Grow a Medicinal Garden

Join local garden coach and herbalist, Katie Vincent of Tending Alive, in the food forest to learn how to grow your own medicine in the Pacific Northwest! Together, we will explore the benefits of planting medicinals in the home garden, and understand how to choose plants for the right conditions—from roots to flowers. Engage in a hands-on opportunity to plant a medicinal garden at The Duvall Food Forest that will nourish community for years to come. 

Starting with the building blocks of a healing or sanctuary garden space, we will meet medicinal plants from herbal traditions worldwide that thrive in our climate. From an ecological lens, we will look at the functions and layers they serve (i.e. sub-canopy, groundcover) and how we can best incorporate them at home. We will also touch on harvesting basics as they apply to planning a garden, and taste a few medicines together before we…