Summer Session I and Workshops

We are thrilled to be partnering with Zaniyan Center - Lakota word meaning: being in a state of health or wholeness - to offer even more hands-oneducational classes with experienced teachers and professionals. We have a bounty of excellent workshops and classes to offer this Summer beginning June 21st..

• Qigong – Conscious Movement 6/ 21 – 8/9 every Tues/Thurs11:00am-12:00pm.

Qigong practice embodies the term “stress reduction”, and is a time-tested method and set of movements that focus on the relationship between the mind/body. This results in an understanding of how to self-manage whole body health "The Art of Inner Sustainability". Instructor: Michael Vasquez Cost: $10 per class or $125 for the series of 15*

• Plant Identification and Botany Basics I 6/25 – 8/ 6 every Saturday (except 7/9) 1-3pm

By understanding the patterns, evolution, and symbiosis of the main plant families you will be able to quickly and holistically identify plants in nature and gardens alike. Learn the ethical wild crafting and basic plant identification on field trips around the area. Study expected in addition to class. Required text books Botany in a Day, The Patterns Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J Elpel and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West by Michael Moore.
Instructor: Katie MacCionnaith Cost: $60-80 sliding fee scale*

• Dairy and Homesteading 6/ 21 to 8/9 every Friday 8am to 12pm(except 7/9)

Caring for chickens and turkeys including butchering. Caring for our pregnant cow as well as food preservation. Other homesteading and farm activities.
Instructor: Janet Russell Cost $40-60 sliding scale *

• Introduction to Permaculture Tuesday, June 28, 3:30-5:30pm 

Permaculture agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient, that work with instead against the earth). This class has a focus on transforming suburban yards, including an overview of edible landscaping, reclaiming space, food management, social and economic elements.
Instructor: Jan Spencer Cost: donation

• Herbalism as a Career Path Tuesday, 7/5, 3:30-5:30 

Overview of types of professions in the herbal industry; clinical herbalist, herbal product businesses, herbal farming. Exploring ethics and responsibilities, certification and licensing paths, legal issues, finances, training options.
Instructors: Daphne Singingtree & Katie MacCionnaith Cost: $10-20 sliding scale *

• Introduction to Chinese Medicine & Circulation Therapies ITuesday, 7/ 19, 3:30-5:30pm. 

We will discuss the bio-science of Internal Arts practice, circulation therapies, seasonal foods, and body constitutions. Includes prevention methods that understand how to change excess & deficient or stagnate conditions and how important common sense is to self-diagnosis. Understanding what influences imbalance and simple methods to correct them is part of the ancient tradition of International "folk medicine" and the origin of all professional medicine. Instructor: Michael Vasquez Cost: $10-20 sliding scale *

• Herbal First Aid Tuesday, August 2, 3:30-5:30pm

We’ll cover herbal treatment of wounds, burns, sprains and strains, animal and insect bites, digestive discomfort, anxiety, and much more. We’ll focus on learning many uses for each herb in order to streamline our first aid apothecary, and discuss how to decide whether conventional medical treatment should be sought.
Instructor: Daphne Singingtree Cost: $10-20 sliding scale

Internships & Apprenticeships

• ​Herbal Product Making Internship 6/ 21 – 8/9 every Tues/Thurs12:30pm-5:30pm & some event weekends

What, why and how of making herbal products. Hands on growing, harvesting, drying, preparing herbal products including tinctures, salves, syrups, poultices. Focus on making products for sale. Cost: none however 10-15 hour a week commitment required, by application. College credit is available.

• ​Sustainable Building Trades I  Apprenticeship 6/21 to 8/5 (except 7/8) Mon-Fri 7am to 12:00 pm 

Learn construction using green materials - cob, straw bale, earth, reclaimed and sustainably harvested timber. Tiny, earthen, & wheeled homes building. Intro to blacksmithing, metal working and tool making.
Instructor: Bart O. Blackhorse Cost: none, however a 25 hour a week commitment is required, limited spaces apply soon.
Internships: Hands-on learning herbal product making, growing, using and harvesting herbs, and working with a startup organic food business. No cost for instruction, includes study group, field trips, and workshops.   Community interns work three months, 10-15 hours a week commitment.  College credit is available.
Limited number of live in positions are available.
Apply at eagletreeherbs.com/internships.html

Apprenticeships: More intensive one–on-one training, prerequisites successful completion of one term internship.