Medicinal Plants
2025 Growing a Medicine Garden with Lottie Spady
The wait is over! Keep Growing Detroit is excited to announce the long-awaited return of the comprehensive four-part series, "Growing a Medicine Garden," taught by renowned herbalist Lottie Spady. Lottie, the founder of Earthseed Detroit, a medicinal herb company, is a dedicated environmental and food justice activist with over six years of formal study in herbalism. Her expertise includes wildcrafting herbs for tinctures and medicinal tea blends.
The series offers an opportunity to identify wild-growing herbs, understand their medicinal properties, learn how to establish and maintain a medicinal herb garden, and practice herbal medicine making. Participants will receive supplies to start their own medicinal herb garden, including plants and tincture-making materials. A certificate of completion will be awarded to those who attend all required activities.
Application Deadline: June 20 , 2025
Program Details
This series of classes, including supplies, is valued at over $200 per person. However, we understand that this cost may present a barrier for some community members. As such, we're offering a sliding scale fee structure with a base rate of $35. If you're in a position to contribute more, we appreciate your generosity, which allows us to keep our programs accessible. Conversely, if you need to pay less, please feel free to do so. We aim to make our classes available to everyone, regardless of financial circumstances.
Ideal candidates will…
Be a current Garden Resource Program member gardening in Detroit, Highland Park, or Hamtramck.
Operate an existing community, school, or market garden.
Have interest in establishing a medicinal herb bed in their garden.
Commit to attend all classes.
Be able to pick up class materials from the KGD Farm
Enjoy working with diverse groups of people.
Be willing to share information gained from this series with members of their community.
CLASS SCHEDULE
All classes are held in person on Tuesdays, 6-8pm in August. Locations will differ each week.
August 5 6-8pm: Backyard Herbs
August 12 6-8pm: Herbalism 101
August 19 6-8:30pm: Backyard Apothecary
August 26 6-8:30pm: Empowering Green Spaces
IMPORTANT INFO
Application Deadline: June 20
Sliding scale fee structure available. ($35 Base Rate)
DIVERSITY
This application is open to anyone involved in a community, market, or school garden, reflecting Keep Growing Detroit's commitment to diversity and inclusivity. We aim for the participants in our series to mirror the city's rich diversity, enhancing the shared learning environment and enriching the overall experience. By engaging diverse gardeners, we believe we can foster a broader understanding of medicinal gardening within Detroit's varied communities.
