At Hedgerow Herb Co., we are passionate about preservation of ancestral skills and knowledge. We know that the ways of plants are the ways of the people and that the hedgerow belongs to every passerby. Our vision for the modern apothecary is a place of education, community support, and creative overflow.
This is why we host curated programming of community building events rooted not only in herbalism and traditional wellness, but also in plant-lore, poetry, storytelling, folk singing, basket weaving and plant dyeing.
Explore our upcoming offerings and ensure your spot by purchasing your ticket in advance.
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Cellar Spider Hymnal: Live reading with Leodrune Press
Cellar Spider Hymnal, Leodrune’s eighth and latest publication, was written in service to those ancient intelligences inhabiting the corners of our homes. Part poetry, part prose, the author climbs through deep geologic time with the Arachnids, exploring the mass extinction events that shaped them (and us)—introducing the unique species which live alongside us as synanthropes—and recounting an unexpected instance of cross-species communication.
Space is limited for this event! Please purchase your ticket to secure your spot.
ABOUT LEODRUNE PRESS
Leodrune Press is a small independent publishing house based in the Pacific Northwest. Our publications explore ritual, myth, and mysticism through a decidedly ecological lens, in response to the volatilizing climate we have inherited and the careful conduct being asked of us all. Our aim is to provoke readers to root down into the vital subsoil of Earth, beneath all traditions and orthodoxies, to experiment with raw, reciprocal ceremony.
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A Night of Wulf-Lore with Hyldyr Press
Inspired by Robert Eggers’ upcoming film Werwulf, only in theaters Christmas, this unique event will feature an atmospheric DJ set by Hulder and Necreon, a discussion on wolves in Europe and the United States by ecologist and illustrator Anneke Wilder, and a conversation on werewolf folklore with publisher and researcher Joseph S. Hopkins. Ilana Hamilton will also perform the Old English poem Wulf and Eadwacer. Hedgerow Herb Co will offer themed libations throughout the event. Hopkins and Lauren E. Fountain, two editors of the upcoming Hyldyr publication Wulf, My Wulf (featuring an introduction by Robert Eggers), will be signing copies of the book on-site.
Please note that space is extremely limited for this event.
SAMHAIN FUNDRAISER: honoring the dead & keeping family together
Samhain is an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the onset of winter, and is thought to be the origin of our modern holiday- Halloween. Celebrated at the end of October and into early November, it is believed to be a time when the veil between the living and the dead was thinnest, allowing spirits to roam the earth. Be sure to secure your ticket for this one early, as we have limited space due to the nature of the event.
We will have a communal altar to the dead erected. We encourage you to bring photos and memorabilia of your beloved dead, as well as offerings for your ancestors. Examples of this could be tobacco, bread, or coins.
After compensating performers, 100% of remaining ticket sales will go to "Defending Our Neighbors" fund, an organization providing crucial legal representation and bond assistance to immigrant families facing separation, detention, and deportation.
6pm-7pm: Doors & Drinks, Snap Apple & Soulcake Fortune Telling
We will be serving GF soul cakes (included in your ticket), and have plenty to drink! Soul cakes are a small, round, spiced cake traditionally baked for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. They were given to "soulers"—beggars—who went door-to-door offering prayers for the deceased members of the household in exchange for the treat. They typically taste like a cross between a soft cookie and a scone, spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger, and are marked with a cross on top to signify their religious purpose.
When used for fortune-telling, bakers hide symbolic charms inside the dough before baking. When a person bites into or breaks open their soul cake, the object they find reveals their fate for the coming year.
Snap apple is a messy favorite of ours. Snap apple is an old-parlor game where players try to bite a suspended apple with their hands behind their back, while dodging a spinning lit candle on a swinging stick.
7:30pm-8pm: Ghost stories & season lore reading + Marigold garlands
Thread a small Marigold garland while listening to ghost stories and folklore on the returning spirits of the dead.
8pm-9:30pm: Samhain Singing with Ell Rieke, a group sing.
Our dear friend Ell Rieke (they/them) will teach us songs of the season. You do not need to consider yourself a singer to join in the group sing with us! We promise. We encourage participation in singing, but you are also most welcome to simply sit and enjoy. Ell is a lifelong musician and seeker of deep relationship with the world. In recent years Ell has become a student of folk singing, mostly in European and diasporic traditions. Ell directs the Future Ancestors Folk Choir, and gathers community in song in other ways, in Nisqually and Squaxin Island territory (Olympia, WA). For Samhain at Hedgerow Herb Co., Ell will lead folk songs of the season from Scottish, Irish and English backgrounds. Guests are invited to bring their own songs to share as well!
Shamhna shona daoibh go léir!
Be sure to secure your ticket for this one early, as we have limited space due to the nature of the event.
Fish Skin Tanning Workshop
Learn the ancient art of fish skin tanning. In this workshop you will learn how to tan fish skins into durable leather using natural materials and tools. Working with fish skins deepens your relationship to the land and waterways, inviting you to engage with an ancient technology that all humans once practiced.
This is a beginner friendly tanning class that allows you to learn the basic principles of bark tanning without the laborious work required in tanning larger animal hides. Fish skins are accessible, small enough to fit into jars, come in a beautiful variety of patterns and can be tanned on your kitchen counter.
Students will leave confident in their skills with finished, tanned fish leather as well as a take-home fish skin to complete at home. Fish leathers' unique texture and design make them beautiful additions to any craft project.
Foundational skills we will cover:
Fleshing, cleaning, and descaling fresh fish skins
Sourcing tannins from the environment + your kitchen cupboard
Bark tanning theory
Stretching and softening techniques
Rose is a craftsperson, artist, and writer living in the Oregon Coast range. She salvages and tans skins from animals harvested for meat that would otherwise be discarded to landfills using traditional techniques of bark, fat, and smoke. Rose takes food industry waste and transforms the material into heirloom wearable textiles and art pieces that tell a story of the deep, relational connection humans have to plants and animals. Through her relationships with natural materials and local ecology, Rose engages with an ancient human technology to create the oldest textile in the world, leather.
Drop Spindle Workshop
Join us as we explore the ancient art of drop spindling, a practice that has carried human hands and hearts through centuries. In this class, you’ll learn how to spin wool with a simple spindle, just as many of our ancestors did, transforming raw fiber into strong, beautiful yarn.
We’ll begin with a quick presentation on how wool is prepared - sheared, washed, carded - and made ready for spinning, giving you a deeper connection to the fiber in your hands. Along the way, we’ll touch on the origins of spinning across cultures, tracing how this humble and essential craft shaped daily life and myth alike.
Spinning is more than just a skill. It is a rhythm, a meditation, a weaving of the self into the seasons. As we turn the spindle, we’ll also reflect on the mystical nature of spinning, its ties to story and spirit, and how the act of twisting fiber mirrors the turning of the year. With autumn upon us and winter approaching, this practice becomes even more resonant: a way to ground, prepare, and carry the warmth of tradition into the darker months.
Each participant will leave not only with their own handspun yarn, but also with a drop spindle and a bit of wool to take home, so the journey of spinning can continue long after our circle closes.
MEET ANGEL
Angel has spent the past four years tending to a flock of sheep, learning the rhythms of their care and the gifts of their wool. From shearing to washing, carding, and spinning, Angel has taught herself the full process of transforming raw fiber into something beautiful and enduring.
A lifelong lover of fiber arts, Angel grew up crocheting and always felt drawn to the textures and possibilities of yarn. When she began raising her own sheep, everything clicked into place… her passion for animals, handwork, and self-sufficiency wove together into a living practice.
Today, Angel is devoted to preserving and sharing the ancient ways of processing fiber… skills that once clothed entire families and communities. With dreams of starting her own mini fiber mill, she is equally passionate about teaching others to connect with these timeless traditions and the deep sense of resilience and creativity they bring.
Infused Fats, Oils, & Salves | Medicine Making Series
Medicine Making Series
An evening of medicine making at Hedgerow Herb Co. During this workshop, you will gain an introduction to herbal extractions. What is herbal extraction and why do we do it? How does one infuse herbs into fats like oil and tallow? Why might you use an oil instead of a wash? Which herbs extract well in fat? Should I use the sun or a double boiler We will cover much ground in this 2 hour class!
During our time together, we will craft a salve together for you to take home for skincare or herbal first aid use. You will have the chance to ask questions and get support as you dream up your own infusions. This simple medicine making practice will be demystified by Hedgerow Co-Owner Madrone.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR
Madrone began making medicines in 2016, studying first through the lens of Ayurvedic medicine, then exploring western folk herbalism and medicines offered by the local flora. Madrone spent time work-trading with a local herbalist, learning how to make medicines while reading through Rosemary Gladstar’s home curriculum, by which her mentor was trained. Madrone completed a year long apprenticeship in folk medicine and wise woman ways with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman and has completed two years of folk medicine and folk magic study with local herbalist Corinne Boyer. Her time spent with these women and in the woods has been and continues to be central to her practice.
Before opening Hedgerow, Madrone crafted medicines at a local Portland based apothecary, where she got the opportunity to practice tincturing and medicine making using a variety of methods. Her times spent this position gave her a range of practical knowledge pertaining to working with herbs for supporting oneself and supporting the community at large.
Madrone values supportive, community centered, and relaxing learning environments. Making simple and effective medicine feels empowering and she is so very happy to share these skills.
The Dreaming Tree - An Evening Lecture by Corinne Boyer
Join us for an exploration on the nature of dreams and how they can affect our lives, from a historically informed folk magical perspective. By looking at European traditions surrounding dream divinations, we can glean much about how people of the past valued the dream realms for information and prophecy. The practical applications of this folklore will be covered in depth, so that people feel inspired to put this knowledge to use. A sampler of historical dream Materia magica will also be given, which includes plants, animalia and stones. Traditions such as dream potions, conjuring visions at midnight, dream amulets, transgressive dream procedures and dreaming on Auspicious eves will be addressed. This specialty knowledge is rare and not common to find in typical modern works on dreams. May we learn them from those who have walked before us, how to encounter dreams as potent informants of day to day life.
Doors open at 6pm. Space is limited for this event. Please purchase your ticket in advance.
About Corinne Boyer
Corinne Boyer is a folk herbalist, teacher, and writer with a passion for traditions surrounding plants and folk magic. She has been studying and working with plants since 1998. She received her Bachelors of Science in 2003 in biomedical science (pre-med) with an emphasis on ethnobotany and plant toxicology. She studied with teachers and herbalists Carol Trasatto, Joyce Netishen and Trolldom practitioner Johannes Gardback of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Corinne teaches weekly classes out of her home with a focus on medicine making and the plant traditions of northern and western Europe and North America. She has been published in various journals with articles about plant lore, history and occult plant uses including The Cauldron, Clavis, and Wyrd. She has been featured in numerous anthologies, including for four years in the Verdant Gnosis, which is the collective book for the Viridis Genii Symposium.
Her published books include:
Under the Witching Tree, Troy Books, 2016
Plants of the Devil, Three Hands Press, 2017
Under the Bramble Arch, Troy Books, 2019
The Witches Cabinet- Plant Lore, Sorcery and Folk Tradition, Three Hands Press, 2021
Dream Divination Plants in Northwestern European Traditions, Three Hands Press, 2022
Under the Dragon Root, Troy Books, 2023
The Owls Eye, Troy Books, 2024
The Devil’s Ointment, Three Hands Press, 2025
Between the Witch and the Devil, Self Published, 2024
She lives with her family in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
BLACK FEAST: Experimental Winter-tide lore & praxis -- Live reading by Leodrune Press
Join Sylvia & Tristan Eden of Leodrune Press for a live reading of their book, BLACK FEAST: Experimental winter-tide lore & praxis. Distinct from conventional discourse around seasonal ritual, the book explores the beauty and intensity of Winter as it is now, in a changing, volatilizing climate. Together we will move through poetry, myth, science and ceremony to uncover the occult virtues of the frigid, bare-limbed landscape.
Space is limited for this event! Please purchase your ticket to secure your spot.
ABOUT LEODRUNE PRESS
Leodrune Press is a small independent publishing house based in the Pacific Northwest. Our publications explore ritual, myth, and mysticism through a decidedly ecological lens, in response to the volatilizing climate we have inherited and the careful conduct being asked of us all. Our aim is to provoke readers to root down into the vital subsoil of Earth, beneath all traditions and orthodoxies, to experiment with raw, reciprocal ceremony.
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Teas, Washes, and Syrups | Medicine Making Series
Water Based Extractions
Medicine Making Series
An evening of medicine making at Hedgerow Herb Co. During this workshop, you will gain an introduction to herbal extractions. What is herbal extraction and why do we do it? What is a wash? How do you make a decoction? Why might you make a tea out of an herb instead of a tincture? We will cover much ground in this 2 hour class!
During our time together, we will address all of this information and more, as well as craft a syrup to take home and try. These simple and practical medicine making practices will be demystified by Hedgerow co-owner Madrone.
About your facilitator
Madrone began making medicines in 2016, studying first through the lens of Ayurvedic medicine, then exploring western folk herbalism and medicines offered by the local flora. Madrone spent time work-trading with a local herbalist, learning how to make medicines while reading through Rosemary Gladstar’s home curriculum, by which her mentor was trained. Madrone completed a year long apprenticeship in folk medicine and wise woman ways with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman and has completed two years of folk medicine and folk magic study with local herbalist Corinne Boyer. Her time spent with these women and in the woods has been and continues to be central to her practice.
Before opening Hedgerow, Madrone crafted medicines at a local Portland based apothecary, where she got the opportunity to practice tincturing and medicine making using a variety of methods. Her times spent this position gave her a range of practical knowledge pertaining to working with herbs for supporting oneself and supporting the community at large.
Madrone values supportive, community centered, and relaxing learning environments. Making simple and effective medicine feels empowering and she is so very happy to share these skills.
Coming of Rage : Herbal Allies for PMS, PMDD, Peri/Menopause with Samantha Zipporah
Painting by Liz Darling
Broom Making for Beginners: Hand Whisk Broom Workshop
Discover the art of broom making with this beginner level hand broom class from Teaspoon Brooms. Learn about broom basics and different whisk variations then choose which to make! These compact and colorful brooms are fun and easy to craft. In a time of instant gratification and obscene commercial waste, learning simple hand crafts that benefit your everyday practical and magical uses is indispensable. These brooms are perfect for your home, altar, or camper, and make lovely gifts!
All materials provided to make one hand broom.
Ancient & Traditional Incense Crafting
Incense is perhaps the most ancient tool of the magician and sorcerer. Recipes for incense blends and fumigations have been recovered from the first human societies, tracing a lineage of practice thousands of years into the past. By evoking the sense of smell, the "most spiritual of the senses," magicians have used incense to call forth spirits, seek prophecy, consecrate talismans, and perfume their ritual circles.
This workshop will guide students through a history of occult incense and fumigation, seeking inspiration from centuries of recipes and formulae. Students will explore, touch, and smell various incense ingredients from the familiar to the exotic, before watching a live demonstration of one of the oldest incense crafting techniques. Each guest will take home a small jar of freshly blended incense to experiment with at home.
MEET MELISSA
Melissa Madara is an occultist, author, and educator, teaching magic and witchcraft from a historical perspective. Their work explores history, animism, plant folklore, and traditional crafts through the lens of witchcraft and esoterica. Melissa is the curator of Moon Cult, an online community of curious witches who learn and practice together. Find Melissa’s interviews in the New York Times, Vice, Teen Vogue, and Refinery 29, or see their published works in Fiddler's Green, Venefica Magazine, or their two books, The Witch’s Feast & The Witch’s Workshop. Follow Melissa at mooncvlt.com or on IG @moon.cultus
Tarot Readings with Melissa Madara of Moon Cult
Melissa Madara is an occultist, author, and second-generation diviner based in NYC. Her work and publications explore occult history, herbal formularies, and folk magical customs as inspiration for practitioners today. She hosts rituals, lectures, and divination salons in Brooklyn and beyond, and has published two books of magical recipes through Watkins Press. She is also the curator of Moon Cult, an online education platform and bookshop dedicated to occult history, witchcraft, and the herbal arts. Melissa is in Portland for one short weekend this summer, and is thrilled to offer readings at Hedgerow Herb Co while in town.
Melissa’s divination style is rooted in the belief that the right question can be a key to deeper understanding. Her readings are conversational and exploratory, guiding each question as it leads deeper into the next. She shares details of her analysis in a way that is easy to understand, inviting querents to examine the cards for themselves, which can be chosen from a small selection of art decks.
MEET MELISSA
Melissa Madara is an occultist, author, and educator, teaching magic and witchcraft from a historical perspective. Their work explores history, animism, plant folklore, and traditional crafts through the lens of witchcraft and esoterica. Melissa is the curator of Moon Cult, an online community of curious witches who learn and practice together. Find Melissa’s interviews in the New York Times, Vice, Teen Vogue, and Refinery 29, or see their published works in Fiddler's Green, Venefica Magazine, or their two books, The Witch’s Feast & The Witch’s Workshop. Follow Melissa at mooncvlt.com or on IG @moon.cultus
Herbal Sorcery: Spirit Work of the Verdant Kingdom
In the history of witchcraft, herbs and plants exist as allies to the magician, on both material and spiritual levels. Materially, the plants yield medicine, protection, food, crafts, and perfumes. Spiritually, they function as spirit-kin, assistants and advisers to the witch, helping or hindering the work of magic by their nature. By studying charms and spells aimed at conversing with the spirits of the green world, we can come to understand this complex dialogue, and its purpose within the practice of plant magic.
Join author and occultist Melissa Madara to discuss methods of relating, conversing, and collaborating with plant spirits as the basis for building a green magic practice. Rooted in an animist perspective, this lecture will focus on the spirit work of green witchcraft, exploring methods of contact and congress with the spirits of plants, land, and the non-human world. Students will look at first-hand documents from witches of history, study a litany of spells and charms directed toward plant spirits, and explore perspectives on animist spirituality from a variety of cultures and time periods. We will discuss the merits and benefits of working with plant spirits, present a bestiary of the wild genius, and consider methods for forging relationships with these allies in the context of a witchcraft practice.
MEET MELISSA
Melissa Madara is an occultist, author, and educator, teaching magic and witchcraft from a historical perspective. Their work explores history, animism, plant folklore, and traditional crafts through the lens of witchcraft and esoterica. Melissa is the curator of Moon Cult, an online community of curious witches who learn and practice together. Find Melissa’s interviews in the New York Times, Vice, Teen Vogue, and Refinery 29, or see their published works in Fiddler's Green, Venefica Magazine, or their two books, The Witch’s Feast & The Witch’s Workshop. Follow Melissa at mooncvlt.com or on IG @moon.cultus
Tarot Readings with Melissa Madara of Moon Cult
Melissa Madara is an occultist, author, and second-generation diviner based in NYC. Her work and publications explore occult history, herbal formularies, and folk magical customs as inspiration for practitioners today. She hosts rituals, lectures, and divination salons in Brooklyn and beyond, and has published two books of magical recipes through Watkins Press. She is also the curator of Moon Cult, an online education platform and bookshop dedicated to occult history, witchcraft, and the herbal arts. Melissa is in Portland for one short weekend this summer, and is thrilled to offer readings at Hedgerow Herb Co while in town.
Melissa’s divination style is rooted in the belief that the right question can be a key to deeper understanding. Her readings are conversational and exploratory, guiding each question as it leads deeper into the next. She shares details of her analysis in a way that is easy to understand, inviting querents to examine the cards for themselves, which can be chosen from a small selection of art decks.
MEET MELISSA
Melissa Madara is an occultist, author, and educator, teaching magic and witchcraft from a historical perspective. Their work explores history, animism, plant folklore, and traditional crafts through the lens of witchcraft and esoterica. Melissa is the curator of Moon Cult, an online community of curious witches who learn and practice together. Find Melissa’s interviews in the New York Times, Vice, Teen Vogue, and Refinery 29, or see their published works in Fiddler's Green, Venefica Magazine, or their two books, The Witch’s Feast & The Witch’s Workshop. Follow Melissa at mooncvlt.com or on IG @moon.cultus
Tincture Making 101 | Medicine Making Series
Tincture Making 101
Medicine Making Series
An evening of medicine making at Hedgerow Herb Co. During this workshop, you will gain an introduction to herbal extractions. What is herbal extraction and why do we do it? Is tincturing the only way? Why might you tincture something? And how? Fresh herbs vs. dried. Folk method vs. scientific. We will cover much ground in this class.
During our time together, you will get the opportunity to workshop a tincture and choose from our herb wall to start your very own. You will have the chance to ask questions and get support formulating your own tincture blend. This simple medicine making practice will be demystified by Hedgerow co-owner Madrone.
About your facilitator
Madrone began making medicines in 2016, first studying through the lens of ayurveda before tuning to western herbalism. Madrone spent time work trading with local herbalist to learn how to make medicines while reading through curriculums given by herbalists like Rosemary Gladstar. She has been trained in the wise woman tradition by Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman and has completed two years of folk medicine and folk magic study under local PNW herbalist Corinne Boyer. Her time spent with these women and in the woods has and continues to be central to her practice.
Before opening Hedgerow, Madrone made medicines at a local Portland based apothecary, where she got the opportunity to practice tincturing and medicine making using the scientific method. Her times spent this position gave her a range of practiced knowledge pertaining to working with herbs for supporting oneself and supporting the community at large.
Madrone values supportive, community centered, and relaxing learning environments. Making medicine often feels empowering and she is so very happy to share these skills.
Plant Spirit Journey: Yarrow
Join us for an intimate plant spirit journey at Hedgerow, led by Madrone, with a soundscape by Alexa Lux. Being an herbalist, gardener, or plant lover doesn’t only have to be about working with plants practically, but can also be about building a relationship and connecting magically. During this two hour intimate circle, tea will be served and we will enjoy Willow before we journey into the otherworld and meet the spirit of the Elder tree. This non-entheogenic journey space is meant to be one wherein folks can explore their innate intuitive capacities, learn directly from the spirit of plants themselves, and share their experiences with other practicing folks. We discuss practical uses and lore of the Willow tree, and end our evening with some rustic charm crafting. If you know little of this plant, best wait until after your journey to start learning. Going in with a fresh mind is a special treat.
Join us bi-monthly for Plant Spirit Journeys at our storefront, after hours! Check our classes & events page and sign up for our newsletter to be in the know about these and all of our classes and events!
Woven Plant Altar Braids: Weaving Workshop
Come celebrate the dark moon and weave your dreams into a wild-harvested cattail 9-11 strand plait. Bring some of your favorite fresh high summer plants (yarrow, rose, iris leaves, dandelion stems, juncus, daylily, etc). Stems of these plants can be woven into your plait; flowers can be incorporated too! We will weave their summertime magic into the plait. You will learn basic techniques and patterns with the freedom to explore your personal style and creativity. This class is great for folks who are interested in weaving with plants. Tea will be served!
MEET YOUR FACILITATOR
Sylvia Friday is an itinerant basket maker, folk artist, storyteller and teacher. Gathering sticks and sharing stories, she tends wild plants and teaches basketry up and down the west coast. The spirit of her work is woven from her relationship with fiber plants, with her ancestors and with the basketry community. She loves to help people develop a relationship with natural materials and with their hands.
Medical Advocacy 101
Medical spaces can be supportive and life saving at best, but daunting to traumatizing at worst. In this class we will practice key skills for keeping ourselves and each other safe in medical spaces including:
knowing and asserting your rights as a patient
forming an affinity group, care circle, etc.
reflective witnessing
interrupting medical dismissal
co-regulation techniques for before, during and after a medical encounter
scripts & tricks for dealing with medical professionals who won't listen
Guided by Mackenzie Ní Flainn (she/they), this workshop will give you the tools to make the most out of your nearly inevitable encounters with the medical system and help you advocate for yourself and your loved ones.
Meet Your Facilitator
Mackenzie Ní Flainn (she/they) is a Mama, health justice activist, abolitionist, harm reductionist, full spectrum birth advocate, student midwife, community herbalist, street medic, and self-defense instructor living in Oregon on the occupied territory of the Kalapuya ilahi. Mackenzie started training as a death worker after suffering two pregnancy losses and has continued to deepen the work in Irish death tradition, home funeral facilitation, and Keening. Now, Mackenzie is completing her graduate work in medical anthropology at UO, where she studies medicine as a site of resistance in America. Learn more about Mackenzie’s offerings here.
Midsummer Folk Market
Entry to this event is free!
Join us for a beloved, family friendly gathering—our seasonal Folk Market. A celebration of community, craft, and the old ways. This festive market brings local makers beneath one roof to share the foods, creations, and traditions that root us to place. Get an heirloom quality tintype portrait made by Alchemy Tintype Studio wearing a midsummer flower crown (more info on this process by clicking here), dance to live local stringband Forty Drop Few, dye your own silk scarf with mushrooms, enjoy an elderflower soda, tea service, baked goods from historical recipes, and other treats while you shop from over 40 local vendors.
Folk is for you, folk is for us and when you support local makers you support living traditions, resilient local economies, and a future built on reciprocity.
Take a look at participating vendors and practitioners below:
Live string music from our wildly talented friends: The Forty Drop Few
Sat. the 6th at 4pm!
Click here to give them a listen.
A Portland-based trio that plays pre-war stringband blues, and jazz tunes. The band consists of Candra Edwards, Ethan Francis, and Elliot Kennedy. Dance with us!
FEATURED VENDORS
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Meet the makers—our neighbors, farmers, foragers, and craftspeople—whose work reflects the values at the core of Hedgerow Herb Co.: regenerative farming, land-stewardship, folk craft, herbal wellness, and slow sustainable living. These are the small folk—the everyday miracle-workers—who create objects infused with care and intention.
Services
Alchemy Tintype Studio - tintype portraits (click here to learn more)
Alchemy Tintype Studio is a Portland-based historical photography studio run by artist Ashley Jennings. Using the original 19th century wet-plate collodion process, Ashley uses silver and metal to create portraits which will become heirlooms. This transformational photographic process, made using an on-site darkroom and antique Victorian-era lenses, is the most romantic way to record your likeness. You’ll see a simple sheet of metal transformed into a luminous reflection of yourself: true photographic alchemy.
Cascadian Litster - DIY dye station, dye your own silk scarf with mushrooms!
Cascadian Litster specializes in wild foraged mushroom dyes from the Cascadian mountains for over 15 years. Become a litster (archaic Scottish word for a fabric dyer) yourself and dye your own silk scarf while at the market! Choose from 3 mushroom colors with options to personalize your item by tying or twisting.
Honored Body - craniosacral therapy
Alexandra Diamond LMT, CST-T is a trauma-informed bodyworker, certified and specializing in CranioSacral Therapy; a Human Design Reader and Counselor; faculty at East West College of the Healing Arts; a writer; a bridge; and a part-time channel. With this multi-hyphenate background and over 15 years of experience, she incorporates a wealth of techniques and knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, spirituality, and psychology into sessions to treat pain and dysfunction, restore mind-body connection, and bring the whole self into balance. True healing comes from within ourselves and through her private practice—Honored Body—Alexandra aims to empower her clients through transitions and thresholds with a strong focus on women's health and prenatal care, mental health and grief, the queer community, and our youth. Outside of private practice and teaching Ethical Practitionership, she loves to write, to sing, to walk, and to weave.
Consumables & Botanicals
Hidden Grove Nursery - plant starts (rare flowers, Oregon natives, medicinal & culinary herbs, edible landscapes)
Hidden Grove Nursery is a small-scale, boutique greenhouse operation dedicated to providing high-quality plants to Pacific Northwest gardeners. We specialize in rare, high-value perennials, sought-after medicinals, and the reliable garden staples that form the backbone of a successful local landscape. Our mission is to deliver hard-to-find botanical treasures and everyday natives to your backyard garden.
Good Bess Bakery - baked goods
Good Bess is a local cottage bakery, specializing in traditional recipes from the medieval to the victorian. A taste of the Olde World!
Somoud Kitchen - traditional Palestinian folk medicine
Sumoud Kitchen is ancestral folk herbalism project, that draws from land-based practices, traditional kitchen medicine, and diaspora learning. Simple cooking practices, growing and gathering herbs, and adaptation and making-do wherever we find ourselves, are skills older than nation states.
Tender Hearth - artisanal ghee
Madre Tierra Organics - sea moss gel
Madre Tierra Organics is a holistic small business specializing in a variety of sea moss gels; a nutrient dense superfood that elevates one's wellness routine by providing 92 minerals your body needs naturally. Since starting our own sea moss journey in 2019, we have carefully crafted our offerings with our community in mind so we can share the many ways that sea moss can support their healing journey as well. Our mission is to heal our community by reconnecting with Mother Earth and we hope to continue to do just that in the PNW.
Unicorn + Rose Apothecary - botanical inks & herbal medicines
Ann is a life-long herbalist, and also a naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist. She delights in ethically gathering the herbs that grow around her to create a spectrum of exceptionally high quality, small-batch and seasonal potions, including healing oils, salves, tinctures, syrups, vinegar infusions, cordials, teas, fragrances, botanical inks and watercolors! When formulating, she considers the medicinal, energetic, and spiritual aspects of the plants. The vibrant colors, scents, and flavors of her creations reflect the vitality of the herbs that you will receive.
Ferra Botanica - herbal medicines
Fera Botanica offers wildcrafted medicines and bark-tanned sheep hides, made with reverence by hand. Each piece is woven through a quiet conversation with the earth. It is my hope that these creations bring you closer into relationship with the natural world and the wild places within.
Art & Craft
Woodland Weaver - handwoven willow baskets. Click here to learn more.
Sylvia Friday is a basket maker, folk artist, educator & storyteller. Gathering sticks and sharing stories, she tends wild plants and teaches basketry up and down the west coast. The spirit of her work is woven from her relationship with fiber plants, with her ancestors and with the basketry community.
Angel Quinones - spindles, wool, and yarn
Angel is a first-generation latina fiber farmer devoted to raising animals for high quality meat, milk, & wool. She offers spinning and fiber processing classes grounded in tradition and hands-on learning. Her work highlights the beauty and intention behind every step, from pasture to textile. At the market, Angel shares finely crafted spindles and wool for fiber artists of all levels.
Goose Womb Pottery - handmade pottery
Forge Mommy Creations - hand forged knives, chains, and accessories.
Ramona is a queer blacksmith with a focus on knifemaking, and chainmaking. They put a lot of time, love, and care into all of their work, and is so excited to share it with the world!
Ferra Botanica - sheep hides
With Love by Dana Studio - hand made pottery, prints and stickers
Teaspoon Brooms - handmade brooms
Tawny’s brooms are crafted with the intention of being magical as well as practical. well made to stand up to daily use while infused with spirit and intention. Great for dust, crumbs, and bad vibes!
Juli Rae Art - quilted textile art
Juli Rae is a Portland-based textile artist specializing in natural fabric dyeing. Her primary body of work consists of nature-inspired textiles and tapestries. She is a self-taught quilter and has been sewing for nearly fifteen years. Committed to an art practice that honors Mother Earth, she is committed to a sustainable art practice and works exclusively with organic fibers and natural dyes gathered from flowers, leaves, and roots. Juli has shown her work at various locations in the PNW, including Cascadia Fine Arts Festival, Gallery 408, Portland Saturday Market, Alberta Street Gallery, Tender Loving Empire, Portland Open Studios, the Wild Arts Festival, and various street fairs. She also teaches workshops on quilting and natural dyeing.
Sybylla Ceramic - ceramic apothecary jars and treasures
Sybylla Lindert is a ceramic artist working exclusively with fine porcelain. Inspired by rococo excess, fantasy realms and meticulous research into historic technique, she creates magical artifacts from an imaginary world.
Holly Hollow - local handspun alpaca yarn & alpaca fleece. Click here to learn more.
Holly is a local fiber artist who specializes in handspun alpaca yarn. She sources her fiber from small hobby farmers throughout the Willamette Valley and utilizes traditional hand methods for washing, carding, and spinning the super soft alpaca fleece into beautiful and unique skeins of yarn. Holly has been spinning yarn for approximately 20 years and is excited to share this ancient artform with you.
Sword & Meadow - ethically sourced pinned insects
Founded in 2024, Sword and Meadow is owned by partner team, Jamie and James. Full of handmade items and carefully selected unique objects, we make and/or sell antique and handcrafted home decor, jewelry, faerie-like clothing, entomological displays, personal ancestral elements, organic tea, historical items, furniture, and more, all while paying tribute to the esoteric and natural world.
HaHa Healing Arts - woodwork candle & incense holders
Lauren combines her passions for craftmaking and healing ritual through her practice, HaHA Healing Art. A reiki master and woodworker, she creates sacred space with hand made ritual wares, reiki treatments and events. You can find her at the Midsummer Folk Market offering hand crafted wooden wares for your home and altar.
Shee and the Moon - candles, ceramics, altar items, brooms
Art & Press
Severed Branches Press- books on land defense & animist spirituality
Severed Branches Press is an independent eco-poetic publishing effort rooted in the South Salish Sea. We are wild-hearted animists devoted to ecology, spirituality, land defense, and community, offering our work in reverence to the living world and its protectors.
Grace Ng Dung Illustrations - art prints, handmade illustrations
Grace is a writer and illustrator collaborating with the unseen realms. Working with a variety of traditional drawing and painting mediums, the aim of her craft is to feed the human soul and inspire an animistic worldview through mythic imagery and the power of story and folklore.
Bottomfeeders Book Collective - used books
Juliet Howard - herbal children’s book
Local herbalist and author, Juliet Howard, will be sharing her new book, The Girl Whose Garden Comes Alive - a beautifully illustrated chapter book about the magical plants that live in many of our backyards.
This book will deepen a child’s relationship to nature, their sense of place, and provide them with practical information about herbalism. Children will learn about some of the plants to reach for and connect with when they get a bee sting, scrape their knee, or feel anxious. This book introduces a series of plants, along with plant recipes and preparations, and mindful ways for children to begin to connect with plants.
Elana Gabriella - screen-printed table linens, bandanas, paper goods, and handmade sheep shawls
Elana Gabrielle is an illustrator, maker, and designer of printed textile and paper goods for the body and home. Using natural fibers and renewable materials, each design is created with form and function in mind. The shapes and colors are inspired by wild and varied landscapes from foggy beaches to desert dunes, and invite mindful connection with the natural world both in the home and out in the wild.
Vessel Kitchen Gardens - plant dyed garments,pressed botanical art in glass and brass frames, botanical themed stickers and print art.
Vessel Kitchen Gardens is woman-owned business on a mission to help people rewild their urban lives through ecological garden design and education, and botanical art and goods made from plants we grow and forage. Some of the hyper-sustainable, handmade items we create include plant-dyed clothing, eco-printed bandanas, bags, and wallets, pressed botanical art in glass, as well as apothecary items such as herbal teas, tinctures, and non-toxic, plant-based candles.
Primaeval Press - screen printed accessories & apparel
Primaeval Press is the studio of Pacific Northwest based printmaker Nikol King. Specializing in screen printing, she hand makes and prints home goods, accessories, and apparel with her original illustrations inspired by history, myth, and nature.
Clothing & Accessories
Zilka Forgeworks - hand forged jewelry
Nathan Zilka has been blacksmithing for over 7 years, his lunitsa pendants have become a symbol for our community and bioregion! Zilka Forgewerks creates ritually forged statement jewelry aligned with natural and lunar cycles. Blacksmith and silversmith Nathan Zilka seeks to honor the old gods and bring magic into each unique piece he crafts.
Ruminant Chains - chainmail jewelry & goatmilk soap
Ruminant Chains makes handmade chainmail and ruminant-based (primarily goat) skincare & soap. They are based in Portland, surrounded by the abundance of the Pacific Northwest. They source materials through strong relationships with the land and the people and animals who make up our community.
MODU Bag Co. - handmade bags
MODU is a small batch bag company based in Portland, Oregon, designing and making handmade bags inspired by nature but designed for everyday life. They use top quality, USA sourced materials designed to be sleek and last a lifetime. They have a 3 bag line-up ranging in price and size for approachable shopping. All of their bags are hand sewn in their studio complimented with 8mm climbing rope straps that connect their silhouettes to life outdoors.
Marie Jan - handmade garments
Marie Jan Garments creates upcycled, one-of-a-kind garments made from vintage & thrifted textiles. They primarily work with vintage quilts as well as other found fabrics for an assortment of size-inclusive clothing like jackets, vests, & tops. They also employ low to zero waste efforts in all of their work.
Magic Recipe - gemstone jewelry
Magic Recipe creates small-batch, symbolic adornments made from gemstone, glass, and upcycled elements. Crafted through the interconnection of ingredients, each design reflects the energy of the date and moon phase it was created under and includes a custom ingredient card with special message. Curated collections for onsite customization, personalized orders, and gifts & keepsakes.
Vessel Kitchen Gardens -plant dyed & hand sewn clothing, bags, wallets, zipper bags, eco printed bandanas
Sword & Meadow - jewelry, vintage clothing
+ all of the shops operating at their regular hours at 811 E Burnside St. including Seven Sisters, Our Store, Coy & Co, and Day Goods, Something Cycles, and Hedgerow Herb Co.!
Fight Like an Animal : Book Release Gathering
Join us for an evening of discourse with Severed Branches Press. During this free event, Arnold Schroder, author of Fight Like An Animal: Revolutionary Biology in Defense of Life, will host a talk and participatory workshop based on his book. We will take a whirlwind tour of the book's core ideas:
+ we must understand the biology of behavior to understand social change processes
+ thinking in terms of human psychological difference gives us more agency than political theories that avoid this subject.
Then, we will test this claim together, in a spontaneous strategy session with a crowd-sourced theme and objective, using the tools the book provides. Hedgerow’s beverage service will be offered and a selection of releases from Severed Branches Press will be available for purchase ~ see you there!
Miscarriage and Abortion Support
Whether you have a womb or not, knowing how to best support ourselves and others in times of miscarriage and abortion can make all of the difference in the healing processes. In this class we will gather to strategize about supporting pregnant community members across all outcomes.
Topics covered in this workshop will include:
+ herbs and meds
+ the scope of resources in Oregon
+ key tips for supporting people who are ending pregnancies at home
+ safe(er) resources for medical support
Meet Your Facilitator
Mackenzie Ní Flainn (she/they) is a Mama, health justice activist, abolitionist, harm reductionist, full spectrum birth advocate, student midwife, community herbalist, street medic, and self-defense instructor living in Oregon on the occupied territory of the Kalapuya ilahi. Mackenzie started training as a death worker after suffering two pregnancy losses and has continued to deepen the work in Irish death tradition, home funeral facilitation, and Keening. Now, Mackenzie is completing her graduate work in medical anthropology at UO, where she studies medicine as a site of resistance in America. Learn more about Mackenzie’s offerings here.
Infused Fats, Oils, & Salves | Medicine Making Series III
Medicine Making Series Part III
An evening of medicine making at Hedgerow Herb Co. During this workshop, you will gain an introduction to herbal extractions. What is herbal extraction and why do we do it? How does one infuse herbs into fats like oil and tallow? Why might you use an oil instead of a wash? Which herbs extract well in fat? Should I use the sun or a double boiler We will cover much ground in this 2 hour class!
During our time together, we will craft a salve together for you to take home for skincare or herbal first aid use. You will have the chance to ask questions and get support as you dream up your own infusions. This simple medicine making practice will be demystified by Hedgerow Co-Owner Madrone.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR
Madrone began making medicines in 2016, studying first through the lens of Ayurvedic medicine, then exploring western folk herbalism and medicines offered by the local flora. Madrone spent time work-trading with a local herbalist, learning how to make medicines while reading through Rosemary Gladstar’s home curriculum, by which her mentor was trained. Madrone completed a year long apprenticeship in folk medicine and wise woman ways with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman and has completed two years of folk medicine and folk magic study with local herbalist Corinne Boyer. Her time spent with these women and in the woods has been and continues to be central to her practice.
Before opening Hedgerow, Madrone crafted medicines at a local Portland based apothecary, where she got the opportunity to practice tincturing and medicine making using a variety of methods. Her times spent this position gave her a range of practical knowledge pertaining to working with herbs for supporting oneself and supporting the community at large.
Madrone values supportive, community centered, and relaxing learning environments. Making simple and effective medicine feels empowering and she is so very happy to share these skills.
Building Your Herbal Practice: A Self Study Workshop
In this two hour class, local herbalist Laura Madeline & Madrone will be supporting you in building your home apothecary. Whether you are starting or deepening your herbal medicine making practices or wanting more information on practicing herbalism in your home or for you community, this class is for you.
Together we will cover:
+ RESROUCES: how to find useful & trustworthy sources to support you in confidently curating a self study practice
+ SELF STUDY: tips and tools for building an effective self study practice
+ MATERIALS : useful materials & recommended sourcing to support your medicine making practice
Come share a pot of tea with Laura and Madrone! Space is limited.
MEET YOUR HERBALISTS
Laura is a village herbalist and nurse, who is passionate about food as medicine, herbs as allies and connection as guidance. She is the creatrix of Backyard Harvest, creating herbal medicines, based on the inspiration of the seasons and the abundance of the harvests! She is dedicated to offering mama’s and their families support and inspiration through holistic healing that nourishes mind, body, soul, and the Earth and honors intuition. Her offerings and knowledge weave the traditions of Holistic Herbalism, Bioregional Ayurveda, Earth Based Teachings, Innate Postpartum Care and the Wisdom of the Plants. Her Why is to spark that remembering from deep within of who we are.
Learn more and connect with Laura @backyardharvestherbal
and explore her other offerings such as her herbal CSA at www.backyardharvesherbal.com
Madrone began making medicines in 2016, studying first through the lens of Ayurvedic medicine, then exploring western folk herbalism and medicines offered by the local flora. Madrone spent time work-trading with a local herbalist, learning how to make medicines while reading through Rosemary Gladstar’s home curriculum, by which her mentor was trained. Madrone completed a year long apprenticeship in folk medicine and wise woman ways with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman and has completed two years of folk medicine and folk magic study with local herbalist Corinne Boyer. Her time spent with these women and in the woods has been and continues to be central to her practice.
Before opening Hedgerow, Madrone crafted medicines at a local Portland based apothecary, where she got the opportunity to practice medicine making using a variety of methods. Her times spent this position gave her a range of practical knowledge pertaining to working with herbs for supporting oneself and supporting the community at large.
Madrone values supportive, community centered, and relaxing learning environments. Making simple and effective medicine feels empowering and she is so very happy to share these skills.
Faerie Baskets: Weaving Workshop
Come celebrate spring and the fecundity of life! In this hands-on class, we will weave wild-harvested cattail leaves into a faerie-sized basket. You will learn basic techniques and patterns with the freedom to explore your personal style and creativity. This workshop is for folks who wish to deepen their relationship with the natural world and with faeries. Tea will be served!
MEET YOUR FACILITATOR
Sylvia Friday is an itinerant basket maker, folk artist, storyteller and teacher. Gathering sticks and sharing stories, she tends wild plants and teaches basketry up and down the west coast. The spirit of her work is woven from her relationship with fiber plants, with her ancestors and with the basketry community. She loves to help people develop a relationship with natural materials and with their hands.
Bottomfeeders Book Collective Used Bookstore Pop-Up
Join Bottomfeeders Book Collective at Hedgerow for a pop-up used book shop at the apothecary! Like the mycelial networks so beloved by PNW climates, the Bottomfeeders crew pops up to offer Portland nourishment in the form of literary goodness.
Bottomfeeders’ will have a curated selection of the following generas to purchase and peruse:
+ poetry
+ nature
+ magic
+ music
+ philosphy
+ literaturs
Come sip a pot of tea or an herbal soda and enjoy the magic of the written word at this pop-up event taking place on National In(ter)dependent Bookstore Day!
Find Bottomfeeders on Instagram at @bottomfeederspdx or email bottomfeederspdx@gmail.com with questions.
Plant Spirit Journey: VIOLET
Join us for an intimate plant spirit journey at Hedgerow, led by Madrone, with a soundscape by Alexa Lux. Being an herbalist, gardener, or plant lover doesn’t only have to be about working with plants practically, but can also be about building a relationship and connecting magically. During this two hour intimate circle, tea will be served and we will enjoy Willow before we journey into the otherworld and meet the spirit of the Elder tree. This non-entheogenic journey space is meant to be one wherein folks can explore their innate intuitive capacities, learn directly from the spirit of plants themselves, and share their experiences with other practicing folks. We discuss practical uses and lore of the Willow tree, and end our evening with some rustic charm crafting. If you know little of this plant, best wait until after your journey to start learning. Going in with a fresh mind is a special treat.
Join us bi-monthly for Plant Spirit Journeys at our storefront, after hours! Check our classes & events page and sign up for our newsletter to be in the know about these and all of our classes and events!
Caring for the Dead: Home Funeral 101
In this class we will discuss the history of community death care and the landscape of the modern death industry, touch on the legal scope of home funerals in Oregon and work together to do a brief live demo of what it looks like to care for our loved ones at home after death.
Participants will have the chance to do some hands on practice with a (living) volunteer, engage in discussion about reclaiming ancestral death traditions ethically, learn about how to incorporate plants into death care and more.
Reserve your ticket below.
Meet Your Facilitator
Mackenzie Ní Flainn (she/they) is a Mama, health justice activist, abolitionist, harm reductionist, full spectrum birth advocate, student midwife, community herbalist, street medic, and self-defense instructor living in Oregon on the occupied territory of the Kalapuya ilahi. Mackenzie started training as a death worker after suffering two pregnancy losses and has continued to deepen the work in Irish death tradition, home funeral facilitation, and Keening. Now, Mackenzie is completing her graduate work in medical anthropology at UO, where she studies medicine as a site of resistance in America. Learn more about Mackenzie’s offerings here.
Tea Blends, Washes, and Syrups | Medicine Making Series
Water Based Extractions
Medicine Making Series
An evening of medicine making at Hedgerow Herb Co. During this workshop, you will gain an introduction to herbal extractions. What is herbal extraction and why do we do it? How does one craft an effective tea blend? What is a wash? How do you make a decoction? Why might you make a tea out of an herb instead of a tincture? We will cover much ground in this 2 hour class!
During our time together, we will craft a group tea blend and syrup to take home and try. You will have the chance to ask questions and get support formulating your own tincture blend. This simple medicine making practice will be demystified by Hedgerow co-owner Madrone.
About your facilitator
Madrone began making medicines in 2016, studying first through the lens of Ayurvedic medicine, then exploring western folk herbalism and medicines offered by the local flora. Madrone spent time work-trading with a local herbalist, learning how to make medicines while reading through Rosemary Gladstar’s home curriculum, by which her mentor was trained. Madrone completed a year long apprenticeship in folk medicine and wise woman ways with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman and has completed two years of folk medicine and folk magic study with local herbalist Corinne Boyer. Her time spent with these women and in the woods has been and continues to be central to her practice.
Before opening Hedgerow, Madrone crafted medicines at a local Portland based apothecary, where she got the opportunity to practice tincturing and medicine making using a variety of methods. Her times spent this position gave her a range of practical knowledge pertaining to working with herbs for supporting oneself and supporting the community at large.
Madrone values supportive, community centered, and relaxing learning environments. Making simple and effective medicine feels empowering and she is so very happy to share these skills.
Plant Spirit Journey: NETTLE
Join us for an intimate plant spirit journey at Hedgerow, led by Madrone, with a soundscape by Alexa Lux. Being an herbalist, gardener, or plant lover doesn’t only have to be about working with plants practically, but can also be about building a relationship and connecting magically. During this two hour intimate circle, tea will be served and we will enjoy Willow before we journey into the otherworld and meet the spirit of the Elder tree. This non-entheogenic journey space is meant to be one wherein folks can explore their innate intuitive capacities, learn directly from the spirit of plants themselves, and share their experiences with other practicing folks. We discuss practical uses and lore of the Willow tree, and end our evening with some rustic charm crafting. If you know little of this plant, best wait until after your journey to start learning. Going in with a fresh mind is a special treat.
Join us bi-monthly for Plant Spirit Journeys at our storefront, after hours! Check our classes & events page and sign up for our newsletter to be in the know about these and all of our classes and events!
Blessing Our Bleeding: Plants & Practical Magic with Samantha Zipporah
Painting by Liz Darling
Historical Rune Magic, Advice from a Valkyrie, and a Pagan Prayer: On the Viking Age Poem SIGRDRÍFUMÁL Presented by Hyldyr Press
Linguistically dated to the late pagan period of the Viking Age, Sigrdrífumál is a fascinating poem that features the voice of a valkyrie, here called Sigrdrífa (meaning ‘victory-driver; victory-bringer’). Awoken from her thorn-induced slumber, the valkyrie recites a pagan prayer to the gods before offering a horn of drink and feverishly reciting intense wisdom and runic magic to the hero.
Join folklorist Joseph S. Hopkins and linguistic Lauren E. Fountain of Hyldyr for a discussion of Hyldyr's recently-published comparative edition of the poem and toss back a few potions yourself brewed by the ethereal valkyries of Hedgerow Herb Co.
This is a FREE event. Doors at 6:15. Botanical libations will be available for purchase. Come one, come all!
Tincture Making 101 | Medicine Making Series
Tincture Making 101
Medicine Making Series
An evening of medicine making at Hedgerow Herb Co. During this workshop, you will gain an introduction to herbal extractions. What is herbal extraction and why do we do it? Is tincturing the only way? Why might you tincture something? And how? Fresh herbs vs. dried. Folk method vs. scientific. We will cover much ground in this class.
During our time together, you will get the opportunity to workshop a tincture and choose from our herb wall to start your very own. You will have the chance to ask questions and get support formulating your own tincture blend. This simple medicine making practice will be demystified by Hedgerow co-owner Madrone.
About your facilitator
Madrone began making medicines in 2016, first studying through the lens of ayurveda before tuning to western herbalism. Madrone spent time work trading with local herbalist to learn how to make medicines while reading through curriculums given by herbalists like Rosemary Gladstar. She has been trained in the wise woman tradition by Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman and has completed two years of folk medicine and folk magic study under local PNW herbalist Corinne Boyer. Her time spent with these women and in the woods has and continues to be central to her practice.
Before opening Hedgerow, Madrone made medicines at a local Portland based apothecary, where she got the opportunity to practice tincturing and medicine making using the scientific method. Her times spent this position gave her a range of practiced knowledge pertaining to working with herbs for supporting oneself and supporting the community at large.
Madrone values supportive, community centered, and relaxing learning environments. Making medicine often feels empowering and she is so very happy to share these skills.
Natural Dye Workshop: Kitchen Dish Towels with Janessa Fortes Bautista
Come explore different kinds of dish towels, the textures, the weave, and how we choose the flow of the kitchen to go. We will be plant dyeing with a mix of food and flowers. Participants will bring home 3 different types of dish towels and color swatches from each dye bath in silk and cotton.You will also learn preparation techniques such as scouring and mordanting, giving you a launching point to start or deepen your own plant dye practice.
This class is for you if you:
+ enjoy being in the kitchen
+ appreciate a clean and organized kitchen
+ are interested in fabrics and textiles
+ are interested in plant pigments
What to bring:
+ notebook for notes
+ questions!
What you will receive:
+ hands on instructions
+ dyed dish towels
+ swatches of each dye bath
Plants bring vibrancy and color to our world in more ways than one. Peoples from all over the world have worked with plants to color their garments. Though natural dyes is still found in many traditional cultures around the world, artificial dyes came into use in the 1850s changing the global garment industry. Find creative connection to the plant kingdom by learning the art of natural dyeing at Hedgerow Herb Co.
Space is limited for this hands on workshop. Please secure your ticket in advance. Thank you!
MEET JANESSA
Janessa is a designer and textile artist living in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon with her son and white wolf dog, Beija. She has been growing in community through sharing daily practice, beautiful meals, pouring tea, and sitting in ceremony. Janessa lives surrounded by a community of healers, plant medicine teachers, artists, farmers, musicians, fire tenders and magical creatures. As a first generation Filipina American, she strives to learn and find connections to the ways of her ancestors. Working with plant dyes and plant medicine is a strong source of connection. She grows her dye plants just steps away from her outdoor dye studio, overlooking the cedar and alder forest. With wisdom and compassion, she aspires to be of integrity with all aspects of her life practice and work for the benefit of all beings.
Explore Janessa’s shop & portfolio
Visible Mending: The Loving Magic of Restoration with Sylvia Eden
Join Sylvia Eden, author of Occult Needlecraft, for a unique live reading event and hand-mending workshop in the cozy, earthy atmosphere of Hedgerow Herb Co.
In contrast to traditional garment-mending, where the goal is to hide repairs with subtle stitches, visible mending is about turning repairs into ornamentation. Using beginner-friendly techniques, anyone can revive their old clothes with bits of artistry.
Bring all your garments & textiles in need of repair (yes, even sweatpants, socks and kitchen rags), choose from a wide selection of specialty threads and fabric patches, and stitch new life into your belongings. Meanwhile, listen to a live reading of excerpts from Occult Needlecraft and The Stitching Hands, a pair of essays exploring the magic potency of textile art and craft.
"Mending is a great honor to the spirits of textiles, and bestows power on what is mended. It is a gesture of love, an oath of relation. In it, we affirm that the divine act of creation does not necessitate the constant output of new things, but the ongoing transfiguration of what exists into renewed, replenished forms." -- From Occult Needlecraft
Ticket Options
Without take-home mending kit: $18 (still includes materials for in-class mending)
Including a build-your-own mending kit: $35 (participants will get a box and can fill it with patches, pins, threads and needles)
ABOUT LEODRUNE PRESS
Leodrune Press is a small independent publishing house based in the Pacific Northwest. Our publications explore ritual, myth, and mysticism through a decidedly ecological lens, in response to the volatilizing climate we have inherited and the careful conduct being asked of us all. Our aim is to provoke readers to root down into the vital subsoil of Earth, beneath all traditions and orthodoxies, to experiment with raw, reciprocal ceremony.
Leodrune Press on Substack
Plant Spirit Journey: COTTONWOOD
Join us for an intimate plant spirit journey at Hedgerow, led by Madrone. Being an herbalist, gardener, or plant lover doesn’t only have to be about working with plants practically, but can also be about building a relationship and connecting magically. During this two hour intimate circle, tea will be served and we will enjoy tea before we journey into the otherworld and meet the spirit of the plant. This non-entheogenic journey space is meant to be one wherein folks can explore their innate intuitive capacities, learn directly from the spirit of plants themselves, and share their experiences with other practicing folks. We discuss practical uses and lore of the Willow tree, and end our evening with some rustic charm crafting. If you know little of this plant, best wait until after your journey to start learning. Going in with a fresh mind is a special treat.
Join us monthly for Plant Spirit Journeys at our storefront, after hours! Check our classes & events page and sign up for our newsletter to be in the know about these and all of our classes and events!
Blessing Our Bleed: Plants & Practical Magic with Samatha Zipporah
Painting by Liz Darling
Blessing Our Bleed: Plants & Practical Magic with Samatha Zipporah
Painting by Liz Darling
Tintype Pop-Up
A Tintype is an image made of pure silver using a 170 year old chemical process, a large format camera, and a darkroom. These one-of-a-kind images are beautiful, unique, and will last many generations. Noyel Gallimore strives to create photos with meaning ~ capturing individuality, uniqueness, and "spirit" through age-old methods combined with modern techniques.
