Centro Ashé is excited to offer our six month Grassroots Herbal and Holistic Wellness Program, DC's first community based herbal program - we're dedicated to putting herbal medicine in the hands of the people! This program offers our community a chance to explore folk herbalism, the medicine of the people, and to understand natures ability to support our health, strength, and vitality. The series is an introduction and includes herbal fundamentals, North American and Mid-Atlantic medicinal plants (and others), practical and therapeutic applications of herbs, body system therapeutics, nutritional healing, herbal preparations and medicine making, creating sacred space using herbs, guided meditation, harvesting and wild crafting plants, permaculture and herbal gardening, herbal energetics and more. You will receive expert instruction from the abundance of local, expert knowledge. The series ends with the Mid-Atlantic Women's Herbal Conference. Saturday May 26, 2012 from 9am-5pm Saturday June 23, 2012 from 9am-5pm Saturday July 14, 2012 from 9am-5pm Saturday August 25, 2012 from 9am-5pm Saturday September 29, 2012 from 9am-5pm Saturday October 6, 2012 Mid Atlantic Women’s Herbal Conference This class is a series and must be taken in its entirety. More information at www.centroashe.org