Celebrate and savor the delicate flavors of summer with Spoonful Herbals and “Afternoon Teatime” overlooking the lake and flower gardens from the North Porch of the Inn!

Join Sarah McLellan, Spoonful Herbal’s Mentorship alumni, for a family-friendly afternoon at Shelburne Farms learning about edible spring flowers.

Celebrate spring by exploring the humble dandelion! Using the practices of the honorable harvest, participants will forage for these common blooms to make delicious fritters, picnicking on the lawn with fresh flower crowns. 

Celebrate the start of the growing season with this plant-centered gift of community sharing!

This is an opportunity to swap plants of all varieties (medicinals, veggies, flowers, etc.) and sizes (perennial divisions, small and large, seedlings) in exchange for any and all that is available OR you may choose to gift your plants to our fundraiser or to one of our partnering community organizations. Please bring your swaps/donations with you to the sale OR you may drop them off on Thurs. 5/23 From 3-6 pm

Learn how to sustainably harvest nettles and then process them into a nutrient dense nettle pesto to take home.

Kara Buchanan, Co-director of Spoonful Herbals shares her decades of herb gardening experience and some of her favorite plants suitable for our Vermont climate for making delicious teas and quality medicine.

Explore the benefits of local spring tonic herbs to awaken and support the body’s intrinsic vitality and “spark” while also preventing spring allergy symptoms.

RESCHEDULED! This is not what you learned in middle school health class! Join local holistic sexual health educator, Lizzie Bogos, and Community herbalist, Katherine Elmer, for an evening of wisdom and herbal care for womb holders.

Join Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan to learn safe and effective evidence-based remedies, many from your own backyard, for addressing common symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disturbances and mood changes.

Join Katherine Elmer to traverse the folk wisdom and modern scientific understanding of some common wild and cultivated forest fungi.

Join community herbalists Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan to explore key herbal strategies to prevent and relieve symptoms of common winter ailments.

Join Spoonful’s Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan for a seasonal favorite, Fire Cider, using ingredients grown at Shelburne Farms.

Join Spoonful’s Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan for a weed focused on the identification and benefits of bitter herbs and roots commonly found on the Vermont farm landscape, and the opportunity to turn them into a classic tonic recipe.

Join Jackie Bishop, Spoonful’s community herbalist and bartender for delicious herbal “mocktails” featuring locally grown or wild-crafted medicinal plants and edible flowers.

Celebrate and savor the delicate flavors of summer with Spoonful Herbals and “Afternoon Teatime” overlooking the lake and flower gardens from the North Porch of the Inn!

Celebrate the start of the growing season with this plant-centered gift of community sharing!

This is an opportunity to swap plants of all varieties (medicinals, veggies, flowers, etc.) and sizes (perennial divisions, small and large, seedlings) in exchange for any and all that is available OR you may choose to gift your plants to our fundraiser or to one of our partnering community organizations. Please bring your swaps/donations with you to the sale OR you may drop them off on Thurs. 5/23 From 3-6 pm

Learn how to sustainably harvest nettles and then process them into a nutrient dense nettle pesto to take home.

Kara Buchanan, Co-director of Spoonful Herbals shares her decades of herb gardening experience and some of her favorite plants suitable for our Vermont climate for making delicious teas and quality medicine.

Join Katherine for a walking tour of The Intervale Center to explore (and taste) common medicinal plants growing in our backyards.

This botanical embroidery course explores the intersection of art, science, and folklore.

Saturdays, June 3rd, 10th, and 17th, 2023 from 2pm – 4:30pm over Zoom.

Kara Buchanan, Co-director of Spoonful Herbals shares her decades of herb gardening experience and some of her favorite plants suitable for our Vermont climate for making delicious teas and quality medicine.

Kara Buchanan, Co-director of Spoonful Herbals shares her decades of herb gardening experience and some of her favorite plants suitable for our Vermont climate for making delicious teas and quality medicine.

Explore the benefits of local spring tonic herbs to awaken and support the body’s intrinsic vitality and “spark” while also preventing spring allergy symptoms.

“Experience The Great Eclipse in a temple of light, nourishment & sound healing at one of the most beautiful places in Vermont located right in the heart of the path of totality.”

Join community herbalist and UVM faculty member Katherine Elmer for a Forest Herb Walk at East Woods Natural Area to learn identification, harvesting and preparation of common evergreen tree medicines.

Join Kara and Katherine at Shelburne Farm’s Farm Barn for an informative herbal educational offering addressing menopause and the plant based remedies that can support us throughout!

Join Spoonful’s Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan for ‘Farm to Medicine Cabinet: Harvesting Common Weeds for Food & Wellness Sovereignty’ at the 2024 NOFA Winter Conference.

Join Spoonful Herbal’s Katherine Elmer to honor both the traditional use and the modern scientific understanding of Elderberry as a superfood and herbal medicine.

The gift giving season is upon us and we have wonderful offerings for our plant-loving community!

Shop small and in-person this weekend at our Herbal Remedy Pop-Up Shopping events.

The gift giving season is upon us and we have wonderful offerings for our plant-loving community!

Shop small and in-person this weekend at our Herbal Remedy Pop-Up Shopping events.

Join community herbalists Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan to explore key herbal strategies to prevent and relieve symptoms of common winter ailments.