Herbalism Hike and Plant Identification - 201

In our nature-deficit times, herbalism is a doorway and herbalists hold the key to re-connection and health. On this outing, we engage the opportunity and responsibility to be knowledgeable, ecologically literate, and nature-connected herbalists by focusing on bioregionalism and by awakening your native awareness. During this time outdoors, we integrate botany, ecology, plant identification, knowledge of local edible/therapeutic/survival plants, landscape observation, sensory awareness, and explorations in perception. Deepen your relationship to land while adding to your confidence as a regional herbalist.

Note: Details about the location and a participant waiver will be emailed to the week of this course.

Price: $63, $58 member

Instructors: Blake Burger & Kimberly Rose

Blake Burger first joined Denver Botanic Gardens as a seasonal gardener. After one year, he was hired full-time as a horticulturalist. Throughout his years at the Gardens, he has worked with tropical plants, native plants, vegetables and herbs. After receiving his herbalist certification here in Denver, Blake immediately began working with the vast array of medicinal plants growing in the Gardens. He founded the Denver Medicinal Plant Society in 2015, created and maintains the medicinal plant beds at the Gardens' York Street location and laid the foundation for the Garden's first Herbalist Certificate Program. As a certified yoga instructor, Blake has led more than 1,000 yoga classes over six years and created a nationally recognized yoga program at the Gardens. Blake believes in a multifaceted approach to health and wellness: eat well, move your body, never stop learning, get outside and connect.

Kimberly Rose is deeply passionate about the ancient and reciprocal relationship between humans and nature. As a nature-based psychotherapist, life-long naturalist, herbalist, and native plant expert, she dedicates her life to reconnecting others with their local ecology for the benefit of the planet and people. Kimberly is the founder of Relational Rewilding Nature Guiding and Colorado Ecotherapy Institute. Currently, she is studying academic Ethnobotany through the University of Alaska. Kimberly lives in the foothills of Golden with her partner, three horses, and an abundance of wildlife.