Earth Haven Farm

2024 Workshop Line-Up

We will be working over the next few months to pull together our 2024 workshop line-up.  If you are interested in conducting a workshop and would like to utilize our farm as your host site, please contact us via email.  There are many talented people with lots to share.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Workshops Registration by email to info@earthhaven.ca 

Reserve Your Spot!  Pay in Advance

Workshop Series Goals:

  • Bring people together and build resilient community
  • Share practical and creative skills to live ecologically and cohesively with the earth
  • Highlight local talent while bringing people to the farm
  • Have attendees feeling empowered to take more action in their lives 

Most workshops will have a suggested donation amount. Community supporting Community. People with financial stability are encouraged to increase their donation to help to pay for others who cannot. 


Living Monographs Series Burdock - October 6th, 2024

Date:  October 6, 2024

Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm with an optional Potluck Lunch.

Price:  Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person. Additional donations welcome. 

Registration and Payment: Please make payment upon registration to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. Please note however that to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop. 

Location: 1619 Vanderwater Rd, Thomasburg, ON K0K 3H0

Facilitators: Bair Richards Koeslag

Blair is a certified permaculture teacher, Chartered herbalist, tree farmer at Goldenbough tree farm (Goldenbough Tree Farm.ca) and wild food enthusiast. 

Summary:  We live in a world of Medicine.  The goal of these herbal offerings is to get acquainted with the plant world around us.  In this workshop, we will spend time in the company of burdock to observe the ways that it grows, and to look at what the plant tells us with its form.  Aric will lead a ceremony, as making an offering to a plant ally is an age-old tradition that is understood by the fauna of this land.   This will help us to create deeper connections with the land and the medicine that we make together.  We will gather herbal medicine and create a herbal remedy that can become a part of your home apothecary.  The second part of the day will be an in-depth discussion into the herbal constituents and actions of burdock.  You will receive a monograph that you can use as a future resource and that, if you choose to join us for more sessions later on this year, will grow into a herbal reference.  The idea behind these sessions is to use herbs as a way of teaching about connection to the land, deepening relationships with plants, and growing in knowledge that can empower us to care for our own bodies. Hope to see you then.

Logistics: We ask that participants please dress for the weather, as we will be outside part of the time, and bring some food either just for yourself or to share in a potluck lunch.


To register please fill out the form below and send payment to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. But PLEASE NOTE: to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop. 

Please specify which workshop you would like to attend: 

October 6th 10am to 3pm - Living Monographs Series: Burdock - Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person. 

November 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 11th - Hide Tanning Course - $500 per person (includes full 5 days and a hide). 

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