2025 SCHEDULE
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Join Hannah, clinical herbalist, for a wild edible plant walk to learn about ID, ethical foraging, incorporating wild plants into your kitchen and medicine cabinet. We will spend the morning outside during one of the most exciting times of the year, spring! There are so many ephemerals and edibles popping up. Recipes, handouts and demos included. $40/person or bring your mother/mother like figure and save $5.
This introductory class is your first step into gaining an accurate and empowered understanding of the menstrual cycle. Participants will learn uterine anatomy, the phases of the cycle, and how track fertile and infertile windows within each cycle. Participants are welcome to join with any intention—you can apply this content to body literacy, birth control, conception, symptom mapping, and more. Martha always teaches in a gender inclusive and trans affirming way.
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Ever wonder why you may feel cranky and frustrated during the spring? Or get angry over little things? Or feel overwhelmed by your to-do list? Living with the seasons invites us to ponder the spring ascending energy, modeling the natural world, mimicking the plants and animals.In this workshop, Hannah will share what herbal practices support our organs of digestion and detoxification. We will learn about plant allies to support a healthy balance of energy during the busy season of spring. Herbal recipes and a detailed slideshow will be provided.
FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP HOSTED BY RIVER VALLEY CO-OP NORTHAMPTON
cultivating resiliency, relationship, rituals and connection with the cycles of nature
One Sunday / Month from 10:30am-3:30pm
March - November 2025
In person
Year 1 full for 2025, apply to waitlist
Year 2 - full for 2025, apply to waitlist
Year 3 - three spaces available for one-on-one sessions
LADY'S MANTLE
9 month exploration into Herbalism and Women’s Health
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This program is designed to foster deeper wisdom of what it means to be a woman and how to navigate the changes within and around us. We will incorporate herbs for women's health and guided support for the many phases of life from menstruation to menopause. We will gather from late winter to autumn for nine months on the Thursdays closest to the new moon at Hannah's herbal apothecary in Ashfield, MA.
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Who is this program for?
For women of all ages/phases of sexual maturity interested in exploring the life cycles of women with other women. This program is for anyone who has or once had a womb interested in connecting with the energies of femininity, nature based healing, herbalism and the moon cycles. This program is open to all women with or without a uterus/children.
What you will get:
Community with a circle of women to explore our innermost femininity and bare witness to deep connection while calling on our herbal allies. Learn basic concepts of menstrual cycle and hormone health, cycle charting, fertility, herbal remedies throughout life cycles, nutrition, holistic cyclical living, and rituals for reconnection. Everyone will get to make and take home an herbal remedy each evening.
FULL FOR 2025
Gather under the power and gift of the full moon in our cozy apothecary. Experience this regenerative and reflective practice. This evening will contain mindful movement with chakra balancing techniques. Lisa's hope is you will feel deep relaxation and the internal peace of coming home to yourself. No faith, belief, or prior experience necessary.
How can herbs support us physically, emotionally, energetically and hormonally to be balanced and strong while helping us heal throughout the many phases of womanhood? Whether recalibrating the seasons of our lives or navigating specific challenges concerning our hormones and our organs, this course is designed to support us wherever we are on your journey. Handouts provided.
Topics Bonnie will cover in this workshop:
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Hormone balancing herbs for various stages of life
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Anatomy & physiology of the pelvic area
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Post teen/early adult years, option of motherhood
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Fertility, sex, choosing not to birth, pregnancy
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Delivery, postpartum, lactation, and recovery
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Common conditions and treatments
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Peri menopause, Menopause and Beyond: Staying energetic, vibrant, and healthy.
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Supporting the issues of this part of the journey naturally
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Learn to make your own herbal wines, at home, without the need for expensive wine-making equipment. This centuries-old technique was used by home herbalists, monks and nuns, and everyday folk of days gone by to preserve and partake in the medicinal plants around them. Discover this nearly forgotten technique of simply and easily infusing herbs into wine for both healing and pleasure.
Wine is more ephemeral and whimsical than herbal tinctures. It is about the experience of taking the plant, almost as food, rather than as a strong dose. More volatile and less precise than other herbal remedies, this folk preparation comes to us from before the industrial age, and it is truly an anti-capitalist practice. Herbal wine infusions do not last forever, you make them one season and by the time the wheel has turned all the way around it had better be gone!
Make your first wine in this class and within a few weeks you’ll delight your senses and your friends with your very own herbal wine masterpiece. We’ll also talk about the folklore behind both the method and the herbs and spices in the recipe. Ages 21+
Come and steep yourself in the glorious color and bounty of the gardens before and after the one hour yoga class. We will tour the 40+ garden beds (a variety of perennials, annuals, native plants, medicinal and culinary herbs) enjoy a vitalizing and refreshing yoga practice in the open air, and then have time for questions, more exploring, herbal tea and cordials, and some of Christina’s husband Manfred’s traditional German breads with cheese and fruit, jams and jellies.
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Christina will adapt the yoga class according to the experience of the group. About half of the gardens are all on one level, flat with easy walking. More gardens up a moderate hill.
Christina is a yoga teacher and gardener and home herbalist, and also Hannah’s neighbor! Join her in her garden (just a two minute drive from Hannah’s) for a tour of the flower beds, a yoga class, and a celebration of the plants with delicious treats after the class.Christina and Manfred look forward to hosting you for a lovely and relaxing, inspiring and invigorating morning!
Learn more about Christina here.
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Special Note from Hannah: Her gardens are beyond incredible, don't miss this event!!!
Our fast-paced society creates a strain on our nervous system and impacts our health in a variety of ways. We are not often invited to do nothing, slow down, and be present. “Slow Medicine” is an intro class designed to ease our life’s pace and explore the wisdom of herbs for a grounded daily practice. Allow yourself to slow down and incorporate herbal medicine into a ritual that fosters deep rest, sleep, and dreaming.
Nora Gallo is an herbalist dedicated to fostering relationships between people and plants. Born and raised in Pioneer Valley, she now lives and works in Eastern Massachusetts. Learn more about Nora.
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Make your own wreath on the farm! Hannah, founder of Sweet Birch Herbals and Community Herbalist will guide you through making your own everlasting wreath with field grown sweet Annie, mugwort, wild grasses and dried flowers for decorating your home this autumn.This hands on workshop takes place at Sweet Birch Herbals Farm and Apothecary. Wreaths typically last a year or more if stored inside out of direct sunlight. Materials provided. Supervised kids are welcome.
FREE WEBINAR REPLAYS
SPONSORED BY RIVER VALLEY CO-OP
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There is nothing quite as special as a gift made by you. In this workshop Hannah will demonstrate how to make a few herbal gifts such as balms and winter berry syrups. She will walk us through each step from formulating gift ideas, making them in real time and packaging of each item. Optional: bring your own items to make your gifts during the workshop. (see below).
Items you will need:
Balms: 12 tins or jars, beeswax (1 cup), jojoba oil (4 cups), essential oils of your choosing
Winter Berry Syrup: 12 bottles, elderberries (8 oz. dried), rose hips (2 oz. dried), cinnamon (6 sticks), ginger (2 inch root fresh), 4 C raw honey, pot, strainer, pitcher and funnel. Labels and ribbon to decorate your jars.
As we prepare for winter, the season which invites deep rest and revitalization, there are many herbs and practices we can incorporate into our lives. Join Hannah during this live webinar about herbs for sleep, relaxation, rejuvenation, and restoration.
Discover how living in alignment with nature’s cycles can bring balance and ease with the transition into the shortest days of the year. We will focus on the Kidney/Bladder system, Adrenals, and Sleep.
Sign up for the full series or one class at a time as we move through each season: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
Aches, pains, and inflammation got you down? Join community herbalist and Sweet Birch Herbals owner Hannah Jacobson-Hardy for a live virtual salve-making class in her kitchen! You'll learn ways to ease pain, infections, and wounds, as well as to moisturize dry skin with various herbal salves.
Hannah will demonstrate how to prepare a sore muscle salve for aches, pains, arthritis, and inflammation.
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No matter how far you are from home, it's helpful to have an herbal kit you can reach for during those unanticipated occasions when your body calls for the support of plant allies. Learn what community herbalist Hannah Jacobson-Hardy packs in her travel kit to stay calm, grounded and healthy. Each item that Hannah will recommend is small enough to carry onto a plane and weighs very little for those backcountry explorers. From motion sickness, food poisoning, dry coughs, anxiety and headaches, Hannah will cover what she never leaves home without.
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Looking for a fresh start in the spring? Start the season feeling energized, clear, and focused with a gentle cleanse from simple herbal preparations! Join Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, Community Herbalist and Founder of Sweet Birch Herbals to learn how to prepare a gentle "Spring Cleanse" using simple combinations of beneficial herbs!
Do seasonal allergies have you feeling bogged down and tired? Herbs can be one of our greatest allies when pollen counts are at their highest. Join Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, Community Herbalist and founder of Sweet Birch Herbals, for a fun and informative class about herbal preparations that may improve seasonal allergies!
People all over the world have been relying on herbal medicine for thousands of years for support with PMS, cramps, healthy pregnancy, postpartum, hormonal acne, fibroids, heavy bleeding, irregular cycles, menopause, and hormone balancing. Join Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, Community Herbalist and founder of Sweet Birch Herbals for this webinar about herbal preparations and lifestyle changes that may bring more balance to the body.
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