The Traditional Practice of Gardening by the Moon

Date: Wednesday, March 25
Time: 6:00-8:00
Location: The Violet Fig—206 Commerce Street, Mineral Point, Wisconsin

A PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF GARDENING BY THE MOON by herbalist, Jane Hawley Stevens of Four Elements Organic Herbals

This workshop explores an ancient agricultural system that integrates lunar cycles and elemental influences into organic farming. While often overlooked in today’s mechanized world, these methods have guided successful cultivation for centuries. Drawing on more than 35 years of practice, the Jane will demonstrate how aligning farming activities with Moon phases and the elemental rhythms of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water can enhance efficiency and harmony in organic herb production. Participants will learn how shifting dry and moist influences —observable in tides—inform planting and harvesting schedules. The session will explain how lunar phases affect the water table, how elemental shifts every three days create wet and dry cycles, and how the relationship between people, plants, and planets reveals a synthesis uniting all life.

Tickets are $35.00 per person and include discussion, tea, and cookies.