Course Calendar
Earn two Certificates from The Resiliency Institute – Permaculture Design and Edible Wild Plants. Certificates are issued once a year to qualifying students.
Re-skilling classes are typically held on weeknights for 2-3 hours and focus on teaching skills that have been forgotten over generations like herbal remedies, edible wild plants, grafting, rain water harvesting, preserving food, soil nutrition and more. These skills are all part of living permaculture.
Potluck and Permablitz events are free opportunities to get to know us and like-minded people in our area.
Refund/Cancellation Policy: Money will be refunded for any class that we cancel. A refund for 2-3 hour classes will be offered when communication is received within 48 hours prior to the class. A refund for full day or weekend courses will be offered when communication is received up to 1 week prior to the event. Please email us at [email protected] to let us know you need to cancel. If you have registered for the class, do not show up, and do not communicate your absence prior to the class, then you will be charged the class fee. Instructors are compensated for teaching so it is important that we respect their preparation and teaching time.
- View Courses in a Calendar format
Edible Wild Plants Walk - Trees
| Sat, October 15, 2016 | 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM |
Instructor: Pat Armstrong
Enjoy a guided walk at Prairie Sun Consultants learning to identify edible wild trees. What fun it is to walk with someone who knows the answers to your questions and can teach you the skills to build your own plant id experiences. You will be joining the Edible Wild Plant Certificate course students for this walk.
Nature as our Pharmacy: Intro to Herbs & Herbal Preparations
| Sun, October 16, 2016 | 09:30 AM - 03:30 PM |
Instructor: Ellyn Schmitz
In this hands-on, highly interactive workshop, you will be introduced to 5 valuable plants readily found in our area through a plant walk and in-class herbal remedy making. You’ll learn how to identify these plants, when to harvest, how you can grow them in your own yard, and how to prepare them for nourishment and healing. You’ll be harvesting plants and making preparations during class to take home with you.
"Food Week" Canning: Water Bath
| Wed, October 26, 2016 | 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM |
Instructor: Marie Herman
Canning is a fantastic skill to have to preserve your harvest and provide a source of shelf stable long term food storage. Stop thinking it takes too much time, you’ll make mistakes, or the food will go bad. Marie will teach you how simple canning can be and you’ll be enjoying homemade sauces, jams, jellies, pickles and more!
PERMABLITZ @ Ferry Forest Garden
| Sun, October 30, 2016 | 09:30 AM - 01:30 PM |
Come PERMABLITZ with us at the Ferry Forest Garden! We get a lot accomplished at these events with the help of volunteers. Here is what we hope to accomplish with your help - harvest buckthorn and build at least one arbor, spruce up the garden, check and add caging, move a few plants, plant perennials and daffodil bulbs, and renew fencing line. We are looking for 8-10 people, so invite a friend and volunteer a few hours. Short permaculture learning talks are included!
Persimmons: Tree to Treat (hands-on)
| Sat, November 5, 2016 | 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM |
Pat Armstrong, our Edible Wild Plants instructor, is hosting a persimmon harvest gathering at her home in south Naperville. As a group work together to harvest persimmons, process them, and cook up a delicious batch of persimmon pudding with real whipped cream - YUM! This will be a fun hands-on day with learning, conversation and dessert.
