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The Poetry of Exchange
A chance to work together in the garden,
sea air mingling with the scent of who is currently blooming,
to exchange assistance in the garden with co-creating herbal medicine to bring home.
A sort of apprenticeship, an honoring of each one's knowledge as well as the timeliness of the seasonal herbal allies.
Being & beholding the Spring-Autumn seasons with the combination of sharing in garden work & herbal medicine co-creating.
Saturdays from 9 am to noon we will gather at Rohege in Belfast.
Beginning with a poem, the first two hours, from 9-11 am,
we will work together in the garden of Rohege, tending that which needs care, learning as we go. The gardening ways I have been working with for the last two decades or so, fall into the categories of organic, biodynamic, permaculture
& most importantly deep listening, experiential & intuitive ways.
The garden work will be customized to abilities & experience, there is always some way to participate.
Transitioning into our last hour together with another poem,
from 11 am -noon, we will co-create an herbal medicine with the herbal allies of the moment, asking & offering for their gifts.
Each participant will bring home this
co-created herbal medicine, thus over the season building or adding to a personal herbal apothecary. Herbal medicine making supplies will be offered as well as folks can bring their own.
The Saturday mornings are as follows, dates could be subject to change:
May 11, June 8 & 15, July 6 & 20, August 17 & 31, September 7 & 28.
Herbal co-creations will include: herbal vinegars, syrups, tinctures, oxymels, flower essences, tea blends, incenses, fire cider & bitters.
Items to bring can include: water bottle, snacks, sunhat, sunscreen, tick & mosquito spray, your favorite gardening tool(s) & gloves, comfortable work clothes & shoes, kneeling pad, notebook & writing utensil... There will be chances to fill up water bottles as well as delicious suntea offered each time we meet.
For questions or to RSVP, contact whitegourdia@gmail.com.
Also come as you feel called, even if you have not contacted me, as I will be in the garden regardless (unless there is pouring rain, when the garden wishes to soak in the nourishment on their own).
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