Teacher Bios & Class Descriptions
Harvest Time Arts & Crafts
In this class we will gain some scientific knowledge about the fall equinox; infused with some fun filled harvest themed arts & crafts for you and your whole family to enjoy!
Chelsea Jackson of SMR Holistic Co.
Chelsea Jackson comes from a generational line of prize winning Southern Maryland farmers, so it is to no surprise that from a very young age she was interested in plants, farming and the natural properties the world had to offer. Chelsea is a community herbalist, youth community coordinator , and public school educator committed to generational healing within the family by using the knowledge passed through African diaspora infused with the spiritual underpinnings in herbal medicine making evidence-based herbal education understandable & accessible to all. She’s also the co-founder and CEO of SMRHolistic Co. (also known as Sun Moon Rising) “A place for the collective” where she hosts seasonal workshops, provides herbs & seeds for the community. You can follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
In this class we will gain some scientific knowledge about the fall equinox; infused with some fun filled harvest themed arts & crafts for you and your whole family to enjoy!
Chelsea Jackson of SMR Holistic Co.
Chelsea Jackson comes from a generational line of prize winning Southern Maryland farmers, so it is to no surprise that from a very young age she was interested in plants, farming and the natural properties the world had to offer. Chelsea is a community herbalist, youth community coordinator , and public school educator committed to generational healing within the family by using the knowledge passed through African diaspora infused with the spiritual underpinnings in herbal medicine making evidence-based herbal education understandable & accessible to all. She’s also the co-founder and CEO of SMRHolistic Co. (also known as Sun Moon Rising) “A place for the collective” where she hosts seasonal workshops, provides herbs & seeds for the community. You can follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
Cooking: Roasted Dandelion Root Brownies
Learn how to make delicious brownies out of an everyday WEED found in your yard! We'll talk about the medicine of dandelions, what they teach us about resilience, and learn how to cook something chocolate-y and sweet out of one of the most bitter herbs around us! Participants will need to have access to a spice grinder and dried dandelion root for this class.
sumi dutta
sumi (she/her) teaches hands-on cooking and herbalism classes with youth and adults, with a focus on long-term healing and radical social change. sumi is passionate about blending community organizing and land-based practices that deepen our sense of dignity, safety, and belonging. She is born, raised, and living in Durham, North Carolina where she writes a blog on neighborhood herbalism and co-runs a mutual aid apothecary for BIPOC.
Learn how to make delicious brownies out of an everyday WEED found in your yard! We'll talk about the medicine of dandelions, what they teach us about resilience, and learn how to cook something chocolate-y and sweet out of one of the most bitter herbs around us! Participants will need to have access to a spice grinder and dried dandelion root for this class.
sumi dutta
sumi (she/her) teaches hands-on cooking and herbalism classes with youth and adults, with a focus on long-term healing and radical social change. sumi is passionate about blending community organizing and land-based practices that deepen our sense of dignity, safety, and belonging. She is born, raised, and living in Durham, North Carolina where she writes a blog on neighborhood herbalism and co-runs a mutual aid apothecary for BIPOC.
Farmers Little Helpers
A healthy insect community can be a real benefit for a farm. All insects serve an important role for our fruits and vegetables from the seed to the plate. In this class you will learn about the roles of pollinators and decomposers and how to keep them happy and plentiful in your garden.
Kaya Jones
Kaya grew up in North Florida where she was able to enjoy beautiful beaches and gorgeous trees. She graduated from Florida A&M University with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science. While in college she founded a student community garden and worked with different organizations to help fight environmental injustices in the Sunshine State. Since graduating she has spent her time working as a Environmental Educator throughout the south, she is currently the Co-Program Manager at Grow Dat Youth Farm. Connecting people to our environment and around us is one of her biggest passions, whether thats taking friends out on guided hikes or showing young people the microhabitats in the hole of a tree trunk!
A healthy insect community can be a real benefit for a farm. All insects serve an important role for our fruits and vegetables from the seed to the plate. In this class you will learn about the roles of pollinators and decomposers and how to keep them happy and plentiful in your garden.
Kaya Jones
Kaya grew up in North Florida where she was able to enjoy beautiful beaches and gorgeous trees. She graduated from Florida A&M University with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science. While in college she founded a student community garden and worked with different organizations to help fight environmental injustices in the Sunshine State. Since graduating she has spent her time working as a Environmental Educator throughout the south, she is currently the Co-Program Manager at Grow Dat Youth Farm. Connecting people to our environment and around us is one of her biggest passions, whether thats taking friends out on guided hikes or showing young people the microhabitats in the hole of a tree trunk!
Brown Botanical Adventures
Molly Meehan Brown
Molly Meehan Brown (she/her/hers) is an herbalist, gardener, and organizer passionate about community based herbal and food systems and specifically working cooperatively to keep the knowledge of our food, herbal medicine, seeds, and our healing traditions alive and vital within our communities! Molly and her family manage Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center programs while they live half the year in the DC Area and the other half the year in Talamanca, Costa Rica. She coordinates and teaches as part of the community based herbal apprenticeship program, facilitates youth programming, and coordinates the annual Chesapeake Herb Gathering, Ylang Ylang Gathering & more! Molly enjoys spending time with her family and kids in the garden or at the beach, facilitating workshops as well as connecting people and plants, and building in community.
Molly Meehan Brown
Molly Meehan Brown (she/her/hers) is an herbalist, gardener, and organizer passionate about community based herbal and food systems and specifically working cooperatively to keep the knowledge of our food, herbal medicine, seeds, and our healing traditions alive and vital within our communities! Molly and her family manage Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center programs while they live half the year in the DC Area and the other half the year in Talamanca, Costa Rica. She coordinates and teaches as part of the community based herbal apprenticeship program, facilitates youth programming, and coordinates the annual Chesapeake Herb Gathering, Ylang Ylang Gathering & more! Molly enjoys spending time with her family and kids in the garden or at the beach, facilitating workshops as well as connecting people and plants, and building in community.
Mama Ayo & Kamau's Storytime + Making
A monthly series: Each month, Mama Ayo and Kamau will read one book from their New World Homeschool library that has an herbal, food, or nature-based theme, and also centers the stories of children (and grownups) of color. Then, we'll spend some time making something cool--a plant-based craft project, a flower syrup, a backyard tea, a yummy herbal snack, etc.--based on the story! A .pdf handout for each book with discussion questions and activity supplies and instructions will be provided.
Ayo Ngozi Drayton & Kamau Ali
Ayo is an herbalist, artist, and educator. Kamau Ali is a creative, fun, active, and kind 8 year old. This year we've been co-creating New World Homeschool together, and enjoy sharing our learning and activities with other children and their adults.
A monthly series: Each month, Mama Ayo and Kamau will read one book from their New World Homeschool library that has an herbal, food, or nature-based theme, and also centers the stories of children (and grownups) of color. Then, we'll spend some time making something cool--a plant-based craft project, a flower syrup, a backyard tea, a yummy herbal snack, etc.--based on the story! A .pdf handout for each book with discussion questions and activity supplies and instructions will be provided.
Ayo Ngozi Drayton & Kamau Ali
Ayo is an herbalist, artist, and educator. Kamau Ali is a creative, fun, active, and kind 8 year old. This year we've been co-creating New World Homeschool together, and enjoy sharing our learning and activities with other children and their adults.
Elderberry Exploration: Cuttings to Grow & Where to Find Wild Elder
Let's explore where elderberry plants grow wild, how to identify them & how to take an early Spring cutting to plant and grow your very own elderberry tree!
Kate Johnson
My name is Kate and I'm the mama behind Mama Bears Elderberries. I make elderberry syrups in Saint Leonard, Maryland using local ingredients like Apex apiaries raw wildflower honey, elderberries harvested locally in special batches and native locally grown aronia berries. These syrups can be found throughout Maryland stores now from Annapolis to North Beach to Baltimore to Frederick. I started digging up elderberry plants from roadside ditches over 10 years ago but then realized the ease and benefit to cuttings. I love to share the benefits of the elder plant with others and help them plant their own.
Let's explore where elderberry plants grow wild, how to identify them & how to take an early Spring cutting to plant and grow your very own elderberry tree!
Kate Johnson
My name is Kate and I'm the mama behind Mama Bears Elderberries. I make elderberry syrups in Saint Leonard, Maryland using local ingredients like Apex apiaries raw wildflower honey, elderberries harvested locally in special batches and native locally grown aronia berries. These syrups can be found throughout Maryland stores now from Annapolis to North Beach to Baltimore to Frederick. I started digging up elderberry plants from roadside ditches over 10 years ago but then realized the ease and benefit to cuttings. I love to share the benefits of the elder plant with others and help them plant their own.
Rebecca Seward
A farmer, a mother, and a nature and plant lover, Becky has always been passionate about absorbing and sharing knowledge with all people, especially the youngest among us. It might just save the world to teach children the connection and care that is involved in relationship with nature.
5 Herbs For Kids: How to Grow & Use Them
We will get into the nitty gritty of growing plants from seed starting and seasonality to planting outside, using 5 easy to grow plants that are also very beneficial for kids. We will also delve into some basic ways to prepare these herbs for kid medicine. Included is resources and tips on where to procure seeds and potting materials and recipes for adults and kids alike!
A farmer, a mother, and a nature and plant lover, Becky has always been passionate about absorbing and sharing knowledge with all people, especially the youngest among us. It might just save the world to teach children the connection and care that is involved in relationship with nature.
5 Herbs For Kids: How to Grow & Use Them
We will get into the nitty gritty of growing plants from seed starting and seasonality to planting outside, using 5 easy to grow plants that are also very beneficial for kids. We will also delve into some basic ways to prepare these herbs for kid medicine. Included is resources and tips on where to procure seeds and potting materials and recipes for adults and kids alike!
Sowing Words + Seeds ~Ages 12-14 / Ages 14-17~
These classes combine seed sowing + creative writing + art making + guided meditations to create personalized containers/ planters. Themes/topics discussed, goals, setting intentions, spoken word.
Geo Edwards
Geo Edwards, herbalist and licensed acupuncturist, is the creator of Nu Healing Arts Garden, a wide selection of perennial North American, African, and Asian medicinal plants and culinary herbs. Beyond his healing arts private practice, Geo maintains a growing studio art practice and teaches art, creative writing & literature to homeschoolers in the DC area. Locally and nationally he facilitates workshops on various topics related to Chinese medicine, herb cultivation, self care, and expressive art therapies.
These classes combine seed sowing + creative writing + art making + guided meditations to create personalized containers/ planters. Themes/topics discussed, goals, setting intentions, spoken word.
Geo Edwards
Geo Edwards, herbalist and licensed acupuncturist, is the creator of Nu Healing Arts Garden, a wide selection of perennial North American, African, and Asian medicinal plants and culinary herbs. Beyond his healing arts private practice, Geo maintains a growing studio art practice and teaches art, creative writing & literature to homeschoolers in the DC area. Locally and nationally he facilitates workshops on various topics related to Chinese medicine, herb cultivation, self care, and expressive art therapies.
Stick, Leaf, Grass and Moss
Nature play with anything outside Cultivate creativity with inspiration found in the woods, forest, riverbanks, parks, yards or anyplace outside. Tips for creating fairy houses and games!
Creating a Pollinator Garden
Encourage bees, butterflies and other beneficial critters to any outdoor space. We will explore their importance in the environment with notes on specific plants and tips for small spaces.
Caroline Rose Helm
A grower, maker, creator, food lover and outdoor adventurer, Caroline is a lifelong learner whose interests continue to evolve; inspired by community and creativity. Caroline has worked as an herbal intern at Fox Haven Farm and Learning center in Frederick MD, as well recently completing Wild Ginger Herbal Apprenticeship program Year 1 at Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center.
Nature play with anything outside Cultivate creativity with inspiration found in the woods, forest, riverbanks, parks, yards or anyplace outside. Tips for creating fairy houses and games!
Creating a Pollinator Garden
Encourage bees, butterflies and other beneficial critters to any outdoor space. We will explore their importance in the environment with notes on specific plants and tips for small spaces.
Caroline Rose Helm
A grower, maker, creator, food lover and outdoor adventurer, Caroline is a lifelong learner whose interests continue to evolve; inspired by community and creativity. Caroline has worked as an herbal intern at Fox Haven Farm and Learning center in Frederick MD, as well recently completing Wild Ginger Herbal Apprenticeship program Year 1 at Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center.
Dance & Creative Movement with Miss Erika
Get ready to move and groove and let go of all of your inhibitions with this LIVE Class via ZOOM. When you enter into class with Miss Erika, anything goes! You can be silly, serious, happy, sad or however you are feeling that day! You will learn that your body is an amazing instrument and it's up to you what song it will play!
'Miss Erika' Wines
Miss Erika started dancing at the age of three and has never stopped! She danced through high school at a MD dance studio and then headed to Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA where she obtained a B.A. in Dance. For over 12 years, Miss Erika has worked with children of all abilities in both the classroom and studio. She loves sharing her passion of self expression through movement with people of all ages and abilities!
Get ready to move and groove and let go of all of your inhibitions with this LIVE Class via ZOOM. When you enter into class with Miss Erika, anything goes! You can be silly, serious, happy, sad or however you are feeling that day! You will learn that your body is an amazing instrument and it's up to you what song it will play!
'Miss Erika' Wines
Miss Erika started dancing at the age of three and has never stopped! She danced through high school at a MD dance studio and then headed to Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA where she obtained a B.A. in Dance. For over 12 years, Miss Erika has worked with children of all abilities in both the classroom and studio. She loves sharing her passion of self expression through movement with people of all ages and abilities!
Growing Your Green Thumb
This is a skills class in which students will build an appreciation for plants and immerse themselves in the process of growing a garden from seed to soil to plant. We will explore some garden topics such as preparing to seed, transplanting, how and when to water, providing nutrients to the soil & crawling for weeds.
Tarinii Shanai
Tarinii Shanai is a land steward & educator. She's grounded in her work on traditional, women-based, sustenance garden techniques & its fertile promise for future generations. Her commitment to women, restoration and sustainability drives her passion as an advocate in community circles in Africa to the mountains of southern Appalachia. Based in North Carolina, she stewards the land by gardening, farming, and maintaining a social enterprise producing specialty greens, seeds & medicinal herbs that are used for value-added products sold through her business, Lionpaw Botanicals.
This is a skills class in which students will build an appreciation for plants and immerse themselves in the process of growing a garden from seed to soil to plant. We will explore some garden topics such as preparing to seed, transplanting, how and when to water, providing nutrients to the soil & crawling for weeds.
Tarinii Shanai
Tarinii Shanai is a land steward & educator. She's grounded in her work on traditional, women-based, sustenance garden techniques & its fertile promise for future generations. Her commitment to women, restoration and sustainability drives her passion as an advocate in community circles in Africa to the mountains of southern Appalachia. Based in North Carolina, she stewards the land by gardening, farming, and maintaining a social enterprise producing specialty greens, seeds & medicinal herbs that are used for value-added products sold through her business, Lionpaw Botanicals.
How to Make Seed Balls
Seed balls are combinations of clay, compost, and seeds that let you plant flowers, food, and even trees with one well aimed throw. In this class we will learn about the life cycle of a plant and how to make seed balls.
Suzanna Stone
Suzanna Stone resides in Scottsville, VA. She founded and directs Owlcraft Healing Ways, where she offers clinical herbal consultations and leads in depth community and clinical apprenticeships, herb camps for kids and workshops in the herbal healing arts. She teaches at herb schools and conferences throughout the country and is co-founder and co- director of The Gaia Gathering for Women. She stewards fourteen acres of plant filled land to provide sanctuary, healing, and accessible education for all who hear the call of the plants.
Seed balls are combinations of clay, compost, and seeds that let you plant flowers, food, and even trees with one well aimed throw. In this class we will learn about the life cycle of a plant and how to make seed balls.
Suzanna Stone
Suzanna Stone resides in Scottsville, VA. She founded and directs Owlcraft Healing Ways, where she offers clinical herbal consultations and leads in depth community and clinical apprenticeships, herb camps for kids and workshops in the herbal healing arts. She teaches at herb schools and conferences throughout the country and is co-founder and co- director of The Gaia Gathering for Women. She stewards fourteen acres of plant filled land to provide sanctuary, healing, and accessible education for all who hear the call of the plants.
Story Time-Sam: The Junior Herbalist
Enjoy a reading by Angela Rahim, the author of Sam: The Junior Herbalist. Sam The Junior Herbalist is a groundbreaking book about an amazing ten-year-old boy who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Sam is an urban herbalist and environmentalist. He is passionate about plant conservation and helping his community. In each book, children learn about different plants, interesting herbs, and even how to prepare the same herbal remedy Sam makes.The book focuses on the spirit of ethical wildcrafting, environmental stewardship, and helping the creation-- from the smallest to the largest creatures on Earth. In Book 1, The Case Of The Tummy Troubles, Sam is on a mission to help his little sister Angela. Her tummy is hurting and Sam has to find herbs for the remedy and get home in time. Will he make it?
Angela Rahim
Angela Rahim is an herbalist and aromatherapist from Baltimore. She teaches herbal remedy making at Rahim College and other institutes such as Ibn Sina Institute. Angela is the author of the book Sam: The Junior Herbalist amongst other publications. She’s an avid gardener, budding horticulturist, and yoga instructor. The mother of seven teaches a variety of courses such as The Junior Herbalist Course: A Children’s Guide To Herbalism, Herbalism For Women, Herbalism For Survival and more.
Enjoy a reading by Angela Rahim, the author of Sam: The Junior Herbalist. Sam The Junior Herbalist is a groundbreaking book about an amazing ten-year-old boy who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Sam is an urban herbalist and environmentalist. He is passionate about plant conservation and helping his community. In each book, children learn about different plants, interesting herbs, and even how to prepare the same herbal remedy Sam makes.The book focuses on the spirit of ethical wildcrafting, environmental stewardship, and helping the creation-- from the smallest to the largest creatures on Earth. In Book 1, The Case Of The Tummy Troubles, Sam is on a mission to help his little sister Angela. Her tummy is hurting and Sam has to find herbs for the remedy and get home in time. Will he make it?
Angela Rahim
Angela Rahim is an herbalist and aromatherapist from Baltimore. She teaches herbal remedy making at Rahim College and other institutes such as Ibn Sina Institute. Angela is the author of the book Sam: The Junior Herbalist amongst other publications. She’s an avid gardener, budding horticulturist, and yoga instructor. The mother of seven teaches a variety of courses such as The Junior Herbalist Course: A Children’s Guide To Herbalism, Herbalism For Women, Herbalism For Survival and more.
Chat & Chew Citchen Herbal Study
This class will be taught by Mama Ravin and her assistant Danielle Nanih Waiya. The class will focus on key plants that you can identify in your own backyard that are either edible and/or have medicinal or survival properties. After going over these key herbs we would love to show the students how to incorporate some of these survival herbs in simple herbal remedies and medicinal meals such as herbal infused maple syrup, wild greens salad, and our famous dandelion- black eyed peas soup! We typically incorporate this type of herbal study in our Herbal Walk & Talk program that we host every summer, bi-weekly, on the Detroit Riverwalk by way of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy as well as in our Chat & Chew vegan herbal cooking classes that we provide at low cost for our community.
Mama Ravin & Danielle of The Herbal Healing Hut
The Herbal Healing Hut was founded by Regina “Mama Ravin” Lawson, a respected elder in the community, in 1997. In the HHH we study, advocate, and preserve the herbal medicinal and dietary traditions of our Aboriginal ancestors. We carry this out in two programs: The Herbal Walk & Talk and the Chat & Chew Citchen cooking classes. The Herbal Walk & Talk, in particular, is our most popular program in which we study and identify plants/herbs and discuss the medicinal properties as well as survival uses. Afterwards we "chat & chew" over a vegan meal prepared by the elder. Dates and locations vary. The Herbal Healing Hut over the years has garnered the support of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Sierra Club, Detroit Outdoors, and others.
This class will be taught by Mama Ravin and her assistant Danielle Nanih Waiya. The class will focus on key plants that you can identify in your own backyard that are either edible and/or have medicinal or survival properties. After going over these key herbs we would love to show the students how to incorporate some of these survival herbs in simple herbal remedies and medicinal meals such as herbal infused maple syrup, wild greens salad, and our famous dandelion- black eyed peas soup! We typically incorporate this type of herbal study in our Herbal Walk & Talk program that we host every summer, bi-weekly, on the Detroit Riverwalk by way of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy as well as in our Chat & Chew vegan herbal cooking classes that we provide at low cost for our community.
Mama Ravin & Danielle of The Herbal Healing Hut
The Herbal Healing Hut was founded by Regina “Mama Ravin” Lawson, a respected elder in the community, in 1997. In the HHH we study, advocate, and preserve the herbal medicinal and dietary traditions of our Aboriginal ancestors. We carry this out in two programs: The Herbal Walk & Talk and the Chat & Chew Citchen cooking classes. The Herbal Walk & Talk, in particular, is our most popular program in which we study and identify plants/herbs and discuss the medicinal properties as well as survival uses. Afterwards we "chat & chew" over a vegan meal prepared by the elder. Dates and locations vary. The Herbal Healing Hut over the years has garnered the support of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Sierra Club, Detroit Outdoors, and others.
Engaging the Five Senses to Begin Building your own Herbal Monograph
In this hour long class, you will learn how to engage your sense of smell, touch, sight, taste and sound in order begin building relationships with plant relatives. Through the use of your creative imagination and thought, you will walk-away knowing how to start your very own botanical biography — a physical place to store all of the personal research you have received and done surrounding your plant allies. This class is the first step for anyone wishing to expand their relationship with plants, as well as anyone excited to learn how to archive their plant knowledge for years to come.
Carmen Elida
Carmen Elida is a student herbalist, birthworker and creative! This last year, Carmen has spent her time digging deep into her ancestral lineage in order to deepen her relationship with plant relatives, and begin to further connect with her ancestors and the knowledge they have left behind for her to uncover. It is Carmen’s deep belief that there are no herbal masters or experts — we all have a deep, ancestral understanding and wealth that lives inside of us, and it’s waiting to be unlocked. Carmen believes that everyone should have access to plant knowledge and medicine, and that it is through this journey that we can learn how to support ourselves and our community in healing. Ultimately, for Carmen, this work is about learning how to live in right relation with this earth and the beings that will be here for years to come.
In this hour long class, you will learn how to engage your sense of smell, touch, sight, taste and sound in order begin building relationships with plant relatives. Through the use of your creative imagination and thought, you will walk-away knowing how to start your very own botanical biography — a physical place to store all of the personal research you have received and done surrounding your plant allies. This class is the first step for anyone wishing to expand their relationship with plants, as well as anyone excited to learn how to archive their plant knowledge for years to come.
Carmen Elida
Carmen Elida is a student herbalist, birthworker and creative! This last year, Carmen has spent her time digging deep into her ancestral lineage in order to deepen her relationship with plant relatives, and begin to further connect with her ancestors and the knowledge they have left behind for her to uncover. It is Carmen’s deep belief that there are no herbal masters or experts — we all have a deep, ancestral understanding and wealth that lives inside of us, and it’s waiting to be unlocked. Carmen believes that everyone should have access to plant knowledge and medicine, and that it is through this journey that we can learn how to support ourselves and our community in healing. Ultimately, for Carmen, this work is about learning how to live in right relation with this earth and the beings that will be here for years to come.
Cooking Seasonally
Learn how to cook delicious and healthy meals with local foods for all seasons.
Miss Nandi Premllall
With a global mindset and vision resting at the intersection of social justice, sustainability, wellness and permaculture, Anandi A. Premlall is an International Agro-Ecological Educator, Writer, Grower and Farmacist who has mycelial roots thriving in the Caribbean, ancestral India, and USA. Ms. Premlall’s genuine passion for sharing her work has forged connections to like-minded communities and producers, helping to foster lasting improvements in the fields of Sustainability and Agroecology, including biogas education, as well as biodigester installation and troubleshooting.
As Anandi’s Shero Dr. Vanda Shiva said, "We need to not only know how to grow food, we need to know how to cook the food and nourish ourselves." Ms. Premlall loves sharing about the wondrous sensory world of plants and insects and soil and letting her students discover the magic of seeds and flavors for themselves. Anandi had the opportunity to cook in kitchens around the world and she loves sharing about growing food and how to prepare delicious meals.
Learn how to cook delicious and healthy meals with local foods for all seasons.
Miss Nandi Premllall
With a global mindset and vision resting at the intersection of social justice, sustainability, wellness and permaculture, Anandi A. Premlall is an International Agro-Ecological Educator, Writer, Grower and Farmacist who has mycelial roots thriving in the Caribbean, ancestral India, and USA. Ms. Premlall’s genuine passion for sharing her work has forged connections to like-minded communities and producers, helping to foster lasting improvements in the fields of Sustainability and Agroecology, including biogas education, as well as biodigester installation and troubleshooting.
As Anandi’s Shero Dr. Vanda Shiva said, "We need to not only know how to grow food, we need to know how to cook the food and nourish ourselves." Ms. Premlall loves sharing about the wondrous sensory world of plants and insects and soil and letting her students discover the magic of seeds and flavors for themselves. Anandi had the opportunity to cook in kitchens around the world and she loves sharing about growing food and how to prepare delicious meals.
Printmaking with Nature!
From mushroom spore prints to leaf rubbings, this class will demonstrate how to create snapshots of the seasons using plants & fungi around our homes.
Natalie Yap
Natalie is an avid upcycler, mixed-media artist, environmental educator, amateur baker, and plant mom who imagines alternative realities through design. She loves creating communities united around food & believes in building bridges of trust and holding space for letting others' stories shine.
Victoria Cheng
Victoria is on a journey to reclaim what it means to be an artist, how to breathe life into feelings, and what it means to live freely. Victoria embraces this fluidity in many ways in art and as a person.
From mushroom spore prints to leaf rubbings, this class will demonstrate how to create snapshots of the seasons using plants & fungi around our homes.
Natalie Yap
Natalie is an avid upcycler, mixed-media artist, environmental educator, amateur baker, and plant mom who imagines alternative realities through design. She loves creating communities united around food & believes in building bridges of trust and holding space for letting others' stories shine.
Victoria Cheng
Victoria is on a journey to reclaim what it means to be an artist, how to breathe life into feelings, and what it means to live freely. Victoria embraces this fluidity in many ways in art and as a person.
Flower Art & Fun
Use your imagination and get guidance on how to create flower art in your garden. Through this class, you can turn a boring lawn into a masterpiece of art as well as a fun playground, and get a lot of flowers to use in different ways.
Christine Olsén
Christine is a yoga teacher in Sweden, who has a farm where she provides daycare for children as well as yoga classes for both children and adults. She is also an artist, loving to create beauty in her garden. Her latest project was a 25 m heart made of calendula. She is passionate about bringing people back to nature to spark our creativity and nourish ourselves.
Use your imagination and get guidance on how to create flower art in your garden. Through this class, you can turn a boring lawn into a masterpiece of art as well as a fun playground, and get a lot of flowers to use in different ways.
Christine Olsén
Christine is a yoga teacher in Sweden, who has a farm where she provides daycare for children as well as yoga classes for both children and adults. She is also an artist, loving to create beauty in her garden. Her latest project was a 25 m heart made of calendula. She is passionate about bringing people back to nature to spark our creativity and nourish ourselves.
Low Tech Herbal Popsicles
In this class we’ll make herbal popsicles with materials most folks have at home!
You’ll need: - Ice Cube Tray - Pot or Kettle to make tea - Herbs or tea bags of choice - honey or sugar - plastic wrap or aluminum foil - tooth picks or popsicle sticks
Optional: Coconut milk, fruits(banana, strawberry, blueberry, etc.), juice, blender, popsicle molds. We’ll discuss some common herbs and their actions and make some tasty treats together! Receive extra take-home popsicle recipes like Coconut Lavender popsicles, Herbal Chai popsicles, “Immunitea” popsicles, and more!
Rhiannon Smith
Rhiannon is a farmer, herbalist, and birth nerd based in Takoma Park,MD(Anacostan land). She loves spending time in the kitchen/apothecary when she’s not out in the garden!
In this class we’ll make herbal popsicles with materials most folks have at home!
You’ll need: - Ice Cube Tray - Pot or Kettle to make tea - Herbs or tea bags of choice - honey or sugar - plastic wrap or aluminum foil - tooth picks or popsicle sticks
Optional: Coconut milk, fruits(banana, strawberry, blueberry, etc.), juice, blender, popsicle molds. We’ll discuss some common herbs and their actions and make some tasty treats together! Receive extra take-home popsicle recipes like Coconut Lavender popsicles, Herbal Chai popsicles, “Immunitea” popsicles, and more!
Rhiannon Smith
Rhiannon is a farmer, herbalist, and birth nerd based in Takoma Park,MD(Anacostan land). She loves spending time in the kitchen/apothecary when she’s not out in the garden!
Pesto Please!
Pesto Please explores the foundations and the fun of pesto preparation & preservation. We will gather ingredients in the forest, garden & kitchen to formulate some seasonal pestos that can be enjoyed throughout the year. Nutrient dense recipes will focus on readily available ingredients that can be modified in creative ways. This class is intended to equip & excite everyone in the family about all things pesto!
Farmer Daniel
Farmer Daniel is a home school Daddy, agroforester, gardener & medicine maker based in Western North Carolina.
Pesto Please explores the foundations and the fun of pesto preparation & preservation. We will gather ingredients in the forest, garden & kitchen to formulate some seasonal pestos that can be enjoyed throughout the year. Nutrient dense recipes will focus on readily available ingredients that can be modified in creative ways. This class is intended to equip & excite everyone in the family about all things pesto!
Farmer Daniel
Farmer Daniel is a home school Daddy, agroforester, gardener & medicine maker based in Western North Carolina.
Natural Art Materials- Make Your Own Brushes & Inks
Learn how to make your own paint brushes, inks, and pigments out of natural materials you have collected. Create pokeberry and walnut ink to paint beautiful paintings using your very own handmade brushes.
Caroline Rall
Caroline is a wildcrafter, artist, herbalist, natural dyer, and permaculturalist who grew up making art and running free on her family homestead in Frederick County, MD. For almost two decades, Caroline has taught children in a variety of settings, including in both public and private schools. She has homeschooled her own children for the last four, where they have spent much of that time wandering in the woods, relearning the Old Ways of living.
Learn how to make your own paint brushes, inks, and pigments out of natural materials you have collected. Create pokeberry and walnut ink to paint beautiful paintings using your very own handmade brushes.
Caroline Rall
Caroline is a wildcrafter, artist, herbalist, natural dyer, and permaculturalist who grew up making art and running free on her family homestead in Frederick County, MD. For almost two decades, Caroline has taught children in a variety of settings, including in both public and private schools. She has homeschooled her own children for the last four, where they have spent much of that time wandering in the woods, relearning the Old Ways of living.
From Flowers to Food:
How To Make Delicious Snacks from Herbs & Flowers
How to make delicious snacks and beverages with herbs and flowers you get from your garden or the grocery!
Sasha Irby
"I'm Sasha, a two-spirit Osage/Lakota/Mvskoke artist and herbalist living in Bvlbancha ( New Orleans, Louisiana). Food as medicine and plant relationships form a deep base for most of my herbalism -- I believe that daily relationships with plants is vital to our health and the health of the world, and one of the best ways to incorporate herbs into your life is through food. "
How To Make Delicious Snacks from Herbs & Flowers
How to make delicious snacks and beverages with herbs and flowers you get from your garden or the grocery!
Sasha Irby
"I'm Sasha, a two-spirit Osage/Lakota/Mvskoke artist and herbalist living in Bvlbancha ( New Orleans, Louisiana). Food as medicine and plant relationships form a deep base for most of my herbalism -- I believe that daily relationships with plants is vital to our health and the health of the world, and one of the best ways to incorporate herbs into your life is through food. "
LIVE Class: Cordage Making with Plants
This LIVE class will focus on twisting plants and other natural fibers into cordage using techniques similar to those used by First Nations people in Hawaii and on Turtle Island. We will discuss the various plants used for fastening and how these plants can also be used for herbalism. We will learn how indigenous cultures infused their handiwork with intentions, values, messages, and prayers. The only supply needed for this class is a roll of raffia, and your foot.
Cori Achi
"My name is Cori and I am a homeschooling mom and grandmother. I enjoy hiking with my family and doing gardening, nature crafts, and primitive skills with my children. I am a Birthkeeper, Herbalist, and am currently designing a Children’s Permaculture Garden. I will be teaching Forest School nature based classes with a focus on indigenous culture, history, and values."
This LIVE class will focus on twisting plants and other natural fibers into cordage using techniques similar to those used by First Nations people in Hawaii and on Turtle Island. We will discuss the various plants used for fastening and how these plants can also be used for herbalism. We will learn how indigenous cultures infused their handiwork with intentions, values, messages, and prayers. The only supply needed for this class is a roll of raffia, and your foot.
Cori Achi
"My name is Cori and I am a homeschooling mom and grandmother. I enjoy hiking with my family and doing gardening, nature crafts, and primitive skills with my children. I am a Birthkeeper, Herbalist, and am currently designing a Children’s Permaculture Garden. I will be teaching Forest School nature based classes with a focus on indigenous culture, history, and values."
My First Herbarium Specimen + Herbal First Aid
In this child-friendly class, we will explore our own neighborhoods to discover herbs growing wildly in our area. *Sample photos of safe herbs to look for (or those to avoid), in your area, will be provided.* Upon finding your herb, we'll take small samples to then press and dry. With the help of a parent, we will also be learning ways to research your herb's scientific name, ideal habitat, if a plant is rare or common, descriptive words to identify your herb, and how your herb has been used in herbal medicine. *Use (or consumption) of herbs, found in the wild, is not recommended without a professional with you for guidance.* In addition, this class will also cover some herbal medicine preparations that can be useful for First-Aid needs. We'll learn to make a plantain herbal poultice and a comfrey herbal soak.
Sasha Brown
"My name is Sasha Brown and I'm the owner and herbalist of Samaya Herbals, a modern apothecary. In the summer of 2021, I will have graduated from Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) with my Master's of Science in Herbal Medicine (focus in Herbal Product Design & Manufacture). During my time at MUIH, I have grown a strong attachment to teaching herbal medicine to others and I am so excited to have this opportunity to do so. Herbalism is fulfilling to me and I look forward to sharing my gift with people of all ages!"
In this child-friendly class, we will explore our own neighborhoods to discover herbs growing wildly in our area. *Sample photos of safe herbs to look for (or those to avoid), in your area, will be provided.* Upon finding your herb, we'll take small samples to then press and dry. With the help of a parent, we will also be learning ways to research your herb's scientific name, ideal habitat, if a plant is rare or common, descriptive words to identify your herb, and how your herb has been used in herbal medicine. *Use (or consumption) of herbs, found in the wild, is not recommended without a professional with you for guidance.* In addition, this class will also cover some herbal medicine preparations that can be useful for First-Aid needs. We'll learn to make a plantain herbal poultice and a comfrey herbal soak.
Sasha Brown
"My name is Sasha Brown and I'm the owner and herbalist of Samaya Herbals, a modern apothecary. In the summer of 2021, I will have graduated from Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) with my Master's of Science in Herbal Medicine (focus in Herbal Product Design & Manufacture). During my time at MUIH, I have grown a strong attachment to teaching herbal medicine to others and I am so excited to have this opportunity to do so. Herbalism is fulfilling to me and I look forward to sharing my gift with people of all ages!"
Cooking Vegan Treats
A class where you will learn how to cook vegan donuts and other yummy sweet treats.
Penelope & Thainna Washington
Thainna Washington, pronoun She/her, was born in Los Angeles, CA but raised as a Texas native true and true. She is a mother, home school teacher, photographer, and a student of herbalism and natural medicine. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Ayurveda Wellness in hopes to create her own recipes with all of the knowledge she has learned and will continue learning. She has formal training and professional experience in the culinary arts industry where she has worked with a variety of multi-cultural cuisines. She is a passionate artist in the kitchen that believes in the limitless exploration of food not only to bring life to one’s pallet but also to bring different cultures together and as a vessel to help heal her family and those around her.
A class where you will learn how to cook vegan donuts and other yummy sweet treats.
Penelope & Thainna Washington
Thainna Washington, pronoun She/her, was born in Los Angeles, CA but raised as a Texas native true and true. She is a mother, home school teacher, photographer, and a student of herbalism and natural medicine. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Ayurveda Wellness in hopes to create her own recipes with all of the knowledge she has learned and will continue learning. She has formal training and professional experience in the culinary arts industry where she has worked with a variety of multi-cultural cuisines. She is a passionate artist in the kitchen that believes in the limitless exploration of food not only to bring life to one’s pallet but also to bring different cultures together and as a vessel to help heal her family and those around her.
Parts of a Plant Interactive
During this class participants learn the functions of parts of a plant and what parts of a plant we commonly eat . The lesson begins with a reading of The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. After the story youth learn the "Parts of a Plant" song and are shown a picture of a plant with roots, a stem, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Youth learn that we eat many different plant parts every day and are encouraged to think of examples. The lesson concludes by making a parts of a plant salad with romaine lettuce, broccoli florets, pea shoots, carrots, and blueberry vinaigrette.
Rafel Riascos
Rafael Riascos is a Community Food Educator based in Washington DC. In their work they aim to repolitizize food education by weaving food history and justice into their culinary curriculum. They believe that as food educator it is their role to bridge the intentional knowledge gaps created by food apartheid, and work to create spaces where youth are free and encouraged to explore their individual culinary heritages.
During this class participants learn the functions of parts of a plant and what parts of a plant we commonly eat . The lesson begins with a reading of The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. After the story youth learn the "Parts of a Plant" song and are shown a picture of a plant with roots, a stem, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Youth learn that we eat many different plant parts every day and are encouraged to think of examples. The lesson concludes by making a parts of a plant salad with romaine lettuce, broccoli florets, pea shoots, carrots, and blueberry vinaigrette.
Rafel Riascos
Rafael Riascos is a Community Food Educator based in Washington DC. In their work they aim to repolitizize food education by weaving food history and justice into their culinary curriculum. They believe that as food educator it is their role to bridge the intentional knowledge gaps created by food apartheid, and work to create spaces where youth are free and encouraged to explore their individual culinary heritages.
Herb'n Art
Learn about plant medicine through art! We’ll explore three herbs with our senses as we create a watercolor painting with tea, make herbal clay beads, and sketch a leaf.
Sue Bara
Sue is an herbalist, naturalist, Reiki Master/Teacher, and water-keeper with a passion for exploring and sharing the medicine of plants and water. She weaves science and spirit into accessible learning through creative arts and experiential practices. A graduate of David Winston's Center for Herbal Studies, Sue teaches plant medicine and nature programs in her community under the guidance of the plants, who always seem to know which medicine we need.
Learn about plant medicine through art! We’ll explore three herbs with our senses as we create a watercolor painting with tea, make herbal clay beads, and sketch a leaf.
Sue Bara
Sue is an herbalist, naturalist, Reiki Master/Teacher, and water-keeper with a passion for exploring and sharing the medicine of plants and water. She weaves science and spirit into accessible learning through creative arts and experiential practices. A graduate of David Winston's Center for Herbal Studies, Sue teaches plant medicine and nature programs in her community under the guidance of the plants, who always seem to know which medicine we need.
The Art & Magic of Corn Husk Dolls
Learn the art of making corn husk dolls. Before you could buy your toys at the toy store people would make their own toys. Indigenous people historically make corn husk dolls as a way to use all part of crops they grew. In this workshop you will learn how to make your own corn husk doll to play with all season long.
Arvolyn Hill
Arvolyn Hill is a Herbalist and Educator. Arvolyn is the Coordinator of Family Programs at the Everetts Children's Adventure Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. At the Botanical Garden's Arvolyn designs and implements nature and science exploration activities for the garden's youngest visitors. Arvolyn also has an online apothecary called Gold Feather where we sells her herbal tinctures, teas and flower essences.
Learn the art of making corn husk dolls. Before you could buy your toys at the toy store people would make their own toys. Indigenous people historically make corn husk dolls as a way to use all part of crops they grew. In this workshop you will learn how to make your own corn husk doll to play with all season long.
Arvolyn Hill
Arvolyn Hill is a Herbalist and Educator. Arvolyn is the Coordinator of Family Programs at the Everetts Children's Adventure Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. At the Botanical Garden's Arvolyn designs and implements nature and science exploration activities for the garden's youngest visitors. Arvolyn also has an online apothecary called Gold Feather where we sells her herbal tinctures, teas and flower essences.
Exploring Flowers & Pollination
Participants will delve into the amazing world of pollinators in this class. They will open up flowers to explore the different parts, learn how pollination occurs, and find out what attracts a pollinator to a flower. Participants will use this information and their imaginations to become a pollinator and drink nectar from a flower they make!
Monique Renee
Monique Renee's work is to connect people with Earth and Earth's natural rhythms. She believes deeply that healthy and reciprocal relationships with Earth bring healing to ourselves, our communities, and our planet. She does this through environmental education, herbalism, gardening, and birth work.
Creating Beautiful Body Art with Henna
Plants have long been used to enhance our natural beauty. In this class, students learn about the tradition of using henna for making safe, temporary tattoos. We will discuss sourcing quality henna, henna paste preparation, and tattoo aftercare. I will demonstrate how to roll henna cones, and using cone and stencil to apply henna art.
Sade Musa
Sade Musa is the founder of ROOTS OF RESISTANCE, an educational project that seeks to help folks reclaim healing ways interrupted by colonization, to disrupt narratives which invisibilize Afro-diasporic contributions to medicine, and bring attention to health disparities and other forms of health injustice. ROR operates under the belief that bodily autonomy and culturally relevant medical care are essential, and that learning to heal ourselves is a liberatory praxis of self-determination and resistance. ROR is dedicated to helping historically looted communities advocate for their wellbeing, access quality healthcare, and to find alternatives if western healing models fail them. Through ROR she offers donation-based and sliding scale community herbal classes and consultation, leads plant walks, operates an apothecary, and donates medicine to various grassroots wellness programs.
Plants have long been used to enhance our natural beauty. In this class, students learn about the tradition of using henna for making safe, temporary tattoos. We will discuss sourcing quality henna, henna paste preparation, and tattoo aftercare. I will demonstrate how to roll henna cones, and using cone and stencil to apply henna art.
Sade Musa
Sade Musa is the founder of ROOTS OF RESISTANCE, an educational project that seeks to help folks reclaim healing ways interrupted by colonization, to disrupt narratives which invisibilize Afro-diasporic contributions to medicine, and bring attention to health disparities and other forms of health injustice. ROR operates under the belief that bodily autonomy and culturally relevant medical care are essential, and that learning to heal ourselves is a liberatory praxis of self-determination and resistance. ROR is dedicated to helping historically looted communities advocate for their wellbeing, access quality healthcare, and to find alternatives if western healing models fail them. Through ROR she offers donation-based and sliding scale community herbal classes and consultation, leads plant walks, operates an apothecary, and donates medicine to various grassroots wellness programs.
Zennie's T&T Kitchen Presents:
Caribbean Cooking with Herbs & Spices
An introduction to Caribbean cooking and cuisine with Zennie's T&T Kitchen. You will learn about local cuisine, the cultural origins of the ingredients and of course the health benefits of the herbs and spices used in everyday cooking. A fun and educational treat dedicated to getting families cooking and engaging together!
Zenovia D'Arienzo
"I am Zenovia, a mother of two. I was born and raised on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, then migrated to the U.S at a young age, where I have lived many places thereafter. I am a Teaching Assistant, student, Doula, cook, Story-Teller and writer. Currently studying to certify myself as a Full Spectrum Doula. I grew up in a blended family consisting of mom, step-dad, sister and step-siblings. I have also spent a lot of my child/teen-hood with my grandmother. Who, taught me as she taught my mother, the basics of cooking, herbs, plants, nutrition, healing etc. I have been cooking, for a very long time, all while learning, for a very long time, about food and it's nutritional value and I look forward to sharing a lot of my culture with you. We will explore authentic Caribbean cuisine and the benefits of those ingredients. Please join my children and I as we bring you Cooking with Zennie's T&T Kitchen!"
Caribbean Cooking with Herbs & Spices
An introduction to Caribbean cooking and cuisine with Zennie's T&T Kitchen. You will learn about local cuisine, the cultural origins of the ingredients and of course the health benefits of the herbs and spices used in everyday cooking. A fun and educational treat dedicated to getting families cooking and engaging together!
Zenovia D'Arienzo
"I am Zenovia, a mother of two. I was born and raised on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, then migrated to the U.S at a young age, where I have lived many places thereafter. I am a Teaching Assistant, student, Doula, cook, Story-Teller and writer. Currently studying to certify myself as a Full Spectrum Doula. I grew up in a blended family consisting of mom, step-dad, sister and step-siblings. I have also spent a lot of my child/teen-hood with my grandmother. Who, taught me as she taught my mother, the basics of cooking, herbs, plants, nutrition, healing etc. I have been cooking, for a very long time, all while learning, for a very long time, about food and it's nutritional value and I look forward to sharing a lot of my culture with you. We will explore authentic Caribbean cuisine and the benefits of those ingredients. Please join my children and I as we bring you Cooking with Zennie's T&T Kitchen!"
Earth's Song
Created with the spirit of children in mind, this online class is an invitation for the whole family. A call to slow down, listen, awaken and nourish our sense of curiosity and connection to the more than human world. Through storytelling, nature play, song and creativity we will tap into a deeper inner knowing and wisdom of the Earth. These times are fertile, our world is changing before our eyes and more than ever we need to sharpen our senses and open to receive guidance from the more than human world. May it be so, so it is!
Areli Perez
Areli Mariposa is of the cloud people, Zapotec clan, native to the Northern Sierras of Oaxaca, Mexico. You can typically find her exploring the wonders of the Earth along with an entourage of children. For the past nine years, she has been working as nature-based educator for children and youth. Before this, she worked as a community organizer for a San Diego based non-profit addressing health disparities in marginalized communities of color along the border region of San Diego and Tijuana. After some years doing this work, she found herself depleted and frustrated by the bureaucracy that goes into policy work. By the grace of the great mother, she was called back home, to the Earth, to be held and nourished. In the soil, she found acceptance and appreciation for the mysteries of life and death. In the plants, she found the medicine to tend her body, mind and heart. In the more than human beings she found teachers of presence, compassion and unconditional love. In the cycles and rhythms of the natural world both within and externally, she found truth. Areli now dedicates her time to sharing the infinite wisdom of Nature. As an educator and holistic health practitioner, Areli is committed to elevating human consciousness and creating a more beautiful and loving world.
Created with the spirit of children in mind, this online class is an invitation for the whole family. A call to slow down, listen, awaken and nourish our sense of curiosity and connection to the more than human world. Through storytelling, nature play, song and creativity we will tap into a deeper inner knowing and wisdom of the Earth. These times are fertile, our world is changing before our eyes and more than ever we need to sharpen our senses and open to receive guidance from the more than human world. May it be so, so it is!
Areli Perez
Areli Mariposa is of the cloud people, Zapotec clan, native to the Northern Sierras of Oaxaca, Mexico. You can typically find her exploring the wonders of the Earth along with an entourage of children. For the past nine years, she has been working as nature-based educator for children and youth. Before this, she worked as a community organizer for a San Diego based non-profit addressing health disparities in marginalized communities of color along the border region of San Diego and Tijuana. After some years doing this work, she found herself depleted and frustrated by the bureaucracy that goes into policy work. By the grace of the great mother, she was called back home, to the Earth, to be held and nourished. In the soil, she found acceptance and appreciation for the mysteries of life and death. In the plants, she found the medicine to tend her body, mind and heart. In the more than human beings she found teachers of presence, compassion and unconditional love. In the cycles and rhythms of the natural world both within and externally, she found truth. Areli now dedicates her time to sharing the infinite wisdom of Nature. As an educator and holistic health practitioner, Areli is committed to elevating human consciousness and creating a more beautiful and loving world.
Lavender Play
Learn how to make your own play dough incorporating lavender. Not only will you learn how to create your own wonderfully smelling play dough but you will also learn about lavender and all it has to offer!
Movement Lyrical Expression
Gentle movement play yoga. We will do a bodyscan into a physical yoga sequence bringing a refreshing feeling to the body. Using a children's book or series of poems to guide us. At the end we will do a fun color meditation and then draw or write. The purpose of this class is to use literature in some way to guide and then be able to express what is felt.
Genesis Martinez
"Hello my name is Genesis, I am a Sagittarius living in what is Seminole Lands in Central Florida. Born in Boriken I was brought to live in the states as a young child and spent much of my time alone in the woods with the magic around me. I am a land steward, decolonizing brujx who does yoga and works with plant medicine as a way to bridge the heart of our inner child and our selves."
Learn how to make your own play dough incorporating lavender. Not only will you learn how to create your own wonderfully smelling play dough but you will also learn about lavender and all it has to offer!
Movement Lyrical Expression
Gentle movement play yoga. We will do a bodyscan into a physical yoga sequence bringing a refreshing feeling to the body. Using a children's book or series of poems to guide us. At the end we will do a fun color meditation and then draw or write. The purpose of this class is to use literature in some way to guide and then be able to express what is felt.
Genesis Martinez
"Hello my name is Genesis, I am a Sagittarius living in what is Seminole Lands in Central Florida. Born in Boriken I was brought to live in the states as a young child and spent much of my time alone in the woods with the magic around me. I am a land steward, decolonizing brujx who does yoga and works with plant medicine as a way to bridge the heart of our inner child and our selves."
Pasta & Noodle Making
Learn how to make your own pasta from start to delicious finish!
Felicia Woodward
Felicia is a Dance Educator, Artist, and Choreographer from Houston, Tx. She holds a BA in Dance from SHSU and an MA in Cross-Cultural and Global Studies from UH-Clearlake where she concentrated on Religious Studies and researched non-traditional educational practices for student development. She is a mother, caregiver, healer, guide, yoga facilitator, and garden lover that believes that having ancestral knowledge is key in being liberated. Felicia prioritizes spiritual, mental, and emotional health and healing the body on a neurological and epigenetic level. She currently teaches dance and yoga virtually and spends time reading, learning, unlearning, resting, and dancing around the house with her two year old daughter.
Learn how to make your own pasta from start to delicious finish!
Felicia Woodward
Felicia is a Dance Educator, Artist, and Choreographer from Houston, Tx. She holds a BA in Dance from SHSU and an MA in Cross-Cultural and Global Studies from UH-Clearlake where she concentrated on Religious Studies and researched non-traditional educational practices for student development. She is a mother, caregiver, healer, guide, yoga facilitator, and garden lover that believes that having ancestral knowledge is key in being liberated. Felicia prioritizes spiritual, mental, and emotional health and healing the body on a neurological and epigenetic level. She currently teaches dance and yoga virtually and spends time reading, learning, unlearning, resting, and dancing around the house with her two year old daughter.
Drawing & Making Art in Nature ~Ages 9+~
Students age 9+ will observe natural objects and draw them. Students will learn about how artists show nature in their work and look at the work of Rosalie Haizlett, nature illustrator.
Amanda Pincheira
Amanda Pincheira graduated in from the Maryland Inst. College of art with a GFA undergraduate degree in General Fine arts and a Masters in Art Education. She is currently employed in HCPSS as an elementary school art teacher with over 20 years of art teaching experience.
Students age 9+ will observe natural objects and draw them. Students will learn about how artists show nature in their work and look at the work of Rosalie Haizlett, nature illustrator.
Amanda Pincheira
Amanda Pincheira graduated in from the Maryland Inst. College of art with a GFA undergraduate degree in General Fine arts and a Masters in Art Education. She is currently employed in HCPSS as an elementary school art teacher with over 20 years of art teaching experience.
