Wild Medicine Retreat

Saturday and Sunday June 13-14th, 2026

This immersive two-day retreat is an invitation to slow down, step outside, and revitalize your relationship with the land. Through foraging, botanical observation, and hands-on medicine making, we will explore wild plants as living allies with histories, personalities, and teachings of their own.

The Wild Medicine Retreat blends field-based plant identification with foundational herbalism. You’ll learn how to confidently identify common medicinal and edible plants, harvest them ethically, and transform them into simple, effective remedies while cultivating sensory awareness and embodied connection.

 
Facilitated by Calyx Liddick, clinical herbalist and director of Northern Appalachia School.
Included in the weekend is 14 hours of instructional content including lecture, demo, hands-on instruction, and a Q&A lunch both days. You will also receive detailed notes and resources.

 
Saturday will include:

  • Plant ID and Foraging skills practice for safe, ethical foraging of seasonal local plants

  • Observational skills and awareness exercises that not strengthen plant ID skills, but improve your somatic awareness for personal wellness and for a deeper understanding of herbal practice

  • Meet and greet a number of wild medicinal species on a walk

  • A kitchen herbalism demo with wild edibles

Sunday will include:

  • Building on Saturday’s foundation by going through the full process of harvest to herbal medicine making

  • Exploring introductory concepts on Western Herbal practice

  • Sensory and somatic awareness practice while tasting a number of herbal preparations

Participants may join for Saturday individually, or attend the full weekend retreat.

For Saturday only participants, lunch is included. For the full weekend attendees, Saturday lunch + dinner, and Sunday breakfast + lunch are included.

Accommodations are available.

Meet Your Host

Calyx is a bioregional herbalist, ethnobotanist, holistic nutritionist, wildcrafter, and mother of two, born and raised in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. She is the founding director of the Northern Appalachia School. She is an outspoken advocate for accessible education, social and ecological justice, and ethical practice in plant work. She is committed to integrating plantwork as a life way, helping others develop a rooted relationship with the land and its more-than-human community, and healing the damage from extractive and hierarchical relationships between people and plants.

Learn more at www.northernappalachiaschool.com.

Calyx Liddick

Northern Appalachia School

Registration Information

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Amethyst and the practitioner may cancel the event for any reason. If the event is cancelled you will be notified as soon as possible and issued a full refund, less any donation.

Cancellation Policy

Amethyst will issue a refund less any transaction fees and donations for cancellation requests up to 24 hours before the event. Requested cancellations within 24 hours of an event will not be refunded.

Refund Policy

If you have questions about this event, please reach out to info@amethystretreatcenter.org