Come learn about the wild edible and medicinal plants popping up this time of year on the Front Range with herbalist Kat Mackinnon.

Along with botanical identification, we’ll be digging into medicinal uses, ecology, harvesting, poisonous plants, wild edible plant recipes, and more! We’ll also explore using the senses to identify plant constituents and how to read the landscape to find your wild foods and medicines.

This class is rain or shine, so come with rain gear, layers, and a sense of adventure!

$35

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Curious about fermentation but not sure where to start? This hands-on class is the perfect introduction to creating your own vibrant, probiotic-rich foods at home—simple, delicious, and far more affordable than store-bought options.

In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll learn the foundations of fermentation and gain the confidence to start experimenting in your own kitchen.

Together, we’ll explore:
• How fermentation works and why it’s so powerful for gut health
• Step-by-step guidance for making your own sauerkraut
• How to create a ginger bug for naturally fermented sodas and drinks
• Tips for safe, successful fermenting at home

You’ll leave with practical skills, inspiration, and a deeper connection to your food—plus the knowledge to support your gut in a natural, nourishing way.

Led by Clinical Herbalist & Nutritionist Emilee Williams @HerbsWithEmilee

$45

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Your liver is one of the hardest-working organs in your body—supporting digestion, filtering toxins, balancing hormones, and so much more. In this nourishing and informative class, you’ll learn how to care for this vital organ with simple, effective, and herbal approaches you can start right away.

Together, we’ll explore:
• Herbal allies for liver health
• Gentle, daily detox practices
• Sustainable habits to support long-term vitality

You’ll also get hands-on experience making and tasting a delicious liver-supportive juice—an easy addition to your daily routine that your body will thank you for.

Join Emilee for an empowering introduction to liver care that blends practical knowledge with plant wisdom

Led by Clinical Herbalist & Nutritionist Emilee Williams @HerbsWithEmilee

$35

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Join us for an herbal show-and-tell for our times. 

This class will offer you a detailed look at a few specific herbs that can help soothe your mind and steady your body during periods of acute stress or anxiety. 

You’ll get to taste teas and tinctures of different herbs while Liz teaches you about the specific uses for each! 

You will learn when it’s appropriate to use certain herbs, and how to effectively prepare and use them for stress and anxiety relief. Folks tend to leave this class feeling completely blissed out on calming herbs!  

$40

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

In a world that often feels fast-paced and overwhelming, cultivating inner calm is both an art and a practice. This gentle, grounding class offers you tools to reconnect with yourself, regulate your nervous system, and find steadiness amidst the noise.

Together, we’ll explore:
• Daily practices to support calm and prevent burnout
• Ways of working with plants through sits, seasonal rituals, and reflection
• Plant-based meditation techniques for grounding and presence
• How flower essences nourish and support the energetic body
• Simple, sustainable ways to weave these practices into everyday life

You’ll leave with a deeper sense of connection—to yourself, to the plants, and to practices that help you move through life with more ease and resilience.

$25

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Step into the world of Sleep and Dreams guided by the plants. There are many different plants that are known to support sleep, and in our sleep-deprived culture, these plants can be some of our best allies. A few of these plants have also long been known to enhance dreaming.

In this class, you’ll learn about many of the Relaxing Nervine and Sedative Nervine Herbs that support restful and restorative sleep as well as those that can enhance your Dreamtime experience.

Each participant will get the opportunity to make their own herbal dream pillow full of the herbs they feel called to work with to aid in deeper rest and dreaming.

$35

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Join clinical herbalist and ceremonialist, Samantha Grant, for a special Mother's Day Sunday morning gong-fu style tea ceremony. Sip enlightening brews in community and contemplate the lessons we receive through cha dao.

Samantha Grant is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Bach Flower Essence practitioner. In addition to her work at Golden Poppy Apothecary, Samantha supports clients one-on-one in her private practice and mentors budding herbalists through community classes and programs through Fireweed School of Herbalism & Vitalist Traditions. Samantha believes education is a key component of holistic healing.

She empowers her clients and students to harness the body’s innate ability to heal and promotes nutrition through food, herbal medicine, and lifestyle techniques to support the vital energy that exists in all of us.

$20

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Shinrin-yoku is a Japanese wellness practice that means “bathing in the forest atmosphere.” It’s simply being in nature—with all five senses awake.

Proven health benefits of forest bathing include:

*Decreased stress: Cortisol levels drop significantly after even 20 minutes in nature.

*Lower blood pressure and heart rate: Helps regulate the nervous system. 

*Better sleep and less fatigue: Especially in those with high baseline stress.

*Enhanced immunity: A two-hour forest walk boosts Natural Killer (NK) cell activity, with effects lasting up to 30 days- NK cells help fight viruses and cancer.

Join certified Forest Therapy Guide Alyssa Golinvaux for an introductory and experiential Forest Bathing workshop. You’ll spend time learning the basic principles, get to partake in a “bath,” and will finish with tea to re-gather and share experiences with the group.

Alyssa is a multi-passionate wellness guide with a deep belief in the power of intentional living and connection to nature. With a background as a licensed massage therapist, registered nurse, yoga teacher (RYT-200), and certified KonMari® Consultant, she brings a uniquely holistic lens to healing and self-discovery. Based in Fort Collins, Alyssa is certified as a Forest Therapy Guide with The Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT). She sees nature as a powerful antidote to the disconnection so common in Western culture, and believes that grounding ourselves in natural beauty, presence, and joy can spark meaningful transformation.

You can find her on Instagram at @alyssa.golinvaux    

$30

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Join clinical herbalist and weedy-species-lover Liz Faermark for a crash course in edible wild weeds. This class will introduce a few key weedy species that live in Colorado. 

We'll learn about: where these plants grow and what conditions they like, how to identify them, their nutritional and medicinal benefits, and how to incorporate them into your life! We'll also cover the basics of wildcrafting ethics, and safe harvesting practices.

$40

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Bring your journal and be ready to delve inward to connect and express the goals of your heart and soul.

We will embark on guided meditation, using oracle cards and the clear guidance of our inner Wise Selves to dive into our intuition and intention. This is how we manifest that which is in alignment with our purpose, bring in healing, joy and whatever else you are needing most.

No journaling experience necessary. Mary will guide you on an inner journey, give journaling prompts and share insights.

The group experience is supportive, sacred and inspiring. You will leave with a connection to your inner guidance system and maybe a goal or two to see you through the months ahead.

Led by Mary D'Agostino. Mary is a Professional Intuitive, Spiritual Counselor, Psychic Medium, Astrologer, CRMT/P, Educator, Author, Artist and Ceremonialist. Combining these varied skills, Mary created Heart of Gaia Creative Healing Arts.

$22

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Join clinical herbalist and ceremonialist, Samantha Grant, for a Sunday morning gong-fu style tea ceremony.

Samantha Grant is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Bach Flower Essence practitioner. In addition to her work at Golden Poppy Apothecary, Samantha supports clients one-on-one in her private practice and mentors budding herbalists through community classes and programs through Fireweed School of Herbalism & Vitalist Traditions. Samantha believes education is a key component of holistic healing. She empowers her clients and students to harness the body’s innate ability to heal and promotes nutrition through food, herbal medicine, and lifestyle techniques to support the vital energy that exists in all of us.

$20

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Making herbal tinctures is the process of extracting the medicinal properties of plants with alcohol or glycerine to create potent remedies. Join Clinical Herbalist and expert medicine maker, Samantha Grant, to learn how you can make herbal tinctures at home. We'll discuss the process for making tinctures with fresh and dried plants, as well as the process for making folk-style remedies in the field. Participants will prepare their own herbal tincture to take home.

$40

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Join us to explore the beauty and complexity of the uterine reproductive cycle. In this class, we’ll walk through how the cycle works, what’s happening hormonally throughout each phase, and some common reasons cycles can fall out of balance.

Whether you’re hoping to conceive someday, next week, or not at all, understanding your cycle is a powerful way to support your overall health. You’ll learn how cycle awareness can offer insight into hormonal wellbeing and how healthy cycles benefit the whole body.

You’ll leave with practical knowledge, a deeper sense of connection to your body, and a few herbal supports to help guide your hormone health journey.

This class is taught by Julie Peachtree, clinical herbalist, nutritionist, and fertility awareness coach.

$35

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Beaded necklaces are used in various spiritual practices around the globe as aids to meditation.

From malas to rosaries, this form of guiding your mind into a calm space can help anyone, from novice to seasoned meditation practitioner, hone their practice.

A traditional Mala consists of 108 beads, 1 guru bead, and a tassel or charm. It is passed through the fingers as a mantra is recited on each bead helping you to more deeply connect with yourself and quiet your mind.

In this workshop Jean Parker-Renga, jewelry maker and owner of Lily’s Cocoon, will guide you in the creation of your own gemstone mala to use in your practice or simply as a lovely necklace to wear.

All materials are included in the cost of the workshop with a variety of gemstones to choose from.

$65

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Learn how to make nourishing, hydrating Body butters to include in your skin care routine

Join us for a hands-on class where you’ll learn how to craft rich, nourishing herbal body butters to support soft, hydrated, and healthy skin.

In this workshop, we’ll explore how plant oils, butters, and herbs work together to deeply moisturize and protect the skin. You’ll learn the basics of herbal skincare formulation and how to customize body butters that can become part of your daily self-care routine.

Together we will:

• Learn the benefits of herbal-infused body oils

• Explore different plant butters and their skin-supportive properties

• Create your own luxurious herbal body butter to take home

This class is perfect for anyone interested in natural skincare, herbal remedies, or learning simple ways to incorporate plant medicine into everyday routines.

All materials are provided.

$40

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

This 7-week course invites you to journey through the five archetypal phases of menopause - a sacred initiation that reshapes our sense of Self.

Together, we'll explore:

• The death and rebirth process inherent in this transition

• The power of radical self-care as an act of devotion

• How to trust the transformation and awaken into the expanded consciousness of the divine feminine

• Living and leading from a rooted sense of wise power in the “new normal” of post-menopause life.

More than a class - this is a sacred space to be witnessed, nourished, and supported as you step into your next evolution.

Based on the book Wise Power: Discover The Liberating Power of Menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose, and Belonging by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer. The book will be provided with the course.

All meetings will take place 6:30-8:30 pm, and will be recorded.

Meetings will occur on: April 5th, April 19th, May 3rd, May 17th, May 24th, June 7th, and June 14th.

$399 for 7-week series

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Unlock Your Creativity Through Herbs, Nervous System Support & Energy Alignment

Join herbalist Emilee Williams for a cozy, inspiring workshop where we explore how to unlock your creative flow and keep it alive.

We’ll talk about:

~ How creativity actually works in the brain & body

~ The nervous system’s role in getting “in the zone”

~ Herbs that support focus, imagination, and inspiration

~ How to weave these plants into your daily creative practice

This isn’t just theory; we’ll also do a few simple creative flow exercises together so you leave feeling lit up, inspired, and ready to bring your ideas to life.

Emilee Williams is a Certified Herbalist through CSCH, an energetics coach, and a big believer that our most brilliant ideas come when our bodies feel supported and our minds feel safe to play. Her work blends herbalism, human design, and nervous system support to help you reconnect with yourself and your creative magic. You can find her on Instagram at @HerbsWithEmilee

If you’ve been feeling blocked, uninspired, or just want to deepen your relationship with plants as creative allies, this is for you.

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Join Andrea Sweeting for this dedicated gathering to land back in our bodies and weave connection through our community. Together we will work with a sacred plant oil blend to reconnect body and soul through the spiritual bridge of fragrance.

Fragrance has been honored throughout history and across cultures as a way to attune the mind and body to frequencies of healing, receptivity, sensuality, and divine guidance. In this circle, we will awaken the sensual body alongside the spring wildflowers—reaching toward the light, softening into pleasure, and gently exploring the more tender and taboo parts of ourselves.

We will discuss the plants in our oil blend, their spiritual histories and gifts, followed by a guided meditation and anointing practice with the oil. The gathering will close with reflective journaling and an optional group share, creating space to root intentions, embody desire, and dream new seeds into being.

Andrea Sweeting is an intuitive guide and community healing facilitator who uses a combination of tarot, astrology, intuitive mediumship and mythology to help you gain insight into a deep wisdom that lives within. These various oracular traditions help us build a living relationship with our patterned cosmos. Her work helps bring soul and body back into conversation by strengthening our connection with the more than human world, and healing this disconnect within ourselves and our communities.

Please pre-register online.
$20

Families, kids, and all community members join herbalists, Jaclyn and Samantha, for this hands-on workshop to learn natural egg-dying techniques using herbs, spices, and other plants. Through a demonstration, participants will learn how to create natural dyes and will dye their own eggs with a variety of natural dye colors and combinations. Please bring half a dozen boiled eggs for dying. We’ll also discuss plant medicine and share seasonal traditions for the spring equinox.

Ask about tiered pricing when registering for multiple people.

$25

Space is limited- please pre-register online.

Mushrooms are an important key foundation to life on this planet. Their life-giving and sustaining properties have benefited people for millennia. The fungi kingdom contains many species that are edible and a distinct variety that have incredible medicinal qualities. 

In this class we’ll discuss some important medicinal mushrooms, and their immune building, stress-reducing, and energy-enhancing effects. We will also talk about the most important methods and forms to take mushrooms for maximum medicinal benefit.

Each participant will get the opportunity to make their own 3 Mushroom Blend, to begin working with medicinal mushrooms in their daily lives.

Please pre-register online.

$35

Join clinical herbalist and ceremonialist, Samantha Grant, for a Sunday morning gong-fu style tea ceremony. Celebrate the spring equinox with enlightening brews and ease into the seasonal transition in community.

Samantha Grant is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Bach Flower Essence practitioner. In addition to her work at Golden Poppy Apothecary, Samantha supports clients one-on-one in her private practice and mentors budding herbalists through community classes and programs through Fireweed School of Herbalism & Vitalist Traditions. Samantha believes education is a key component of holistic healing. She empowers her clients and students to harness the body’s innate ability to heal and promotes nutrition through food, herbal medicine, and lifestyle techniques to support the vital energy that exists in all of us.

Space is limited: please pre-register online.

Join clinical herbalist and nutritionist Liz Faermark for a ritual that honors the transition from winter to spring: making herbal bitters! 

Bitters are a multifaceted tool for alleviating common digestive woes like gas, bloating, sluggish digestion, or nausea. They've also long been used in beverages to harness the power of different aromatic herbs. 

In this class, students will learn about the importance of bitters - why we might use them, how they work in the body, and commonly used herbs. Then, we'll spend time formulating and preparing our own custom bitter blends using aromatic herbs and flowers, fruits, spices, and spirits. 

All supplies will be provided. Alcohol-free options will be made available.

Please pre-register online.

$45

Spring Equinox is the point in the year when the days start to get longer, the light stays later and we start to reawaken from winter’s darkness.

The Spring Equinox represents a time when we begin to plant seeds of intention for all that we wish to grow in the coming warmer months and the balance we find in our day-to-day as renewal cloaks us.

In this gathering, we will honor the energy of the spring season as we embrace the longer days and the new beginnings that this season brings with it.

We will sit in circle, do a guided meditation, create intention candles, and open the circle for sacred sharing and space holding.

These circles offer opportunities to take part in a ritual gatherings to facilitate reverence and sacredness in our lives. They offer the perfect opportunity to come together, take a sacred pause and reflect on where we are and how we can support ourselves and each other during each season.

Womyn, Femme presenting, & Non-Binary folx welcome.

Led by Sarah Josey @Wild.Soul.Circles and Molly Lucinda @Molly_Lucinda

Please pre-register online.

$40

Step into the forest and discover the healing power of medicinal trees and shrubs. Learn how to identify and safely harvest over 10 medicinal tree and shrub species using botanical features. Get into the nitty and gritty of herbal actions and energetics, phytochemistry, medicine making, and herbal safety.

This is a hands-on class, with tastings, plant samples, and medicine-making demonstrations, covering everything from teas and tinctures to resin salves and medicinal powders.

Participants will take home samples of 3 wildcrafted herbs to begin crafting with. 

Please pre-register online.

Join Clinical Herbalist and Flower Essence Practitioner, Samantha Grant, for an interactive workshop on how to use flower essences for mental and emotional support during challenging times. Flower essences are gentle yet profound remedies that harness the energy of flowers to support our individual emotional presentations, and can help us move through our emotions with more ease and awareness. When life gets difficult, our nervous systems deserve some extra tending. Learn how to use flower essences for self-care and take home a flower essence blend specifically formulated for your personal support needs.

Samantha Grant is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Bach Flower Essence practitioner. In addition to her work at Golden Poppy Apothecary, Samantha supports clients one-on-one in her private practice and mentors budding herbalists through community classes and programs through Fireweed School of Herbalism & Vitalist Traditions. Samantha believes education is a key component of holistic healing. She empowers her clients and students to harness the body’s innate ability to heal and promotes nutrition through food, herbal medicine, and lifestyle techniques to support the vital energy that exists in all of us.

$40

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Bring your journal and be ready to delve inward to connect and express the goals of your heart and soul. 

We will embark on guided meditation, using oracle cards and the clear guidance of our inner Wise Selves to dive into our intuition and intention. This is how we manifest that which is in alignment with our purpose, bring in healing, joy and whatever else you are needing most. 

No journaling experience necessary. Mary will guide you on an inner journey, give journaling prompts and share insights. 

The group experience is supportive, sacred and inspiring. You will leave with a connection to your inner guidance system and maybe a goal or two to see you through the months ahead. 

Led by  Mary D'Agostino. Mary is a Professional Intuitive,  Spiritual Counselor, Psychic Medium,  Astrologer, CRMT/P, Educator, Author,  Artist and Ceremonialist. Combining these varied skills, Mary created Heart of Gaia Creative Healing Arts.  

In service to the well-being of all. 

"My path is greatly influenced by the healers, seers, wisdom keepers, story holders, diviners and sourcer-esses from my ancestral lineage. Their spiritual practices and sacred wisdom has continued to awaken within me with each passing year. My ancestors create a unique tapestry that blesses me with courage and grace."

You can find her online in a few places:

• Instagram @maryldagostino

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mary.dagostino.37

• Substack: @marydagostino

• Website: marydagostino.com 

$22

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.

Join Liz for a seasoned beginner/intermediate* class on the art of tea blending. This class will engage your eyes, taste buds, and mind as you learn to formulate medicinal teas that taste great! Together we will taste individual herbs, explore flavor profiles, discuss appropriate ratios of herbs, learn about brew times and more. Come learn how to effectively prepare your own custom herbal blends!

Participants will get to play with a spread of different bulk herbs to concoct their own medicinal tea blends! We'll brew up our creations and explore the alchemy that happens when we blend different herbs with intentionality!

*This class is great for folks who already have a working knowledge of some herbs. If you already know some of your favorite herbs for digestion, stress and sleep, but want to learn a more sophisticated approach to blending herbs, please join us and expand your herbal skills!

Space is limited, please pre-register online.

$45

“Speak to the Earth, and it will teach you...”

Have you ever heard yourself or another saying, “I’m not creative.” We are being called to break away from that false narrative! There is so much to learn from the Plant Nation, they are calling for us to slow down and listen. In doing so, we learn more about ourselves, our individual capacities and how this can build up collective healing in our culture.

Here, you will be guided through a meditation with one or more plant allies as a path toward accessing our internal creative states. Together, we will engage all 5 of our physical senses as we dive into creative exercises by making visual art.

This workshop focuses on building transformational creativity that inspires new thought processes. You will learn techniques for activating creative thinking, free from self-judgment. In practicing these techniques you will find yourself coming up with new ideas, deepening problem-solving capacity, strengthening your resilience, and enhancing overall well-being.

Our time together in this workshop will integrate the essence of Rose in all forms. A loving and strong plant ally with so much to share. We will be honoring our time in this calendar season of the Lunar New Year as we welcome the year of the Fire Horse with Rose as our guide.

Come on your own, bring a friend, or make it a unique date night for Valentine’s Day!

Accessibility & reciprocity matter! This workshop is being offered on a sliding scale. The price listed is the accessibility rate; the full price is $30, and the  “pay it forward” option is $40 for those who are able to share in their abundance.

Please feel free to add on whatever additional amount feels best for you when registering.

Alexandra Rose is an artist, earth steward, and community cultivator who lives, laughs, and loves with her beautiful little family in Northern Colorado. She is the founder of Alexandra’s Rose, an art business focused on bolstering and nurturing the creativity found in each of us. She is also the co-founder and co-facilitator of the Fourfold Sisterhood and Sister Circle for young girls in our community.

Her mission in life is to live authentically while creating lasting, beneficial change for the next seven generations. Her work and joy in this world focuses around art, nature-based education, cultivating natural spaces, fostering the connection with Creator, our own creative self, and our community, as well as stewarding her amazing family. In most moments, you may find her exploring outdoors, talking with plants, creating art, cultivating an outdoor space, or learning instruments, languages, old wisdom, & new skills.

You can find her online at: www.alexandrasrose.org & https://www.fourfoldsisterhood.org

Please pre-register online.

$20-40

This beginner-friendly class invites kids (6-18yo) to explore the art of handmaking herbal gifts. Together,we’ll learn about simple ingredients and practice the basic skills needed to craft thoughtful,functional, and heartfelt herbal creations that can be enjoyed in everyday life.For Valentine’s Day, we will be crafting lip balms. Each kid will leave with a recipe to re-create their herbal craft at home as well as with 6 lip balm valentines to hand out to friends and loved ones. These lip balms will be packaged in tins and labeled with loving affirmations. Target audience is kids 6-18 years old. Space is limited, please pre-register online.

Come learn about herbs you can use internally to alleviate long standing chronic skin conditions like acne, eczema and psoriasis. And explore gorgeous herbs to use externally to keep skin soothed, nourished, and growing strong! Along the way, you’ll learn easy-to-digest information about the skin’s essential interconnected body systems: the GI tract, the liver, the nervous system, and our hormones. Mid to late winter is the perfect time to wildcraft a particular mountain west herb for the skin: cottonwood buds! We'll give a little extra special attention to this seasonal skin ally in late January, too. Enjoy samples of lots of different herbs, and learn about the best ways to use them. The tools to heal are right in your backyard, in the garden or off the trail.

$40

Space is limited. Please pre-register online.