Not to be missed! We don’t know the details yet for this one! Marc Williams (Botany Everyday) & Eric Joseph Lewis (Plant Path Nursery) are both master plant educators! We will surely discuss food, medicine and harmonious relating with plants, fungi and Mother Earth. TICKET LINK COMING SOON
We are busy planning 2026 Workshops. Check back in April for workshops beginning in May. Workshop timing will vary, below describes a typical experience.
All-day workshops - 9:30 am – 5:00 pm (bring your own lunch)
Half-day classes - 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Regular Plant Walks - 2 hrs long
register below, or you are welcome to pay by cash upon arrival. if paying cash, please email to let us know you are coming, mountaingardens@gmail.com
Cost includes handouts, seed and plant distributions and samples of herbs and preparations as appropriate.
Each session will include: a plant walk in the garden and/or adjacent National Forest, lecture/demonstration, hands-on practice, resources and bibliography for further study.
For information on driving, lodging, and refunds, click here.
To register for an event, please follow the link for each date to register online, or call 828-675-5664.
We offer a 20% discount on workshops to groups of 3 or more. Email us.
These workshops take advantage of our unique combination of diverse habitats, extensive plant collection, extraordinary library and well-equipped herb shop, plus my forty years of study and experimentation.
As a ‘botanic garden of useful plants’, one of our purposes is to introduce and promote new useful plants, for gardeners, growers, herbalists and chefs. Areas of special interest include wildfoods, medicinal herbs, (native and oriental), health-boosting (tonic, adaptogenic) plants and east-west parallels in botany and pharmacy.
Seeds and plants of most of the species discussed will be available for purchase; additionally participants will have the opportunity to purchase freshly dug, bare-root plants at a considerable saving.