Herbal Compass CSA: Navigating Healing Throughout the Calendar Wheel
March 28 @ 1:00 pm – October 11 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Are you ready to reconnect, reawaken, and realign with your body’s innate wisdom—the deep intelligence that guides healing not only for yourself, but for the greater collective?
In a world shaped by social and political division and rapid technological growth, our senses are overwhelmed and our hearts and minds strained, as rates of anxiety, depression, and physical dis-ease continue to rise. Disconnection deepens—from ourselves, from one another, and from the living web that sustains us. Yet a fundamental truth remains: the Earth’s body and the human body are one and the same.
What if the ancient yet ever-relevant practices of plant medicine and land stewardship could help restore that connection, support healing, & cultivate compassion as a form of radical activism?
Step into the HERBAL SANCTUARY as we navigate toward a deeper connection with the place we call home–the land under our feet & the body we carry.
Join artist, plant medicine educator, and clinical herbalist Alyssa Dennis for Herbal Compass CSA: Navigating Healing Throughout the Calendar Wheel, meeting one Saturday per month from March – October. This program invites you to experience the calendar not in a linear fashion, but as a revolving wheel. Unlike a traditional CSA that provides vegetables, this program centers on medicinal plants—growing, harvesting, identifying, and transforming them into remedies. You’ll receive hands-on training in botanical therapeutics, plant ID, and medicine-making while creating your own preparations to take home. Herbal medicine has always been a collective practice rooted in trust, transparency, and sovereignty over our health. You will be immersed in one of the most biodiverse urban environments, safely tasting, touching, and smelling medicinal plants while learning to integrate them into your daily life and expanding your home apothecary.
This immersive program fosters a deep awareness of kin-centric relationships that includes discussions about seasonal cycles, plant allies, and holistic well-being.
Each month focuses on one or two plant allies, their therapeutic benefits, and seasonal wellness practices aligned with nature’s rhythms. As we walk the calendar wheel together we’ll discuss the study of the Chinese/Celtic Five Elements or Phases (Earth, Fire, Water, Wood, & Metal), to explore how cyclical rhythms shape our internal & external environments which influence health as we embody this knowledge through the act of crafting medicine whether it’s a tinctures, salves, oxymels, vinegars, and infused oils. Each element moves through alchemical phases that guide both plant medicine and human well-being.
For example, Sept & Oct is a time of discernment and boundary-setting before winter’s inward turn. We ask: What needs to be released, and what needs to be nourished? Astragalus root supports this process by strengthening boundaries while nourishing and protecting the body.
As many herbalists note, the plant most suited to support your body often grows right outside your door—within your bioregion. Mama Earth is calling you home and she can’t wait for you to join us.
“We can support the earth by staying solid in our cycles, as much as we can, with those of the earth, moon & sun.” – Judith Berger, Herbal Ritual
Location: at the Eclipta Herbal sanctuary in the Hamilton neighborhood of Baltimore, MD (address sent after sign up)
**Space is limited to an intimate 15 spots** Spots fill up quickly. Sign up today!
Save 10% if you register before Feb 1st with coupon code compass2026
Save an extra 10% when you do all 8 sessions!
First session starts March 28th. Registration ends March 15th
Mar. 28th, 1-4pm, 2026
Apr. 18th, 1-4pm, 2026
May 16th, 1-4pm, 2026
June 13th, 1-4pm, 2026
July 11th, 1-4pm, 2026
Aug. 8th, 1-4pm, 2026
Sept 12th, 1-4pm, 2026
Oct. 10th, 1-4pm, 2026
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