Welcome to the
St. Croix Valley Herb Guild
Bringing People and Plants Together
OUR MISSION
Providing meaningful access to herbal knowledge, fostering community connection with like-minded plant enthusiasts, and inspiring a deep relationship with the natural world, through monthly classes and events throughout the St. Croix River Valley area.
1st Annual St. Croix Valley Herb Fest!
Join the St. Croix Valley Herb Guild for a day of herbal learning, camaraderie, a vendor marketplace and more!
Stroll the grounds of the beautiful Green Pastures Family Farm nestled alongside the Kinni River and enjoy complementary herbal teas and brews.
WHEN:
Saturday, September 13, 8:00am – 5:15pm
WHERE:
Green Pastures Family Farm
263 Liberty Road, River Falls, WI 54022
St. Croix Valley Herb Guild members receive a discount on the admission fee.
Current Members use coupon code: CURRENTMEMBER
(If you want to become a member, or need to renew, you can do so HERE.)
“Babes in arms” are welcome.
Childcare will not be provided for this event.
No dogs allowed.
Tickets are non-refundable.
$95 ($75 for Members)
Class Line-up
Session One – 9:00-10:30
The Immune System: Not what you think it is…
with Lise Wolff
Tending to Your Heart and Womb
with Kara Swanson
Herbal Medicine Making: Teas, Tinctures & More
with Marina Povlitzki
Harmony with Nature
with Eva Branson
Session Two – 10:45-12:15
Adapto-What?
with LuAnn Raadt
Elder Flower Essence: Loss and Renewal, Autumn and the Tao
with Loyola (Loey) Colebeck
The Third Leg: It’s Not Only
About The Plants
with Sylvia Burgos Toftness
Herbal Salve-Making
with Heidi Madsen
Session Three – 2:00-3:30
Creative Ways of Preserving the Garden/Herbal Bounty
with Betsy Nelson
The Art of Fire Cider – Boosting your Immune System Naturally
with Darcie Schmitz Tessmer
The Twelve Tastes
with Jessie Belden
Session Four – 3:45-5:15
Free-Spirited Cocktails
with Bentley Gillman
Meet Our Board & Planning Committee
Katherine Krumwiede
Katherine Krumwiede is an acupuncturist and owner of Diamond Stone Oriental Medicine, and founder of Solidago Farm. She had the pleasure of being the Board President of the North Country Herbalist Guild for five years, and is looking forward to building our herbal community on this side of the river.
Genevieve Needham
Genevieve Needham lives in Wanderoos, WI. She has been practicing massage for 25 years and witnessing the ebb and flow of life and death through her work as a birth and end-of-life doula. She has cultivated relationships with the plants her whole life.
Amy Hess
A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with training in integrative medical nutrition therapy and a passion for sustainability, Amy is dedicated to advancing knowledge of plants as an approach to holistic wellbeing and fostering community connections through her role on the St Croix Valley Herb Guild board.
Heidi Madsen
Heidi Madsen is the owner and steward of Bluebird Hill Homestead, a medicinal herb farm, apothecary, and educational venue for nature camps and herbalism classes. She is passionate about creating opportunities for people to experience a deep connection with the earth.
Jessie Belden
Jessie Belden is a mother, folk herbalist, teacher, and homesteader currently tending land in Baldwin, WI. She is convicted that tending our inner ecology with plant medicines has a natural result of living in greater harmony with nature and our Creator.
Eva Branson
Eva Branson is a lifelong resident of Hudson, Wisconsin. Since childhood she has had a deep connection to nature and a desire to help people which has lead to the study of several modalities in the healing arts; including formal study of herbalism with Lise Wolf.
Phyllis Jaworski
Phyllis Jaworski is the owner of Sacred Ibis Botanicals. She has a Master of Herbalism certification and supports women suffering from painful and exhausting hormonal imbalances to reconnect with their body, to achieve a greater quality of life, and vitality.