Wild Food & Medicine

We’ll start this workshop out with a plant walk. We’ll go over plants that are used for both food & medicine and why. We’ll go over individual species, how to use, gather, and process them, as well as discuss the foundational actions of herbs. We’ll dive into the terms Bitter & Alteratives and discuss the mechanisms of how they work in the body. As we’re walking we’ll gather some herbs and go back to the classroom to make our own medicine on site!

Melissa Borer Hard is an herbalist, forager, farmer, artist, and mama. Stemming from a passion to feel good and reclaim a relationship with nature, she has been diving deep into herbal education for over 15 years. She began her studies at The Traditional School of Western Herbalism under Chris Smaka, then finished at The Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism in 2017. Since then she has had the pleasure of working with bioregional herbalist and conservationists in the midwest and taken the Lindera Course with Jim McDonald. Melissa works clinically and alongside herbal companies as an herbal guide. Her work focuses on the conservation of biological wellness through lifestyle, nutrition, and herbs. Melissa is a native plant enthusiast and a lover of all things wild. At home she runs a compost and landscape company with her husband and homeschools their three girls.