Indianapolis Foraging and Medicinal Plants

Join as at Octavia's Visionary Campus for a Land Stewardship day where volunteers will be working in the gardens either planting, weeding, mulching, or doing some other helpful activities around the fields. Feel free to come late or leave early if that works better for your schedule.

Lunch will be provided around 1pm.

Park in the parking lot and then you can join us inside the building or if you arrive later, walk behind the building and you'll see us planting in the field.

The food that we grow here will be shared with volunteers and the local community to help provided food security and sovereignty for Indianapolis residents.

You can learn more about the KHEPRW Institute that funds this project at https://kheprw.org

This event repeats every 2nd and 4th Saturday. On the 4th Saturday, there will be a guest speaker from around 2pm to 3:30pm and you are welcome to attend that as well in the lunch room.

Come learn how to spot wild edible plants and make your own herbal remedies in this fun, hands-on outdoor class.

In this class, you will learn about:

• Foraging identification and materia medica of fall plants
• How to prepare herbal tinctures, teas, topicals, syrups, and spagyrics
• Medicinal, culinary, and energetic virtues of plants
• Access to community herbal medicine
• The vitalistic approach to herbal medicine

The investment for this class is $20 per person. You can pay ahead of time with Venmo at https://venmo.com/u/Tom-Corson-Knowles or you can pay cash when the event starts.

Please dress for the weather and bring shoes and clothing suitable for walking along the many beautiful trails inside the park.

About Aron

Aron McNicholas is a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Clinical Herbalist with a passion for dispelling confusion around modern illness and offering natural interventions. His journey began with hands-on training at Hobbit Gardens in Indiana, followed by intensive study with 7Song at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, where he honed his skills in clinical herbalism and plant identification. Seeking continual growth, he earned a Master’s in Functional Medicine and Nutrition from the University of Western States.

Through Hartwood Herbals, Aron crafts wildcrafted remedies, leads plant walks and immersive classes, and offers one-on-one consultations to help clients navigate everything from autoimmune conditions to hormone imbalances, gut health, and chronic illness. As the Indianapolis chapter leader for the Weston A. Price Organization, he also works to reconnect families with nutrient-dense, regenerative foods.

Whether you’re looking for personalized health support, hands-on herbal education, or a deeper connection to the natural world, Aron is here to guide the way.

Note: I have a few copies left of Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America at a discounted price of $30. If you would like one, just let me know.