Join Brian Basor, herbalist and co-owner of Fern Hill Nursery and Botanical Sanctuary, in a workshop  focused on herbal remedies to prevent and treat hay fever (and other allergies for that matter).  After over a decade of choosing between flu-like misery and over-the-counter drugs for his hay fever, not to mention herbal remedies that didn't work, Brian now teaches about herbs and nutrition that work to prevent symptoms before they start.  Participants will make and taste herbal infusions from fresh and dry plants and take home recipes they can immediately put to use.

The cost for the workshop is $40 per person, $75 per couple.

Pre-registration is required, with a $25 deposit.  Please contact Devon at 541-942-3118 or devon@fernhillnursery.com

Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing, a water bottle, and a lunch.

Native plants can provide so much more than habitat for native wildlife!  Learn about the many benefits of including native plants in your garden in this fun and informative workshop.  Co-taught by Devon Bonady and Brian Basor, this workshop will explore some of the special native plants in our region that we use for food and medicine.  We will introduce the plants in our garden, practice identification, and discuss cultivation, harvest, and processing.  We may also get a chance to harvest, process and eat some of the plants. 

The cost for the workshop is $40 per person, $75 per couple.

Pre-registration is required, with a $25 deposit.  Please contact Devon at 541-942-3118 or devon@fernhillnursery.com

Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing, a water bottle, and a lunch.

In the workshop, Brian Basor, co-owner and manager of Fern Hill Nursery, will share his knowledge and expertise in softwood plant propagation without synthetic rooting hormones nor fungicides.  Brian has personally managed the production of hundreds of thousands of softwood cuttings over many seasons working at other nurseries, and over ten thousand softwood cuttings here at Fern Hill Nursery.  He has continued to refine his techniques as the head of propagation for our nursery.

Chemical rooting hormones and fungicides are completely unnecessary when you know how to support the plants!  Students will learn plant anatomy and physiology relevant to adventitious rooting, how to set up professional equipment for managing environmental conditions in the rooting greenhouse, how to choose media for different rooting situations, how to solve common problems, and species that are easy vs. difficult to root.  Students will also gain hands-on experience taking cuttings, sticking plug trays, and observing cuttings at various stages of growth.  Everyone will receive a self-contained basic rooting kit for home use and cuttings to root at home.

The cost for the workshop is $90 per person.

Pre-registration is required, with a $25 deposit.  Please contact Brian at 541-335-1268 or education@fernhillnursery.com

Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing, a water bottle, and a lunch.

During this workshop at Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center, Brian Basor, co-owner and manager of Fern Hill Nursery and Botanical Sanctuary, will share his experience with ten plants that he believes are essential for a local medicinal garden.  Brian will discuss identification, cultivation, and harvest of these particular species and introduce you to examples growing in the Aprovecho gardens and fields.  He will explain how each plant is processed for medicinal use, and the herbal actions involved in healing via poultices, tea, infusions, salves, tinctures, and more.

With an abundance of information about medicinal herbs, it's easy to get distracted by plants that are hard to grow or that you won't ever actually use.  In this workshop, you will focus directly on the essential medicinal herbs to grow in your garden.  We will use all of our senses to explore how these herbs taste and smell, how to help them thrive in the garden, and how to prepare these plants to support the health of you and your family.  When you learn how to care for these plants, they will help take care of you!

Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center is located at 80574 Hazelton Rd., Cottage Grove, 97424.  Pre-registration is required.  To register, go to: http://www.aprovecho.net/event/ten-essential-medicinal-plants-for-the-northwest-garden/