9-month, Weekend Immersion
Wilders Guild: Edible & Medicinal Plants Bay Area, CA
9-month Immersion Take 1-weekend a month for 9 months to immerse yourself in the core study of Edible and Medicinal Plants. The Wilders Guild takes you through the seasons of harvest and preservation. We address wild food systems and caretaking that feed and sustain the health a village through many generations.
Wild Food and Foraging
Unique to this 9-month course is an in-depth focus on harvest and preservation that actually provides the nourishment an individual, family or community needs to thrive. The art of the meal, the gastronomy and gourmet depth of wild foods is celebrated throughout 4-seasons. Every form of processing is covered: from canning to fermenting, from drying to tinctures. While technically not a "plant" we also go deeply in mycology and edible mushrooms.
Another key point of this immersion program is caretaking and regeneration of this harvest. The goal is use our foraging practices to intensify and stabilize diversity of habitat in an effort to benefit native flora and fauna.
A Community to Gather
This course develops a community for gatherers, gleaners and medicine makers. Our weekends are not simply educational, they become like a family reunion. We shape a culture of respect and care for all life around us.
Independent Study and Research
You are given independent study homework for skills projects outside of program weekends. The amount of work is flexible and tailored to a student's available time. This optimizes what you can be learning during actual course days with our instructors.
Immersion That Fits Your Life
Our Guild Immersion Programs integrates well into both your working and social life. Each weekend begins Friday evening and ends the Sunday afternoon. Most weekends take place within a two hour drive from the SFO Airport (an international terminal). Each weekend occurs monthly, so there is time for students to self-utilize and refine experience in the skills we teach. Dates are as follows….
September 16-18, 2011
October 14-16, 2011
November 18-20, 2011
January 20-22, 2012
February 17-19, 2012
March 16-18, 2012
April 20-22, 2012
May 18-20, 2012
June 1-3, 2012
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Payment plans available, Contact Us 9 monthly weekends September 2011 to June 2012 Friday Evening to Sunday Ovenights In various key ecological areas in Northern California |
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Tuition and Class Size
Tuition Tuition includes meals and camping for program weekends. Plus, course reader materials. Our payment options include...
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9-month Payment Plan 3 payments of $950 every 3 months. Please Contact Us
Scholarships or Our Outdoor & Environmental Educator Training Program We have scholarship or Our Outdoor & Environmental Educator Training Program awards available of up to 10%-50% or tuition. Due to limited funds of awards we recommend you apply early to increase your chances of acceptance. Submit a scholarship or Our Outdoor & Environmental Educator Training Program application
Edible and Medicinal Plants Weekend Immersion includes...
• Plant taxonomy
• Herbal and medicinal medicine making and applications
• Harvest for abundance and long-term wilderness living
• Preservation and storage methods: drying, canning, fermenting and processing
• Wildland ecology and conversation of native species
• Intensification of harvest plots for native species
• Basic and safe mushroom identification and uses
• Utilitarian uses of wild plants
• Plant fiber arts and applications
• Historical and cultural uses of wild edible and medicinal plants
More Edible & Medicinal Plants Programs
Guild Immersion Programs are designed to be an immersive experience in a core Guild study. They are 1-weekend a month for 9-months. Check out our other core programs for more in-depth work...
$25 Taster Edible & Medicinal Plants 3-hour introduction
Fundamentals Edible & Medicinal Plants 2-days learning the foundations
Field Intensive Edible & Medicinal Plants 4-day overnight expedition
More from the Wilders Guild
This is one of 3-core study tracks of the Wilders Guild curriculum. Other tracks include...
• Homesteading Crafts
• Way of the Wilder: Generative Ecological Relationships
More Long-Term Immersion
The Way of the Wilder 3-weekends per month Combine all the Wilders immersion programs to create full 3-weekend per month program.
Trackers Village: Residential Wilderness Living Program 7-days a week Live in a primitive and traditional village for one 1-year.
