Upcoming Events
Wild Indigo Herb Fest
Terrapin Hill Farm, Harrodsburg, KY.
This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned!
Excited to be one of the keynotes along with friend and inspiration Linda Black Elk for this inaugural iteration of a new herb conference for Kentucky. Will probably teach another class or two while in the area as well.
More details at the link below
https://wildindigoherbfest.com/about/
Time:Fee: Variable Pricing
Botany by Family: Key to See and Mocktail Hour
Mountain Gardens in Celo, NC
Plant Family Patterns: The Key to See…
Plant Family Patterns can greatly aid in demystifying the “green wall” of species around us. Approximately 300,000 species of flowering plants are known to global science. These species have been grouped into around 15,000 genera and over 400 flowering plant families. About 200 flowering plant families grow in the temperate world where it annually frosts and or freezes. You will know something significant about the majority of plants that you see in the temperate world if you learn the top 30 families around you. It is often possible to guess whether a plant is edible, medicinal, or poisonous simply by the family it occupies. However, some exceptions are important to know as well. We will engage in a walk and talk around Mountain Gardens where we will delve into the major plant families of the Southern USA. Students will reinforce plant identification skills by observing family patterns such as leaf, flower and fruit types. Uses including edibility, medicinality, craft, wildlife promotion and landscape beauty will be discussed. Participants will gain a more holistic understanding of the major plants comprising the Southern US flora and their potential ecological and ethnobotanical applications. We will finish with a celebratory mocktail hour and honey tasting where students can mix an match various non-alcoholic beverages and try honeys from various parts of the world along with tree syrups like Black Walnut, Birch and Hickory as well.
Register at the following link.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/plant-family-patterns-the-key-to-see-and-mocktail-hour-w-marc-williams-botany-everyday
Fee: $25 - 100 sliding scale
Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
Western Carolina University
One of the oldest native plant conferences in the country having just celebrated its 40th birthday! Always a highlight of the teaching schdule every year with enough high qulaity class offerings to make ones head spin!
https://www.wcu.edu/engage/professional-enrichment/conferences-and-community-classes/the-cullowhee-native-plant-conference/
Fee: Variable Pricing
Southeastern Permaculture Gathering
The Patterson School
Come to our annual gathering at the beautiful Patterson School outside Lenoir, NC This is certainly one of my favorites of all time, even in a place and a life with many amazing events! i will most definitely be helping to facilitate a plant/mushroom walk and will also be working in the kitchen if you want to help make food for everybody. Almost all the meals are sourced locally or from participants of the gathering. Some of the best food experienced by many at any gathering bar none. An amazing outdoor sculpture park is another incredible component of this locale too. http://www.southeasternpermaculture.org/
Time: 8a.m. 7.31.26 - 4p.m. 8.2.26
Fee: Sliding Scale
Great Lakes Herb Faire
Cedar Lake Outdoor Center outside Chelsea, MI
This is one of my favorite events ever attended of the over 100 experienced over the decades. Will update info once the schedule is announced.
https://www.greatlakesherbfaire.org/
Fee: Variable Pricing
Gullah Geechee Herbal Gathering
John's Island, South Carolina
Excited to finally attend this annual gathering. For one of the few times in my career in the last fifteen years my role will be solely as a student and at least not formally as a teacher. That said excited to absorb as much as possible of the wisdom of the elders that they care to share.
https://www.gullahgeecheeherbalgathering.com/
Fee: Variable Pricing