| Course Number: | EDU 5527 C04 |
| Instructor: | Angie Barger & Joseph Kiefer |
| Location: | Marshfield & Montpelier, VT |
| Dates and Times: | January 13-June 7, 2019. Weekend workshops, weekday on-site consultations. Exact dates to be determined by the group. |
| Credits: | 3 Graduate Credits |
| Tuition: | Set by Luna Root and payable to Luna Root |
Note: Course payment is due and payable to Luna Root. For more information contact course instructor Angie Barger.
What kind of school garden gives more and more each year? A perennial medicinal herb garden.
In this course, we will learn experientially with an herbal gardening mentor and clinical herbalist to build and design a perennial herb garden for your school. This garden will grow to supply your classroom with a monthly supply of herbal teas throughout the school year so you can have a locally harvested tea corner to supply your daily cup of tea and mindfulness practices.
The perennial garden is suited to the school year, with harvest season offering itself as students return to school the next year. Plant medicinal herbal starts from seed indoors and nurture them to the garden right as the school year is culminating. Learn the medicinal actions of the specific plants in your garden, as students continue the practice of drinking herbal tea in the classroom and reflecting on its pathway and course in their bodies. May our experiences inform our lives.
Throughout the workshops and group conversations the following topics from within this realm will be introduced and explored:
Identifying Edible and Medicinal Plants in the wild and the garden
Designing & planting a perennial medicine garden
Seeds
Germination
Transplanting
Wildcrafting
Drawing Plants (Botany),
Concept of plants having medicinal actions in the body
10 plants and their uses
5 medicinal preparations for local wild abundant plants
Spring Ephemeral Flowers (woodland)
Developing an inner knowledge of taste
Mindfulness and Tea Drinking
Course Objectives: Students will become familiar with sources to access current research on herbal use and experimentation.
Students will brainstorm, develop and create standardized (NGSS and Common Core) to accompany the primary goal topics of their choice.
Required texts are not included in the course tuition.
The Medicinal Herb Gardener by Richo Cech
Other Suggested Readings/Texts:
Alchemy of Herbs, by Rosalee de la Foret
Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health, by Rosemary Gladstar
A Kid’s Herb Book, by Leslie Tierra
Angie Barger
(802) 595-2512
Bethany Sprague
(802) 468-1325