Educator and herbalist, Judy BlueHorse Skelton, shares traditional uses of native plants for food, medicine, craft and ceremony to nourish, heal, and regenerate personal, family and community well-being. With Tryon Creek Farm and Forest as our classroom, we’ll explore the gifts each season offers and learn how to integrate ancient knowledge and contemporary nutritional/lifestyle research into our daily lives.

Drawing from the Medicine Wheel and indigenous gathering cycles and calendars, we’ll develop a seasonal living plan that resonates with the rhythms of our region. As we Re-Member and deepen our relationship with the elements, the un-seen world, and our ancestors, we heal historical trauma and recognize the Green Path to well-being.

Each of the 4 seasonal workshops offers:
- Plant walks to identify and meet our Plant relations;
- Medicine-making activities, from teas and herbal salves, to
distilling essential oils from our native trees
- Edible and medicinal garden design & education, blending
permaculture principles with traditional ecological knowledge
- Practices to strengthen intuitive and energetic healing skills
- Healing power of color, aroma, water, touch, stones, song

9am – 1pm. Herbal tea served. Class limited to 15. $50 for each 4-hour workshop or $175 for entire series. To register please email workshops@tryonfarm.org, or call (503)245-3847.

SUMMER – Saturday, June 13th
FALL – Saturday, October 3rd
WINTER – Saturday, December 5th
SPRING – Saturday, March TBA

About the instructor:
Judy BlueHorse Skelton (Nez Perce/Cherokee) has worked with Indian Education programs throughout the Northwest for 15 years, creating cultural activities focusing on traditional and contemporary uses of native plants for food, medicine, ceremony, and healthy lifeways. She served as herbal consultant and guest lecturer at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine for 10 years. In 2002-03, Judy wrote and recorded segments on Health & Healing for Wisdom of the Elders radio programs. She received an MA degree from PSU in Leadership in Ecology, Culture and Learning, where she teaches Environmental Education Through Native American Lenses and Theory and Practice of Sustainability. Judy’s work, Green Paths to Health and Healing, is centered in Indian Country and shares stories that serve as inspiration and guidance in the design and creation of gardens and communities for nourishment, learning, and healing, feeding the spirit as well as the body.