Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.
Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.
Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.

Dedicated to the
understanding,
wise use and
enjoyment of herbs.

Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.

Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.

Learn how to use herbs with confidence in your garden, diet and healthcare.

Learn how to use herbs with confidence
in your diet and healthcare.

Finally, classes to teach the necessary essentials of herbalism! Learn how to use and benefit from herbs through a hands-on approach. Attend herb classes at our sunny,  Millcreek location at 3191 South 3300 East, Suite #255 (North of Smith's Marketplace on 3300 E. 3300 So.) or at The Myotherapy College of Utah, or schedule a presentation in cooking, gardening or medicinal herbs for your group or organization.

Call or email Millcreek Herbs today to reserve your place in these fun, informative and hands-on classes. Pre-registration is required and supply fees are usually included unless indicated. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number and email.
Call (801) 466-1632. Mail to P.O. Box 9534, SLC, Utah 84109

Get your herb questions answered at www.askherbsforall.com

Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shopsVisit Millcreek Herbs at the  Downtown Farmer's Market beginning June 14.

Because Merry will be busy with the Farmer's Market, herb classes will be offered again in the fall.


Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shops HERBS FOR ALL

CLASS TIMES: Fall 2008
LOCATION: Millcreek Herbs,3191 So. 3300 E., west entrance
REGISTRATION:Mail class fee to Millcreek Herbs
    P.O. Box 9534
    SLC, Utah 84109

COST$120 (includes materials)
This class has it all! Learn about medicinal herbs and how to make the most of those delicious culinary herbs. Learn how to use herbs with confidence! This hands-on class will cover, history, botany, herbal preparations (medicinal and culinary), harvest and preservation, Materia Medica, essential oils, sacred plant medicine and answer the question, "Why use herbs?" Herbal resources, gardening tips and recipes will be shared and we will make herbal preparations you can take home with you. You will see an herbal pharmacy and learn how to find useful herbal resources. Spring is the perfect time of year to take this class!


Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shopsHERB GARDENING INTENSIVE
 
CLASS TIMES: Tuesday, May 13 or  Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LOCATION: Millcreek Herbs - 3191 So. 3300 E., west entrance
REGISTRATION: $25 includes materials

go to http://www.granitepeaks.org to register or call 646-5270

Register early to reserve your place!
You may already be enjoying chives, sorrel, sage and parsley this early spring or you may just be wishing you had an herb garden.  This herbal intensive  answers the questions, What should I plant? Where should I plant it? Now that I have grown it, what do I do with it? Information on garden planning, harvest and preservation, resources and recipes will be shared. Merry will have lots of fresh herbs from her garden to see, smell and taste.

Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shopsHERB WALK AT ALTA
 

CLASS TIMES: August 6, 11-2
LOCATION: Alta Community Enrichment (ACE - a 501(c)-3 non-profit Arts, Culture, and Education organization in the Town of Alta)

Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shopsHERB CLASS AT ALTA

August 13, sometime between 10 and 2
GET YOUR HERB QUESTIONS ANSWERED!
Where does botanical medicine fit into your healthcare? Learn how to
use herbs safely and appropriately for everyday health concerns like
sports injuries and pain, cold and flu, sleeplessness and stress and
more. Come ask the expert and learn how to integrate herbs into your
life for health, nourishment and wellbeing. Gardening and culinary herb
questions are also welcome.

REGISTRATION:Sarah Harris
Programing Director
programs@altaarts.org
www.altaarts.org
801-742-9712 (W)
210-373-9337 (C)

Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shopsMEDICINAL HERB CLASSES CLASS TIMES: TBA
LOCATION: MYOTHERAPY COLLEGE OF UTAH, 1174 E. 2700 So. #19
REGISTRATION: Contact:(801) 484-7624
COST: $175
This hands-on 10 week series will cover herbal history and lore, herbal preparations, medicine kits, essential oils, botany, harvest and preservation, herbs and body systems, descriptions of carrier oils, and a trip to an herbal pharmacy and much more. We will answer the question, "Why use herbs?" and learn about their benefits. Special emphasis will be on herbs that are useful in a massage practice. We will make herbal preparations that you can use. Botanical therapies can enhance and prolong the beneficial effects of massage! Class credits are available.

 

Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shopsHERB TRIPS: HERBS OF THE WASATCH
CLASS TIMES: Summer 2008
LOCATION: Wasatch Mountain State Park, Midway, Utah
COST:  $39
REGISTRATION: Send payment with name, address, phone and email address to Millcreek Herbs
    P.O. Box 9534
    SLC, Utah 84109
Join herbalist, Merry Lycett Harison, for an instructional day in the Wasatch mountains. We will set out to discover the herbs of the wild. Learn how to use cherry bark and what yarrow is good for and more. We will caravan in our vehicles on maintained dirt roads to visit different bioregions. Practical instruction and demonstrations will be givin on botany, collection, cultivation, harvest techniques, preparations, preservation, use and medicinal value. Bring lunch, loops, plant books, sunscreen and water. We will meet at the visitor's Center at Wasatch Mountain State Park in Midway, Utah. Carpool if you can. Register by July 1st .

Note: There is no plant collecting allowed in the park

    Driving Directions to Wasatch Mountain State Park Visitor Center
    From Salt Lake City:
    • Take I-80 East towards Park City<
    • Get off at Exit 146 (Hwy 40 to Heber).
    • Follow past Jordanelle Reservoir to the first light.
    • Turn right onto River Road<
    • Follow this for about 2 miles to the Circle
    • Take the right fork onto Burgi Lane (heading west)
    • Follow Burgi lane as it changes into Cari Lane
    • At the stop sign (at Homestead Dr.) turn right.
    • Follow this road as it curves to the left.
    • The visitor center is on your right.

 


 

Utah herbalists, herbal preparations, medicinal herbs, herbal shops ETHNOBOTANY, HOW PEOPLE USE PLANTS CLASS
TIMES: TBA, 6:30-8 p.m.
LOCATION: Millcreek Herbs - 3191 So. 3300 E. (Bldg. North of Smith's Marketplace)
COST: $90 plus museum admission
REGISTRATION: Register by March 13th by mailing class fee to Millcreek Herbs
    P.O. Box 9534
    SLC, Utah 84109
Ethnobotany is a recently developed field of study that combines anthropology and botany. It examines the way cultures use plants for food, medicine, ritual, and utilitarian purposes. This series of classes will follow the history of ethnobotany and the adventures of the intrepid explorers to the present day. Learn about the fascinating history of rubber,  the discovery and use of mind altering plants, and how plant constituents can be patented as pharmaceuticals. We will take a trip to the Natural History Museum at the University of Utah to see how an ancient culture made use of the plants that were available to them. If you like true stories of harrowing adventures and scientific and mystical discovery, you will love this class!

INTRODUCTION TO HERBAL MEDICINE
CLASS TIMES: Saturday, TBA, noon-3
LOCATION: Millcreek Herbs - 3191 So. 3300 E. , lower level
COST: $25
REGISTRATION: Call Granite Community Education to register at 646-5270.
This herbal intensive is full of information that will give you the understanding and confidence you need to begin using herbs appropriately in diet and healthcare. We will answer the question, "Why use herbs?". Herbal preparations will be explained through hands-on demonstrations and herb resources will be shared. Instruction will also be given on, history and lore, botany, harvest and preservation, wildcrafting and more. We will make a healing skin oil for you to take home with you.