The sun is high in the sky and the days are long. Be it alongside a creek, on the forest edge, or emerging from a garden, plants are here to be harvested for food and medicine. This is the time to turn towards plants in their fullest expressions- flowering, fruiting and releasing their seeds.

Join Rachael Witt as she leads us on wild plant expeditions. In these six sessions, we will learn about plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves to live with the season. You are invited to join one class or all.

Part 1: Flower Power

Learn about the healing powers of flowers. To start the series of summer harvests, we will be working with wild flowers, cover crops and perennials that provide nutrients internally as well as soothing benefits externally.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, June 15,  4-6PM

·       Location: TBA Duvall, WA

Part 2: Sun Medicine

In times of high heat, long days, and summer solstice- we will honor the sun. We will explore how some of these plants capture the sun’s energy and carry its medicine through our dark winter months. This is an opportunity to work with plants that seasonally brighten our moods.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, June 29, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 3: Soothe and Replenish

Moistening, lubricating, soothing, cooling demulcents. Ahh, what better way to enjoy the heat of summer than to cool down with some of our wild green allies. In this class, we will learn how to use demulcent plants to cool and moisten our systems inside and out.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, July 13,  4-6PM

·       Location: TBA Duvall, WA

Part 4: Wild First Aid

Lets focus on a first aid kit- medicinal plants to have on hand or those to look for in the field. This will be an opportunity to explore plants for different healing modalities.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, July 27, 4-6PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 5: Aromatic Allies

May the strong smells of herbs work with your body from the nose down. Learn about aromatic plants and how they can heal us from the outside in.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, August 10th, 4-6PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 6: Berries of the PNW

The wild fruits are full of flavor and flavonoids! Complete our summer series with a wild berry harvest– learning the MANY types of edible berries in the PNW and how they have been used.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, August 24th, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $225 for six part series

Open to ages 13 and up (10-12 with an adult).

Spring; Birth & Unfolding. This is the time to turn towards the awakening green world– tender new leaves, sprouting greens, unfurling fiddleheads, and pollen rich blossoms.

Join Rachael Witt as she leads us on wild plant expeditions. In this six session spring foraging series, we will learn about plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves to live with the season.

Part 1: Awakening Greens; new leaves & sprouts

·       Date and Time: Thursday, March 16,  4-6PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 2: Beneath the Forest Floor; roots of potency

·       Date and Time: Thursday, March 30, 4-6PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 3: Unfurling Feasts; shoots, fiddleheads & more

·       Date and Time: Thursday, April 13,  4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 4: Evergreen Tips and Deciduous Flowers

·       Date and Time: Thursday, April 27, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 5: Pollen and Pistils

·       Date and Time: Thursday, May 11, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 6: Petals of Delight & Those That Bring Fright

·       Date and Time: Thursday, May 25, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $215 for six part series

Open to ages 13 and up (8-12 with an adult).

The time of tree medicine. The time of evergreen medicine.

While winter wallows away, we feel the surge towards moving our bodies and connecting with the outdoors. The storms have changed the landscape which offers a new perspective on what seasonal offerings the natural world provides. This is the time to turn towards the trees– exploring the layers of the overstory, the evergreen needles, the running sap beneath their thick outer bark and their buds swelling with the light.

Join Rachael as she leads us on wild plant harvests and expeditions. In this five session Winter harvesting series, we will learn about the plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves for the change in season.

Part 1: Evergreen Medicine

·       Date and Time: Thursday, January 12th,  3-5PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 2: Friends of Trees (Lichen, Sporophytes, Fungi and Rhizomes!)

·       Date and Time: Thursday, January 26th,  3-5PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 3: Budding Beginnings

·       Date and Time: Thursday, February 9th,  3-5PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 4: Powerful Greens

·       Date and Time: Thursday, February 23rd,  3-5PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Tuition: $45 for one day OR $160 for four part series

Open to ages 12 and up (10-12 with an adult).

Join Rachael and Lindsay Huettman.com/ at the Wilderness Awareness School for a weekend of medicinal plant exploration that will begin a lifelong relationship between you and local plants. During this weekend program, we will introduce you to the basics of plant medicines with hands-on identification, medicine making, and botanical instruction.

We will practice deep connection to the forest and individual plants – with the purpose of sending you on a connection journey that will last a lifetime. Our approach is both intellectual and intuitive. This will help you create a multifaceted relationship with native and local plants to support your specific health needs on many levels.

Some medicines we will make:

• Tinctures

• Oils

• Infusions

• Food as medicine and more!

Making your own medicine is empowering, holistic and can increase connection to yourself, others and the bursting pharmacopeia out your back door!

Date and Time: Saturday, October 22nd and Sunday, October 23rd from 9am - 5pm

Location: Linne Doran, Duvall, WA

Tuition: $275

As autumn light falls upon the trees and amplifies the golden glow of the plant world, we are reminded of this time of harvest. Plants are beginning to turn their energy back into the Earth; making fruits and seeds for the growing year to come. This is the time to reap what we have sown, to be with the last of the wild abundance, to store what is needed for the winter and strengthen our immune systems.

Join Rachael Witt as she leads us on wild plant harvests and expeditions. In this five session Fall harvesting series, we will learn about the plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves for the change in season.

Part 1: Savoring Seeds

• Date and Time: Thursday, September 8th from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: Tolt MacDonald Park, Carnation, WA

Part 2: Bitter Digestives

• Date and Time: Thursday, September 22nd from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

Part 3: Fall Fruits

• Date and Time: Thursday, October 6th from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: McCormick Park in Duvall, WA

Part 4: Immunomodulators

Date and Time: Thursday, October 20th from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: TBA, Snoqualmie Valley

Part 5: Roots for the Respiratory

• Date and Time: Thursday, November 3rd from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $190 for five part series

Open to ages 13 and up (10-12 with an adult).

Join us as we honor the directions- as we connect with the teachings of Spring- as we tend the wild spaces within and around. This is an opportunity for girls age 10-13 years old to come together and learn hands-on earth skills while tending their hearts and the natural world around them.

In our Spring series we will offer skills, activities, and teachings surrounding the different lens and universal understandings of the four directions:

East- inspiration/explore;

South- transformation/motivate;

West- connection/gather;

North- stabilization/imagine.

• Dates and Time: Saturdays, March 26th, April 30th, May 28th ; 11AM-3PM

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

• Tuition: $335 (online payment) or $325 (check via mail/in person)

Open to girls ages 10- 13 years old.

The soundscape of the birds and frogs are accompanying the new growth of the plant world as Spring unfurls. During this time of renewal our bodies are making adjustments to the shift in energy and changing food source. This is the time to turn towards the awakening green world– tender new leaves, sprouting greens, unfurling fiddleheads, and pollen rich blossoms.

Join Rachael Witt as she leads us on wild plant expeditions. In this five session spring foraging series, we will learn about plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves to live with the season.

Part 1: Vibrant Greens

·       Date and Time: Thursday, March 24,  4-6PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 2: Tender Shoots & Fiddleheads

·       Date and Time: Thursday, April 7th, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 3: The Buzz of Blooming Buds

·       Date and Time: Thursday, April 21st,  4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 4: May Flowers

·       Date and Time: Thursday, May 5th, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 5: Pollen and Pistils

·       Date and Time: Thursday, May 19th, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $190 for five part series

Open to ages 12 and up (10-12 with an adult).

The time of tree medicine. The time of evergreen medicine.

While winter wallows away, we feel the surge towards moving our bodies and connecting with the outdoors. The storms have changed the landscape which offers a new perspective on what seasonal offerings the natural world provides. This is the time to turn towards the trees– exploring the layers of the overstory, the evergreen needles, the running sap beneath their thick outer bark and their buds swelling with the light.

Join Rachael as she leads us on wild plant harvests and expeditions. In this five session Winter harvesting series, we will learn about the plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves for the change in season.

Part 1: The Power of Anti-Virals

·       Date and Time: Thursday, January 6th,  3-5PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 2: The Strength of Anti-Fungals

·       Date and Time: Thursday, January 20th,  3-5PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 3: The Gifts of Sap

·       Date and Time: Thursday, February 3rd,  3-5PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 4: The Sacredness of the Sprawling Stands

·       Date and Time: Thursday, February 17th,  3-5PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 5: The Protection of Tree

·       Date and Time: Thursday, March 3rd,  3-5PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $190 for five part series

Open to ages 12 and up (10-12 with an adult).

Due to COVID, classes will be limited to participants. This class will be held outside, socially distanced with masks.

Come gather, create, and explore the outdoors this Fall! This is an opportunity for girls age 10-13 years old to come together and learn hands-on earth skills while tending their hearts and the hearth of fire. In this three part series, participants will learn how to build and maintain fire, identify and make wild food, learn cooking skills over the fire, understand water purification, and build legitimate shelters for the PNW while growing awareness and confidence within place.

Potential Themes/Activities:
Fire
Activity: Wild wood fires, fairy fires, many ways to light a fire (igniters, sparks, friction, etc.), torches, char cloth, fire enhancers, and more!

Food & Water
Activity: Gathering and making use of Fall’s seeds, nuts, and berries. We will prepare different wild foods and practice various forms of primitive cooking.

Shelter
Activity: How many types of shelters do you know how to build? What’s the best suited for the PNW? Convection, conduction, and radiation- the thermal lessons of staying warm and dry in the woods. We will build shelter (s) with the hopes of a winter overnight to try them out!

• Date and Time: Saturdays, October 2nd, November 6th, December 4th; 11AM-3PM

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

• Tuition: $180 (3- part series)

Open to girls ages 10- 13 years old.

Due to COVID, classes will be limited to participants. This class will be held outside, socially distanced with masks.

Other logistics:
This series will take place at the Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA. Rachael Witt of Wildness Within LLC will be the instructor for the program. We will be outside for the duration of our time together– primarily in the woods around a fire or exploring the property. Participants will have access to water and clean facilities on site. They will be required to wear masks, stay socially distant, and bring their own water/food. COVID protocols will be enforced for our time together, while also allowing for connection around craft and nature.

As autumn light falls upon the trees and amplifies the golden glow of the plant world, we are reminded of this time of harvest. Plants are beginning to turn their energy back into the Earth; making fruits and seeds for the growing year to come. This is the time to reap what we have sown, to be with the last of the wild abundance, to store what is needed for the winter and strengthen our immune systems.

Join Rachael Witt as she leads us on wild plant harvests and expeditions. In this five session Fall harvesting series, we will learn about the plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves for the change in season.

Part 1: Enriching Seeds

• Date and Time: Thursday, September 9th from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: Tolt MacDonald Park, Carnation, WA

Part 2: Breathing Deep

• Date and Time: Thursday, September 23rd from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: TBA, Snoqualmie Valley

Part 3: Heartful Fruits

• Date and Time: Thursday, October 7th from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: McCormick Park in Duvall, WA

Part 4: Wild Immunity

• Date and Time: Thursday, October 21st from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

Part 5: Strengthening Roots

• Date and Time: Thursday, November 4th from 4pm - 6pm

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $190 for five part series

Open to ages 13 and up (10-12 with an adult).

The sun is high in the sky and the days are long. Be it alongside a creek, on the forest edge, or emerging from a garden, plants are here to be harvested for food and medicine. This is the time to turn towards plants in their fullest expressions- flowering, fruiting and releasing their seeds.

Join Rachael Witt as she leads us on wild plant expeditions. In these six sessions, we will learn about plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves to live with the season. You are invited to join one class or all.

Part 1: Flower Power

Learn about the healing powers of flowers. To start the series of summer harvests, we will be working with wild flowers, cover crops and perennials that provide nutrients internally as well as soothing benefits externally.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, June 3,  4-6PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 2: Harnessing Sun

With summer solstice a few days away, learn what wild plants are in their peak harvest. We will explore how some of these plants capture the sun’s energy and carry its medicine through our dark winter months. This is an opportunity to work with plants that seasonally brighten our moods.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, June 17, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 3: Capturing Calm

Calming nervines and sedatives are flourishing at this time of year. Join us for an afternoon embracing the calmness that plants offer. We will discuss both calming and stimulating nervines and how they contribute to relaxing our body.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, July 1st,  4-6PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 4: Nourishing Adaptogens

Adaptogens help us adapt. In this class, we will learn what wild and cultivated plants can be used to help reduce stress and tension.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, July 15th, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 5: Moistening Weeds

Moistening, lubricating, soothing, cooling demulcents. Ahh, what better way to enjoy the heat of summer than to cool down with some of our wild green allies. In this class, we will learn how to use demulcent plants to cool and moisten our systems inside and out.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, July 29th, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 6: Fruity Antioxidants

It’s true, the wild fruits are full of flavor and flavonoids. Complete our summer series with a wild berry harvest– learning the different ways to process and preserve fruits for food and medicine.

·       Date and Time: Thursday, August 12th, 4-6PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $225 for six part series

Open to ages 13 and up (10-12 with an adult).

Join Rachael as she teaches with Lindsay Huettman at the Wilderness Awareness School for a weekend of wild edible plant exploration that will begin a lifelong relationship between you and wild plants. During this weekend workshop we will introduce you to the basics of edible plants.

You will learn:

• How to confidently identify plants

• Ethical and safe harvesting techniques

• How to avoid poisonous plants

• Creating a wild meal

• How to process and store edible plants

• And more!

We will practice deep connection to the forest and individual plants – with the purpose of sending you on a connection journey that will last a lifetime. Our approach is both intellectual and intuitive. This will help you create a multifaceted relationship with native and local plants to support your specific health needs on many levels.

GATHERING Lichen, collecting needles, Treasuring sap, and Processing bark.

While winter wallows away, we feel the surge towards moving our bodies and connecting with the outdoors. The storms have changed the landscape which offers a new perspective on what seasonal offerings the natural world provides. This is the time to turn towards the trees– exploring the layers of the overstory, the evergreen needles, the running sap beneath their thick outer bark and their buds swelling with the light.

Join Rachael Witt as she leads us on wild plant harvests and expeditions. In this four session Winter harvesting series, we will learn about the plant identification, ethical harvesting, the energetics of the season as well as wild edibles and medicinals. We will gather, process and bring home harvested plants, recipes and knowledge to prepare ourselves for the change in season.

Part 1: Gathering Lichen

·       Date and Time: Thursday, January 14th,  3-5PM

·       Location: The Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA

Part 2: Collecting Needles

·       Date and Time: Thursday, January 28th,  3-5PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Part 3: Treasuring Sap

·       Date and Time: Thursday, February 11th,  3-5PM

·       Location: Lord Hill County Park, Monroe, WA

Part 4: Processing Bark

·       Date and Time: Thursday, February 25th,  3-5PM

·       Location: TBA- Snoqualmie Valley

Tuition: $40 for one day OR $150 for four part series

Open to ages 12 and up (10-12 with an adult).

Due to COVID, classes will be limited to participants. This class will be held outside, socially distanced with masks.

Come gather, create, and explore the outdoors this winter! This is an opportunity for girls age 10-13 years old to come together and learn hands-on earth skills while tending their hearts and the hearth of fire. In this four part series, participants will learn how to build and maintain fire, work with plant fibers and wood, learn ways to identify and ethically harvest plants as food and medicine, while growing awareness and confidence within place.

Potential Themes/Activities:
Fire
Activity: The art of building fire, ancient traditions of women and fire, fired digging sticks, Winter Solstice intentions and honoring of the light

Earth
Activity: Ethics of root harvest, wandering wild pathways/ clearing trails, cyclical intentions

Water
Activity: Hot rock boiling, forest teas and water-based infusions, burn spoons

Air
Activity: Cottonwood harvest, oil-based infusions, the branches above- tree medicine

• Date and Time: Saturdays, December 19th, January 9th, January 30th, February 20th; 11AM-3PM

• Location: The Highlands Homestead, Duvall, WA

• Tuition: $250 (4- part series)

Open to girls ages 10- 13 years old.

Due to COVID, classes will be limited to participants. This class will be held outside, socially distanced with masks.

Other logistics:
This series will take place at the Highlands Homestead in Duvall, WA. Rachael Witt of Wildness Within LLC will be the instructor for the program. We will be outside for the duration of our time together– primarily in the woods around a fire or exploring the property. Participants will have access to water and clean facilities on site. They will be required to wear masks, stay socially distant, and bring their own water/food. COVID protocols will be enforced for our time together, while also allowing for connection around craft and nature.

If weather (snow) limits accessibility to the land, we might adjust the meeting spot to a park or outdoor place available based on conditions or reschedule entirely.