by chris marano | Apr 7, 2017 | Herbalist Training, Local Harmony, Wildcrafting
Kauai Work Retreat Day-by-Day Summary Day One of the Kauai Work Retreat we spent at good friends on the North Shore, who have a very special site on their land that needs constant attention. The North Shore of Kauai is among the rainiest, most lush places on...
by chris marano | Jun 6, 2016 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Medicinal Herbs, Wildcrafting
Materia Medica class has been a central component to Clearpath School of Herbal Medicine since its beginnings in 1999. The term describes a body of knowledge on a large number of medicinal plants. Traditionally, herbalists and healers from around the world have had a...
by chris marano | May 19, 2016 | Medicinal Herbs, Western Herbal Medicine, Wildcrafting
Herb Walks in Western Massachusetts Clearpath Herbals and Local Harmony kick continue our series of nature and herb walks in western Massachusetts Friday, July 29, from 3pm-6PM. Owen Wormser and I invite you to join us for a unique series of walks along the trails of...
by chris marano | Feb 12, 2016 | Wildcrafting
Successful wildcrafting mission of valuable medicine We arrived in Florida a few days ago for our short work vacation, and tomorrow we are starting the return trip back northward. The main ‘work’ part of my trip was to wildcraft night-blooming cereus (Selenicereus...
by chris marano | Feb 2, 2016 | Wildcrafting
A wildcrafting trip likely to yield an abundance of cactus medicine Last month when my Clearpath Herbals apothecary crew and I were doing end-of-year inventory, we noticed that our cactus medicine — night-blooming cereus (Selenicereus grandiflorus) – was...
