Herb plants and herbal products
are also available for sale at the farm on
Fridays and Saturdays 9am-4pm,
now through June 11

FOUR ELEMENTS HERBALS
Nature's Acres Farm
E. 8984 Weinke Road (Across from the radio tower)
North Freedom Wisconsin 53951
Phone 608.522.4492

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Class Schedule: Summer & Fall 2011

Saturday, June 25
Pastured Poultry
10am - Noon | David Stevens
Come out and learn the pastured poultry system of raising your own meat chickens. The system employs a mobile, bottomless field pen which is moved daily to new pasture. The pen protects the birds from predators while still allowing them to receive exercise, fresh air and the ability to forage for food while distributing their manure across the pasture. Topics covered will include breed selection, brooder design and use, disease management, mobile pen design and butchering.

Saturday, June 25
A Morning Devoted to Roses
10am - Noon | Jane Stevens
Let’s indulge in Roses, the flower where heaven meets Earth. We will cover the history, uses, and culture. Hands on rose activities include picking, making an infusion, and a distillation, if there are enough to fill the still!

Saturday, July 9
Lavender: Natures Panacea
10am - Noon | Jane Stevens
Lavender heals more than you know, and there are a few varieties you can grow here. We will cover the history, uses, culture, and indulge in many lavender remedies. If the timing is right, we may even distill lavender, demonstrating how the essential oil is captured. You will leave this class RELAXED!

Saturday, July 23
Pepper Class
10am - Noon | David Stevens
Come enjoy explore the flavors of our pepper patch. We will cover variety selection, soil preparation, plant culture, and preservation from salsa to freezing. Sample from the 28 varieties we are growing and learn how to roast peppers over a fire.

Saturday, August 20
Tomato Tasting: A definition of Summer!
10am - Noon | David Stevens
Enjoy the bounty of our tomato field. We will cover variety selection, soil preparation, trellising options as well as a taste test of our 20 varieties from heirlooms to the latest hybrids. We will also discuss how to can tomatoes including juice, paste, BBQ and pasta sauce.

Saturday, August 27
Elderberries, the Medicine Chest of the Folk People
10am - Noon | Jane Stevens
This wild berry is indigenous to most of the northern countries, esteemed by many cultures for it’s exceptional and versatile medicinal uses. We will cover the history and uses of this plant, gather some elderberries and make some syrup for you to take home.

Saturday, September 10
Sauerkraut Making
10am - Noon | Jane Stevens
Learn the basics of fermentation as we make a batch of Sauerkraut together. You will make enough to take a quart home with you!

Saturday, October 22
Garlic Planting Time
10am - Noon | David Stevens
Learn how to grow garlic just in time to plant your own. Garlic is a biennial which is planted in the fall and harvest the following summer. We will cover variety selection, soil preparation, planting, harvesting and storage.

Class Details:
Cost is $25, or $20 with a reservation
Location is at Four Elements Herbals: Nature's Acres Farm
E. 8984 Weinke Rd North Freedom, Wisconsin
Phone (608)522-4492 or email natures@chorus.net.

Four Elements Herbals Schedule 2011

January 3-4 / Monday-Tuesday
Wisconsin Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Conference
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

January 26-29 / Wednesday-Saturday
Eco-Farm Conference
Pacific Grove, California
Attendee

February 11-13 / Friday-Sunday
Madison Garden Expo
Madison, Wisconsin
Exhibitor and Presenter

February 24-26 / Thursday-Saturday
Organic Farming Conference
LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

March 3 / Thursday
Qualheims
Shawano, Wisconsin
Presenter

March 5 / Saturday
Wisconsin Naturopathic Physicians Association
Madison, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

May through June 11 / Fridays & Saturdays / 9am - 4pm
Herb Plants and Herbal Products for sale at our farm
Four Elements Herbals / Nature's Acres Farm, North Freedom, Wisconsin

May 21 / Saturday
Herb Society of America Spring Sale
Boerner Botanical Gardens, Hales Corners, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

May 22 / Sunday
Herb Day USA
Olbrich Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin
Sponsor, Exhibitor, Presenter

June 3-5 / Friday-Sunday
Green Bay Botanical Garden Show
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

June 11 / Saturday 12pm - 4pm / FREE!
OPEN HOUSE at Four Elements Herbals' Farm
Four Elements Herbals / Nature's Acres Farm, North Freedom, Wisconsin
Garden and woodland tours. Free and open to the public.
Herb plants and herbal products for sale.

June 17-19 Energy Fair / Friday-Sunday
Energy Fair
Custer, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

July 16 / Saturday
Stockholm Art Fair
Stockholm, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

June-October / Saturdays
Classes at Four Elements Herbals' Farm
Four Elements Herbals Farm, North Freedom, Wisconsin
See class schedule listed at top of this page

August 6 / Saturday
United Plant Savers Conference
Kickapoo Reserve, LaFarge, Wisconsin
Sponsor, Exhibitor, Presenter

September 17 / Saturday
American Herb Society Annual Meeting
Boerner Botanical Garden, Hales Corners, Wisconsin
Exhibitor and Presenter

October 20-23 (or thereabouts) / Thursday-Sunday
American Herbalists Guild Annual Symposium
St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendee

November 5 / Saturday
Madison Herb Society Show
Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

December 10 / Saturday
Very Merry Holiday Fair
Baraboo, Wisconsin
Exhibitor

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Potential Shows and Classes
The following classes are available at Nature's Acres Farm, home of Four Elements Herbals, if you gather four or more participants. Classes last 1-1/2 hours and cost $30, which includes product to take home. Some classes function better as a five hour workshop, which includes an organic lunch prepared from our gardens and costs $75. Contact Four Elements Herbals to make date and time arrangements. Phone 608.522.4492 or email fourelements@centurytel.net.

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Folk Herbalism Series
Aromatherapy in Massage Oils
Experience the magic of Aromatherapy for relaxation and therapy. Essential oil blending will be covered in this class and several different oils will be available to experience. Together we will create a massage oil for you to bring home.

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Organic Growing Techniques of Herbs
Learn which herbs are a must for this region due to their many virtues and abundant nature and the cultural tricks to some of the most loved and difficult to grow herbs. Organic methods will be featured as Jane has had organic certification for over 15 years.

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Herbal Skin Care, Salves and Lip Balms
Medicinal herbs have been used to sooth the skin for centuries. Learn some of the many restorative herbs available to assist in healing of topical skin problems. We will create a product for you to take home.

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Herbal Tinctures, Effective and Efficient Herbal Healing
Join us to see why tinctures are the most common form of herbal medicine today. Some common but potent medicines should be available by early May. We will wild harvest and/or use some of last year's herbs to create personalized medicines so you will be able to take home some of your own medicinal creation

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Herbs for the Body System
Learn which herbs will enhance our well being for the immune system, the nervous system, circulatory system, digestive system, and for healthy skin care. Learn to enhance your health, be calmer while staying alert, and improve the functioning of your heart, liver, and skin.

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Organic Gardening Techniques

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Healing through the Elements, Air, Earth, Fire, & Water
An in depth look at how we can use the Elements to assist us on our healing path.

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ORGANIC HERB AND UNCOMMON PLANTS SALE
All FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS in May and until our June Open House. 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Medicinal Oils and Salves
Join us to experience the magic of making medicinal oils. These can be used for
massage, achy muscles, or for sunburn. We are planning on harvesting St. John’s Wort in the meadow, on this day dedicated to St. John.
(St. John’s day is June 24th.)

Flower Essences

A fun and esoteric subject, flower essences will be explored. Learn what they are, how they work, and if it’s sunny, find one of our many flowers to make an essence to take home.

The Chakra System, Displayed in a Garden

What a beautiful way to understand the energy systems of the body, by standing in a formal garden designed for this purpose. We will go over the energy systems of the body and which plants assist them.

Making Hydrosols and Essential Oils

Jane will pull out her still and together we will decide what herb to distill. Explore the alchemy of this plant preparation.

Tincture Making

Tinctures are the most common form of herbal medicine in the contemporary USA. Learn how to prepare a tincture, and why it is the preferred method of herbal medicine.

Herbal Teas

Beloved Herbal Teas, the most traditional way to prepare medicine will be taught in this hands-on seminar. Join us to harvest, and learn how to custom blend for a purpose these delightful herbs.

Lavender Workshop

Let’s explore the wonderful world of lavender, and create a lavender product to take home.

Ritualistic Uses of Herbs

Learn about the herbal tradition of using herbs for Ritual. We will cover White sage, Holy Basil Cedar and Rue for starters. Together we can make a smudge stick to take home.

Check out our new products...

The Herbal SPA: Cleansers, Toners, Lotions, Soaps and Elixirs Introducing our full skin care lines for specific skin types as soaps, scrubs, cleansers and toners! We now offer whole body treatments designed for your needs: lemongrass thyme for youthful, oilier skin, calendula neroli for drier, more sensitive skin and Golden Crown for honoring the mature, wise woman’s skin. Choose according to your needs or your unique preferences. Let your skin or senses guide you! LEMONGRASS THYME: Created for oily, youthful and problem skin. My favorite astringent and antiseptic herbs refresh and cleanse, while eliminating excess oil and impurities. Traditional American herbs are collected from our prairie as they were for hundreds of years for the health and beauty of youthful skin. CALENDULA NEROLI: Created for normal to dry skin. My favorite herbs and flowers for nourishing, cleansing, and softening. Grown and blended to bring you the beauty of youthful skin. GOLDEN CROWN: Designed for the wise woman with mature skin. The ultimate blend of the finest botanicals for eliminating wrinkles and restoring skin to its natural beauty.
New Moisture Cremes, Soaps, Shampoo Bar & Bath Salts Jewelweed Chickweed Anti-Itch Soap: Relief at last. Finally, an anti-itch soap for poison ivy, oak sumac and insect bites! Inspiration Bath Salts: Inspire with violet, tulsi, sage and more. Detox Bath Salts: Open and draw with ginger, burdock, kelp and more. Activ-8 Bath Salts: Based on our popular and rejuvenating Activ-8 Muscle Rub oil. Relax those joints and muscles with pine, willow rosemary and more. Herbal Shampoo Bar: The best herbs to rejuvenate and beautify the hair, nettle, burdock, sage and rosemary are combined for a shiny, beautiful look. Just scrub bar on hair and save the world from another plastic container! Self Heal Moisure Cream: Made with the traditional wound healing and softening herb, Self Heal. Gentle and effective, this non-scented cream is combined with self heal flower essence for its added benefits. Look, No X-E-MA! Moisture Cream: Our Look No X-E-Ma! Cream was developed when my daughter was born with eczema. I created this effective, well-balanced cream to ease the inflammation and itch. This is our most popular product helping eczema sufferers across the country. For persistent skin conditions, please seek help from a wholistic practitioner. This may be a symptom of an internal condition. Look, No X-E-MA! Soap: Modeled after our Four Elements best seller moisture cream to ease inflammation and itching. Look, No X-E-MA! Bath Salts: Modeled after our Four Elements best seller moisture cream to ease inflammation and itching.
New Lip Balm flavors Sweet Violet: Honoring our state flower for it's softening and healing effects on the skin, both Violet and Burdock are anti-cancer folk remedies. Slightly cooling and pleasantly sweetened with Stevia. Holy Basil:: Holy Basil is traditional in India where it is used as an adaptogen, assisting the body to cope with stress. We appreciate it for its centering, balancing and grounding effects. Delightfully refreshing and surprisingly spicy.

Breathe Better Contains elecampagne, platytcodon, mullein and ganoderma. Helpful for promoting healthy lung function. Opens bronchioles, relieving stressful breathing.	Happy Head Contains petasites, feverfew, meadowsweet and lemon balm, relieves the achiness in the head, using traditional headache herbs.
Heart Health Contains hawthorn, gynostemma pentafolium, sage & lemon balm. Designed to promote healthy function of the heart. Hawthorn is globally, the classic tonic for heart. G. pentaphyllum has a strengthening effect on the heart and vessels. Sage is an overall tonic and lemon balm calms and brings joy, always beneficial to the heart.	Teasel Combo Popular remedy in tick season. Teasel, solomon’s seal, andrographis and sweet annie.

Power, Energy & Stamina Tonifying herbs blended to give your body a boost without caffiene. Nettles, Hawthorn, Mullein, Gotu Kola, Ginseng, Ginger, Sumac & Goji Berries -- mineral rich, adaptogenic, helping the body to cope with stress and stimulate circulation. This helpful blend is designed to enhance vitality for peak performance. Feel your strength!	Joy, Love & Passion Using herbs which strengthen the heart and nervines which are stress relieving, slightly hypnotic, and help us to relax and enjoy what we have. Feel the beauty within and let that light shine! Lemon Balm, Passionflower, Damiana, Borage leaf, Roses, Hibiscus Flowers, Ginseng, Cinnamon, Ginger, Stevia. Steep, pour, and turn down the lights!
Nature Calls An alterative blend, useful for cleansing the liver and kidneys (using tonic herbs that will not cause dependancy). Certified organic Nettles, Dandelion, Comfrey leaf, Burdock root, Yellow Dock root, Licorice root, Orange peel, Ginger, Cinnamon, Stevia. Relax!	TelepaTea Traditional herbs for clarifying thoughts, balancing the body and opening up to the knowledge a higher wisdom is available to assist us. Holy Basil, Sage, Basswood blossoms, and Roses. Expand your mind!
Fortifying Infusion Designed for the Madison Birth Center, but nourishing for anyone. Tasty and nutritious with Nettles, Alfalfa and Peppermint.

Great Lakes Rescue Offering strength and perseverance in a calm and steady manner feeling support and protection from the Earth in times of stress.	Letting Go Knowing when to surrender with balanced strength and acceptance. Trust the natural states of energy, and yourself as a player in Life.
Faith Releases buoyant courage and faith to lift you into the knowledge life will work out when you are open to a higher perspective.	Self-Love Lets your inner light shine as if the radiant sun is empowering your core integrity. Promotes inner conviction and healthy sense of self.
Lucid Dreamer Consciousness in dreams, receptive to guidance and psychic awareness. Helps to transfer information clearly.	Joy, Love & Passion Balances spirit and body to trust an open heart with emotional freedom to respond to creative warmth and passion.
Communication Ability to transfer information in a clear articulate manner, radiating beauty and truth from within.	Brilliance/Wisdom Opens Spiritual insight and vision, alert clarity, and receptive attunement, for holistic consciousness.
Direction/Balance Helps to move past blockages, to progress with decisive action within a shield of light.	Joy Lift the heart into the joyful spirit of simply being, not taking oneself so seriously.