Herbal Protection and Prevention March 11, 2026
Herbal Plants for colds, the flu and allergies have stood the test of time. They help prevent an imbalance, they help your immune system cope with the illness, and they give relief with various symptoms and help with recovery.
- This class will discuss what specific plants and remedies that work for a particular symptom and symptoms.
- Interpreting the language of herbalism to understand how the plants work in the body.
- Demonstrate the correct way to prepare herbal plants and remedies.
- Discuss proper dosage of herbal preparations.
- How to stay well and boast your immune system.
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm.
Where: EVOLVE-Z Yoga & More 10 Maple St. Hudson Falls, NY https://evolvezllc.com/
Cost: $25.00
I will have copies of my book “Get Well, Be Well, Stay Well” for sale $25.00
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Sign up by contacting laura.evolvezllc@gmail.com 518-480-7114 Link: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLHFY158CBS6Q/checkout/EG2S42T2I62TCNIONWIFPMKN?src=sheet
What to Plant and Why: Creating a Medicinal Herbal Garden
My talk will cover planning an herbal garden, plant placement, choosing useful plants, identifying plants that thrive in the northeast, sourcing plants and seeds, and harvesting herbs including drying and storing them. It will also address when to pick the herbal plants that grow wild in our area.
(Check out my blog post: What to Plant and Why in your herbal garden and my You Tube video: My Big Medicinal Herbal Garden)
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Time: 6:00- 7:30 pm
Sign up by contacting the school
Adirondack Folk School in Lake Luzerne, New York
adirondackfolkschool.org
Herbal Tinctures, Oils Liniments & Poultices- July 24, 2026
A discussion and demonstration of the different methods of making herbal oils. We will make an Herbal Bug Repellent Oil and a drawing Liniment from plants that grow in the instructor’s medicinal garden. We will discuss various methods of using Herbal Poultices and learn about the plants that work as healing herbals oils. Learn about Plantain, Comfrey, Jewelweed, Calendula, Yarrow, St, John’s Wort, and Solomon Seal and how, when to use them. There will be discussion of making herbal tinctures and students will learn which plants work well as tinctures.
Bring a cutting board and a knife to chop up the plants for the oil and liniment. Students will take home a bug repellent oil, drawing liniment and French green clay.
Date: Friday July 24 , 2026
Time: 9am – 1pm
Adirondack Folk School in Lake Luzerne, New York adirondackfolkschool.org
Please contact Adirondack Folk School to sign up.
Plant Identification & Creating an Herbarium-
We live in a very diverse area here in the Adirondacks. There are so many medicinal herbal plants that grow in the wild. We will seek out the common medicinal herbal plants that grow in our area and take cuttings to create a simple Herbarium which helps remember the plants that we have identified. Lise will discuss how the plants are used and their impact on wellness. We will also cover popular herbal garden plants that grow well here in the Adirondacks.
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