Top Herbs to Grow for Medicine
Growing herbal medicines is a fun and easy way to care for yourself and your community. Join clinical herbalist and gardener, Ashley Elenbaas, for a lively conversation showcasing the top 10 medicinals you can grow in your own backyard. Drawing from her 15 years of experience working on herb farms, home gardens, and seeing clients, Ashley will provide you with practical tips for growing herbal medicines and how to prepare them as medicines for year-round use. Her list contains a blend of local native pollinator-friendly plants, classic European favorites, and culinary essentials.
Ashley Elenbaas began her journey with plants as a young girl. Her love of the natural world led her to study Environmental Restoration in the Appalachian mountains of UNC-Asheville where she worked on organic farms and started taking herb classes with local herbalists. After traveling to Central America and working on permaculture farms and studying herbal farming, Ashley began her formal clinical herbal studies at Maryland University of Integrative Health in 2005, where she graduated with a Masters of Science in Clinical Herbal Medicine.
For over 10 years Ashley has worked as a clinical herbalist seeing clients and teaches herbal courses online and in-person. Ashley loves to blend herbalism and eco-spirituality and believes in the power of laughter while learning. She now offers weekly content on her YouTube channel, SkyHouseHerbs, leads herb walks, hosts womens circles, and enjoys teaching kids about the power of herbal medicines in local Minneapolis schools.
When:
April 14th at 10:00 am- 11:30
Where:
Sailer's Greenhouse
Cost:
$15.00
*all sales final
