Rooted Bird

07/15/2025

Wow that happened fast 👀 only 3 spots left! So grateful to have a community of kiddos who love nature 🍄! Just wanted to alert anyone who may want to come but are kinda waiting until closer to commit (or am I the only one who does that 😆). Might be time to reach out and mark the calendar for 🍄🍄‍🟫 on September 4th.

Hope you can join us!

Rooted in Nature: Wild Mushrooms🍄‍🟫
Capture Your Child's Excitement for the Natural World as We Explore the Fascinating World of Fungi!
🔬What They'll Learn:
* The life cycle and anatomy of mushrooms
* Respectful foraging techniques and safety precautions
* Hands on practice in spotting mushrooms as we embark on our own mushroom hunt
* Dissection and spore printing
🌱 Who It's For: Kids ages 6-12 who love to explore nature, learn, and play outside!
📅 When: Thursday, September 4
🕒 10:00am- 11:30am, option to stay and free play afterward! Can even bring a lunch.
📍 Where: Mead Gardens
🎒 What to Bring: Water bottle, nature journal and colored pencils (optional), curiosity, and a spirit of adventure!
💰 Cost: $15 per child
📜 UA/PEP eligible for reimbursement (invoice and certification at request)
📲 Text Lindsay to register: 865-617-8594

07/14/2025

Hope you can join us!

Rooted in Nature: Wild Mushrooms🍄‍🟫
Capture Your Child's Excitement for the Natural World as We Explore the Fascinating World of Fungi!
🔬What They'll Learn:
* The life cycle and anatomy of mushrooms
* Respectful foraging techniques and safety precautions
* Hands on practice in spotting mushrooms as we embark on our own mushroom hunt
* Dissection and spore printing
🌱 Who It's For: Kids ages 6-12 who love to explore nature, learn, and play outside!
📅 When: Thursday, September 4
🕒 10:00am- 11:30am, option to stay and free play afterward! Can even bring a lunch.
📍 Where: Mead Gardens
🎒 What to Bring: Water bottle, nature journal and colored pencils (optional), curiosity, and a spirit of adventure!
💰 Cost: $15 per child
📜 UA/PEP eligible for reimbursement (invoice and certification at request)
📲 Text Lindsay to register: 865-617-8594

07/01/2025

For you homeschoolers that are making plans for the Fall... we have your natural science covered! PEP eligible, details coming soon 🌿 hope you can join us! Make sure to follow Rooted Bird for updates.

03/29/2024

I got to lead not one but TWO homeschool groups in foraging this week and this last one was our homeschool group 🥰 we sang around the mulberry bush to thank it before munching, snacked on all sorts of edibles, made topical field medicine, and had a plant id relay race. These kids were all so into it and it was so fun to experience this joy.

03/26/2024

Catnip! It's not just for the kitties...

03/23/2024

Wild Medicine makers!! This was such a fun group of nature loving herbies who chose to use a Saturday morning to reclaim some bioregional plant wisdom. They each blended their own tinctures with the herbs of choice from our materia médica and guided medicinal plant walk. This time was immune and lymph supportive wild herbs. Next class is May 18th. Limit 8 students, reserve your space early if this is your idea of a great time!

03/04/2024

Learn the art of responsible wild crafting!

In this class we will learn to make an herbal tincture on-site using foraging skills and the principles of the Honorable Harvest. You will learn identification, herbal actions, and uses of the native herbs that surround you here in Central Florida. You will gain hands-on experience and guidance on making your own tincture using your foraged herbs and will get to take home your wild-crafted medicine.

Location: Meade Gardens
Time: 10:00am- 11:30am(ish)
You MUST pre-register for this class.
Early bird- $30 if you sign up before March 16.
Late registration- from March 16-22 $40.

*To register send a text to Rooted Bird at 865-617-8594 and I will get your information and direct you to payment details.

03/04/2024

Florida Herbal Conference 2024 is a wrap! I had so much fun leading the youth program. We played, foraged, made wild medicine, practiced yoga, and created all kinds of art. These memories will last!

02/28/2024

New tincture alert!
The Healthy Heart tincture is a powerful blend of carefully chosen herbs that are scientifically proven to improve cardiovascular health. I chose this blend specifically for lowering cholesterol and blood pressure levels but the benefits extend beyond that scope. The premier herb is Hawthorn berry which has been proven to be heart protective and strengthening, hypertension preventing, regulating of blood lipid levels, anti-atherosclerosis, and is a powerful anti-inflammatory. I chose to blend it with ginger that is, itself, cardio-protective and vasodilating but is also brilliant at increasing circulation making it the perfect catalyst to move the blood and skillfully distribute the herbal constituents throughout the body. Cinnamon is there as another proven heart protector and catalyst while tulsi is present for its adaptogenic effects of helping the cells recover from stress and returning the body back to healthy homeostasis. It was made for someone I love dearly to keep them off of heart medications while they make the necessarily lifestyle changes needed to restore heart health. I made extra to share.

Ingredients:
Hawthorn berry
Tulsi
Cinnamon
Ginger
Solvent- local Florida rum/grain alcohol
Dose: 1 dropper full 1-3x a day
Price: $17 (plus shipping if needed)

Hawthorn:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7047282/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249900/ -5title

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498108/

Ginger:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33297926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92775/

Cinnamon:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312399/ #:~:text=The%20cinnamon%20like%20as%20physical,decreased%20risk%20of%20cardiovascular%20disease.

https://www.peertechzpublications.org/articles/JCMC-11-302.php #
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4003790/

Tulsi:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4296439/

02/09/2024

Today I had the immense pleasure of teaching 30 third-graders about some edible and medicinal herbs that surround them here in Central Florida. Thank you so much for having me Ecclesial School!
If you have a group, co-op, or school that would be interested in an edible walk or an herbal medicine making class.. send me a message and let's start planning!

01/31/2024

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! We are BACK for our thirteenth annual event at the beloved Retreats by the Lake on the shores of Tiger Lake in Lake Wales, FL, with special guest speakers Mimi Prunella Hernandez and 7Song and musical guests Høly River. Plus a lineup of amazing teachers, yoga, plant walks,...