Herb Camp For Kids
Fridays from 9-12
July 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2016
Join us for our first annual Herb Camp for Kids this July on Fridays. We invite youth ages 7-11 to join us for this hands on class that includes explorations of various medicinal plants, plant identification and field walks on the farm, herbal activities including medicine making, herbal gardening, arts and crafts and more! This is a wonderful opportunity for kids and parents alike to connect with local plants!
We ask kids below the age of 8 have a chaperone during class. Each child should come prepared for weather and the outdoors, and bring a water bottle and snack if needed.
Cost:
$108 per child includes materials ($78 for additional children in immediate family.)
Registration:
Space is limited, we encourage you to sign up soon!
Please fill out the registration info below and return a signed copy of the waiver with the childs and legal gaurdiens info. Payment can be done via the link below.
Location:
Centro Ashé Farm
1620 Chester Avenue
Bryans Road, MD 20616
About Your Teachers:
Rebecca Cecere Seward
of Prickly Pear Produce
Rebecca Cecere Seward has been trying to not grow up for years, and spends her days growing vegetables as the owner of Prickly Pear Produce. She has been babysitting, lifeguarding, or otherwise hanging out with kids since she was a youth herself. She has been a part of teaching people about vegetables and plants for about a dozen years. She is looking forward to sharing some plant knowledge and wonder with these herbal kiddies!
Molly Meehan Bio:
of Centro Ashé Herbs & Education
Molly is an herbalist, gardener, and passionate love of plants and people! Her work centers around community based herbal medicine and food systems and specifically working cooperatively to keep the knowledge of our food, herbal medicine, seeds, and our healing traditions alive and vital within our communities! Molly was born and raised in Silver Spring Maryland, lives half the year in the DC based Centro Ashé Herb Farm & Education Center and the other half in Talamanca, Costa Rica coordinating Centro Ashé programs there. She has worked extensively at kids camps and providing kids programming throughout her career. She has a MA in Sustainable Development from the School for International Training, studied at the Self Heal School for Herbal Medicine in California, with various traditional herbalists in Costa Rica for the last decade, and attended the clinical herbal program at Sacred Plant Traditions.
Fridays from 9-12
July 1, 8, 15, 22 of 2016
Join us for our first annual Herb Camp for Kids this July on Fridays. We invite youth ages 7-11 to join us for this hands on class that includes explorations of various medicinal plants, plant identification and field walks on the farm, herbal activities including medicine making, herbal gardening, arts and crafts and more! This is a wonderful opportunity for kids and parents alike to connect with local plants!
We ask kids below the age of 8 have a chaperone during class. Each child should come prepared for weather and the outdoors, and bring a water bottle and snack if needed.
Cost:
$108 per child includes materials ($78 for additional children in immediate family.)
Registration:
Space is limited, we encourage you to sign up soon!
Please fill out the registration info below and return a signed copy of the waiver with the childs and legal gaurdiens info. Payment can be done via the link below.
Location:
Centro Ashé Farm
1620 Chester Avenue
Bryans Road, MD 20616
About Your Teachers:
Rebecca Cecere Seward
of Prickly Pear Produce
Rebecca Cecere Seward has been trying to not grow up for years, and spends her days growing vegetables as the owner of Prickly Pear Produce. She has been babysitting, lifeguarding, or otherwise hanging out with kids since she was a youth herself. She has been a part of teaching people about vegetables and plants for about a dozen years. She is looking forward to sharing some plant knowledge and wonder with these herbal kiddies!
Molly Meehan Bio:
of Centro Ashé Herbs & Education
Molly is an herbalist, gardener, and passionate love of plants and people! Her work centers around community based herbal medicine and food systems and specifically working cooperatively to keep the knowledge of our food, herbal medicine, seeds, and our healing traditions alive and vital within our communities! Molly was born and raised in Silver Spring Maryland, lives half the year in the DC based Centro Ashé Herb Farm & Education Center and the other half in Talamanca, Costa Rica coordinating Centro Ashé programs there. She has worked extensively at kids camps and providing kids programming throughout her career. She has a MA in Sustainable Development from the School for International Training, studied at the Self Heal School for Herbal Medicine in California, with various traditional herbalists in Costa Rica for the last decade, and attended the clinical herbal program at Sacred Plant Traditions.
Register Today
Space is limited!
Registration Info:
Send in email to [email protected] along with waiver form in order to complete registration.
Name of Registrant
Name of Emergency Contact and Chaperone in Class
Age
Allergies

centro_ashe_waiver_form.pdf |
Directions
Centro Ashé is open to the public during scheduled events only.
1620 Chester Avenue
Bryans Road, MD 20616
Directions from the D.C. area
Take the Capital Beltway (I-495/95 S) or I-295 going south. From I-295 take exit 1A onto I-95 N/I-495 N/MD-210 toward Baltimore, follow signs for MD-210 S/Indian Head Hwy. From the Beltway, take exit 3 onto MD-210 S/Indian Head Hwy and go 12.5 miles. Take right on Maryland 227 W (Marshall Hall Road) go 4.3 miles. Take a left on River Road go 1.2 miles, take a left on Chester Ave and go .1 miles - the farm will be on your left.
Directions from Route 301, Crain Highway
From Waldorf, turn onto Route 228 and follow seven miles to the end. Turn left (south) onto Indian Head Highway and go 4 miles. Take right on Maryland 227 W (Marshall Hall Road) go 4.3 miles. Take a left on River Road go 1.2 miles, take a left on Chester Ave and go .1 miles - the farm will be on your left.
Public Transportation from DC:
Public buses do run to and from Bryans Road on a regular but somewhat limited basis. If you plan to take the bus to one of our events we are able to help arrange you a ride down the road to our farm from the bus stop.
Metrobus Schedule W19 - Indian Head Express Line - PLEASE NOTE THIS BUS IS MONDAY - FRIDAY
http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/md/w19.pdf
Centro Ashé is open to the public during scheduled events only.
1620 Chester Avenue
Bryans Road, MD 20616
Directions from the D.C. area
Take the Capital Beltway (I-495/95 S) or I-295 going south. From I-295 take exit 1A onto I-95 N/I-495 N/MD-210 toward Baltimore, follow signs for MD-210 S/Indian Head Hwy. From the Beltway, take exit 3 onto MD-210 S/Indian Head Hwy and go 12.5 miles. Take right on Maryland 227 W (Marshall Hall Road) go 4.3 miles. Take a left on River Road go 1.2 miles, take a left on Chester Ave and go .1 miles - the farm will be on your left.
Directions from Route 301, Crain Highway
From Waldorf, turn onto Route 228 and follow seven miles to the end. Turn left (south) onto Indian Head Highway and go 4 miles. Take right on Maryland 227 W (Marshall Hall Road) go 4.3 miles. Take a left on River Road go 1.2 miles, take a left on Chester Ave and go .1 miles - the farm will be on your left.
Public Transportation from DC:
Public buses do run to and from Bryans Road on a regular but somewhat limited basis. If you plan to take the bus to one of our events we are able to help arrange you a ride down the road to our farm from the bus stop.
Metrobus Schedule W19 - Indian Head Express Line - PLEASE NOTE THIS BUS IS MONDAY - FRIDAY
http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/md/w19.pdf