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Spruce
Island, Alaska
August 1 - 6
and 1 or 2-day optional Kodiak Island/Katmai
bear viewing extension
First Trip
$1795.00
per person double occupancy
$500 Deposit Due July 11
register
Group size: 4 minimum, 7 maximum
2-day Bear Viewing Extension
August 7 - 9
register
1-day Bear Viewing Extension
August 7 - 8
register
$500 Deposit Due ASAP to
guarantee booking
Group Size: no minimum on bear viewing option,9 maximum
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of respect for the wishes of the Alaskan Native
residents of Spruce Island, we will gather all
plants used in these seminars from privately owned
land. At the same time, we are proud to
help preserve and pass on the knowledge of plant
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BLUE DORY LODGE AND CHARTERS
2008 WORKSHOPS and RETREATS
Backwoods
Botany Workshop - Instructor: Fran Kelso
Discover
the hidden secrets of weeds. Learn how the native
flora of Alaska can feed you and nurture you in amazing
ways. Learn
by hearing, by seeing, and by hands-on experience.
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Teas
and Tinctures Workshop - Instructor: Fran Kelso
Learn
how local wild plants can be used for tasty teas and tonics.
You will be assigned a plant to research and gather; then
you will make it into tea and describe its properties
to your classmates. Learn as a group how traditional
herbalists made tinctures to preserve the essence of wild
plants for later use. Work with the group to create
your own tincture from the only Alaskan member of the
ginseng family.
- REGISTER
EARLY for this advanced plant workshop to be held
July 25-27, 2008 . (Alternative weather dates: August
8-10, 2008).
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Price
Schedule for all Workshops
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- Enrollment
limited to seven
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50% deposit to hold any reservation.
- All
elders, 60 years old and up, 10% discount to
workshop fee.
- Full
refund of deposit with cancellation within 30
days of workshop dates.
- Any
cancellation less than 30 days of workshop dates,
deposit will be forfeited.
- Any
workshop cancelled by host due to weather or
emergency, full refund of deposit.
- Price
covers all transportation to and from Kodiak,
meals, lodging, workshop, and materials.
This workshop is limited to seven participants.
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About Fran
Kelso
Fran Kelso, teacher
and plant guide, has long believed that everything we need for
survival can be found in the area in which we live. It
is simply up to us to learn what is available to us, where it
can be found, and how to use it. Knowledge and training
is available for the hunter and the fisherman, but for the forager
of wild plants to be used for food or for medicine, hands-on
training is not so easy to find. Backwoods Botany has
been established to make a start towards filling this educational
gap.
Fran’s training
has been in the true “backwoods botany” tradition. From
her home in the woods on beautiful Spruce Island, close to the
native village of Ouzinkie, she began her plant lore investigations.
She started learning about plants from native elders and later
sought more knowledge from books written by experts in the field.
Having been an
Alaskan for 33 years, Fran has had ample opportunity to study
her subject matter. Fran came to Kodiak as a musician
in 1969 and decided to stay. Beginning in 1977, she and
a collection of friends built her home on Spruce Island, where
she lived from 1979 to 2000. From 1979 to 1984,
she taught adults in the village of Ouzinkie, winning the Alaska
Adult Educator of 1982 award. In 1985, her book, “Plant
Lore of an Alaskan Island” was published by Alaska Northwest
Books. It describes edible and medicinal uses of wild
plants of the area and is a compilation of information gathered
by Fran and a study group of Ouzinkie residents.
For more
information on Fran Kelso, please visit the plant lore
page of her web site by clicking
here:
Peddler's Pack.
Comments
Great,
First plant workshop was wonderful. Blue Dory Lodge has
been the perfect getaway. Thanks for Everything!!! Dan
Eubanks, Kodiak, AK.
The
workshop was incredible. I learned so much! Rebecca
and Dean are awesome and generous hosts. Your island is
as beautiful as you both are! Thank you so much for everything.
I am definitely coming back! Penny Boschee, Kodiak, AK.
Great
workshop. Lodge is comfortable, friendly people
and wonderful surroundings. A truly great experience.
Evelyn Wiszinckas, Kodiak, AK.
Plant
Workshop with Fran Kelso. Beautiful location and wonderful
atmosphere and the lodge has friendly and hospitable hosts.
Thank you! Sara Persselin, Kodiak, AK
I feel so privileged to have given the
first official Blue Dory Lodge Plant Workshop! I enjoyed
myself thoroughly - and the food was superb; the lodge looked
scrumptious! Great work, Rebecca and Dean - You’re the
host and hostess with the mostest! Love ya bunches, Fran
Kelso. Spruce Island and Kodiak, AK.
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