Nature & Nature Magic (Thursday Afternoon, 06/01/2006)

[romanywitch]

Today's class was meeting in the Preserve, which had been in a reminder e-mail Jenny had *handwavily* sent out. There's a small campfire set up, and cooking supplies set out beside it, along with lots of blankets to spread out on the ground, and baskets for plant-gathering.

"Right. Today, we're going to be hunting for magical plants. And not-so-magical ones that are edible. But, the guides I've handed out to you guys? They don't contain any pictures or descriptions of anything harmful, either magically or toxicalogically. If toxicalogically is even a word, but hey, you guys know what I mean, right?

Take a look around, see what you find, and then we'll see if there's anything we can make from them--you can either demonstrate a benign magical use, or make a yummy snack, or both. Share your snack with everyone else; we could all use a potluck, right?"

OOC: The handouts contain information from the following insane list o' links -
Sources for magical plant information -
HP Lexicon - Magical & Mundane Plants
HP Lexicon - Herbology Class
Mystical WWW Plants Grid
General Herbalism Link Index
Cedar Mountain Herb School
List of Fictional Plants
Sources for edible wild plant information -
Nature's Garden
EdiblePlants.com
Free Food From Field & Forest
Edible Wild Plants - Science Tracer Bulletin (Mostly Bibliographical Info)
Steve Brill's VegWeb Site


Course syllabus and roster. for this workshop.

OOC: Sneaking on to post this the night before the workshop is actually held, because I don't know if I can get it in before the deadline tomorrow. Slowplay is the order of today and tomorrow (per my post on Janet's journal, my boss is in this week and I have to be very, very good at work).

Wait for the OCD! Go forth and post.

Comments

Finding Plants

[romanywitch]

Explore the preserve, play around, have fun.

Re: Finding Plants

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim stuck primarily to the edge of the clearing at first.

Re: Finding Plants

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim found some mugwort, and used one of his handouts as a makeshift tray. "What are spiral dreams?"

Re: Finding Plants

[narglette.livejournal.com]

Armed with, well, mostly herself, her wand (in its usual place behind her ear), ear-muffs, dragon-hide gloves, her robe pockets stuffed with Jenny's handouts, and a pair of goggles, Luna headed into the foliage.

Re: Finding Plants

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow got a basket and went to look for whatever plants she could find. If she made a note of all the plants she found, harmless or otherwise - well that was just being studious, right?

Re: Finding Plants

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

Briar began looking for plants that he recognized as useful. Most of the plants seemed to reach towards him as he passed.

Re: Finding Plants

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana watched, bemused, as the plants yearned after Briar as he passed. What an amazing talent. It took her a moment before she could turn to looking for plants herself.

Re: Finding Plants

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn grabbed a basket and set off into the woods, wishing she'd thought to bring a pair of gloves or clippers with her.

Re: Finding Plants

[likethegun]

Sam grabbed a basket, setting his handouts inside for easy accessibility, and set out to find whatever he could in the preserve.