Upcoming Teachings 2009/2010
New Mexico
June 30-July 8 38th National Rainbow NM
July 9-17 Teaching around Taos contact me for details.
Colorado
July 18-20 Mushroom and Plant Walks with Chris Ricci Near Durango. For More In-formation contact Chris at
970-884-0877 CHRIS@CULTUREBROTHERS.ORG
North Carolina
July 31- Aug 2 Mushrooms and Plants as Shamanic Allies with Ken Crouse at the Sunnybank Inn Hot Springs. Coming for the day is available for local people. Contact Elmer at 828-622-7206 for more information.
Aug 3 Mead and Pizza Making Pearson Community Gardens Monford, Asheville. Call Turtle at 828-273-8151 for details.
Aug 5-6 Wild Foods and Fermentation with Sandor Katz at the Ashevillage Institute. For more information email: info@ashevillage.org
Aug 7-9 16th Permaculture Gathering at Celo www.southeasternpermaculture.org I will be facilitating an advanced plant walk Friday morning.
Aug 14-16 GREEN SCENE AT PEACEFUL VALLEY GARDENS outside Boone
Come join us for the "Green Scene at Peaceful Valley Gardens" on August 14 through August 16. Frank Cook and Ken Crouse will be leading walks through the woods and the gardens and sharing their knowledge of the plant (and fungal) world. Topics are likely to include edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms, ornamental and vegetable gardening, herbs, permaculture, and more. We will leave a lot of room for spontaneity and invite other to share their skills and knowledge with the group. We are planning for an opening circle around 5 PM on Friday the 14th and closing circle on Sunday afternoon.
Peaceful Valley Gardens is the home of Ken Crouse, Cindy Fowler, and Henry and Judith Orszula and is located in Wilkes County (about 20 miles east of Boone). The valley is surrounded by woods and contains a pond - great habitat for plants, frogs, birds, insects, and people who like to camp and swim! Please contact Ken and Cindy if you plan on coming so that we can send you details and work out logistics for food sharing and camping. We will need for you to confirm your participation as space will be limited. You can call (336) 973-5569 or email us at peacevalley@wilkes.net . When emailing, please put Green Scene in the subject line.
Maine
August 23-28 Applied Nature Studies: Wild Plants as Medicines, Teas, and Foods at the Humboldt Field Research Institute near Steuben
During our week together we will pursue an experiential approach to encountering the world. We will initially discuss the context of the phenomena that we are studying-be it plants, mushrooms, seaweeds or the land forms we explore. Our aim is to pursue a holistic understanding of nature bringing together such diverse fields as botany, mycology, fermentation, permaculture, ethnobotany, and ecology. Once we have achieved a degree of understanding we will take frequent trips into the surrounding ecosystems, and learn the techniques for collecting from the wild. From these gatherings we will process and ferment wild foods and natural medicines. By the end of the week the participants will have been exposed to many of the qualities of complex ecosystems and ways in which humans can study and connect with their environment. We will encounter some of the challenges facing humanity and ways to apply our understanding of nature to address them.
For more information contact them:
Phone: 207-546-2821, FAX: 207-546-3042,
http://www.eaglehill.us
California Happenings Early September--check the website.
United Kingdom
Sept 13-25 Thrival Living Skills for the Coming Times Findhorn Ecovillage, The Park, Findhorn, Moray
This Workshop has an emphasis on wild foods and includes wild food walks and taught/experiential modules on Food Philosophy, Plant Allies, Permaculture principles, Mycology, and Fermentation.
In evening talks, also open to the community Frank will share his knowledge on the themes of Emerging Planetary Medicine, Holistic Science approaches and Neo-Shamanic insights.
contact: www.findhorncollege.com.
Sept 27 Wild Edibles around London with Miles Irving
contact Alex: alsl@btinternet.com
Sept 29 The Wisdom of the Plants
http://wildwise.co.uk/professionaltraining.html
Oct 3 Thrival Living Skills
http://wildwise.co.uk/events_and_courses.html
Oct 4 Edible Plant Walk
Frank Cook will lead a 3-hour wild edible plant walk around Otterton, Nr. Sidmouth, East Devon, where he will gently guide you into the healing and beauty of wild foods. www.foragingcourses.com
Oct 17 Sacred Plant Medicine
Indigenous peoples around the world have been able to gather knowledge of plant uses by communicating directly with them and honouring the sacred relationship between themselves and the plant kingdom.
In this 6-hour plant immersion, Frank will explore the many ways that you are able to communicate with the plant kingdom to aid your nutritional and healing needs. With him you'll explore the sacred dimension of plant and human interactions. www.foragingcourses.com
Oct 19-24 Ethnobotany: Listening to the Plants Schumacher College, Devonshire
www.schumachercollege.org.uk for more information.
October 25 Plant Walk with Miles Irving Greater London area.
Tennessee
Oct 29-31 Wild Foods and Fermentation with Sandor Katz near Short Mountain. Check out www.wildfermentation.com for more information.
North Carolina
Nov 7 Plant Day at Pickard´s Mountain 10:00-4:00 Chapel Hill
2010
Costa Rica
End of December though mid-January 2010
India
Later January through February
North Carolina
End of April Walking the Green Path Gathering
Mid-August through Beg-October Yoga Bus cross country twice NE-NW then SW-SE. Interested in jumping on board?
A Discussion group on Emerging Planetary Medicines will be happening soon. Add your thoughts and reflect to the ongoing discussions. The time is now to relocalize and renaturalize our medicines!
Frank Cook - For over fifteen years Frank has pursued his passion for being a repository of plant knowledge. He has studied with Herbalists, Shamen, Vaidyas, Sangomas, Green Witches, Doctors, Professors, Medicine Men around the world. They have initiated him into many ways of walking with plants. As an extensive traveler he has developed a deep-rooted network of people whose lives are consciously intermingled with plants, healing, and ways to create a better world. He makes a wide range of foods and medicines to share with his family, friends and community. He leads a simple life communicating, teaching, reflecting, and spending a lot of time in the forests and gardens delving deeper into the mysteries of the plant kingdom and our place in Gaia. He has a Masters in Science from Schumacher College, Dartington, Devonshire, England where he studied Holistic Science and Transition Culture. He is certified as a Permaculture Designer with over 13 years of working with permaculture principles. He graduated from the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine as a Clinical Herbalist, Ithaca, New York in 1995 and received with honors a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 1985 double-majoring in Zoology and Computer Science.
FC July 2009