Metis Riverside Plants, Foods & Medicines

Metis Riverside Plants, Foods & Medicines

Explore 3 unique ecosystems in Fish Creek Park with a Metis Herbalist. We will move along the riverbanks, under cottonwoods and through the prairie grasses of the Bow River Valley, sharing information from Metis plant culture and relationships. Teachings on the...
Elderberry Medicine Make & Take

Elderberry Medicine Make & Take

Elderberry is one of our best traditional antiviral medicines and a traditional source of food, tools and a rainbow spectrum of dyes for clothing and crafts. In this workshop we’ll be making elderberry syrup from scratch, and getting creative along the way with...
Rhodiola, My Darling!

Rhodiola, My Darling!

Rhodiola is making a come-back this year in my garden! This sweet succulent starlet is one of 4 tiny bundles transplanted late last July. All of the transplants were seeded from wild rhodiola species growing in the Rocky mountains of Alberta, Canada. They are gathered...

Why Work in a Student Clinic?

I ran a survey at the end of last year to see what my students were interested in learning in 2016. One of the questions was about the Free Student Clinic. A survey respondent posed a question that I remember asking myself, back in the day when I was a broke student...