Culinary Delights for Kids: Spring Blooms

Celebrate spring by exploring the humble dandelion! Using the practices of the honorable harvest, participants will forage for these common blooms to make delicious fritters, picnicking on the lawn with fresh flower crowns. 

Sarah McLellan (she/her) is a local early childhood educator drawn to learning in and with  natural, wild spaces. She believes in developing more authentic relationships with the plants and animals around her and has honed her plant based learning with the mentorship of Spoonful Herbals. She infuses her teaching with opportunities for children to develop their own relationships with the natural world through joyful, play-based outdoor exploration.

Spoonful Herbals is the collaborative effort of community herbalists and educators Katherine Elmer and Kara Buchanan. Spoonful offers an annual Herbal CSA, which includes an herbal self-care package distributed at the end of the growing season: each providing 10-15 varied formulas, with detailed educational guidance about the plant ingredients and their uses.  Spoonful also teaches an online Winter Community Course in Therapeutic Herbalism, and facilitates a 6-month Community Herbalism Apprenticeship program where students learn how to identify, harvest, and create remedies from wild harvested and locally-grown medicinal herbs. Spoonful’s Herb Mob program engages volunteers to bring locally harvested (gleaned) medicinal plants into our community from local organic farms and green spaces such as Shelburne Farms. www.spoonfulherbals.org

Check out the following programs for adults with Spoonful Herbals:

• Farm to Medicine Cabinet Herb Walks with Katherine Elmer
• Weed Walk and Nettle Pesto Making with Spoonful Herbals
• The Art and Science of Herbal Tea with Spoonful Herbals

This program is recommended for ages 3+ with an accompanying adult. Please purchase a ticket for every person in your group attending the program, both children and adults. Registration is required.