Herbalism and environmental education are my passions and I bring over 15 years of teaching experience into the programming I offer.
Steeped in Transition - Thursday, April 16th 6:30-8pm at Let’s Play Yoga studio in Wahoo, Neb. Perimenopause is not a problem to fix — it’s a powerful transition to support. Join me to explore how herbal teas can gently nourish the nervous system, support healthy hormone ecology, ease hot flashes, calm mood swings, and promote restful sleep. You’ll learn about specific herbs traditionally used during midlife transitions and how to blend them safely and effectively for your body’s unique needs. Together we’ll: • Discuss what’s actually happening hormonally during perimenopause • Explore herbs that support stress resilience, sleep, digestion, and temperature regulation • Taste thoughtfully prepared tea blends. $40 per person. Register online here.
Wild Edibles Walk - Sunday, April 19th 2-4pm at Prairie Pines Nature Preserve — Join me and Bob Henrickson of PlantNebraska on a guided hike at Prairie Pines to identify and discuss wild edibles. Get to know some common and easily identifiable emerging springtime plants by using your senses, while we learn about the nourishment and healing properties they offer. Learn to collect with respect for nature. Meet at the entrance kiosk. Free!
Medicinal Prairie Plants Workshop - Saturday, May 9th at the Lincoln Tour of Rewilding Urban Environments (LTRUE) block party. Free 30minute workshop held during a full-day of programming from 9am-4pm near 20th and C St. Check back for more details!
Each season Arise Botanicals holds classes in conjunction with Southeast Community College. All classes will be held at the continuing education center on 68th and O St. in Lincoln. Registration is live at southeast.edu, (search with keyword HERB).
Spring Cleaning for Winter Bodies - Wed, April 22nd 6-7:30pm — Learn about gentle herbal detox strategies for whole body health. You will enjoy samples, recipes and leave with infomational handouts. $19 per person.
Herbal First Aid - Mon, May 18th 6-7:30pm — Learn to remedy minor wounds using common plants growing around us. You will create an herbal poultice to take home and add to your first aid kit. $19 per person.
Crafting Herbal Remedies - Tues/Wed, June 2-3rd 6-7:3pm — Two day workshop that offers hands on experience in making medicinal teas, tinctures and infused vinegars. All participants will take home their own tincture and the confidence to continue creating more. Samples and informational handouts provided. $49 per person.
All classes will be held at the continuing education center on 68th and O St. in Lincoln. Class size is limited to 15-20 people. Registration online at southeast.edu, (search with keyword HERBAL) or call the Continuing Education office at 402-437-2700. Click on “Register Today” and enter the keyword HERB to find links to my classes.
The workshops I hold are engaging and informative. Teaching is my passion and I bring over 15 years of experience as an educator and organizer to facilitate an accessible and welcoming space. My workshops incorporate traditional wisdom, clinical perspectives and current research into a format that invites questions and hand-on participation with opportunities to taste/touch/smell a variety of herbs.
Arise Botanicals offers classes in partnership with Family Service Lincoln, Community Crops, Morrill Hall, Bright Lights, Central Community College, Southeast Community College and more. I also partner with local businesses to offer small hands-on workshops and pop-up events. Over the past year, I’ve been invited into existing programming with a number of community partners. This has been a joy to expand into.
If you would like to invite Arise Botanicals to bring educational events to your group, organization or business, please read more under Workshop Offerings (below) and reach out via my contact form.
Introduction to Herbalism
How to Preserve Your Herbal Harvest
Herbal Medicine Making
Plant Ramble (a slow paced walk and talk outside with the plants)
Health Justice: Radical Healing for Social Change
Healthy Menstruation
Sleep Support
Healing Herbs for Anxiety and Depression
Addressing Stress
Holistic Cold and Flu Prevention and Support
Herbal Support for Healthy Children
Herbal Headache Helpers
Do you want to learn how to harvest and prepare herbal remedies with the plants growing around you? Private medicine making sessions are available to individuals and small groups. Contact me with questions and we will tailor a session to your specific interests and needs.
Navigating the Highs and Lows Together: Herbal Support for Emotional Strength in Treacherous Times. An online series for people with feelings
This past Winter I facilitated an online class-series where participants learned about a variety medicinal plants that offer support for experiences of high stress, overwhelm, sadness, grief, fear and other emotions that make up the landscape of the human feelings. We discussed how to identify, grow, and prepare a variety of herbal remedies.
A limited number of add-on herbal bundles were offered as part of this series. This option allowed participants to taste, touch and smell the plants we discussed in the online classes, while staying cozy at home.
The emphasis of this series is on interconnection and ecology.
How can herbal remedies support us in navigating difficult emotions in a complex web of human relationships?
What lessons can we enact for living through these extraordinary times by deepening our relationship to Nature?
How can herbal remedies support us in accessing and stewarding these gifts from our beautiful and abundant Earth?
This is a space to learn more to support yourself and others in navigating individual and shared realities of anxiety, depression and other mental health struggles. However please note that I am not a doctor, therapist, or licensed provider. I am a clinical and community herbalist with almost 20 years of experience as well as a deeply feeling human with over 40 years of practice, living in a complex web of relationships.
“Making good relationships with the human and more-than-human world is the primary currency of well-being.” Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Some highlights from previous events and gatherings…
Tincture making is a very popular class that will be offered seasonally. Private classes are also available.
