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SUMMARY:Permaculture Skills: Local Herbal Medicine
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is part of our Fall 2026 Permaculture Skills workshop series. This morning workshop is followed in the afternoon by another workshop on Permaculture Practices for Soil Health and Gardening.  Come to one or both! \n\n\n\nBeginner-friendly and deep. Learn local herbal medicine making and the art of working with plants for health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHerbal medicine is our original medicine.  \n\n\n\nWhile many traditional herbal systems are immensely sophisticated and can be studied for a lifetime\, plant medicine is also accessible to everyone as a folk tradition that empowers each person to support the health of their own bodies\, families\, and communities. \n\n\n\nLike learning to grow food and build shelter\, learning our local and accessible herbal medicines can give us a deeper sense of personal security and connection to the land. When we can turn to the plants growing right outside our door to give physical and psychological ease\, it grows our resilience and our relationship to earth.   \n\n\n\nThis 3-hour herbal medicine workshop is meant to empower you to begin making and working with herbal medicines.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome of our local family apothecary.  We make dozens of herbal medicines mostly from local plants each year.  For physical and emotional health\, they’ve been invaluable support.\n\n\n\nWe’ll taste plants\, visit plants\, plant plants\, learn plants\, and make a simple medicine to bring home. We’ll also give you the foundation to continue learning more of our local and useful medicinal plants on your own\, helping you to feel safe exploring this beautiful and rewarding art with your own senses. \n\n\n\nIf you’ve dabbled in herbalism but haven’t yet learned about herbal energetics or our local plants\, or if you feel overwhelmed by online information and intimidated by complex recipes and conflicting information\, this workshop is for you!   Total beginners are also welcome. \n\n\n\nWith the direct experience of how simple it can be to prepare these remedies and the knowledge of some of the best plants to begin with including many common local plants in the Piedmont\, you’ll be taking the first steps on a long and ancient path towards health in harmony with the land.  \n\n\n\nSome Topics:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe simplest ways to make effective herbal medicines at home\n\n\n\nHands-on medicine making – come home with some to share!\n\n\n\nLearning some of our local (and abundant) herbal medicines\n\n\n\nUnderstanding medicinal properties from tastes and other sensory cues\n\n\n\nDemystifying “herbal energetics” – the heart of all holistic herbal systems\n\n\n\nLearning about our constitutions\, part of why plants can effect us so differently\n\n\n\nUnderstanding why herbs may not have worked for you in the past\n\n\n\nWorking with herbs for psychological (and spiritual) well being\n\n\n\nHerbal “first aid” and the simple everyday plants that can make life easier\n\n\n\nMedicinal properties of some of our local abundant “invasive” plants\n\n\n\nCutting through influencer and wellness fads and dispelling bad advice\n\n\n\nPlant families\, toxicity\, and how to feel safe experimenting with plants\n\n\n\nNon-rational ways of learning plants including dreaming and heart perception\n\n\n\nThe tradition of plants as teachers\, and ways of learning from plants\n\n\n\n…plus some wild\, do-not-try-this-at-home herbal stories!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFrom this workshop you’ll also take home at least one ready made tincture to work with and learn from.\n\n\n\nVenue and Workshop Details:\n\n\n\nOur Saturday morningworkshop will be held at Jubilee Healing Farm – a beautifully tended small farm located on 10 acres in Hillsborough\, NC that supports volunteer and community-building activities and workshops for people seeking healing. \n\n\n\nWe’ll have the workshop part inside and part outside unless the weather disagrees!  Please wear comfortable clothing for the day. If it’s going to rain a little\, bring rain gear.  \n\n\n\nWe may do a little forest walking.  Good to wear compatible footwear.  If you’re concerned about ticks or other itchy expressions of the local ecology\, please bring non-toxic insect deterrent. \n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, you’ll be invited (…never required!) to try small amounts of herbal medicines to learn their tastes and properties. Though we will choose plants and amounts meant to be safe for most bodies\, please know your own sensitivities and err on the side of caution around any potential herb-drug interactions. We will not be offering any medical advice or prescribing anything. This is an educational experience. \n\n\n\nWhat to Bring:\n\n\n\n\nJournal and pen\n\n\n\nYour own lunch and any snacks you need (kitchen available to heat up food)\n\n\n\nWater bottle\n\n\n\nA small-to-medium (not huge) mason jar with a lid.\n\n\n\n\nAlso: \n\n\n\n\nOpenness to different ways of seeing and living\n\n\n\nKindness towards the plants\, animals\, soil\, water\, and other people here\n\n\n\nInclusivity and welcoming spirit towards the people in the workshop\n\n\n\nWillingness to put your phones away and tune into your senses\n\n\n\nCuriosity about life and what each other and the land has to say\n\n\n\n\nSign-Up\n\n\n\nThis year\, we’re offering sliding scale tickets at two different prices.  Please only take a reduced price ticket if you are in significant financial need.  Full-price tickets make it possible for us to continue this work.  Thank you for your support. \n\n\n\nIn the afternoon after this workshop\, we’ll be offering another Permaculture workshop on the topic of Soil Health and Permaculture Gardening Practices. If you’re interested\, come to this workshop and stay for the afternoon one was well!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is part of our 2026 Fall Workshop Series. \n\n\n\nAbout the Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthew “Watersong” Tracy started practicing Permaculture in 2011 and received his design certificate from Wild Abundance in 2015. He has been consulting and teaching as a Permaculture Designer since 2018. \n\n\n\nAlong the way\, he learned from numerous Permaculture teachers\, tended land with minimal inputs\, worked with around 70 clients on their land\, lived off-grid for a decade\, and made (… and still makes!) a whole lot of humbling and valuable mistakes on his way back to life in harmony with the earth.  \n\n\n\nMatt is also a devoted herbalist (…in training\, like all herbalists..!) and has been putting strong-tasting plants in bottles to make helpful things happen since 2007. He prepares dozens of local herbal medicines for his community every year and talks about medicinal herbs pretty much every single day. He’s learned from the wisdom of a great number of herbalists including Matthew Wood\, Sajah Popham\, Kat Maier\, Katja Swift\, Sean O’Donoghue\, and others\, and of course\, from the plants! \n\n\n\nWith all his experience\, Matt is ever a beginner and student of the land. Nature is infinite. What can we do but listen and try? \n\n\n\nRead the rest of Matt’s bio here.
URL:https://silverbranchpermaculture.org/event/local-herbal-medicine-workshop/
LOCATION:Jubilee Healing Farm\, 1009 Hi Mar Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Herbal Medicine Workshops,Permaculture Workshop
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SUMMARY:Permaculture Skills: Soil\, Compost\, Cover Crop\, Biochar\, and More
DESCRIPTION:This afternoon workshop is part of our 2026 Permaculture Earth Skills Series. It follows our morning workshop in the same location on Local Herbal Medicine Making. \n\n\n\nGrow Healthy Plants and Healthy Humans!  Learn the Fundamentals of Permaculture Gardening Methods to Build Rich\, Deep Soil.\n\n\n\nThrough a variety of permaculture no-till techniques\, this formerly nutrient depleted\, very low pH pine forest soil became rich\, dark\, and able to support a great diversity of life.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWe can turn the most depleted\, compacted\, eroded dirt into soil\, rich with life. \n\n\n\nRegenerating soil may be one of the most important tasks of our time.  There is almost nowhere in the Piedmont that hasn’t been damaged by hundreds of years of over-cultivation\, over-tilling\, and over-development.  Nutrients run off the land into streams where they become pollutants.  Most of us know this story. \n\n\n\nYet there’s a different story we could be telling with our hands and our care. It’s one that leaves a tangible\, physical hope for the future: we are the people that rebuilt the soil. \n\n\n\nPermaculture teaches a whole collection of techniques\, new and ancient\, to turn dirt into deep\, dark\, wonderful smelling soil you’ll want to put your seeds (and hands!) in.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCover crop is simple to learn and gives you a satisfying way to always be building soil.  \n\n\n\nMany Good Ways to Begin\n\n\n\nWhile you can find ten thousand videos online of how to make rich soil\, the sheer number of choices can be overwhelming. The opinions can be intense and contradictory. \n\n\n\nI’ve found that with all the information out there\, many people I work with just want to know how to get started\, and they want to see it in person and try it with their own hands. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is to teach you the practical skills that will make you comfortable and confident in creating soil right where you are. You’ll be able to bring these skills home to prepare garden beds for next year’s planting with soil that will be far better than what was there before. \n\n\n\nWith these practices\, it doesn’t matter if your soil test reads like a biological desert. I know\, because the soil I tended in Cedar Grove did. You can build soil anywhere\, using what’s around you and easily available. \n\n\n\n… and yes\, we will include hands-on practice! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome Practices We’ll Cover:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo-till\, or till-once gardening – how does it work\, really?\n\n\n\nLazy composting\n\n\n\nSheet mulching\n\n\n\nTurning weeds into abundant soil with “chop and drop”\n\n\n\nCompost tea\n\n\n\nCreating homemade biochar (if fire weather allows 🙂 )\n\n\n\nUsing cover crops wisely\n\n\n\nHugulkultur – burying wood as a carbon sponge\n\n\n\nWater-smart gardening\n\n\n\nGrowing edible mushrooms IN your garden beds!  Get food and fungal soil!\n\n\n\nOther creative sources of fertility available in your community\n\n\n\n…Plus\, a whole bunch of ways you can eat or use common garden “weeds”\n\n\n\n\nGood soil is more than the foundation of good gardening.  It’s the greatest ally you will have for healthy plants that can take care of themselves. \n\n\n\nLearn and practice these techniques\, and the generations after you will inherit a far deeper soil than what you started with. \n\n\n\nVenue and Workshop Details:\n\n\n\nOur Saturday afternoon workshop will be held at Jubilee Healing Farm – a beautifully tended small farm located on 10 acres in Hillsborough\, NC that supports volunteer and community-building activities and workshops for people seeking healing. \n\n\n\nWe’ll have the workshop outside unless the weather is truly extreme.  Please wear comfortable clothing for the day. If it’s going to rain a little\, bring rain gear. \n\n\n\nWe may do a little forest walking.  Good to wear compatible footwear.  If you’re concerned about ticks or other itchy expressions of the local ecology\, please bring non-toxic insect deterrent. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat to Bring:\n\n\n\n\nJournal and pen\n\n\n\nWater bottle\n\n\n\nWork clothes you don’t mind getting a little dirty\n\n\n\n\nAlso: \n\n\n\n\nOpenness to different ways of seeing and living\n\n\n\nKindness towards the plants\, animals\, soil\, water\, and other people here\n\n\n\nInclusivity and welcoming spirit towards the people in the workshop\n\n\n\nWillingness to put your phones away and tune into your senses\n\n\n\nCuriosity about life and what each other and the land has to say\n\n\n\n\nSign-Up\n\n\n\nThis year\, we’re offering sliding scale tickets at two different prices. Please only take a reduced price ticket if you are in significant financial need. Full-price tickets make it possible for us to continue this work. Thank you for your support. \n\n\n\nIn the morning before this workshop\, we’re also offering a class on Local Herbal Medicine Making. Come to either or both!  You can also see our other workshops here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCheck out the other workshops in our Fall 2026 Permaculture Skills series\n\n\n\nAbout the Facilitator:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthew “Watersong” Tracy started practicing Permaculture in 2011 and received his design certificate from Wild Abundance in 2015. He has been consulting and teaching as a Permaculture Designer since 2018. \n\n\n\nAlong the way\, he learned from numerous Permaculture teachers\, tended land with minimal inputs\, worked with around 70 clients on their land\, lived off-grid for a decade\, and made (… and still makes!) a whole lot of humbling and valuable mistakes on his way back to life in harmony with the earth.  \n\n\n\nMatt is also an herbalist (…in training\, like all herbalists..!) and has been putting strong-tasting plants in bottles to make helpful things happen since 2007. He prepares dozens of local herbal medicines for his community every year.  \n\n\n\nWith all that experience\, Matt is ever a beginner and student of the land. Nature is infinite. What can we do but listen and try? \n\n\n\nMatt is honored to be a Permaculture guide to anyone interested in coming a little closer to the earth. Becoming a father in 2023 has made passing down these teachings that always consider future generations more important than ever. \n\n\n\nRead the rest of Matt’s bio here.
URL:https://silverbranchpermaculture.org/event/permaculture-skills-soil-compost-cover-crop-biochar-and-more/
LOCATION:Jubilee Healing Farm\, 1009 Hi Mar Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Permaculture Workshop
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SUMMARY:Edible and Medicinal Wild Plant Tour
DESCRIPTION:With thanks to Tortuga Flow Farm\, we’re co-offering a fun\, joyful\, hands-on edible & medicinal wild plant tour.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome on a Fall plant stroll with us and share your questions and your own welcome plant knowledge as we meet and taste the plant friends of our area!  \n\n\n\nTogether we’ll make a simple plant medicine you can take home with the knowledge of how to safely work with it for your and others’ health.   \n\n\n\nThis will be a breezy and beautiful way to spend an early Autumn morning as we walk together into the cooling of the day and the slow shedding of the leaves. \n\n\n\nAll levels of experience welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn this walk:\n\n\n\n\nLearn plant identification\n\n\n\nExperience hands-on\, in-person learning\n\n\n\nDiscover which local plants are edible and/or medicinal and how to safely work with them\n\n\n\nEnjoy the kind fall weather and meet other plant people!\n\n\n\n\nRegister:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis walk is offered through Tortuga Flow Farm. Registration is on their website here. Limited spots are available. We would love to see you there.
URL:https://silverbranchpermaculture.org/event/edible-and-medicinal-wild-plant-tour/
LOCATION:Morrisville Community Park\, 1520 Morrisville Pkwy\, Morrisville\, North Carolina\, 27560\, United States
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