Barberry, Knotweed, Multiflora Rose, Purple Loosestrife... How can we expand our relationship to these persistent, overabundant, and highly medicinal plant species? In this class, we'll expand our understanding of these maligned plant allies and learn how they can be harvested to help heal our wild landscapes, our bodies, and our own sense of belonging to the land. Identification, harvest, preparation, and use will all be covered.
Sophie Cassel (she/her) is a student of the plants, educator, and craftsperson. She believes in weaving webs of care, and the transformative process of connecting one’s own body and experience to the living world around us. She has a special affinity for working with clients to rebuild vitality through addressing chronic digestive concerns, mental and emotional wellbeing, and circadian rhythm dysregulation.
Sophie is a 2019 graduate of the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism’s Clinical Herbalist program, and completed the Advanced Mentorship and Clinical Roundtable program through Wild Current Herbalism in 2023. She is currently enrolled in the Bloom & Grow Monday Mentoring program.
She has been gardening, making medicine, teaching and living along the Winooski River for over a decade. In addition to seeing clients and teaching classes through Patchwork Plant Medicine, she is a member of the Rose Core Collective, making and sharing free medicine for collective liberation.