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Suzanne Simard sitting amongst a moss filled tree

The 11th annual Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference will be held May 27 through 29 at Camp Helen Brachman, in Almond, Wisconsin, to celebrate our connection with the Earth and each other. Keynote speakers are Dr. Cornelia Cho, Misty Cook and Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree. Participants can enjoy more than 60 workshops and plant walks, herbal education, personal growth workshops, singing, dancing, nourishing meals, swimming, campfires and a Red Tent communal space.

Three-hour, pre-conference workshops on May 26 and 27 feature Susun Weed, Rev. Judith Laxer, Althea Northage-Orr, Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir, Cho and Simard. There will also be two sessions of hand drum making with Jacqueline Weber. Three-day, deep-dive immersions on May 24, 25 and 26 include Reading the Body and Other Clinical Skills, with Margi Flint, and Herbal Pharmacy Intensive: Beyond the Basics: Making Better Medicines, with Lisa Ganora.

For more information and to register, visit MidwestWomensHerbal.com.

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