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Kathi’s Herb Classes

Year-round program with herbalist Kathi Keville & visiting staff. Take all or your fav segments!

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January~March: HERBAL MEDICINE BODY SYSTEMS SERIES

April~September: WILD MEDICINAL & EDIBLE PLANTS: APPRENTICESHIP 

April & September: HERB CULTIVATION & GARDEN DESIGN

April, May & June: HERB WALKS

June & July: HERB GARDEN TOURS

Oct, Nov & Dec: MEDICINAL & AROMATIC PLANTS & DISTILLATION

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HERBAL MEDICINE BODY SYSTEMS SERIES

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Each class devoted to one of nine body systems: Digestion, Liver, Urinary Tract, Cardiovascular & Nervous & Immune & Respiratory Systems, Women’s Health & Glands: Thyroid & Pancreas.

Practical, integrated holistic healing. Custom& design holistic protocols with formulas using several healing modalities–herbs, aromatherapy, flower essences, nutrition, lifestyle + music & color therapies. Consultation techniques.  Physiology & chemistry in relationship to herbs. Handouts and home study. Open to students with some herbal experience.

Delicious nine-course, organic meal served in each class with all the foods and spices healing to thae body system we discuss that day. You’ll receive lots of class notes plus the menu & recipes.

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HERBAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

April – September, 9:30am-4:30pm

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In-depth course dives into a deep of understanding of herbal medicine. It incorporates herbalism, aromatherapy & flower essences. Held in our outdoor classroom with a field trip every weekend. Wildcrafting, plant ID. High Sierra camping trip  includes canoeing and building a sweat lodge.

LABORATORY: Prepare and use different herbs we collect. Take an advanced look at tincture, glycerite, salve, liniment, decoctions, pills, tablets, syrups, oils, and flower essences. Make an herbal/aromatherapy first-aid kit.

FIELD WORK: Harvest and prepare herbs on numerous wild crafting excursions. Make a plant press and herbarium samples for ID. Incorporate plant photography if you wish. Learn basic herbal botany and how to key plants.

RESEARCH: Collect data and establish research contacts. Kathi will open her extensive library for your research.

CLINICAL WORK: Use sitz baths, poultices, compresses, and other hydrotherapy methods. Study diagnostic methods, techniques, and stress reduction methods. Determine safety.

AROMATHERAPY: Combine aromatherapy with herbalism to achieve better results. Choose specific aromatherapy techniques and oils for physical and emotional conditions.

PLANT ENERGY WORK: Get in touch with the plants to develop plant-based intuition.

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HERB GARDEN CULTIVATION & DESIGN CLASSES

April & September    1-4pm

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Kathi combines her herbal knowledge with a green thumb & art degree to share how to create a useful & beautiful herb garden. Learn specific cultivation & propagation techniques for herbs from all over the world, sun & shade lovers, edible and medicinal herbs in hands-on demos of seeds, divisions & cuttings. Take cuttings and seeds home! Harvest herbs for maximum quality. Tour the Herb Gardens with emphasis on garden design.

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HERB WALKS

April, May, June

 INDEPENDENCE TRAIL, BEAR RIVER, ROCK CREEK 

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Kathi has been leading these herb walks since in the area since 1978. Her extensive knowledge of the edible & medicinal uses of plants shines through colorful descriptions of science, lore, history & her own experiences. Short, wide and easy trails each have 40 interesting herbs.

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HERB GARDEN TOURS

June, July & August   9-11am

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Stroll with Kathi through her terraced herb gardens with 500 species—some familiar, some unusual—from around the world. She’ll discusses uses, colorful histories & cultivation requirements for dozens of medicinal & culinary herbs. Fragrance, Chinese, Ayurvedic, Mexican, African, Eastern Woodland, Celtic, and Culinary sections. (Most of the tour is in shade with benches to sit on along the way.) Observe different garden design styles.

Afterwards, visit our apothecary store filled with herbal products & Kathi’s herb books. & The herb nursery offers a selection of 150 medicinal plants for sale.

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AROMATHERAPY SEMINARS

October, followed by advanced seminars in Nov & Dec.

10am-5pm

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Techniques for home, clinic & bodywork. History, lore, scientific research. How to judge quality. Blending techniques. Smell physiology & essential oil chemistry. Effects of oils on mind & body skin, digestive & circulation disorders & infections. (Charts included). Treating depression, anxiety, fatigue  &  nervous system. Synergistic BLENDS. Design and make aromatic products.

Aromatherapy acts on the body: anti-inflammatories vs. liniments, skincare for both beauty and disorders such as psoriasis, eczema, and skin cancer. Applications of aromatherapy to massage and other forms of therapy. Distill essential oils and hydrosols from our gardens in class with explanation and samples. How to create individual, custom blends. Design and make your own body/massage oil in class from a selection of dozens of essential oils.

ADVANCED AROMATHERAPY SEMINARS II & III Nov & Dec

10am-5pm Saturday & 9:30-4:30 Sunday

$210/weekend ($15 discount for registration received 2 weeks in advance) or $110 Saturday

Combine aromatherapy with herbalism to treat acute and chronic disorders. Custom-made blends. Chemotypes, chemistry & healing properties of common and uncommon essential oils. (Charts included.)  History, application, healing properties & blending guidelines. Unique and obscure oils. Natural perfume making. Advanced formulating. Aromatherapy cosmetics, skin care & skin disorders and skincare physiology. Essential oils to reverse aging & “new” cosmetic ingredients. Massage face lift. Creams & carriers. Bath/body salts for therapeutic use.

Taking all three seminar weekends meets Level I Aromatherapy Training standards set by National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy. Certificate granted upon completion.

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ROCK WALL CLASS: DRY STACK CONSTRUCTION

with Ron Bertolucci, mason and designer, at Oak Valley Herb Farm, Grass Valley.

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Summer or Fall (call for dates), 9am-4pm. $80

Learn dry stack stone construction as it was used by ancient cultures throughout the world. Class offers, theory, and hands-on instruction. Covers in-depth training with demonstrations of tools and techniques. Supply sources and handouts provided. View different styles of completed walls, stairs & terraces on site.

Contact us to be on the list for future classes.

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More of Kathi Keville’s HERB CLASSES & SEMINARS throughout the US

MEDICINAL & EDIBLE WILD PLANTS of the Sierra Flora. July 3-day weekend.

Held at San Francisco State University SFSU field campus in the High Sierra www.sfsu.edu/~sierra

Ethnobotany course through SFSU Biology Department. Instructor Kathi Keville with guest herbalist assistant. Kathi has been teaching this course for 25+ years. Identif wild plants & theirmedicinal and edible uses, and process them. Ecology, related geography, and herbal interactions with human physiology is also addressed. We will conscientiously harvest and prepare a wild foods meal.