Whether you're decking the halls, lighting the menorah, preparing for a feast, or hibernating this time of year, I wanted to make sure you knew about all the great gifts from The WANDER School - this is a small yet mighty woman-owned and operated business that exists to inspire nature reconnection and health empowerment. 

So, for anyone on your list who is wild food or herb curious...look no further.

It's never too early to start planning your holiday gift giving, and with Small Business Saturday right around the corner we wanted to get you thinking about gifts we have available. Read on, let us know if you have any questions, and as always...green blessings.

The Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders: Farmed and Foraged Herbal Remedies and Recipes is a helpful cornucopia of herbal information and recipes for building health and tending to minor ailments out on the homestead, in your cozy  apartment, on the road, and everywhere else.

When you order the book here, there's a place where you can indicate who you want the book autographed for!

It's special, useful, and a great addition to any herbal bookworm's bookshelf.

Stock up on The WANDER School's wildcrafted Elderberry Sumac Rose Elixir to build your cold and flu armor all winter long, and definitely don't miss out on the Wild Oregano Salt that adds a touch of wild to any savory dish. 

For any tense moments of obligatory gatherings this season the Harmony Tincture is a must-have. For every meal, and especially the heavy holiday meals, Bitter is Better is the non-alcoholic bitters formula that helps digestion when you take a squirt before digging in. 

Kiss chapped lips goodbye! Get a Pucker Up Lip Balm for you, whomever you'll be kissing, and all your friends.

Check out all the handcrafted items from Abby's apothecary here or browse below.

Patreon is a crowdfunding platform that allows creative people to do creative work. Patrons commit to a monthly financial contribution that supports work they believe in.

Here’s how to sign your giftee up for a membership:

Step 1: Go to the Patreon page for The WANDER School!

Step 2: Decide which membership level you want to gift. Support starts at just 5 bucks a month, and Patrons get:

• Access to patron-only videos and blog posts
• Tips from Abby’s Kitchen
• Herbal medicine-making tutorials
• A behind-the-scenes look at The WANDER School's classes & events
• Bonus clips from the Wander, Forage & Wildcraft podcast
• Extended footage from Abby’s IGTV videos chock-full of botany and foraging know-how
• Foraged Recipes not available anywhere else

Step 3: After you select the tier that's right for you, you'll create a Patreon account. Use your e-mail address to keep the gift a surprise, or collaborate with your giftee and sign up together!

Step 4: Give that gift! Notify your giftee of the login info (your email and password) in a secure way, and make sure they know how to access their rewards. Patreon even has has a mobile app they can use to start digging into all the good information from The WANDER School to inspire nature connection and health empowerment.

www.patreon.com/thewanderschool

This 98-hour program is one weekend a month (May to November) from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Hawk and Hawthorne, 20 minutes outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

Two women foragers, medicine makers and craftswomen, have come together to offer a folk understanding of herbalism and foraging. They see the folkway as the way in which working with plants for food and medicine every day can become a natural ritual of life. It can become a lifeway. The curriculum is extensive. 

Admission to the Sassafras School Class of 2020 is $1280 before 1/1/2020 and $1480 after.

Have your heard of this crazy cool thing called Patreon? Patreon is a crowdfunding platform that allows creative people to do creative work. Patrons commit to a monthly financial contribution that supports work they believe in, kind of like public radio, but without the annoying pledge drives. 

I just revamped my Patreon site to make it more fun and valuable for you, with the goal of making wildcrafting, foraging, and herbal education accessible for all, along with my podcast, Wander, Forage, & Wildcraft. I know not everyone can afford to go to herb school, or can even afford $5 a month to get the education bonuses I'm offering on Patreon, but everyone deserves knowledge. Won't you please support me, by doing good to help me do good in the world?

And if you can afford just 5 bucks a month or more, you'll get herbal education all year long, plus as a heartfelt thank you, patrons of The WANDER School get...

• Access to patron-only blog posts, vlogs, and videos, including wild & herbal cooking classes
• Tips from Abby’s Kitchen
• Herbal medicine-making tutorials 
• A behind-the-scenes look at The WANDER School's classes & events
• Bonus clips from the Wander, Forage & Wildcraft podcast
• Extended footage from Abby’s IGTV videos chock-full of botany and foraging know-how
• Foraged Recipes not available anywhere else
• The heartwarming knowledge that you're helping out a single mom-owned business with single mom employees and small business contractors

Patrons join us in inspiring nature connection and health empowerment in a way that’s accessible to everyone despite background, experience, location, or financial status.

You wouldn't believe how much it costs to bring free education to the world! There's paying a podcast editor to edit every episode, and my assistant to post it to all the platforms and get it out to you, the cost of paying a site to host it, and website costs for the blog, plus graphic designers and more. Every little bit you give helps so much and keeps this education available for all of us.

Will you become a patron today?
Support starts at just 5 bucks a month!
Check out all the different tiers and herbtastic rewards at
www.patreon.com/thewanderschool