Native Plant Walk & Spring Renewal Workshop
May 3 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
$55.00 – $60.00
Native Plant Walk with Alice Schori
& Spring Renewal Workshop with Susan Quinlan
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Enfield Shaker Museum
447 NH Route 4A
Enfield, NH 03748
Join Alice Schori for a guided wildflower identification walk through the Historic Enfield Shaker Land, where you’ll explore the habitats of native plants in the region and the ecosystems that support them. Exploring a variety of plant communities, become familiar with some of the common ferns and spring flowers of the Upper Valley. Some discussion of phenology (the study of how living things time natural events) and recognition of invasive, non-native species will be included.
The walk will be mostly on easy terrain, but will include some moderate hills and maybe a bit of bushwhacking. But never fear—Alice always proceeds at a botanist’s pace (=slow!). Dress for walking and tick protection, picture taking is welcome and encouraged!
After the walk, return to the Great Stone Dwelling to enjoy a simple Spring Soup and Salad lunch.
Following lunch, engage in a hands-on Herbal Wellness Workshop focused on Natural Spring Cleansing Practices. Discover holistic methods to support your body’s natural detoxification and renewal, fostering vitality for the season ahead. Craft your own herbal tonics and remedies designed to boost immunity, recharge energy, and cleanse the lingering effects of winter—recipes you can take home to continue your wellness journey.
Recipes include:
Spring Herbal Tonic
Herbal Smoothie
Digestive bitters
More about Alice Schori:
Alice Schori, a graduate of Oberlin College, is a field botanist who studied native plants through the New England Wild Flower Society starting in the mid-1990s. She has performed botanical surveys for conservation organizations and the Towns of Hanover and Lyme, and spent nine summers doing similar work for the White Mountain National Forest.
More about Susan Quinlan:
Susan is a retired registered nurse who has been creating and caring for gardens and people for fifty years. As a self taught and dedicated organic gardener, she is a recent graduate of the NH Master Gardeners program and holds a Native Plants for the Pollinators Certificate. Susan manages the 7000 square foot Herb Garden at the Enfield Shaker Museum, where she teaches hands-on herb gardening and herbal crafting. Her passion is to create a community that connects plants and people in celebration of the natural world.
Cost:
Members – $55
Non-Members – $60
Advanced Registration Required.
*All proceeds go to the educational mission of Enfield Shaker Museum.
Coming from a distance? Stay in the historic Great Stone Dwelling. Accommodations