Herb Walks

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On my visit to the Northwest HerbFest in July, a few of the teachers giving plant walks were gracious enough to allow me to tape them. From that festival, I have some footage from Dr. Victoria Larson, N.D. speaking on wild edibles as well as medicinals with Mountain Rose Herbs director Julie Bailey.

Also, we have a VERY rare treat. Herbalist and elder Mrs. Lane Furneaux of Dallas was on a visit to the Northwest last summer and she treated us to a rare glimpse of her favorite herbs. In her 89 years, Lane has established a unique relationship with the herbs that she shares with us on a stroll through Bastyr University's botanical gardens.

So far we have posted the first part of each Herb Walk. As time goes on, we will continue to post more segments. AND in time, I will tape more herbalists giving walks in the field.

Do YOU want to give an herb walk on video and send me the raw footage? I will post it here as well!

Recent articles

  Herb Walk Video with John
May 16, 2008

Wilderness Awareness School posted this on Google Video. It is from a class I taught in the summer of 2007. Though it has lots of skills, it has quite a bit of me teaching...
  Mullein, with Victoria Larson, ND
Mar 14, 2008

Join Dr. Larson as she pulls mullein (Verbascum thapsus) out of her basket of "tall herbs" from this herb walk. She covers the many uses of this important medicinal herb in this video...
  Julie Bailey Part 2: Plantain
Mar 12, 2008

On the second part of our walk, Mountain Rose Herbs director Julie Bailey not only teaches us all about plantain, but also share her wisdom with a great lesson on learning about herbs...
  Lane Furneaux Part 3: Lavender, Lemon Verbena & Oregano
Mar 11, 2008

Lavender cookies, lemon verbena ice cubes, and the truth behind oregano. More with Lane at the Bastyr Herb Gardens...
  Julie Bailey Part 1: Valerian
Sep 26, 2007

Julie Bailey is director of Mountain Rose Herbs in Eugene, OR. In this first segment of our Herb Walk with her, she covers valerian...
  Lane Furneaux Part 2: Ice Cube secrets
Sep 26, 2007

In part 2 of this Herb Walk series, Lane discusses lemon balm and her secret to impressing her guests with ice cubes...
  Lane Furneaux Part 1
Sep 26, 2007

Lane Furneaux starts our herb walk talking about thyme and sweet myrtle. Lane reveals her special way of listening to the herbs...
  Cattail, with Victoria Larson, ND
Sep 26, 2007

Victoria Larson, N.D. takes us back to pioneer times with a glimpse of how they used the herbs on their journey across the country. We start our herb walk with Victoria with cattail...