BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ojai & Southern California Herb Walks with Lanny Kaufer - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://herbwalks.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ojai & Southern California Herb Walks with Lanny Kaufer REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250406T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250406T120000 DTSTAMP:20260424T224552 CREATED:20250226T192259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T192605Z UID:16302-1743930000-1743940800@herbwalks.com SUMMARY:Cozy Dell Nature Hike DESCRIPTION:Cozy Dell Nature Hike\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView north up Hwy 33 and into Matilija Canyon from Cozy Dell Trail. Photo: Lanny Kaufer \n\n\n\nJump to registration\n\n\nPlease join me on Sunday\, April 6\, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (including drive time) for a 2.5-hour plant identification hike on the Cozy Dell Trail\, a special north-facing canyon trail just 2 miles up scenic Highway 33 from Ojai. Starting in the riparian habitat of Sheldon Canyon\, we’ll gradually climb up to the saddle in a mix of sun and shade. At the top\, in the sunny chaparral habitat\, we’ll have a stunning view of the Ojai Valley and surrounding mountains. \nWe’ll find a wide diversity of native plants to identify while demonstrating and discussing their many uses by foragers\, herbalists\, and naturalists for food\, herbal medicine\, first aid\, home remedies\, survival\, crafts\, ceremony and more. The entire distance\, if we make it all the way to the top is 2 miles. \nThis time of year we can expect to find Coast Live Oak\, Yarrow\, Mugwort\, Hummingbird Sage\, and Mariposa Lily\, among many others. Poison Oak will also be identified (and avoided). Participants will receive an email afterwards with a plant list (including common and scientific names) and other useful notes. \nTrailside discussion will include sustainable foraging\, Chumash plant uses\, and other topics generated by the participants. This is designated as a “nature hike” rather than an  “herb walk” because the trail is steep and includes a short stretch of rocky footing at the beginning. Good balance and hiking shoes are required. \nWe will meet at Maricopa Plaza parking lot in Ojai at 8:45 a.m. for a 9:00 a.m. caravan/carpool to the trailhead. We’ll hike for two hours beginning at 9:30 and ending at approximately 11:45\, putting you back at Maricopa Plaza by around 12 noon. \nBefore the walk\, at the caravan meeting place\, I will have my mobile bookstore on display\, including copies of my book\, Medicinal Herbs of California\, available for sale and signing.  \nThe cost of the hike for all ages of participants is $25. Please email me if you have questions about bringing children. \nNo dogs or smoking\, please. \nThis event in the Los Padres National Forest is presented by Herb Walks with Lanny Kaufer under a Special Use Permit from the U. S. Forest Service for wilderness outfitters and guides. Herb Walks with Lanny Kaufer is an equal opportunity service provider. \nMy Cancellation Policy: I will refund your payment if you notify me up to 72 hours (3 days) before the start of the event. After that I will make every effort to fill your space (and I’m usually successful) but cannot guarantee. \nMy Weather Policy: Walks and hikes will go on RAIN OR SHINE unless there is a steady downpour on the morning of the event\, probability of thunderstorm\, or a solid forecast of either the day before. Light rain or drizzle will not result in cancellation on my part. I will update registrants by email and text\, as needed\, and issue refunds if I need to cancel because of the weather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nPlease REGISTER HERE FIRST before completing payment below.\n\n\n\n Notice: JavaScript is required for this content.\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\nPlease be sure to REGISTER above before completing payment to secure your space.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCozy Dell Nature Hike\n\n\n\n\n $26.36\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Cozy Dell Nature Hike quantity\n \n \n\n Add to cart\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCategory: Event Tickets\, past\n\nTags: cozy dell 04-06-25\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. If you prefer\, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $25/person.Cancellation policy: I will refund your payment if you notify me up to 72 hours (3 days) before the start of the event. After that I will make every effort to fill your space (and I’m usually successful) but cannot guarantee. URL:https://herbwalks.com/cozy-dell-nature-hike/ LOCATION:Maricopa Plaza for caravan to trailhead\, 1207 Maricopa Hwy.\, Ojai\, CA\, 93023\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://herbwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/P1040150-e1740597001102.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Lanny Kaufer":MAILTO:register@herbwalks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250413T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250413T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T224552 CREATED:20250227T231625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T032328Z UID:16310-1744534800-1744560000@herbwalks.com SUMMARY:Nature Alignment with Elena Rios and Lanny Kaufer DESCRIPTION:Nature Alignment with Elena Rios and Lanny Kaufer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Nature & Forest Therapy Guide Elena Rios and author-naturalist Lanny Kaufer for a day of “nature alignment” in the meadows and secluded oak forest of Ojai. Just as our spines and our vehicle’s wheels sometimes need an alignment to find the right balance\, so do our souls. Years of the isolation from nature that modern life imposes on most of us can lead to a lessened sense of connection to the Earth and to our fellow beings. Are you ready for a nervous system reset\, for another way of knowing plants and your place in their world? \n\n\n\nJUMP TO REGISTRATION\n\n\n\nOn Sunday\, April 13\, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.\, Nature & Forest Therapy Guide Elena Rios will join me\,  Lanny Kaufer of Ojai & Southern California Herb Walks\, for an outdoor Nature Alignment day in the serene and beautiful Ojai Valley. \n\n\n\nWe’ll begin with a walk to “The Oak Grove” where famed Ojai philosopher and spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti gave his legendary outdoor talks from 1922 to 1985. With the permission of the Krishnamurti Foundation of America\, Elena will guide us through a “Nature Immersion” on this secluded private land considered sacred to many. Krishnamurti’s teachings of mindfulness and love of unspoiled nature attracted thousands of people to the Ojai Valley and to The Oak Grove. We hope to walk in his footsteps. \n\n\n\nElena will guide us in dropping into a deeper state of connection to nature and the more-than-human world. This sensorial experience will assist us in slowing down\, relaxing\, and observing with all of your senses. Elena describes it this way: \n\n\n\n“The importance of our relationship to land\, plants\, and place is rooted in ancestral Indigenous Knowledge all over the world. It takes shape in many ways. Join with like-minded people for a guided integrative mindfulness practice that can help you to let all of the miscellaneous fall away. Slow down and relax. Deepen connection to nature. It is more about being ‘here’ in the present moment\, than it is about being ‘there.’ A kind of nervous system ‘reset’ that has the potential to remind us of the Interconnection of All Things and our relationship to the Earth. It isn’t so much about knowing all of the names of the plants\, as it is about noticing which plants you feel pulled to. Experience the health benefits of Forest Bathing. All you have to do is come and be yourself! You are the medicine. Tu eres la medicina. The event ends with a sharing of tea made from native plants and some healthy snacks.” \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAfter a lunch break on your own – with many great food options just minutes away – we’ll meet again at the neighboring Ojai Meadows Preserve under a special use permit from the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy. There we’ll commune with a myriad of native and non-native plants that have long histories of use by the Chumash and all our ancestors for food\, medicine\, clothing\, building material\, musical instruments and much more. Our focus will be on learning the multi-sensory language of the plants\, of nature. Your questions and comments will generate interesting topics and great conversations and connections. \n\n\n\nThe cost is $75/person\, due in advance by PayPal or personal check. I will have my mobile bookshop with me\, including my signed book and the rest of my curated collection. Please note: Due to the nature of Elena’s process\, registration will be limited to 16 participants. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT ELENA RIOS:Elena Rios is an ANFT*-certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide\, Wildland Fire Professional\, Cultural Practitioner\, and Inter-disciplinary Artist.  As a child\, she first learned about ranch\, land\, and fire stewardship practices from her family on Tübatulabul/Yokut territory in the foothills of Sequoia National Forest. She draws inspiration from her late grandmother\, Maria Rios\, who was a curandera and a huesera on Tataviam/Tongva territory in the San Fernando Valley. Elena continues to participate in inter-tribal circles of learning and ways of being that are rooted in Indigenous Knowledge. \n\n\n\n*ANFT = Association of Nature and Forest Therapy \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT LANNY KAUFER:Lanny Kaufer has been leading Herb Walks and Nature Hikes in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and beyond since 1976\, educating hundreds of locals and visitors on the flora of the area with a focus on herbs that can be used for food and medicine. As an herbal educator\, Lanny also leads workshops and presentations throughout the Ojai-Ventura-Santa Barbara area on the edible and medicinal uses of California plants. He holds a degree in Biology from UC Santa Cruz and serves on the faculty of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at California State University\, Channel Islands. \n\n\n\nHis conscious journey into plants and the natural world began on the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico in 1967. He acquired much of his plant knowledge in field study with well-known herbalists and ethnobotanists\, including in the 1970s with the late herbalist William LeSassier and the late Chumash plant expert Juanita Centeno. He has co-led workshops\, field classes and expeditions with noted experts such as the late herbalist and author Michael Moore\, author-herbalist Michael Tierra\, author-herbalist Amanda McQuade Crawford\, Professor Emeritus James Adams of USC School of Pharmacy\, Chumash Elder siblings Julie Tumamait-Stenslie and Patrick Tumamait\, author-survivalist Christopher Nyerges\, and others.
 \n\n\n\nLanny is the author of Medicinal Herbs of California: A Field Guide to Common Healing Plants (Falcon Guides\, 2021). He hosts the biennial Ojai Herbal Symposium and serves as chief consultant on medicinal plants for the Swimmer Medicinal Garden in Playa Vista. \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: Light rain will not cancel. Heavy rain or thunderstorms will. Once you register you will receive weather updates\, directions and other info about what to wear\, etc. No dogs or smoking\, please. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION\n\n\n\nPlease REGISTER HERE FIRST before completing payment below. \n\n\n\n Notice: JavaScript is required for this content.\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS \n\n\n\nPlease be sure to REGISTER above before completing payment to secure your space.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNature Alignment with Elena Rios & Lanny Kaufer\n\n\n\n\n $78.11\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Nature Alignment with Elena Rios & Lanny Kaufer quantity\n \n \n\n Add to cart\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCategory: Event Tickets\, past\n\nTags: nature alignment 04-13-25\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. If you prefer\, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $75 with no additional fee.Cancellation policy: I will refund your payment if you notify me up to 72 hours (3 days) before the start of the event. After that I will make every effort to fill your space (and I’m usually successful) but cannot guarantee URL:https://herbwalks.com/event/nature-alignment-with-elena-rios-and-lanny-kaufer/ LOCATION:Earth Island Medicinal Herb Garden\, 1070 McAndrew Rd.\, Ojai\, CA\, 93023\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://herbwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Elena-Lanny-for-workshop-lsiting.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250419T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250419T110000 DTSTAMP:20260424T224552 CREATED:20250327T010957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T011333Z UID:16470-1745053200-1745060400@herbwalks.com SUMMARY:Nature Preserve Walk at Taft Gardens DESCRIPTION:Nature Preserve Walk at Taft Gardens\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: This event is presented by the Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF)\, stewards of Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve. They are handling all registrations. To register for the event\, please visit this page or email taftgardensvisitors@gmail.com.  \nRegistrants will receive an email from CEF with detailed directions. Please do not try to find the venue by using other maps or GPS. Allow plenty of time to find the venue and to make your way up the miles-long driveway. \nPlease join me for my monthly Nature Preserve Walk at Taft Gardens on Saturday\, April 19\, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.\, meeting at 8:45 a.m. We will explore trails through the wild parts of the property\, identify and discuss native plants\, and observe birds and animal tracks in the context of local ecology.  \nThis event is a perfect fit with my personal mission to open a space for people to connect with the natural world\, starting with the plant kingdom. The diversity of plant communities and native species make Taft Nature Preserve the ideal place. Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve was featured in an L. A. Times article on “The 16 Most Beautiful and Inviting Public Gardens in Southern California” and included in the RedBook Magazine list of “The 12 Most Beautiful Botanical Gardens in the United States.” \nThe $35 cost includes a $10 donation to benefit the CEF\, the non-profit steward of Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve. The donation portion of the fee is tax-deductible.  \nI will have my mobile bookshop onsite after the walk\, including my book\, Medicinal Herbs of California\, and Milt McAuley’s classic Wildflowers of the Santa Monica Mountains which features every plant we will see. \nPlease plan on leaving dogs and cigarettes at home. Thanks! URL:https://herbwalks.com/event/nature-preserve-walk-04-19-25/ LOCATION:Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve\, Ojai\, CA\, 93023\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://herbwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nature-Education-Walk-photo-by-Alexandra-Nicklin-resized-e1743037996801.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR