Plant Identification and Field Botanicals Making - 201

This is a full and fun day outdoors with the plants in their natural setting at Denver Botanic Gardens. Spend the morning on a local trail exploring the botanical diversity of the Front Range to review and practice plant identification skills learned earlier in the program. Review basic botanical terminology, plant families and ecology, and introduce the concept and practice of ethical wild crafting and stewardship. Discuss the edible and medicinal properties of the plants we encounter as well as botanical first aid applications. As we wander through the gardens, practice identification and observation skills, nibble herbs and make simple remedies.

Price: $68, $62 Member

Instructors: Amberle Suski & Cat Pantaleo

Amberle Suski has worked as a holistic healthcare practitioner and plant fanatic in the Denver community since 2011. She is a Colorado Master Gardener and has trained extensively in herbalism, permaculture design, organic low-till farming, reflexology, reiki and wellness coaching. Amberle is motivated by connecting with and supporting people in ways that enable them to care for themselves mindfully, skillfully and confidently, others and their environment. She believes that people flourish as they take ownership of their health and quality of life by connecting dynamically with nature. She can usually be found farming, gardening, dancing, exploring, creating and nurturing relationships of all kinds. Borage & Berry Apothecary is Amberle's ongoing passion project, offering unique herbal remedies, educational opportunities and therapeutic gardening consults that are thoughtfully tailored to each person and project.

Cat Pantaleo is a holistic health practitioner with over 22 years of experience as a consultant, educator and nature guide. Weaving together her skills as an herbalist, ecopsychologist, nutritionist and practitioner of nonviolent communication, she creates opportunities to cultivate resilience, restoration, deep nourishment and a reconnection to one's authentic, wild self. Her work is guided by nature beings and an impassioned desire to restore respect and reciprocity between humans and the natural world, re-awakening our innate human capacity for caring and cooperation in order to re-establish an Earth-honoring way of being so that all life may flourish.