Subtropical and Tropical Medicinal Plants Checklist: 2001, Agroforestry Guide for the Hawaiian Islands, Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology Resource Guide, Creating New Forests for Medicinal Plants.
Tickets are $65.00 with some sliding scale availability
Ticket Link: Creating Medicinal Food Forest Fundamentals