Medicinal Plants
2024 Growing a Medicine Garden with Lottie Spady
Keep Growing Detroit is excited to announce a comprehensive four-part series of classes titled "Growing a Medicine Garden," taught by renowned herbalist Lottie Spady. Lottie, the founder of Earthseed Detroit, a medicinal herb company, is a dedicated environmental and food justice activist with over ten years of formal study in herbalism. Her expertise includes wildcrafting herbs for tinctures and medicinal tea blends.
The series offers an opportunity to identify wild-growing herbs, understand their medicinal properties, learn how to establish and maintain a medicinal herb garden, and practice herbal medicine making. Participants will receive supplies to start their own medicinal herb garden, including plants and tincture-making materials. A certificate of completion will be awarded to those who attend all required activities. Applications are currently closed for 2024.
Program Details
This series of classes, including supplies, is valued at over $200 per person. However, we understand that this cost may present a barrier for some community members. As such, we're offering a sliding scale fee structure with a base rate of $35. If you're in a position to contribute more, we appreciate your generosity, which allows us to keep our programs accessible. Conversely, if you need to pay less, please feel free to do so. We aim to make our classes available to everyone, regardless of financial circumstances.
Ideal candidates will…
Be a current Garden Resource Program member gardening in Detroit, Highland Park, or Hamtramck
Operate an existing community, school, or market garden
Have interest in establishing a medicinal herb bed in their garden
Commit to attending all classes
Be able to pick up class materials from the KGD Farm
Enjoy working with diverse groups of people
Be willing to share information gained from this series with members of their community
SERIES OVERVIEW
Join us for four immersive in person classes, each Thursday in August, where you'll gain hands-on experience:
August 8 from 6-8pm: Backyard Herbs: Inspiring Community Resilience
August 15 from 6-8pm: Herbalism 101: Exploring the World of Herbal Formulations
August 22 from 6-8:30pm: Backyard Apothecary: Crafting Herbal Medicine - Each participant will receive a tincture making kit
August 29 from 6-8:30pm: Empowering Green Spaces: Designing your Community Herbal Garden- Herb walk and plant pick up. Participants will receive essential supplies for starting their own medicinal herb garden, including plants and materials for making tinctures.
IMPORTANT INFO
Application Deadline: June 24th
Sliding scale fee structure available. ($35 Base Rate)
Class locations will be shared with the accepted applicants
DIVERSITY
This application is open to anyone involved in a community, market, or school garden, reflecting Keep Growing Detroit's commitment to diversity and inclusivity. We aim for the participants in our series to mirror the city's rich diversity, enhancing the shared learning environment and enriching the overall experience. By engaging diverse gardeners, we believe we can foster a broader understanding of medicinal gardening within Detroit's varied communities.
