Maryland:

September 16 Fulton, Maryland James Duke’s Medicine Garden 10-5 Wild Lunch included $50 suggested donation



September 17 Bethesda, Maryland Plant Walk along the Potomac River 10-1 Donations Appreciated

Contact Joseph at jimmel@jimmel.com for more information on the MD .



North Carolina:

Introduction to Ayurveda at the NCSHH West Asheville

In three sections: Thurdays 6-9: Sept 28, Oct 19, Oct 26

Come to one or all three.

We will begin to explore Ayurveda, the ancient healing system of India. Learn about its history , cosmology, approaches to disease, major herbs used, pancha karma, doshas, and much more. All your senses will learn to distinguish the different states of being. Are you a pitta-kapha type who has lost your way? Are you a under-nurtured vatta type? Come learn the language of this way of looking at the world and apply it to your health and a new vibrant way of seeing the world around you.

25$ Donation requested for each class ($60 for all three) Call the School to register 828-350-1221



September 29th-Oct 1st Enjoying Nature’s Abundance in Hot Springs, NC at the Sunnybank Retreat Center

Few places on earth surpass the beauty of the southern Appalachians in the autumn time. Join us as we venture each day out into the wild to explore its wonders. Then relax into the comforts of the 160 year old Sunnybank Inn, vegetarian gourmet /wild food meals, and the healing warm springs near by. Hope to see you there! Contact Elmer for details 828-622-7206.



Sunday, October 1st 5:30–7:30 Getting to Know the Sunflower Family at the NCSHH

Come learn everything you wanted to know about the Sunflower (Asteraceae) Family but were afraid to ask. This plant family includes one in seven plants in North America. We will focus on the common genera and those used in food and medicine throughout the world. There will be a wild foods potluck (you are welcome to include homemade, fermented and home grown foods.) along with the opportunity to learn about many plant allies who are composites. Come share your favorite dandelion story! Hope to see you there.

Donations Appreciated.



October 13-15 Reconnecting with Nature at Pickards Mountain outside Chapel Hill with Alan Muskat

We will gather wild plants and mushrooms, delight our senses with gourmet wild foods meals, explore the deep inter-relationships of humans, plants and fungi, stimulate our minds with discussions and explore our roles as caretakers of the land. Come share, learn and grow! Questions? Contact Megan at meganolivia@mail2world.com



Oct 17th - 19th Appalachian Trail Hike Come hike and camp with us on the Appalachian Trail near wildroots, identifying and using wild plants for food and medicine along the way. Join us for the day or the whole walk. Visit www.wildroots.org for details.



October 20th-22nd Lake Eden Arts Festival Black Mountain, NC

I have been going to this land for festivals and commemoration of the Black Mountain College over the last 18 years. This year I will facilitate a plant spirit medicine circle on Saturday night and Sunday morning. This year we will be enlivened by the music of Michael Franti as well as many other musicians. Hope to see you there. Contact www.lakeedenartfestival.com for more information

Other circles are forming all the time during the abundance of Autumn, so stay tuned in and show up when you can! FC



Tennessee:

October 6-8 Ancient Relations/Abundant Futures: A plant wisdom shindig and alchemical tea party With Chuck Marsh, Patrick Ironwood and Frank Cook

At MoonShadow in SE Tennessee. Contact their website: www.svionline.org for more information

This weekend will explore our connections to both wild and cultivated food and medicine plants. Our time together will be an opportunity to deepen your sacred connection to the plant kingdom through neo-shamanic practice, wild plant walks and gathering, plant processing (elixirs and ferments), an exploration of the cultivation and use of common and uncommon food and medicine plants, and strategies for incorporating them into your home and community landscapes. Join us as we celebrate the wondrous connections between plants and people, increase our plant skills and knowledge, and scheme ways toward an abundant future for all life.

Frank, Chuck, And Patrick are intrepid explorers of the many dimensions of the plant/human/ lifetime passion for discovering plant wisdom and cultivating the edges of a nurturing, conscious culture for our times.






I walk the green path achieving right-livelihood through donation.  I appreciate your assistance in this.  Give what you can; Receive what you need. But most importantly show up at some of these outings and reconnect with nature.  Donations can be sent to:
Frank Cook 1119 Old Greensboro Road Chapel Hill, NC 27516.  Thank you.


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Frank Cook, plant enthusiast, Duke graduate, has spent the last ten years following his passion for being a
repository of plant knowledge. Studying with herbalists, shamen, doctors, professors, and medicine
men around the world, he has been initiated into many ways of walking with plants. Frank has developed a
deep-rooted network of people whose  lives are consciously intermingled with plants, healing, and ways to create a better world. He leads a simple life
communicating, teaching, reflecting, & delving deeper into the mysteries of the plant kingdom & our place in
the web of life.
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