Past Events

The Chesapeake Herb Gathering is an annual event organized by Centro Ashé bringing together inter-generational herbal, land-based, and healing communities to

?celebrate our stories, our knowledge, our culture and traditions.

Robin Rose will be sharing workshops on "Wild Carrot: Teacher of Natural and Conscious Contraception" and "Herbal Alternatives to Antibiotics."

Enjoy a weekend of workshops, plant walks, youth activities, community artwork, social justice, artisans market, campfire, and community connections with local herbalists, teachers, clinicians, healers, botanists, farmers, birthkeepers, medicine makers, rootworkers, artists, homesteaders, community organizations and much more!

This is a family friendly event . . . bring the youth and elders!

Pre-registration is required. Click here! 

Earlybird (Before August 1) - $70 (includes camping)

Pre-Registration (before Sept. 22) - $95 (includes camping)

Registration (After After Sept. 22) - $110 (includes camping)

GROUP DISCOUNT $396 for group of 6. (includes camping)

Come learn about the nutritive and medicinal qualities of herbs, weeds and plants first-hand in an experiential plant walk from 2-3:30 p.m. in Grasmere Park and the herb garden. There you'll identify, smell, touch, and taste beneficial plants with Robin Rose Bennett, the spellbinding herbalist and author of The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Health Life and WiseWomanHealingWays.com.

Visitors can also catch the exhibit, From Farm to Suburb: The Birth of College Hill, which explores the evolution of a section of Maplewood from a dairy farm to a popular neighborhood of 300 houses. Out in the carriage house the Country Store will be selling historic-themed treasures: early American children’s games, books and toys, facsimile documents, quill pens and ink, historic cook books, cookie molds, tin lanterns, reproduction decorative ceramics, vintage photos, hiking sticks and more.

Donations of any amount are appreciated by the garden hosts at Durand-Hedden House.

Herbal Consultation and Teaching Practice Sliding-Scale Herbal Clinic

At Bob Morrow Family Medical Practice in Riverdale, NY

Graduates of Robin’s three-year apprenticeship program and other health care practitioners hone their herbal skills and Wisewoman ways by assisting Robin in helping her clients. A supportive, knowledgeable circle provides gentle and effective healing guidance. Informative and empowering physical and spiritual health care consultations are available on a sliding scale. (No one will be turned away for lack of funds.) We offer free “check-in on you” emails or calls too, if you like! The first appointment begins at 12:00 PM. Last appointment begins at 5:00 pm

Herbal Consultation Clinic days are on the following Saturday Afternoons (12-6pm) in 2016:

January 16

March 19

April 16

May 21

June 11

July 9

July 30

September 17

October 15

November 12

December 10

Call 973-728-5828 or email Robin@RobinRoseBennett.com to schedule an appointment.

The Sunday gardening days are spent in the garden learning about the plants as you work the soil and contribute to keeping the garden and its inhabitants healthy. No gardening experience is necessary, and we have tools to share! We hope to see you in the garden!

Second Sunday of each month, 11:30am-3:30pm

April 10, May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, Nov 13

Located on the triangle at the junction of Warwick Turnpike and Clinton Road, Hewitt, NJ 07421

The garden, in its 10th season, is co-sponsored by WiseWoman Healing Ways and Sustainable West Milford and is tended by a core group of volunteers as well as lovely folks who stop in and help when they can. The garden is For further information, contact garden manager Russ at fdutch@aol.com. Donations are welcome!

The Herbal Education Series explores practical ways to use and benefit from the healing gifts of our local plants, complementing the Native Medicinal Plants Community Gardening Days.

Herbal Education Series:

1st Tuesdays, 7:30pm-8:45pm

April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4

1810 Macopin Road – Hillcrest Community Center, West Milford, NJ 07480

The hidden gem of the Wyanokie Highlands, this Olympic-sized, stream-fed freshwater swimming pool is located in a wooded setting adjacent to the 5,400 acre Norvin Green State Forest.

Robin Rose Bennett will lead a group around the pool, identifying and learning about common plants that offer natural herbal medicine and delicious, nutritious food.

We are likely to see and discuss healing plants such as plantain, dandelion, violet, goldenrod, yellow dock, and red raspberry, along with medicinal trees such as white pine, linden and hawthorn, and there are always surprises to delight us when we go out “weed walking”.

Space is limited and pre-registration is requested: call 973-835-4299 to reserve your spot. $12 Guests/$10 Pool and NWC Members.

The Sunday gardening days are spent in the garden learning about the plants as you work the soil and contribute to keeping the garden and its inhabitants healthy. No gardening experience is necessary, and we have tools to share! We hope to see you in the garden!

Second Sunday of each month, 11:30am-3:30pm

April 10, May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, Nov 13

Located on the triangle at the junction of Warwick Turnpike and Clinton Road, Hewitt, NJ 07421

The garden, in its 10th season, is co-sponsored by WiseWoman Healing Ways and Sustainable West Milford and is tended by a core group of volunteers as well as lovely folks who stop in and help when they can. The garden is For further information, contact garden manager Russ at fdutch@aol.com. Donations are welcome!

The Herbal Education Series explores practical ways to use and benefit from the healing gifts of our local plants, complementing the Native Medicinal Plants Community Gardening Days.

Herbal Education Series:

1st Tuesdays, 7:30pm-8:45pm

April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4

1810 Macopin Road – Hillcrest Community Center, West Milford, NJ 07480

The hidden gem of the Wyanokie Highlands, this Olympic-sized, stream-fed freshwater swimming pool is located in a wooded setting adjacent to the 5,400 acre Norvin Green State Forest.

Robin Rose Bennett will lead a group around the pool, identifying and learning about common plants that offer natural herbal medicine and delicious, nutritious food.

We are likely to see and discuss healing plants such as plantain, dandelion, violet, goldenrod, yellow dock, and red raspberry, along with medicinal trees such as white pine, linden and hawthorn, and there are always surprises to delight us when we go out “weed walking”.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Pre-registration is requested: call 973-835-4299 to reserve your spot. $12 Guests/$10 Pool and NWC Members.

Herbal Consultation and Teaching Practice Sliding-Scale Herbal Clinic

At Bob Morrow Family Medical Practice in Riverdale, NY

Graduates of Robin’s three-year apprenticeship program and other health care practitioners hone their herbal skills and Wisewoman ways by assisting Robin in helping her clients. A supportive, knowledgeable circle provides gentle and effective healing guidance. Informative and empowering physical and spiritual health care consultations are available on a sliding scale. (No one will be turned away for lack of funds.) We offer free “check-in on you” emails or calls too, if you like! The first appointment begins at 12:00 PM. Last appointment begins at 5:00 pm

Herbal Consultation Clinic days are on the following Saturday Afternoons (12-6pm) in 2016:

January 16

March 19

April 16

May 21

June 11

July 9

July 30

September 17

October 15

November 12

December 10

Call 973-728-5828 or email Robin@RobinRoseBennett.com to schedule an appointment.

Herbs can be profound mind/body/heart/ soul healers when we approach them with respect and gratitude. In this class we will focus on how to prepare and use herbs in our everyday lives as well as in extreme situations. We will explore the use of common, easy-to-find herbs for: healing our hearts (e.g. lavender and roses); strengthening the body (e.g. nettles); soothing and calming (oats, motherwort, etc.); sharpening the mind and memory; recovering from grief, shock and trauma; uplifting our spirits; and cultivating spiritual awakening. We will also gain a wealth of practical tips for purchasing, preparing, and using herbs in teas, infusions, tinctures, oils, baths, and much more.

A WEEKLY COURSE at the New York Open Center

(2 sessions) Wednesdays, July 13 & 20, 8–10pm

NYOC Members: $57 / Nonmembers: $80

Register here.

Plants are generous healers and many important medicinal plants live where the most people are, so NYC is rich in a diversity of wild, nourishing medicines. We are likely to see and discuss healing plants such as plantain, dandelion, violet, goldenrod, yellow dock, and red raspberry, along with medicinal trees such as white pine, linden and hawthorn, and there are always surprises to delight us when we go out “weed walking”.

Robin Rose will share the physical and spiritual gifts of the plants, identification tips, best times for harvesting, and suggestions on whether to use specific plants as tinctures, oils, infusions, and/or food.

This walk will focus on how to approach these green healers with respect, gratitude, and an open heart as you invite the plants to share their teachings with you. The abundance of nature’s medicines in the heart of NYC will open your eyes and deepen and change your experience of living in the city.

This class will be held in Central Park. The class will meet at the north entrance of 103rd and 5th avenue. Please plan to arrive by 1:45 so we can begin on time.

This class is held rain or shine, so come prepared to enjoy the elements!

Organized by Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism.

Register here.