February 18 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Join Teaching Artists Meghan Ballard and Amanda Welch for this fundraiser class for the youth Wild Preschool and Wild School programs. Participants will sip evergreen elderberry chai tea and hot toddies, learn about native plants at Pete’s Pond, and create cyanotype herbariums. Participants will also learn the medicinal benefits of black cottonwood buds and make a healing salve to take home.
Teaching Artists: Meghan Ballard, Amanda Welch, & Rebecca Curry
Cost: $60
Off-Site: Pete’s Pond, a Blue Mountains Conservancy property, is located at 913 S. Miller Drive (one mile south of La Grande Middle School)
This class for adults is a fundraiser for the Wild Preschool (ages 0-5) and Wild School (ages 5-12) youth programs. The $60 registration fee goes towards program supplies, equipment, and Teaching Artists’ compensation. The fundraiser helps ACE continue to offer Wild Preschool and Wild School at no cost to participants.