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Intro to Plant ID – Wildflowers & Weeds
The Resiliency Institute @ 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville, IL
Learn how to identify wild flowers by observing their growth forms, leaves, flowers, and fruits. You will learn plant terminology, proper use of tools, and discover what parts of the plant help to identify it. We will look especially at the plants in the Aster, Carrot, Lily, Mint and Mustard families and practice identifying wild flowers with a Flower Finder Key.
$30
Edible Wild Plants Walk Flowers
Enjoy a guided walk at Knoch Knolls Park learning to identify edible wildflowers. What fun it is to walk with someone who knows the answers to your questions and can teach you the skills to build your own plant id experiences. You will be joining the Edible Wild Plant Certificate course students for this walk
Family Bird Walk
Join Henry Griffin as he guides you on a bird walk to observe migrating songbirds at the Springbrook Prairie. Henry, a 16 year-old from Oak Park, is a passionate birder with over 900 species identified from 14 countries on 4 continents. He has been leading bird walks in his Oak Park neighborhood to share his passion and reconnect people to birds in urban and suburban environments. May is the month for viewing migrating songbirds who are traveling...
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Permablitz Ferry Forest Garden
Come Permablitz with us as we prepare the Ferry Forest Garden for planting perennials. The sheet mulching killed the grass, but created a welcome home for a variety of weeds. Help us hand pull, dig out, mow down, and experiment with some weed barrier techniques to get things under control before planting perennials on June 12th. A Permablitz is a volunteer event for people to learn about permaculture while working on a project. These events...
Permablitz (Hands-On)
A Permablitz is a volunteer event for people to learn about permaculture while working on a project. These events are fun community experiences where new people connect, our combined efforts achieve faster results, and we enjoy good food, conversation, and a job well done. All of our projects use volunteer labor, material donations, and in-kind services as a way to connect the community with permaculture projects, garner support, and generate...
Introduction to Permaculture
Dip your toes into the world of permaculture and open your eyes to its application to our suburban environment. This class will offer you a clearer understanding of how this ethics and nature based design method is used to create sustainable systems for daily living, land and community. You will begin to understand how we can meet our human needs while simultaneously improving our ecosystems by utilizing permaculture design ethics, principles, and...
Growing a Fruit Tree Guild
Did you know you can grow peaches, nectarines, pears, Asian pears, plums, cherries and apples in your yard? When grown as a fruit tree guild with companion plants maintenance is minimized, nutrition is increased, and diseases and pests are managed naturally. The foundation of this garden design is a fruit tree guild which will need a full sun location (6+ hours daily) and a minimum of 100 square feet (10’x10′). Most edible...
Edible Wild Plant Walk - Shrub
Enjoy a guided walk along the Naperville Riverwalk beginning at Wil-O-Way Commons Park to learn edible wild shrubs identification. What fun it is to walk with someone who knows the answers to your questions and can teach you the skills to build your own plant id experiences. You will be joining the Edible Wild Plant Certificate course students for this walk. Special Note: Please register for Pat’s Intro to Plant ID – Shrubs class prior to attending...
Emergency Preparedness 101
Are you ready for emergencies in your life…at home, at work, while traveling? This is a hands on class that includes creating your own starter emergency kit to take home with you. We’ll talk about how to be prepared for storms, floods, accidents, economic stresses, power losses and other disasters and emergencies before disaster strikes = preparedness! After attending this class you will have the confidence to persevere through many emergency...
Persimmons: Tree to Treat (hands-on)
Pat Armstrong, our Edible Wild Plants instructor, is hosting a persimmon harvest gathering at her home in south Naperville. As a group work together to harvest persimmons, process them, and cook up a delicious batch of persimmon pudding with real whipped cream – YUM! This will be a fun hands-on day with learning, conversation and dessert.What a fun Saturday activity for you and a friend to share and an opportunity to make more.
Let's Walk + Learn Herbalism: Roots
The Resiliency Institute @ 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville, IL
Walk + Learn Herbalism with an experienced herbalist, Ellyn Schmitz, to discover the healing benefits of fall roots! Let's Walk + Learn Herbalism walks are guided by experienced herbalists who will teach you the health benefits and how to identify 10-15 herbal plants during each walk! This is a wonderful way to learn a new skill and reconnect with nature. Walks are hosted at a variety of natural places in the western suburbs. Sign...
$20
Let’s Make Herbal Immune Boosters
The Resiliency Institute @ 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville, IL
Prepare herbal immune boosters to protect your family from viruses this fall and winter! Ellyn Schmitz, Bioregional Herbalism instructor, will teach you what herbs to use, how to prepare and use them to support a healthy immune system. Proactive nourishment is your best defense against colds and flus! Make an oxymel, cough syrup, tincture and sample herbal infusions that you can make throughout the fall and winter season for immune boosting.
$45
WILD Mother*-Daughter Circles
The Resiliency Institute @ 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville, IL
Cultivate a shared experience between mother (female caregiver) and daughter to nurture bonding & connection while deepening your relationship. The WILD Mother*-Daughter circles follow a similar monthly theme as the WILD Woman Project Circles but are shortened and adapted to include our daughters. Plan on experiencing meditation, intention setting, ritual, and ceremony, plus some movement-based mindfulness activities. Circles are not associated...
$30
Permaculture Plants – Vines, Groundcovers, Fungi
The Resiliency Institute @ 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville, IL
Finally a class to learn about the permaculture plants used in edible forest gardens and food forests. Begin to integrate these plants into your own garden. You’ll explore the lower layers of a permaculture forest garden – fungi, groundcovers, and vines! Permaculture edible forest gardens typically consist of at least seven layers – fungi, groundcovers, vines, herbaceous, shrubs, sub-canopy trees, canopy trees. Over the course of four months,...
WILD Family Circle
Join us to cultivate your wild-child(ren) and family! During this SHARED experience we will incorporate meditation, intention setting, ritual, and ceremony plus some fun movement-based mindfulness activities to nurture bonding & connection to deepen your family relationship. The WILD Family Circles follow a similar monthly theme as the WILD Woman Project Circles but are shortened and adapted to include all genders of children and caregivers...
WILD Woman Project Circles
The Resiliency Institute @ 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville, IL
Join us to discover your inner WILDness, or wholeness of being, through a gathering of women where the focus is on taking time to support yourself and being supported by other women. The WILD Woman Project is a world-wide movement of Circles gatherings during the new moon. Each uniquely themed Circle is a time for meditation, intention setting, healing, creativity and connection with community. We all come from different spiritual/cultural backgrounds...
$25
Permaculture Plants: Fungi
VIRTUAL/HYBRID/SOCIAL DISTANCE Format due to Covid 19. This class will be held outside. Please dress for the weather and bring insect repellant if desired. Finally, classes to learn about the permaculture plants used in edible forest gardens and food forests! Begin to integrate these plants into your own garden. In this September class, you’ll explore one of the lower layers of a permaculture forest garden – fungi! Permaculture...
Introduction to Winter Tree Identification
Learn how to identify trees by observing their shape, bark, buds, leaves, flowers, and fruits and the basic characteristics of the winter plant families. You will learn plant terminology, discover what parts of the plant help to identify it, and how to use a field guide. Time will be spent in class keying out a few trees using specimens, magnifying lenses, and field guides.
Native American Energy Bars
Native Americans created the original high-energy bars, pemmican, thousands of years ago. Today hikers and climbers eat modern versions of ancient pemmican called granola bars and gorp. Late summer and early fall are the times to collect and dry fruits and berries to mix with chopped nuts to form the base of this prehistoric travel food. Learn which plants you can grow for the best wild fruits and berries and how to create your own pemmican. Pat...
Cheese Making 101: Soft Cheeses
Join homesteading expert and author Deborah Niemann to learn how simple it is to make cheese in your own kitchen. Explore this lost art and learn to make mozzarella, queso blanco, and ricotta. You will also learn how to make yogurt, buttermilk and chevre. We’ll talk about the difference between milk from cows, goats, and sheep, as well as the history of dairy in this country. The basics of hard cheeses will be introduced. Students can build...
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