This botanical embroidery course explores the intersection of art, science, and folklore.

Saturdays, June 3rd, 10th, and 17th, 2023 from 2pm – 4:30pm over Zoom.

Kara Buchanan, Co-director of Spoonful Herbals shares her decades of herb gardening experience and some of her favorite plants suitable for our Vermont climate for making delicious teas and quality medicine.

Explore the benefits of local spring tonic herbs to awaken and support the body’s intrinsic vitality and “spark” while also preventing spring allergy symptoms.

“Experience The Great Eclipse in a temple of light, nourishment & sound healing at one of the most beautiful places in Vermont located right in the heart of the path of totality.”

Join community herbalist and UVM faculty member Katherine Elmer for a Forest Herb Walk at East Woods Natural Area to learn identification, harvesting and preparation of common evergreen tree medicines.

Join Kara and Katherine at Shelburne Farm’s Farm Barn for an informative herbal educational offering addressing menopause and the plant based remedies that can support us throughout!

Join Spoonful’s Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan for ‘Farm to Medicine Cabinet: Harvesting Common Weeds for Food & Wellness Sovereignty’ at the 2024 NOFA Winter Conference.

Join Spoonful Herbal’s Katherine Elmer to honor both the traditional use and the modern scientific understanding of Elderberry as a superfood and herbal medicine.

The gift giving season is upon us and we have wonderful offerings for our plant-loving community!

Shop small and in-person this weekend at our Herbal Remedy Pop-Up Shopping events.

The gift giving season is upon us and we have wonderful offerings for our plant-loving community!

Shop small and in-person this weekend at our Herbal Remedy Pop-Up Shopping events.

Join community herbalists Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan to explore key herbal strategies to prevent and relieve symptoms of common winter ailments.

Join Spoonful’s Jackie Bishop at City Market for an evening of shrub making, and elevate your mocktail/cocktail skills!

Join Spoonful’s Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan for a seasonal favorite, Fire Cider, using ingredients grown at Shelburne Farms.

Join Spoonful’s Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan for a weed focused on the identification and benefits of bitter herbs and roots commonly found on the Vermont farm landscape, and the opportunity to turn them into a classic tonic recipe.

Join Community Herbalists Katherine Elmer (Celtic/Nordic descent) and Arthur Blackhawk (https://www.vtcng.com/thecitizenvt/news/activists-walk-for-five-days-in-name-of-climate-justice/article_7ee07368-2362-5bca-b829-07bc26f47d7e.html) for an introduction to medicinal plants and folklore from two indigenous lineages.

Join bartender and herbalist Jackie Bishop and learn how to incorporate medicinal herbs and flowers into components for tasty summertime cocktails

A “weeds walk” at Shelburne Farms to introduce you to medicinal plants commonly found on different parts of Vermont’s working lands, deepen your appreciation of the local food movement, and introduce you to nature-based, local medicine as part of a resilient food system.

Join Jackie Bishop, Spoonful’s community herbalist and bartender for delicious herbal “mocktails” featuring locally grown or wild-crafted medicinal plants and edible flowers.

Join us for this family friendly gathering featuring an outdoor ceremony, communal flower mosaic art, wood fired pizza featuring wild edibles, garden performances and botanical mocktails!

Celebrate and savor the delicate flavors of summer with Spoonful Herbals and “Afternoon Teatime” overlooking the lake and flower gardens from the North Porch of the Inn!

Enjoy this tour of medicinal plants in the gardens and green spaces of Spoonful Herbal’s main teaching garden at Rock Point Commons’ Gardens in Burlington.

This botanical embroidery course explores the intersection of art, science, and folklore.

Saturdays, June 3rd, 10th, and 17th, 2023 from 2pm – 4:30pm over Zoom.

A “weeds walk” at Shelburne Farms to introduce you to medicinal plants commonly found on different parts of Vermont’s working lands, deepen your appreciation of the local food movement, and introduce you to nature-based, local medicine as part of a resilient food system.

Learn how to sustainably harvest nettles and then process them into a nutrient dense nettle pesto to take home.

Join Mary Goggin, Spoonful’s Harvest and Youth Educator Coordinator, for a family-friendly afternoon at Shelburne Farms learning about edible spring flowers.

Celebrate early spring by learning about 3 common spring blooms, violet, dandelion and rose, through song and puppet play! Using the practices of the honorable harvest, participants will make flower crowns, flower adorned baked goods, and flower infused syrups.

Celebrate the start of the growing season with this plant-centered gift of community sharing!

This is an opportunity to swap plants of all varieties (medicinals, veggies, flowers, etc.) and sizes (perennial divisions, small and large, seedlings) in exchange for any and all that is available OR you may choose to gift your plants to our fundraiser or to one of our partnering community organizations. Please bring your swaps/donations with you to the sale OR you may drop them off on Thurs. 5/19 From 3-6 pm

Join Mary Goggin, Spoonful’s Harvest and Youth Educator Coordinator, for a family-friendly afternoon at Shelburne Farms learning about edible spring greens.

Celebrate early spring by learning about 3 common spring medicinal herbs, nettles, mustard greens and dandelion leaf through song and puppet play!  Using the practices of the honorable harvest, participants will process plants into a delicious nutrient dense pesto.

Learn how to sustainably harvest nettles and then process them into a nutrient dense nettle pesto to take home.

Join Katherine for a wild weeds pesto making demo during the Intervale Center’s Spectacular Nature Day, part of the weekend long City Nature Celebration in Burlington, VT.

Spoonful co-directors Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan will share their expertise in local, wild, medicinal herbs and responsible foraging, including sharing techniques and recipes to turn the harvest into a tasty wild weeds pesto featuring the abundant, tasty, yet invasive, Garlic Mustard!