Nomadic Harvests’ Herbal Hearth
Offering Farm Tours and Classroom Visits - Located in Mt. Lorne
Why visit the Herbal Hearth?
Located on the banks of the Wheaton River and surrounded by mountains on all sides, the Herbal Hearth invites students to connect with both wild and cultivated land. Interactive tours of the berry and vegetable gardens explore garden ecology, edible weeds, permaculture principles, and food sovereignty. Sustainable harvest of Boreal plants from the gardens and surrounding forest can also be included. Garden preparation, planting, compost making, worm feeding, harvesting and river quiet time are all possible activities depending on group and season.
We have been teaching fermentation and herbalism to kids and adults since 2016 and can tailor the tour to your curriculum. We also offer classroom visits and can teach how to make sauerkraut, herbal preparations or ID wild plants.
About our Farm
The Herbal Hearth is an off-grid home and venue that consists of 3 large garden areas and an outdoor kitchen, surrounded by a mixed spruce and poplar forest. Our gardens supply us with vegetables and berries for the year, as well as medicinal plants for ourselves and our business, Nomadic Harvests. We have an apothecary and make herbal medicinal products that we sell at the Fireweed Market in the summer. We also produce sauerkraut off-site. Our lives are paced and fed by the rhythm of the seasons, the river that flows nearby and the plants who are our teachers.
Livestock & Crops
- Flowers, wild edibles and medicinal plants
- Garden and greenhouse vegetables
- Berries
Facilities
- Outhouses
- Covered outdoor eating area
- School bus turnaround
Directions
From the Alaska Hwy, turn on the South Klondike Hwy and drivet owards Carcross for 15 km. Turn right onto the Annie LakeRoad and travel 22.7 km. Turn left onto The Far Side Rd and continue down the road for 1.5 km. Turn left at the Y with the yellow barrel. Pass the driveway on the right and continue straight through the big wooden gate with the Herbal Hearth’s sign.
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