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Tag Archives: herbs
the UHS presents…See the City GREEN – the August herb walk series
Hello fellow Herbies! I hope that y’all are having a great summer and enjoying the pockets of sunshine. I’m able to be sending this from the roof of our co-op and appreciating wifi right now! oooohhhh, sunshine feels so good! … Continue reading
Posted in Events and Classes, Wild Foods & Foraging
Tagged foraging, herb identification, herbs, plant i.d., vancouver, weeds, wild edibles, wild food
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July is Calendula Month!
Good news Plant Lovers! July is Calendula Month! Do you know what Calendula looks like? It looks like the Sun! And it loves the heat. It holds a great deal of the Sun’s energy. I’ve even started to use it … Continue reading
Summer Solstice Update: the FIRE Issue
Happy Summer Solstice Plant Lovers! This is Garliq at the Urban Herb School writing to say Welcome Summer to (and with) all of you! Happy Summer Solstice & National Aboriginal Day! I found out recently that the human eye can … Continue reading
Posted in Events and Classes, Seasonal Updates
Tagged 5 elements, community, digestion, eliot cowan, Fire, foraging, healing, herb identification, herbs, medicine, Solstice, St. John's Wort, Sun, wild edibles
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Vancouver’s Wild Foods in April
Greetings Plant Lovers! The Sun has been out consistently, or fairly consistently, over the past couple of weeks. mmm…it’s delicious to feel the warmth of the Sun on my skin. Sometimes it stops me in my tracks. I’m not the … Continue reading
Posted in Wild Foods & Foraging
Tagged 5 elements, bc, chickweed, dandelion, foraging, herbs, nettles, stinging nettles. bittercress, urban, vancouver, wild edibles, yellow dock
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the Urban Herb School in the Globe and Mail
Wow, oh wow! I’m stammering right now, I’m so delighted with this article in the Globe and Mail. I’m ridiculously excited to share this with everyone and their dogs! So here’s the link…http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/the-promise-and-perils-of-backyard-herbalism/article1957034/ And it starts this way (with a … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged 7song, backyard, berry, big pharma, blue deer center, bruising, elder, eliot cowan, fever, flower, gaian studeis, globe and mail, health, herbs, home grown, hypericum, industry, kyle patton, Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, nutraceutical, Plantago, plantain, remedies, sambucus, st. joan's wort, St. John's Wort, stephen buhner, susan weed, tilley hat, vancouver, vitamins
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Rosemary Gladstar Webinar
Greetings Plant Lovers! This is just a quick post to let you know about a wonderful herbalist offering a free webinar coming up soon… Herbs Demystified: Remedies for Family Health 5:30 Pacific – Wednesday, March 23, 2011 (8:30 EST, 7:30 … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachia, botanical medicine, foraging, healing, health, herbalism, herbs, rosemary gladstar, united plant savers, ups
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See the City GREEN – Spring Classes
Greetings Plant Lovers! The Green World Wakes! Spring is upon us! And the Urban Herb School is hitting the ground running, so to speak. I’m ridiculously excited to be offering this class again this season. Largely because we’ll have a chance … Continue reading
Posted in Events and Classes
Tagged foraging, healing, herb identification, herbalism, herbs, plant i.d., super food
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Eliot Cowan and Plant Spirit Medicine
Plant Spirit Medicine (or PSM) is not at all a new modality. It’s quite old in both it’s component parts, though it’s currently a small and growing movement. Eliot Cowan‘s work has brought together 2 ancient healing techniques… the Chinese … Continue reading
Greetings Plant Lovers! Welcome to my new herbal blog. As the Green World comes alive this season, i’m going to be posting about plants that are in flower or otherwise call my attention. The 1st one that comes up is … Continue reading
