BeWell 101: Herb Course

We are excited to host BeWell 101: Herb Course at d’griot! blew has been teaching this course privately through other schools and instituations for the past 10 years, excited to bring it to the homefront:) Check out blew’s recent share!

Class will take place on:

• Sunday’s 7/26 + 8/16 + 8/23 @ 1:30pm-3pm
• Sundays 8/2 and 8/9 @ 10:30am-12pm

Participants will learn how to

• Forage + Identify herbs and their benefits
• Prepare herbal infusions, teas, salves, and other remedies for herbal wellness

Participants will gain

• Knowledge on how to use various herbs
• Community around holistic wellness
• Samples to bring home and share with family
• Creative muscles and new thoughts on holistic wellness practices

Participants must bring

• Their excitement + curiousity around herbal wellness
• Their folk stories and traditions that they are already connected to
• Weather needed items, as we will be in and out of the garden most days
• Up to 2 small children per ticket is fine! We have a kids corner and will be in the garden

*****All supplies will be included

More about blew kind:

blew kind is the founder of d’griot; a cafe, gallery, and herb shoppe. Honored by her afro-indigenous roots she is excited about folk stories and folk medicine. blew has been faciliating wellness workshops at conferences and residencies throughout the Phialdelphia School system and other organizations such as Food Moxie, Philadelphia Free Library, and EMIR. d’griot cafe centers on offering nutirent food and beverages that cultivate community wellness.

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bout d’griot cafe

mission:

d’griot cafe (“duh-gree-o”) amplifies more light in the ‘hood; offering transformational moments to be seen, dream, and cultivate resilient community wellness.

vision:

Named in honor of African storytellers and urban slang, d’griot cafe is a healing experience of story; stories of our ancestors, the magic in the present, and our intent for the future.

We are a folk wellness cafe; a supporting folks on their holistic journey of the mind, body, and spirit. We offer natural medicinal products, nutrient food and beverage, gallery, creative events, coaching, retreats, and a space to inspire the whole family.

We gather around the values of black, brown, local, and sustainable.

We are intentional about creating authentic beautiful spaces to share stories, activate our creativity, educate one another, map toward our goals, and support one another to see the beauty in ourselves to fly.

We are building spaces across Philadelphia that need access to community wellness cultivation as well as outside the city on land to offer rest, retreat, and re-connection.

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Contact us if you have any questions — connect@dgriot.co

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