Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Wild Medicinal Plant Walk

Come and learn how wild plants can help you heal!

 

Join me on a walk round our farm and let me show you what wild plants and wild weeds are medicinal and how they can help you.

 

When: Thursday 9 November 2017

Where: Good Heart Farm, 499 Lapoinya Road, Lapoinya, Tasmania

Time: 10.30am to 12pm

Cost $35 including morning tea


To book please email Lisa McAndrew at ghherbalist@gmail.com, message her on Facebook at Good Heart Herbalist or ring 0474123093 or 6445 4469



Thursday, September 14, 2017

Six Month Herbal Apprenticeship Course





This course will take you on a journey into the world of healing, nature and medicinal plants. Through this course you will learn how to work in partnership with nature to use herbs to help heal yourself and your family. You will learn practical skills and well as theoretical knowledge and will be inspired by natures healing wisdom.

The course consists of theoretical classes and practical classes in the garden, where you will learn hands on skills in herb gardening. Three hours per week will be spent in the garden/farm and 1-2 hours in classes. You will also have herb walks, excursions and learn to wild-craft. This course will teach you how to reconnect with the heart of nature, and share her healing powers.

Most classes will be held at Good Heart Farm in Lapoinya, Tasmania's first Sustainable Small Farm and home to the Good Heart School of Self Sufficiency. Here we grow food organically, run the Lapoinya Food Plant Sanctuary to save heritage food plant varieties and run retreats in our rainforest wilderness.

The course has four major learning area's
  • Foundations of herbalism: plant botany, herbs for well-being, anatomy and physiology, plant actions, nature studies, herbs as earth and people medicine
  • Herbal Practice: Medicine making, Using herbs for healing, organic gardening,processing herbs
  • Herbal Knowledge: Tonic herbs, wild herbs, herbs for our nerves, pain killing/anti inflammatory herbs, herbs for our immune system and more
  • Sacred plant medicine: Meditations and journeys for working with nature and plant spirits, rewilding our heart, medicine walk
Dates:  The course has three intakes: 8 November 2017,  6 December 2017,
            3 January 2018
Time:   9.30am-12.30pm(approx)
Cost:    $660/ $110 per month( payment plan can be organised and /or some can              be worked off in exchange).

For more information and to book a place please email Lisa McAndrew at ghherbalist@gmail.com , contact me on Facebook as Good Heart Herbalist,
or ring me on 644

Thursday, June 8, 2017

 Free Community Talk

 Herbs for Health and Wellbeing

When:   Wednesday 14 June 2014
Time:    11-12.30pm
Where: Rural Health Tasmania
              33 Goldie Street (next to the Post Office)
Morning tea kindly provided

Want to know about how herbs can help you be well. How you can use them in your daily life. What the great benefits of herbs are. Come along to this talk where you can learn this and more! No RSVP is required. Just turn up

Love to see you there!