Faery Garden

These amazing classes (30 minutes each) will be offered to the Faery Garden during the gathering:

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• Marvelous Mints with Mary Lou Singleton
  Come learn about the friendliest family in the plant kingdom, the mints! Easy to grow, easy to propagate, easy to identify, the mint family loves humanity. Many of our favorite herbal allies are mints. Let's celebrate our square-stemmed friends and the amazing medicine they offer.
   

• What is a Flower with Susun Weed 
  This class will include sex. Flowers are sexual organs. Birds and bees. Umhum 
   

• Into the Faery Realm: Meet the Plant Spirits, with Wendy Kaas
  Children will learn about how the plant spirits and the faeries are intimately connected. They will learn all about how to approach them in a good way, and be guided into an experience with a plant spirit.
   

• Kids Nature Printing, with Brianna Rashbaum
  In this class we will give kiddos plants and herbs to press into wet slabs of clay. After the grasses, clover, flowers, and any other plants have been pressed into the clay we will remove them, use templates to create cups, bowls, and press plates. All kids clay will be glazed and fired for them and returned to the students by the end of the gathering.
   

• Seed Cycle Science, with Kallie Mae Hyer
  Seed dissection and embodiment. Explore sprouting seeds with a magnifying glass and observe its parts. Act out the cycle of plant growth cycle. This class will foster scientific discovery and movement!
   

• Let’s Draw Plants with Bianca Camacho
  Look closely at a flower and you’ll see shapes that you recognize- circles, squares, and triangles! Together, we’ll take a close look at flowers and leaves and learn to draw them with colored pencils using these familiar shapes as guides.
   

• Hawaiian Lei Making with Kumu Māhealani Linder
  Learn how to make a Hawaiian Ti leaf lei!​
   

• Making Macaroni Necklaces with Bridget Giuffrida
  Let your creativity shine in this fun and colorful class where kids can make their very own macaroni necklaces! We’ll provide all the materials, including different pasta shapes and vibrant dyes, so your little ones can explore patterns, colors, and designs to create a unique piece of wearable art. Along the way, we’ll practice fine motor skills and introduce some fun facts about pasta! Kids will leave with a handmade necklace and a sense of accomplishment.
   

• Feelings: A Dance Party!, with Aiyanah Katie Gerhard
  This class combines elements of yoga, dance and fitness into a fun and playful experience for our littlest ones to start learning that movement has the power to change our feelings! We will have a lightly structured dance party, where we explore different songs and dance moves, and the feelings that arise when we dance to them.
   

• Magik Mallows: Explore the Healing Powers of Marshmallow Plants!, with Lucretia Jones
  In this fun, interactive workshop, kids will dive into the magical world of the marshmallow plant! We’ll explore its soft, soothing roots and learn how they can help heal sore throats and coughs. Children will create their own marshmallow root tea and make tasty lozenges to take home. Through play and hands-on activities, they'll discover how this sweet plant can be a natural remedy for the whole family. Perfect for young herbal enthusiasts, this class is all about learning, creating, and having fun with the power of plants!