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Vernal Virtues: Volume II
another springtime plant walk with herbalist jim mcdonald
From May into June our springtime flora shines with medicinal merit. For over twenty years, jim has offered innumerable herb walks, sharing what he knows about the virtues of these springtime plants.
Join jim in the northeastern woodlands of Michigan to learn about a slew of wild medicinals found in field and wood... along with jim's two first rules of wildcrafting and some recommended harvesting tools.
Through a blend of story, experience, humour, common sense and lore discover the virtues of:
Plantain ∙∙∙ Poison Ivy ∙∙∙ Sassafras
Partridge Berry ∙∙∙ Jewelweed ∙∙∙ Cranesbill
White Lettuce ∙∙∙ Blueberry ∙∙∙ Wintergreen
Wild Sarsparilla ∙∙∙ Golden Alexander
White Meadowsweet ∙∙∙ Witch Hazel ∙∙∙ Mayapple
Barberry ∙∙∙ Blue Cohosh ∙∙∙ plus a few short extras
This is volume II of the Vernal Virtues plant walk series encompassing over 3 ½ hours of video.
You can find Volume I available here.
This class will be available to watch online until December 31, 2025.
All online classes are non-refundable. More information here.
This is volume II of the Vernal Virtues plant walk series encompassing over 3 ½ hours of video.
You can find Volume I available here.
This class will be available to watch online until December 31, 2025.
All online classes are non-refundable. More information here.
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3 Types of Plantain, wherein jim explains it all.
What's Included?
Harvesting Practices
Learn jim's First Two Rules
Tools of the Trade: Thoughts of jim
Plantain: Plantago spp.
Join jim in learning about one of his favorite plants.
Three Types of Plantain
PreviewPoison Ivy: Toxicodendron radicans
The Poison Ivy has gotten bigger & jim loves it even more.
Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium & Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens
Sit on the florest floor with jim, Blueberry & Wintergreen.
Sassafras: Sassafras albidum
Learn how much jim loves baby Sassafras plants.
Partridge Berry: Mitchella repens
Where not all awesome plants need to be picked.
Jewelweed Walk: Impatiens capensis
jim has more to say about Jewelweed. Sparkle on jim.
Cranesbill: Geranium maculatum
Looks like a Cranes Bill, don't ya think?
White Lettuce: Nabalus albus (formerly Prenanthes alba)
It's shapes are quite extraordinary.
Wild Sarsparilla: Aralia nudicaulis
It's wildly connected.
Golden Alexander: Zizia aurea
Where jim just can't stick to just one plant.
White Meadowsweet: Spiraea alba
jim explains why not all meadowsweets are the same.
Witch Hazel: Hamamelis virginiana
What could be rolling up those leaves?
Mayapple: Podophyllum peltatum
Why do the deer get to the apples first?
Blue Cohosh: Caulophyllum thalictroides
Baby Blue Cohosh!!!
Barberry: Berberis thunbergii & Berberis vulgaris
Where jim makes HILARIOUS references to ticks copulating. You have been warned.
find out what is coming up next
(because you always wanted to know)