Join ecological local garden coach and herbalist Katie Vincent for a series of seasonal plant walks in the Snoqualmie Valley.

We will learn about wild plants by the elemental conditions they respond to: WATER, FIRE + WOOD. Getting to know plants in this way helps us build a slow, deep understanding of the story of a landscape—how it is shaped and always evolving—and how plant communities create life and ecological function within its current chapter. This approach also helps us see more clearly how we can support that story as land stewards and gardeners.

On each walk, we will use all our senses to learn basic plant ID, ethnobotany and concepts of ecological design and succession. We will build intimacy with a seasonal selection of Pacific Northwest plants and explore how they interact with wildlife, humans, and fungi (i.e. as food, craft, medicine, shelter, etc). We will also grow our…