The Cumberland Community Forest Society invites you to participate in an autumn herb walk to learn about the medicinal plants of Cumberland. Herbalist Amanda Howe will lead this fundraising event and donate all proceeds to CCFS to support their campaign to acquire and conserve the area known as Middle Earth.
Date: Sunday, September 28
Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: $30
Location: Cumberland trails (exact meeting place provided on registration)
Difficulty: We will be walking for 10 minutes on a logging road at the start to reach the access to the trails. These trails are not suitable for strollers.
Middle Earth is the Cumberland Community Forest Society’s newest focus for acquisition. It is a beautiful, forested wetland corridor that offers refuge for species big and small. Amanda is excited to be leading a herb walk in this area and to introduce people to the wealth of medicinal plants growing there. The walk will take you through some of the trails that are closer to the village and and will be alive with the folklore and medicinal use of the plants and their connection with the land.
You will learn how to make simple and safe preparations with these plants to use in your
everyday life. Amanda will be sharing her 40 plus years experience as a herbalist immersed in the world of medicinal plants.
About the walk leader
Amanda Howe has been a herbalist for over forty years. She’s passionate about herbs and herbal medicine and about sharing the connection with the natural world that can be found through connecting with and learning about the healing power of plants. She trained in England in the early 1980s and became a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK). She went on to receive her MSc in Herbal Medicine from the University of Wales. Amanda teaches in the Pacific Rim College Herbal Practitioner program in Victoria, BC. She also teaches workshops and classes from her home and garden in Cumberland, BC. Amanda loves to teach and is happiest when she is in the garden and forest teaching people how to grow, harvest, use and listen to the magic of the plants that are thriving there.
