Fire Cider Crafting Party!

Saturday, November 4th, 10:00-11:30am, Anam Cara House, South Minneapolis

Thwart the winter illnesses that threaten to lay us low this season with your own hand-crafted Fire Cider!

Fire Cider is a hot and spicy cold-season remedy made popular by elder herbalist Rosemary Gladstar. Come infuse apple cider vinegar with your own mix of warming, anti-microbial herbs. We'll talk about benefits of different ingredients, along with culinary and medicinal uses for your cider. A great introduction to kitchen herbalism!

The cost is $25-55 sliding scale per person, and includes a pint of fire cider to bring home and decant. Folks are welcome to make additional jars for a supply fee of $15/pint. Interested kids can join their adults and make their own for $20/kid.

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Elderberry for Winter Wellness

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 * 5:15-8:30pm * Fireweed Community Woodshop

This class is part of a series in collaboration with print-making artist Jessie Merriam, in which we look at a single plant from many angles. Just in time for cold and flu and Covid season, we'll be offering a class focused on the immune-boosting powerhouse Elderberry (Sambucas nigra/canadensis)!

Students will learn the history, botany, and lore of this plant, and hear common as well as the lesser-known uses for this powerful yet gentle remedy. We'll craft an elderberry tincture for students to take home, and carve our own elderberry-inspired block-prints using an image of Jessie's design.

A variety of paper will be provided. Students are encouraged to bring fabric/tote bags/clothing to print on if they like.

Additional elderberry remedies will be available for sale at the end of class.

Register now on the Fireweed Page. Please reach out if you have any questions!

Ragweed Relationships, Herbal Print-making Collaboration #5

Monday, September 11, 2023 * 12:15-3:30pm * Fireweed Community Woodshop

This class is #5 in a series with print-making artist Jessie Merriam, in which we look at a single plant from many angles - medicinally, craft-wise, culinarily, and as a muse. Students will hear about the plant's dynamic history with human and potential uses, and then carve their own woodblock prints using an image of Jessie's design inspired by the plant.

In focusing on ragweed, the much maligned source of so much allergy suffering, we hope to focus also on the relational angle - namely, why do so many of our bodies respond to this common weed as a threat? Students will learn about theories of allergy mechanism, ragweed plant botany, environmental considerations, and then will be given some ideas for using herbs and other simple, at-home measures for allergy management and relief.

Register now on the Fireweed Page. Please reach out if you have any questions!