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Medicine Garden

Garden like an Herbalist...
Learn to Build a Medicine Garden from the Ground Up!

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Medicine Garden Workshop

June 28 & 29, 2025

10 am - 4 pm​

located at Heather Luna's property in Nevada City, California

​$300 per person

ACORN Student Discount 20% off (contact the school)

Only 10 spots available

  • Garden site design

  • No-till soil ecology, irrigation, and nutrient cycling

  • Compost, compost tea, and nettles ferment

  • Bed prep for direct seeding

  • Mulch, ground cover, and cover crops

  • Learn to use weeds as food and medicine

  • Cultivate the skills to build your dream garden

Engage in the Healing Power of Nature…

Join Heather Luna and learn to build your own medicine garden.

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Apply regenerative agricultural methods in a small-scale garden setting.  Improve soil health and nutrient cycling to eliminate the need for buying soil amendments. 

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By harnessing Nature's perfect design as the template for creating a garden ecosystem, we will learn how to build healthy soil without tillage, reduce water consumption, and grow healthy plants organically. ​​

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​Regenerative gardening is a conscious practice of building and cultivating healthy soil ecology that helps both us and the Earth. ​

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Learn to Cultivate Living Soil

​This hands-on, project-oriented workshop will apply key principles from permaculture and regenerative agriculture to create a garden from the ground up. Beginning with a roughly 8 x 10 square foot patch of untended land, we will design, construct, and plant a garden from start to finish. We will build compost and make medicines for the earth to keep the garden well nourished.

 

This workshop will demonstrate gardening methods which disturb the soil as little as possible, strategies for keeping it covered with organic matter, enhancing biodiversity, compost cultivation and pollinator attraction. ​

Herbal Elements

We will spend time deepening our relationship with the plants, sharing their many healthful applications for everyday complaints. ​​

  • Discuss edible and medicinal uses of herbs and common weeds

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  • Make herbal remedies to take home (materials provided)

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  • Discover delicious weedy recipes

 

  • Engage in plant healing practices 

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  • Herbal tea will be served daily​​

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Schedule

We will start promptly each day at 10:00 am, have a lunch break on-site, and end our day at 4:00 pm.

Saturday, June 28th

  • Opening Ceremony 

  • Weed Walk/ Garden Tour 

  • Design Garden Site, Establish Borders, Lay Paths 

  • No Till Bed Prep

  • Compost Tea/ Nettles Ferment

  • Seed Planting

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Sunday, June 29th 

  • Make Classic Compost

  • Transplanting Starts

  • Weed Walk & Forage

  • Herbal Medicine Making

  • Closing Plant Ceremony

What to Bring

  • Lunch

  • Water bottle

  • Garden gloves

  • Snips or Hand pruners (if you have them)

  • Weather appropriate clothing

  • Sun hat/Sun protection

  • Good shoes for digging

  • And be prepared to get dirty!

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Registration

ACORN Students

Students of the ACORN School of Herbal Medicine (former or current) will receive a 20% discount for this workshop. Contact the school for details.

General Public

All are welcome to attend. No gardening, herbal or other previous training is required. Come curious & ready to learn!

To Register

  • Click on the Book Now button below to sign up for this workshop.

  • After you complete your payment you will receive an email with directions to the event. ​

Cancellations

  • To receive a refund you must cancel by June 1st, 2025.

  • Cancellations and no-shows after this date do not receive a refund. 

  • Refunds are issued minus a 10% administration fee.

  • Contact the school by phone or email to cancel.​

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