Almost all of my events will be held at the Berea Urban Farm this year. For the full schedule, please visit https://www.sustainableberea.org/events
If you live around Berea, you’re welcome to join the Berea Herb Club – the Facebook group is here
Past events
Sunday, November 6th, 12pm
Gladie Visitor Center at Red River Gorge
1:30pm – herbal marketplace and hot herbal tea
2 – 3pm – socialize, seed swap and herb garden planning tips
– Hiking shoes
– Rain coat, if inclement weather
– Snacks
– Your own cup for tea
More information can be found here in our Facebook Group.
Free office hours
Every Wednesday in July, I will have free weekly office hours from 4-6pm at my clinic. This is a time you can drop by and talk to me about anything herb and health related, such as:
- advice on simple health issues – heartburn, sore throats, COVID support, trouble sleeping, etc.
- purchase tinctures, teas, and supplements
- learn more about my clinical offerings, tour my space, and talk about whether herbal medicine is right for you
My office:
210 N Broadway, Suite #1 (the door on the far left side of the building).
When you enter the main office, my office is the window directly in front of you.
Hope to see you Wednesday!
Free herbal clinic
Saturday, July 23rd at my office in Berea.
Past Events
Friday, May 20th – Herbal Medicine to Enhance your Yoga Practice
Saturday, March 26th – Herbal Teas for Health and Vitality
Sunday, January 30th, 11AM – Herbal Hike
Saturday November 6th, 2021 – Herbal extracts for Winter Wellness
Saturday August 14, 2021 – Potent potions: how to make medicinal infused oils and salves at our farm
- Saturday, July 24, 2021 – Let’s Make Tea from seed to Cup – at the Goldenrod Gathering
- Summer Solstice – Sunday, June 20, 2021- The best day to harvest herbs on the longest day of the year! intro to tincturing
- Saturday, May 8th: Berea Farmer’s Market 9am-1pm offering free mini consultations, dispensing herbal advice, and will have a few herbal extracts for sale.
- Saturday, May 15th: the Goldenrod Gathering at Treasure Lake in Northern Kentucky, 2-6pm. teaching a hands-on medicinal vinegar workshop at 4pm and offering consultations. (see flyer below). I also plan to debut our new line of smoking herbs, offer bulk tincture purchases (bring your own bottle), and will have a few veggie and herb plants for sale. Please bring your own mug, jar for making herbal vinegar (I’ll have a few available for purchase), and bottle (if you would like to purchase bulk tincture).
- May 21-23rd at The Kentucky Yoga Festival. Offering free consultations and herbal remedies in the Healing Tent.
All events are also posted on the Resilient Roots’ Facebook page and in my newsletter. Want to learn something that is not on this list? Contact me!
Virual plant walk - eat your weeds!
Saturday, April 11th, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Join me for this virtual learning session about medicinal and edible spring weeds! We will cover cleavers, chickweed, and violets, which can be found in most lawns and garden spaces. You’ll have time to step into your yard and gather some of these during the webinar.
This webinar is hosted by Body Mind & Sol yoga studio in Berea. Please Click here for the sign up link.
I’m happy to be offering this workshop on a free/donation only basis to support Body Mind & Sol yoga studio here in Berea. Click here for donation information.
DIY ELDERBERRY SYRUP
Berea: Saturday, February 8th, 3-4:30pm
Join herbalist Lauren Kallmeyer to learn about the elder plant, an herbal remedy that is traditionally used to support winter wellness. There will be hands-on demonstration on how to make a potent elderberry syrup. Participants will have the opportunity to customize their own bottle of elderberry syrup and will receive handouts and recipes to take home.
Investment: $25
***Location: Smoothies on the Square. Located inside the Berea College Visitor Center & Shoppe. 104 Main St. Berea.
NEW YEAR'S MIND & BODY DETOX
Berea: Saturday, January 4th, 1-3 pm
Kickstart a healthy you in 2020! I’m partnering with Susan at Body Mind & Sol yoga studio. She will lead you through a detoxing yin practice by wringing out your tissues through deep and long-held yoga poses. Then sit for a 10 minute meditation to clear the mind before learning to love your liver with herbs.
The liver is responsible for 500 important bodily functions – including ushering toxins out of the body. I’ll teach you how to enhance your body’s natural detoxification systems with herbs, which can help to reduce inflammation and allergies, balance hormones and renew your skin. I’ll demonstrate several recipes during the workshop, and you’ll have a chance to make your own bath salt blend to support detoxification.
Located at Body Mind & Sol Yoga studio.
WINTER WELLNESS: YOUR HERBAL TOOLKIT
Taste and experience herbal remedies that are traditionally used to support winter wellness. Empower yourself with knowledge that can help you take charge over your health. You will learn how herbs such as astragalus, elderberry, thyme, ginger, and elecampane can support the body during the cold season and will receive handouts and recipes to take home.
Louisville: Sunday November 17th, 2-4 pm
Underground Herb Clinic, 1711 Bardstown Rd. (Murray Ave side of building)
Berea: Friday, November 22nd, 6-8 pm
Body Mind & Sol Yoga studio, 105 Jackson St.
Berea/Clear Creek: Saturday, November 30th, 2-3 pm
Part of the Clear Creek Schoolhouse Circle of Life Healing Festival
Sleep workshop with body mind & sol
Friday, October 25 – 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Berea, KY at Body Mind & Sol Yoga Studio
Sleep can sometimes be elusive. If you can’t get to sleep or can’t sleep through the night- and this is a chronic problem – it will have negative effects on your health and your daily functioning.
There are many medicinal herbs that can be used to promote a healthy, restful sleep. In this one hour lunchtime workshop, you will learn about the different types of herbs used to support sleep and how to incorporate them into your daily life. The workshop will include samples of several herbs and a 1 oz bottle of herbal tincture to take home. We will also run through a simple 20 minute yoga practice that you can do nightly before going to bed. The practice includes poses designed to relax your mind and your body and prepare you for a good night’s sleep.
Instructors: Susan Buckmaster and Lauren Kallmeyer
KEntucky Forest farming alliance workshop hosted at our farm
Attend the first FREE Workshop of the Kentucky Forest Farming Alliance: Cultivation and Propagation of Medicinal Herbs, October 26, 2-5 pm
With Instructor John Wright of Red Beet Row. RSVP to KentuckyForestFarmingAlliance@gmail.com by October 16
- Deciding what to grow in your climate
- Planning and designing the garden and farm
- Germinating seeds from the windowsill to the greenhouse – nursery 101
- Timing, sizing up, watering schedules, planning
- Preparing bed space- anticipation tactics
- Fencing, protection, disorientation, seclusion- animal allies
- Working with weeds- total annihilation or careful inclusion ? Control without poisons
- Maximizing bed space and weed control through plant poly-cultures
- Planting out, hardening off
- Water systems, timing- working without irrigation
- Harvesting with empathy, propagation from root cuttings and crowns