Black Bear Herbs
Immerse yourself in the world of Herbal Medicine
Kids Workshops
These classes are for budding Herbalists and Home Learners who are excited about potion making and learning the lore of herbs, their medicine and magic!
The classes are for young people interested in using herbs as medicines, herbal medicine making, growing herbs, and harvesting herbs.
The classes will take place indoors and out; we'll be in the kitchen making things, and outside in the herb garden learning about what is growing there, picking it and learning how to use it and grow it.
The classes are two hours, and all take place at Black Bear Herbs in Cumberland.
The Kids Workshops are for young people aged 11yrs -14yrs. These ages are not set in stone, so contact us if you are interested. We aim to put together classes of similar age and interests.
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These classes are perfect for Home Learners.
The classes meet BC curriculum guidelines in all the core competencies of Communication, Thinking and Personal and Social. The participants will collaborate and engage in projects that involve all the following curricular subjects: Math, English, Science, Arts, Social Studies, Applied Technology, Career Education, and Physical and Health Education.
For more details about how the classes meet criteria in each of these subjects please don't hesitate to be in touch.
Please contact me for dates and to register for any of the classes.
If the dates do not work for you please contact me and we can set up new dates for you or your group.
Home Learners are welcome to register as individuals or as a group.
Medicine Making: Making your own Herbal Remedies
The Medicine Making class is lots of fun. It's a hands on class in the kitchen and the garden.
You'll learn how to make healing Herbal Salves and Herbal Syrups from herbs in the garden.
You'll get to take home the things you make in the class.
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Date:
Time: 10:30 - 12:30pm
Cost:$40/person
Location: Black Bear Herbs, Cumberland, Vancouver Island, BC
Herbs for your Animal Friends
When your animal friend hurts a paw, when they are losing feathers or they have a sore tummy it is really good to know how to help them.
Learn how to make the animals in your life happier and healthier using herbs.
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Time: 10:30 -12:30pm
Cost:$40/person
Location: Black Bear Herbs, Cumberland, Vancouver Island, BC
Herbal First Aid
In this class you'll learn about herbs that you can use in First Aid situations.
Herbs for cuts and bruises, sprains and scrapes.
Herbs for mosquito bites and other common annoyances that you need to deal with using the magic of herbs.
You'll learn about using herbs that you can easily grow and recognise in the wild.
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Time: 10:30 - 12:30pm
Cost:$40/person
Location: Black Bear Herbs, Cumberland, Vancouver Island, BC
Planning Your Apothecary Garden - Fall workshop
This workshop is best taken after the Herbal First Aid class and Herbs for Animal Friends so that you know which herbs you would like to grow in your own garden for you and your family and your Animal Friends. This is a Fall workshop so it is more of an art class than a gardening class - We'll do lots of planning, designing and drawing/colouring
to create the kind of garden you want. And learning about seeds and planning which seeds to order early in the Spring for your garden.
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Time: 10:30-12:30pm
Cost:$40/person
Location: Black Bear Herbs, Cumberland, Vancouver Island, BC
Growing your own Apothecary Garden
In this class we will get into the garden and learn how to grow an Apothecary Garden. An Apothecary Garden is a herb garden that you grow medicines in rather than cooking herbs. You'll also learn how to harvest and dry these herbs ready to make magical healing remedies.
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Date: TBA
Time: 10:30-12:30pm
Cost:$40/person
Location: Black Bear Herbs, Cumberland, Vancouver Island, BC
