A 9 month series of deep diving into medicine making with plants. In collaboration with Nate Summers.

Wild Plant Medicine Making Intensive

 About the Class

In this 9-month online series, herbalist and author Liz Neves and author and ethnobotanist Nate Summers will guide you  on a deep journey into reconnecting and rewilding your mind, body, and spirit through the world of Herbal Medicine Making.

 Deepening connection to the world of plants and plant medicine including learning local plants and breaking down the "green wall"

• Learn ethical and smart wildcrafting based on ancient and modern principles and approaches

• Making and creating a Green Pharmacy of wild plant medicines for common ailments

• ​Deepening familiarity and relationships with plants and plant medicines of all types including external medicines, tinctures, teas/infusions,  herbal smokes and smudges, flower essences, and others

​​​​​All classes meet via Zoom and will be recorded and available for your viewing convenience! 

At the end of the course, participants will be given permanent links to all of the class material including the ability to download a PDF of relevant info, and summary of what has been covered!

• Session 1: September 28, 2024 — Identification, ethical harvesting & sourcing, processing (drying, garbling, storing), offerings herb bundles (smoke cleansing/smudging), plant spirit connection & meditations

• Session 2: October 19, 2024 — Water infusions (tea), simples, steams, baths/footbaths, washes, compresses, poultices 

• Session 3: November 16, 2024 — Vinegar preparations, oxymels

• Session 4: December 7, 2024 — Sweet things: infused honey, electuaries, syrups, lozenges

• Session 5: January 18, 2025 — Alcohol tinctures & glycerites

• Session 6: February 22, 2025 — Infused oils, salves, lotion

• Session 7: March 15, 2025 — Elixirs

• Session 8: April 19 2025 — Formulating compounds

• Session 9: May 17, 2025 — Flower essences, sacred smokes, ceremony and ritual with herbs

Tuition: $947 for all 9 Sessions ($500 deposit due on registration, $847 Early bird price until September 15th ($500 deposit required), or Pay $847 total for full tuition discount!

Join Nate Summers and I for this free webinar to discover how to use medicinal plants for first aid applications.

In this unique discussion co-presented by Brooklyn Public Library and the Lenape Center, as part of the Lenapehoking exhibition currently on display at Greenpoint, the Lenape Center’s Curtis Zunigha and Brooklyn-based herbalist Liz Neves will discuss plants used in traditional healing practices of the Lenape people. They’ll discuss the use of medicinal plants in both a historical and modern context, including ceremonies, wildcrafting practices, and making medicine with plants that grow throughout New York City/Lenapehoking.

This program is presented in partnership with the Lenape Center.

Curtis Zunigha is an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. (www.delawaretribe.org) He is currently the Cultural Director for his tribe and an acknowledged expert on Delaware/Lenape culture, language, and traditional practices. He has over thirty years of experience in tribal government, community development, cultural preservation, and telecommunications. 

Mr. Zunigha is Co-Director of The Lenape Center, a non-profit organization based in New York City which promotes the history and culture of the Lenape people (aka Delaware Indians) through the arts, humanities, and environmental activism. (www.thelenapecenter.com)

Experience the joy of discovering the healing plants that grow near you in every season and ecosystem. 

Learn about the wild medicinal plants thriving in our region from Liz Neves, author of Northeast Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 111 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness (Timber Press) – so much more than a field guide and unlike any other book like it for connecting with healing plants in this region!

Liz will show you how to make healing remedies with herbs found in the Northeast, supplied by Furnace Creek Farm. Signed copies of Northeast Medicinal Plants will be available for sale during this event.

“Both a field guide and one of the best herbalism how-to books I’ve ever read… a must for anyone interested in herbal medicine, foraging, and self-sufficiency.” ~ Leda Meredith, author of Northeast Foraging and The Skillful Forager.

Liz is an herbal educator, dream guide, meditation instructor, mom, and 18-year Brooklynite who leads monthly healing plant walks in Prospect Park through MINKA Brooklyn.