Black Bear Herbs

03/22/2025

Magic of Herbs Weekend Workshop
May 24th/25th in Cumberland BC at Black Bear Herbs.
The weekend will be spent in the herb garden, in the kitchen making remedies, and out through the garden gate into the forest to learn about the healing plants that are growing in profusion all around us. You will learn how to identify the plants and how to grow and harvest them ethically and sustainably. The weekend will be packed with useful Herbal First Aid for common ailments and how to create beautiful healing remedies in the kitchen for you and your family.
To register https://www.blackbearherb.com/herbweekend

03/22/2025

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03/08/2025

Remember that it's this weekend! See you all there.
If you would like to volunteer please send an email to us.

06/20/2024

Plant Walk in Paradise Meadows on Monday June 24th
2.5 to 3 hours. Easy walking on boardwalk through this sensitive ecosystem.
I'm looking forward to leading this walk, it is such a beautiful time of year in the subalpine meadows of the Vancouver Island Mountains. The last of the snow has just melted and the lakes and wetlands are brimming with life. The plants we will see at this elevation are quite different to the plants growing at sea level. Medicinal plants growing in the lush meadows include such special plants as the carnivorous Sundew and Butterwort.
The trail is mostly boardwalk through this sensitive ecosystem, and it is easy walking.
Please register through the website of the Vancouver Island Herb Gathering https://herbconference.com/workshop/alpine-herb-walk/

04/23/2024

Thank you to all the lovely people who joined me today on the Medicinal Plant walk:) What a beautiful day to celebrate Earth Day and to support the Cumberland Forest❤️

04/23/2024

This will be a great walk in the wetlands with Dawn Copeman

04/20/2024

Note! I’ve edited the time:). It’s 4to6pm tonight, Monday:)
This Monday April 21st 4pm to 6pm, Medicinal Plant walk in Cumberland in support of Cumberland Forest.
With Herbalist Amanda Howe.

04/11/2024

Until April 11th

04/05/2024

Sea Blush (Valeriana congesta) and Blue Eyed Mary (Collinsonia parvifolia) growing on the damp sandstone bluffs on Hornby Island in the sunshine today. So much spring beauty ❤️

04/04/2024

I’ve taken several online Botanical Drawing classes with Katharine Dickinson and she’s a fantastic teacher. She teaches technique for observing and capturing the essence and details of plants in a very unique way. And because it’s online you can see every pencil mark that she makes to create her beautiful drawings!
Today is the last day that her online class with Pacific Rim College Online is 40%off.
If you are studying herbal medicine or just love plants take this class, you’ll see ever more details in the natural world you’d never noticed!

Enroll in a course by June 30th, and be entered to WIN a customherbal hormonal care kit, valued at $75 (shipping included).

05/03/2023

Herbal Apprentice program in Cumberland, starting in June!
One place has just become available!
This program is for anyone interested in learning about medicinal plants. There are 12 classes in total and they go over the Spring and Fall so that we can learn about the plants as they grow and mature. The program is packed with practical information and hands on learning. It includes medicine making, harvesting, growing, learning how to use herbal medicine for common ailments and to bring health and balance, and learning about wild medicinals.
My name is Amanda Howe and I've been immersed in the world of Herbal Medicine for forty years, I love plants and I love teaching people about the healing and magic of medicinal plants. If you are interested please email or message me. Here is a link with more information and contact info: https://www.blackbearherb.com/herbalapprenticeprogram