WEI Classes and Events

Join us for WEI events, and classes offered through our Down to Earth Environmental and Sustainability Education Program.
Down to Earth encompasses WEI’s mission of environmental justice by offering accessible interdisciplinary classes taught by teachers from different walks of life: farmers, herbalists, artisans, cooks, activists, artists, and thinkers.
Scholarships are available - find links to our scholarship application on each class page.

All are welcome - WEI classes are open to everyone.

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14th Annual Will Allen Farmer Training Weekend

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

This year’s theme is “Regeneration - Healing Ourselves and our Food Systems”. This means regeneration for the land, for the way we interact with the earth’s living soil and produce; and regeneration for land-based workers ...

Plant Medicine Winter Solstice Celebration

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: With the longest night of the year, we’ll gather in community through both celebration and exploration into how we can best be supported through the sacred night of Winter Solstice. During the light ...

How to Grow Microgreens from Seed to Sprout

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Discover the joy and immense nutritional value of growing your own microgreens. In the class, students will learn the terms associated with growing microgreens, the equipment needed, where to source seed and how ...

Gardening from Scratch 1: Building and Planting

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: This is the first class in a three-part series with sessions in spring, summer, and fall. Come learn how to start and maintain your own garden from scratch. This family-friendly gardening course will ...

Deepening Connections: Spring Herbal Medicine and Magic

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Join master herbalist Gigi Stafne to connect with the unfolding, blooming energies of spring. This gathering expands on last year’s seasonal herbalism classes to focus on spring bitters and plant medicines including wood ...

Gardening from Scratch 2: Maintenance and Plant Health

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: This is the second class in a three-part series with sessions in spring, summer, and fall. Come learn how to start and maintain your own garden from scratch. This family-friendly gardening course will ...

The Healing Benefits of Oxymels: Fire Cider

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: In this course we will discuss the benefits of plant medicine oxymels - mixtures of honey, vinegar, herbs and more - that have been used as medicine and tonics for centuries. We will ...

Deepening Connections: Autumn Herbal Medicine and Magic

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: As autumn shows us its fiery red and gold colors, join master herbalist and teacher Gigi Stafne to meet the local medicinal plants of autumn and learn about their healing ways. This class ...

Women and Chainsaws

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: If you don’t already love your chainsaw, you will after this class. We will focus on chainsaw safety and operation, and briefly touch on maintenance. We will discuss finding and caring for PPE ...

Create Your Own Orchard: Make Fruit Trees by Grafting

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

CLASS RESCHEDULED - Interested in this class? Please register for grafting on April 11, which has enough students to run! Thank you for your understanding. Course Description: Have you ever wanted to grow fruit trees in ...

Create Your Own Orchard: Make Fruit Trees by Grafting

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Have you ever wanted to grow fruit trees in your own backyard and harvest home grown fruits or start a small orchard? This class will give you the skills and hands-on experience to learn ...

Home Cannabis Cultivation

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Growing your own cannabis at home is a rewarding and fascinating hobby. Whether you’re aiming for a high-THC yield or just want to grow one of the most interesting plants out there (that ...

Edible Landscaping and Gardening with Nature

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: From raised-bed kitchen gardens to gorgeously designed sustainable yards that feed the people, pollinators, and the planet, we will be looking at how to make the most of urban/suburban spaces in the short ...

Foraging with Hope

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: You don’t want to miss this foraging class with Hope Flanagan from the Turtle Clan. Hope is an elder who has learned about plants and foraging from her family lineage, Native elders and teachers, ...

Grow Your Own Mushrooms Outdoors

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: In this hands-on workshop, Stig will show you how to grow mushrooms outdoors using low tech methods like logs, patches, and bags. Thinking about expanding your food cultivation skills? Or are you simply ...

Herbal Street Medic Training

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Herbal Street Medics can play an important role in community resilience by providing grounded care, nervous system support, and plant-based first aid in times of stress, conflict, and uncertainty. Learn the essentials of ...

The Art and Craft of Goat Milk Soap Making

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Spend a hands-on, good-smelling session learning the craft (and chemistry) of goat milk soap. We’ll demystify the science—saponification, superfatting, and why different oils (olive, coconut, shea, castor) change hardness, lather, and conditioning—then walk ...

Introduction to Growing Peaches and other Stone Fruit in Minnesota

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Whether on a scale as large as a high tunnel or in a shelter for one tree, this class explains protection system principles in which you can successfully grow peaches, apricots, plums and ...

Cooking by the 13 Moons: Indigenous Seasons of Food, August Ricing Moon

Women's Environmental Institute 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN

Course Description: Cooking by the 13 Moons: Indigenous Seasons of Food Series invites participants to rediscover the relationship between food, culture, and the land, an experience that nourishes both body and spirit. We will explore ...