Join us for an eclectic evening of art, music, and embodied celebration.

First Friday at Artemisia transforms into a vibrant dance party and community gathering featuring a curated art bazaar, craft mocktails, and a playful costume contest inspired by the spirit of the rainbow leopard.

This gathering also celebrates our very own Tyler Hawkins' birthday. This is an invitation to connect, celebrate, and support the ongoing Beehiven Project. Proceeds from the evening will help fund this work, and Tyler will be present to share stories from his recent adventures, including the wild tale of a semi-truck overturn and the bee rescue that followed.

Move between spaces of expression and restoration with gong fu tea service, massage, and immersive soundscapes by DJ Vee and DJ Sidra.

From 5–9pm, enjoy a family-friendly atmosphere with artisans, creativity, and connection. As the evening deepens, we transition into a high-energy dance floor from 9–12am with funky disco grooves (adults only, $10 cover).

Come celebrate, connect, and be part of something alive.

Wood Element · Spring

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 1)

April 25–26, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This opening weekend marks the beginning of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun, a 9-month herbal medicine intensive rooted in Taoist philosophy and Western herbalism.

Guided by the Wood element and the energy of Spring, this immersion explores themes of rebirth, movement, and renewal—both in the natural world and within the body.

Weekend Focus

• Introduction to healing traditions from around the world

• Foundations of Taoist elemental philosophy (3-, 4-, and 5-element systems)

• Tending the wood element: liver, gallbladder, lymphatics, and connective tissue

• Cleansing and detoxification through a seasonal lens

• Connecting with the Soul of wood and the spirit of the green plants

• Relationship with early spring herbs

• Storytelling, plant walks, food preparation, and embodied practice

Learning unfolds through hands-on experience, shared meals, land-based study, and community dialogue. Each session is designed as a living classroom—where knowledge is not just taught, but felt and remembered.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Those beginning or deepening a relationship with herbal medicine

• Practicing herbalists seeking an elemental and seasonal lens

• Healers, bodyworkers, and practitioners expanding their tools

• Spiritually oriented seekers drawn to land-based learning

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend for those unable to commit to the full journey

Please note that one-off participants are joining a larger, ongoing cohort and are invited to engage with care and presence.

What’s Included

• Two full days of instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Hands-on plant study and experiential learning

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Immersion in land, garden, and apothecary spaces

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Program Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Herbal Foundations

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 2)

May 16–17, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This second weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun grounds students in the essential foundations of herbal medicine.

While the first weekend opens the elemental arc through Spring and the Wood element, this immersion focuses on building practical literacy — giving students the core frameworks needed to understand how herbs function within the body and within the greater patterns of nature.

Weekend Focus

• Foundations of herbal energetics

• Introduction to botany and plant structure

• Understanding herbal actions and classifications

• How herbal flavors, actions, and energetics influence the body

• Building a foundational materia medica

• Developing a deeper relationship with plants through observation and experience

This weekend bridges philosophy and practice, helping students move beyond memorization into comprehension — learning not just what an herb does, but why.

As with all sessions in this program, learning unfolds through hands-on exploration, shared meals, dialogue, and immersion in land and apothecary spaces.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Beginners seeking a strong, grounded foundation

• Practitioners refining their understanding of energetics

• Herbalists wanting to integrate Taoist philosophy into practice

• Anyone wishing to build deeper confidence in working with plants

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Please note that single-weekend participants are entering a larger ongoing cohort and are invited to engage with presence and care.

What’s Included

• Two full days of instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Hands-on plant study and experiential learning

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Immersion in Artemisia’s land, garden, and apothecary spaces

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fire Element · Summer Solstice

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 3)

June 20–21, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This third weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun unfolds at the height of light — aligned with the Summer Solstice and the energy of the Fire element.

Fire represents vitality, expansion, joy, connection, and the full bloom of life. In this immersion, we explore how the Fire element shapes the body, the heart, and our relational field — both physically and energetically.

Weekend Focus

• The Fire element and its correspondence to the heart and circulation

• Understanding blood, vitality, warmth, and expression through an elemental lens

• Connecting with the Soul of the fire and sun plants

• Midsummer plant magic and seasonal allies

• Nurturing a harmonious balance of growth, love, ego, divinity

• Foraging and working with plants at peak vitality

• Medicine making aligned with summer energetics

This weekend invites students into a deeper exploration of presence, sensation, and aliveness. Learning takes place through hands-on plant study, seasonal celebration, shared meals, and time in direct relationship with the land at its most abundant.

The Solstice offers a powerful mirror — an opportunity to reflect on what is blooming within and how to steward that energy with clarity and care.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Students walking the full 9-month journey

• Herbalists deepening their understanding of seasonal energetics

• Practitioners exploring the emotional and spiritual dimensions of plant medicine

• Those drawn to celebrating and learning with the rhythms of nature

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Single-weekend participants are welcomed into an ongoing cohort and invited to engage with respect for the larger arc of the journey.

What’s Included

• Two full days of immersive instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Solstice-aligned seasonal teachings

• Hands-on plant work and medicine making

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Land, garden, and apothecary immersion

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Land & Wildcrafting

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 4)

July 18–19, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This fourth weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun invites participants into direct relationship with the land.

Guided by Robin Bliss-Wagner, this immersion centers on ethical wildcrafting, plant identification, ecological awareness, and ancestral earth skills. The focus shifts outward — from elemental theory to terrain literacy, reciprocity, and stewardship.

This is a weekend of walking, observing, listening, and practicing.

Weekend Focus

• Ethical wildcrafting and responsible harvesting

• Plant identification in the field

• Ecological awareness and terrain literacy

• Utilizing contemplative practices to connect deeper with plants and the earth

• Developing presence and deep observation skills

• Ancestral earth skills and primitive practices

• Cultivating humility, reciprocity, and relationship with place

Participants will learn not only what plants are, but how to be with them — slowing down enough to see patterns in landscape, soil, water, and season.

The land itself becomes the classroom.

As part of the larger 9-month journey, this weekend strengthens the foundation of embodied herbal practice by rooting knowledge in lived experience and ecological intelligence.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Herbal students seeking stronger field skills and plant connection

• Practitioners wanting to deepen their relationship with place

• Those drawn to ancestral earth knowledge

• Anyone longing to reconnect with land through direct experience

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Single-weekend participants are welcomed into the larger cohort and invited to engage with care and presence.

What’s Included

• Two full days of immersive field-based learning (9AM–9PM)

• Guided plant walks and identification practice

• Earth skills instruction and ecological study

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Time in direct relationship with the land

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Harvest & Medicine Making

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 5)

August 22–23, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This fifth weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun centers on harvest, processing, and the art of medicine making.

Late summer offers abundance — plants at their peak potency, seeds forming, roots strengthening. This immersion focuses on how to responsibly gather, preserve, and transform plant material into effective, energetically aligned remedies.

This is a deeply hands-on weekend.

Weekend Focus

• Ethical harvesting and timing

• Processing fresh and dried plant material

• Tinctures, teas, oils, salves, extracts and more!

• Understanding potency and preparation methods

• Matching preparation style to client and plant energetics 

• Working skillfully and safely with harvested medicine

Participants will move from theory into practice — learning how to steward plants from field to apothecary with clarity and confidence.

As part of the larger 9-month journey, this weekend strengthens practical competence while reinforcing the seasonal lens through which all medicine is understood.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Students wanting deeper confidence in medicine making

• Herbalists refining their processing skills

• Practitioners seeking hands-on experience

• Anyone wanting to move from learning about herbs to actively working with them

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Single-weekend participants are welcomed into the larger cohort and invited to engage with care and presence.

What’s Included

• Two full days of immersive instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Hands-on harvesting and processing

• Guided medicine making practice

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Immersion in garden and apothecary spaces

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Earth Element · Harvest & Nourishment

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 6)

September 19–20, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

The sixth weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun is guided by the Earth element and Late Summer— the energy of harvest, digestion, integration, and the steady center that holds all seasons.

As summer transitions toward autumn, we explore nourishment not only as food, but as relationship — how we digest our experiences, tend our intellect, and cultivate balance in the middle ground.

This weekend includes a special Breaking Bread Celebration, honoring the harvest season and the community that has formed within the cohort.

Weekend Focus

• The Earth element and its role in balance and integration

• Digestion, nourishment, and the digestive system  through an elemental lens

• Herbal support for gut health and assimilation

• The relationship between food, medicine, and emotional grounding

• Community ritual and shared harvest celebration

• Connecting with the soul of the earth element and late summer herbs

• Deepening presence within the “center” of the cycle

Students will explore how herbs and food intersect — and how true nourishment includes physical, emotional, and relational dimensions.

As part of the larger 9-month journey, this weekend anchors the learning process, helping students metabolize both knowledge and experience.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Students walking the full seasonal arc

• Herbalists seeking deeper understanding of digestive and grounding energetics

• Practitioners interested in food-as-medicine integration

• Those drawn to the communal and celebratory aspects of herbal study

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Single-weekend participants are welcomed into the larger cohort and invited to engage with care and presence.

What’s Included

• Two full days of immersive instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Herbal teachings focused on nourishment and integration

• Shared seasonal celebration and farm-to-table meals

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Land, garden, and community immersion

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

First Aid, Trauma & Plant Arts

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 7)

October 17–18, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This seventh weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun brings the focus to resilience, responsiveness, and applied skill.

As the season shifts deeper into autumn, we explore how herbal medicine meets real-life situations — from first aid and trauma care to practical plant arts and ancestral skills. 

This immersion emphasizes confidence in moments that require steadiness. You will learn to tend the dark and light aspects of life with grace, ease and beauty.

Weekend Focus

• Herbal first aid and trauma support

• Practical approaches to acute situations

• Plant arts: dyeing, print making, and creative expression

• Primitive and ancestral skills

• Building calm responsiveness through embodied practice

• Integrating herbal knowledge into real-world care

Students will explore how herbal medicine supports both physical resilience and emotional steadiness — and how practical skill strengthens confidence in community care.

This weekend balances technical instruction with creative expression, reinforcing that medicine is both science and art.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Students seeking applied, real-world herbal skill

• Practitioners expanding into acute and trauma-informed care

• Those interested in ancestral skills and plant arts

• Anyone wanting greater confidence in emergency and transitional moments

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Single-weekend participants are welcomed into the larger cohort and invited to engage with care and presence.

What’s Included

• Two full days of immersive instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Hands-on first aid and plant arts practice

• Skill-based learning and embodied exercises

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Land and community immersion

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Metal Element · Letting Go & Clinical Practice

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 8)

November 14–15, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This eighth weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun is guided by the Metal element and Autumn— the season of refinement, discernment, and release.

As autumn deepens, we turn toward the lungs, skin, elimination, and the energetic process of letting go. Metal teaches us how to clarify what is essential and release what no longer serves — in body, mind, and practice.

This immersion also introduces a stronger focus on clinical herbalism, helping students integrate seasonal wisdom into practical care frameworks.

Weekend Focus

• The Metal element and its correspondences: respiration, skin, elimination

• Grief, boundaries, and energetic release

• Herbal support for allergies, respiratory & immune health, and skin care

• Seasonal care medicine making

• Foundations of clinical practice within an energetic framework

• Connecting with the soul of metal and spirit of autumn herbs

• Bridging elemental philosophy with practical case studies

Students will explore how to hold both intuition and discernment — refining their understanding of herbal energetics while strengthening practical application.

As part of the 9-month arc, this weekend prepares students to move from inspiration into clarity — distilling what they have learned into usable skill and confident practice.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Students walking the full seasonal journey

• Herbalists seeking to develop a foundational understanding of clinical practice 

• Practitioners refining their ability to assess patterns

• Those drawn to the introspective, refining energy of late autumn

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Single-weekend participants are welcomed into the larger cohort and invited to engage with care and presence.

What’s Included

• Two full days of immersive instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Clinical and energetic herbal frameworks

• Seasonal medicine making

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Land, garden, and community immersion

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Water Element · Winter Solstice & Graduation

The Elemental Journey Around the Sun (Weekend 9)

December 19–20, 2026
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Ashland, Oregon

This final weekend of The Elemental Journey Around the Sun unfolds at the threshold of Winter Solstice, guided by the Water element — the energy of stillness, depth, resilience, and inner wisdom.

Water invites us inward. It asks us to slow down, listen deeply, and trust the quiet intelligence beneath the surface.

As the arc of the 9-month journey comes full circle, this immersion focuses on integration, mysticism, and honoring the transformation that has unfolded across the seasons.

Weekend Focus

• The Water element and its correspondences: kidneys, bladder, endocrine system, willpower, and resilience

• Death, silence, and the medicine of winter

• Mycology, mysticism, and planetary herbalism

• Exploring poisonous plants with discernment and respect

• Plant spirit medicine and meditation practices

• Connecting with the soul of water and the spirit of winter

• Celebrating and honoring the Winter Solstice 

• Integration of elemental learning across the full spiral

Students will present their final plant relationship projects, sharing their materia medica and plant stories — a culmination of months of study, observation, and lived relationship with a sacred plant ally.

Graduation marks not an ending, but a transition — a recognition of growth in confidence, competence, and clarity on one’s next step along the plant path.

Who This Weekend Is For

• Students completing the full 9-month journey

• Those drawn to the mystical and reflective dimensions of herbal study

• Anyone interested in honoring the seasonal transition  

• Practitioners integrating elemental philosophy into lived practice

This weekend may be attended as:

• Part of the full 9-month program, or

• A standalone weekend intensive

Single-weekend participants are welcomed into the larger cohort and invited to engage with care and presence.

What’s Included

• Two full days of immersive instruction (9AM–9PM)

• Mystical and elemental teachings aligned with Winter Solstice

• Final project presentations and graduation ceremony

• Scratch-made farm-to-table lunches each day

• Herbal tea and medicine bar

• Community closing ritual

Registration Options

• Single Weekend Pass

• 3-Weekend Bundle

• Full 9-Month Enrollment

Space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.