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SUMMARY:September Full Moon Sunset Nature Hike & After-Party
DESCRIPTION:September Full Moon Sunset Nature Hike & After-Party \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull moon rising over Sulphur Mountain\, August 30\, 2023. Photo: Joe P. Powers \n\n\n\nJUMP TO REGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is now closed for this event. Please look at our calendar for the October Supermoon Sunset Nature Hike and other events.\n\n\n\nOn Saturday evening\, September 6\, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.\, my wife Rondia and I will lead a Full Moon Sunset Nature Hike to a place above the Ojai Valley where we can watch the sunset afterglow and the rising of the full moon over Sulphur Mountain. This is a unique Ojai experience made possible by trail access through an abundant chaparral landscape to an ideal vista point overlooking the east-west valley. All the while\, the “pink moment” on the majestic Topa Topa Bluffs paints a commanding presence on the eastern horizon. \nFrom the trailhead we’ll gradually walk about 1.5 miles on a well used dirt road with gradual elevation gain\, stopping along the way to meet some valuable edible and medicinal plants including\, among others: \nBlack and Purple SageCoastal SagebrushMugwortPassion FruitYucca andPrickly-Pear \nAfter witnessing the sunset and moonrise\, we’ll walk back to the trailhead by remaining daylight\, moonlight\, and flashlight\, returning to the trailhead at about 8:00. Registrants will receive instructions on where to park\, what to bring\, etc. \nThe After-Party: Then at 8:00 p.m. you’re invited to join me and Rondia on the heated patio at Liz and Jeremy Haffner’s Ojai Valley Brewery. Brewmasters Jeremy\, Griffin Davis\, and their staff will be pouring their amazing locally-sourced beers\, ales\, stouts\, wines\, and non-alcoholic beverages as we celebrate the full moon while “La Luna” continues to rise in the eastern sky. El Maiz Mexican Food Truck will be there serving until 9:00 and a great reggae band\, Adrian Floy & The Hearing Colors\, is scheduled to play until 10:00. You are welcome to bring your own snacks or dinner\, if you prefer. \nOjai Valley Brewery beers change with the seasons and reflect the plants of Ojai. Three staples you’re likely to find on the list any time of year are Sugar Bush IPA\, brewed with wild local Ojai “Sugar Bush” Sumac; White Pixie Ale\, brewed with Pixie tangerine zests and orchard blossoms; and an amazing Chaparral Ale flavored and bittered with White and Black Sage and local Sagebrush instead of the usual Hops. Jeremy describes it as “built to mimic the scent on Shelf Road.” That’s where we’ll be walking! Non-alcoholic offerings also change with the seasons and may include an Elderflower-Blackberry Spritzer. \nOjai Valley Brewery launched Side Street Wines in 2023 with winemaker Fabien Castel in charge. Fabien worked side by side with the legendary California winemaker Adam Tolmach at Ojai Vineyard for 20 years before joining forces with Liz and Jeremy. \nNote: Food and drinks are not included in the price of the hike but OVB offers my hikers a 10% discount on beverages. \nMy 2021 book\, Medicinal Herbs of California\, will be available at the trailhead for sale and signing. \nIn addition to the adult tickets ($35)\, tickets for students 13-17 ($25) and children 6-12 ($15) are also available. Children 5 and younger are free. One supervising adult must accompany each child 12 years old or younger. \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. \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. \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\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nIf you haven’t already up above\, please REGISTER FIRST before completing payment below.\n\n\n\nThere are several ticket options. Please choose the one you qualify for. \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 $35/adult\, $25/student\, or $15/child (one per adult) as long as there is still time for mail delivery.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.
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SUMMARY:17th International Herb Symposium in Cincinnati and Online
DESCRIPTION:17th International Herb Symposium in Cincinnati and Online\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nI am honored to be presenting two classes – one in-person and live-streamed and one online – at this year’s 17th International Herb Symposium in Cincinnati. Recordings of those classes and all the rest of the presentations will be available online for one year.\n\n\n\nThe IHS is the premier herbal conference of 2025\, featuring renowned presenters like Rosemary Gladstar\, Christopher Hobbs\, David Winston\, Matthew Wood\, Emily Watson of Artemisia Academy\, and many other noted herbalists and authors. Founded by Rosemary Gladstar in 1991\, the IHS brings together plant lovers and herbalists from around the world\, representing many traditions and aspects of herbalism: folkloric\, scientific\, community outreach and therapeutic applications\, farming and gardening\, ceremonial and plant spirit teachings\, and many others. Hosted biennially\, the Symposium also places a special emphasis on medicinal plant conservation and is held as a benefit conference for United Plant Savers\, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of medicinal plants. \n\n\n\nOn Saturday\, September 13\, at 2:00 p.m. EDT in Cincinnati on the Main Stage in the historic Memorial Hall I will present a slideshow talk on “The Twisted History of Herbal Medicine in America.” Follow this link\, scroll down to my Saturday class\, and click to learn more about it. That presentation will also be live-streamed.  \n\n\n\nI will present a second slideshow talk\, online-only\, about the making of my book\, Medicinal Herbs of California\, entitled “More Than a Field Guide: Writing with Ecological and Cultural Respect.” That one is not posted yet. I will update this page when it is. \n\n\n\nI’m happy to be able to offer you $50 off the in-person or online price of the Symposium. To redeem\, you just need to: \n\n\n\n\nVisit the International Herb Symposium website (https://www.internationalherbsymposium.com/)\n\n\n\nFind the “Register” button or get there with this link: https://internationalherbsymposium.regfox.com/17th-ihs\n\n\n\nThen enter the code SAVE50LANNY at checkout\, and the $50 off will be automatically applied.\n\n\n\n\nI hope to see some of you in Cincinnati or in the live-stream audience on September 13. For more information\, please visit the IHS website at https://www.internationalherbsymposium.com.
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SUMMARY:Fall Equinox Walkabout at Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve
DESCRIPTION:Fall Equinox Walkabout at Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFour Directions Circle on the vista point at Taft Nature Preserve \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 TaftGardens.org or email taftgardensvisitors@gmail.com.  \n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\nPlease join me for a Fall Equinox Walkabout at Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve on Saturday\, September 20\, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. “Walkabout” is a term rooted in traditional Australian culture\, symbolizing a temporary return to a simpler way of life\, often undertaken during intervals between modern societal obligations and usually involving a period of travel through the bush. That is the essence of what I have planned for you in observance of the Fall Equinox. \n\n\n\nOur walkabout will begin in the Australian section of the Gardens and ascend through the wild plant communities in the Nature Preserve to a vista point adorned with a four-directions stone circle on a mesa with a 360 degree view. There we will align with the four directions as we interact with the annual solar cycle and our own ancestral origins somewhere on Planet Earth. \n\n\n\nAs we do on my monthly Nature Education walks at the Taft Ranch\, together we will identify and discuss useful plants and observe birds and animal signs with a focus on survival in the wild. My intention is to create a space for people to connect with the natural world by learning the language of nature. \n\n\n\nABOUT TAFT GARDENS & NATURE PRESERVE:A project of the nonprofit Conservation Endowment Fund\, Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve was described for years as one of Ojai’s best-kept secrets. Not anymore! This botanical gem 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.”  \n\n\n\nABOUT LANNY KAUFER:Lanny Kaufer has been leading herb walks and nature hikes\, as well as foraging and medicinal plant workshops\, since 1976\, focusing on ethnobotany\, the academic term for the human uses of plants. He is the author of Medicinal Herbs of California\, published by Falcon Guides in December of 2021 and now in its third printing. Copies will be available for sale and signing after the walkabout.  \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 TaftGardens.org or email taftgardensvisitors@gmail.com.  \n\n\n\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.
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LOCATION:Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve\, Ojai\, CA\, 93023\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Equinox Nature Hike on Pine Mountain
DESCRIPTION:Fall Equinox Nature Hike on Pine Mountain\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbove: Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands seen from Pine Mountain. Photo: Erika Klohe \n\n\n\nJUMP TO REGISTRATION\n\n\n\nRegistration is closed for this hike. Thank you for your interest.\n\n\n\nOn Sunday\, September 28\, I will lead my 12th annual Fall Equinox Nature Hike in the peaceful Mixed Conifer Forest on the “sky island” known as Pine Mountain (elevation: 7000 feet). I promise that first time visitors to this area will be surprised and delighted to find a thick forest of pine\, fir and incense-cedar so close to the Ventura coast. If we’re lucky\, pine nuts will be falling as we walk. \n\n\n\nWeather and marine layer permitting\, we will have panoramic views of the Cuyama Valley to the north and the Channel Islands to the south. According to Craig Carey\, author of Hiking and Backpacking Santa Barbara and Ventura\, the Reyes Peak Trail along the northern slope of the peak is “quite simply one of the most beautiful stretches in the southern Los Padres.” \n\n\n\nBiogeographers include Pine Mountain in a select group of “sky islands\,” defined as isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments. We can expect to see several high-altitude plants and trees like White Fir\, Sugar Pine\, Sierra Gooseberry\, Wax Currant\, and White Bark Raspberry that are more commonly found in the Southern Sierra Nevada mountains. \n\n\n\nThe outing will start at 9:00 a.m. with a car caravan (or carpool for those open to it) of about 36 miles up Highway 33 from the Maricopa Plaza\, (1207 Maricopa Highway\, Ojai\, CA 93023) to the Reyes Peak trailhead. The last 6.5 miles include 5.5 miles on a narrow\, winding\, paved road and the very last mile on a dirt road. Trucks or SUV’s are preferred for the last stretch but most passenger cars with reasonable front axle clearance can make the drive. \n\n\n\nWe will start walking into the Sespe Wilderness from the trailhead (where there is a restroom) at about 10:30 a.m.\, stop for lunch (not provided) in the forest\, and return to the trailhead by about 4:00 p.m.\, arriving back at the Maricopa Plaza by about 4:30 p.m. We will hike on a well-used trail through mixed conifer forest habitat\, stopping often to identify and discuss native plants\, birds and wildlife. \n\n\n\nThis intermediate level hike is suitable for fit\, moderately experienced hikers or physically fit beginners. There will be some elevation gain and loss skirting the north side of Reyes Peak\, sometimes traversing across steep hillsides on a narrow trail. The total hiking distance will be about 3 miles. PLEASE NOTE: Those with respiratory or circulatory issues possibly affected by altitude of 7000 feet should consult with a physician before attempting this hike. \n\n\n\nThis is another in a series of backcountry walks and hikes under an Operating Permit from the Ojai Ranger District Office of the U.S. Forest Service designed for guides who provide recreational and interpretive services to the public. After the hike participants will receive a detailed follow-up email including a list of all plants and wildlife identified.  \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\nThe cost for the hike is $45/person. Qualifying full-time students (13+) can attend for $35. Children 6-12 (one per adult) can attend for $25. Kids 5 and under are free (one per adult)\, subject to approval. \n\n\n\nMy 2021 book\, Medicinal Herbs of California\, will be available at the meeting place in the morning for sale and signing. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			\n				\n			\n		Lanny describes the needles of a White Fir sapling on the Reyes Peak Trail.\n\n\n\n\n			\n				\n			\n		Rondia (center) and friends enjoying lunch. Photo: Chris Kudelka\n\n\n\n\n			\n				\n			\n		Pine Mountain. Photo: Enrique Villaseñor\n\n\n\n\n			\n				\n			\n		View north of the Cuyama Valley from Pine Mountain.\n\n\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\nIf you haven’t already up above\, please REGISTER FIRST before completing payment below.\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 $45/adult\, $35/student\, or $25/child (one per adult) as long as there is still time for mail delivery.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.
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