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Plantain Power: Herbal First-Aid from the Ground Up – July 19

A hands-on workshop with local business The Yellow Lion Apothecary and entrepreneur Stephanie Potter. This workshop will include a meditation, some forest bathing, picking plantain and making a salve that you can use on your cuts and scrapes. 

Plantain has been documented as a medicinal plant as far back as 1390.  Plantain is most famously known for its ability to heal and draw out poison. A poultice or salve of Plantain will help “draw” the itch out of a mosquito bite and help heal wounds, scrapes, cuts and bruises. Readily available everywhere, plantain is a good all round herbal plant to add to your sustainable medicinal herb cabinet and consider adding Plantain to your diet as a substitute for your regular leafy green. Full of enzymes, minerals and vitamins A, C and K, its deep green leaves can provide a vitamin-rich alternative to other domestic greens. 


About Stephanie Potter:
Stephanie uses locally foraged and homegrown herbs and plants to create all natural products you can be proud to use. Created during the pandemic as a way to provide family and friends with herbal remedies, it became so much more! Stephanie graduated last year from The Wild Rose College of Herbal Medicine, receiving her Herbal Practitioner Diploma and plans on continuing her education to receive her Masters. Stephanie believes that nature is healing and is proud to provide you with herbal products created with love and nature in mind. 

Cost: $99
10-3pm on July 19th
The workshop will include materials and a light lunch. Please dress for being out in nature; wear walking shoes and a hat; bring sunscreen and plenty of water.
Please email victoria@scff.ca if you would like any further details. 

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Spring Birds Counted – May 11 !

We had a wonderful sunny day walking the property as a group of 6, spotting and identifying by sight and song. Beginning early in the open fields, it was clear and pleasant. With the leaves just budding, one could see a wide variety sitting in the trees, calling and swooping across our view. Scott Russell wrote down the list of more than 30 species in his notebook as we progressed.

Here is the list that has been shared on the eBird site!
https://ebird.org/tripreport/375178

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Spring Bird Count – May 11

Man with binoculars

The Spring Bird Count on May 11th kicks off our season in Tamworth. Please join us at SCFF for this annual count of birds. Yes it’s Mother’s day and you are welcome to bring your mum, and you can wander the property keeping your eyes and ears open for all you may see and hear. Then share the birds you find with the eBird app. We will also be collecting the list for the day and uploading it. Please register by emailing us at admin@scff.ca so that we know to expect you. This is a free and fun event.

group of 3 people in a field seen from behind
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SCFF BioBlitz August 3-4, 2024

In conjunction with the Nature Conservancy of Canada we are inviting you to join us on the August long weekend for our second BioBlitz at Shibagau Creek.

Cuckoo on branch

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is calling for its annual countrywide BioBlitz on the August long weekend and we invite you to participate with us.

"It is the NCC's intention to unite thousands of people across Canada in a collective community effort to celebrate and document the diverse species across our beautiful country. Bioblitzes are a community-led gathering of information about species in a certain area held over a certain length of time. These community science events have led to the documentation of rare or endangered species in many countries, including Canada. Our collective observations can grow our knowledge of native species’ distributions and help conservationists target areas to eradicate invasive species. These efforts may help conservation efforts to restore the balance and health of our local ecosystems. By documenting the natural world and sharing these observations to a global database, anyone can give back to nature."
NCC BioBlitz Call

As we learn more about who and what inhabits the land, we celebrate all that we encounter. 

  • Pick your species be it flora, fauna or both and wander the 100 acre property noting what you see, take pictures to later upload for the Nature Conservancy using the iNaturalist app and enjoy the peace, quiet and beauty of all that’s around. 
  • Bring friends looking for a fun and easy way to support nature this August long weekend. 

Please come for a few hours on Saturday and/or Sunday. We can’t wait to hear/see what we all discover. 
Please fill out the Registration Form
to let us know when you will join us and receive further details.

Registration Form

Victoria and Peter

P.S. See what happened last year!

The Shibagau Forest Farmstead is situated within the traditional territories of the Mississaugas, Anishinabewaki (ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ) and Wendake-Nionwentsïo peoples who are the original owners and custodians of these lands on which we are honoured to gather. As part of the Upper Canada Land Surrenders, under the Crawford Purchase of 1784, no treaty was ever signed.

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BioBlitz 2023

The First Ever SCFF Bio Blitz weekend organized in conjunction with the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Big Backyard Bio Blitz 2023 was an exciting event. We learned a great deal from the expertise of members of both the Kingston and the Quinte Field Naturalists who, among others, joined us over the two days. iNaturalist now boasts over 700 observations and 300 species on the SCFF property.

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BioBlitz At Shibagau – August 5th and 6th

Inspired by the Nature Conservancy of Canada we are inviting you to join us on the August long weekend for our very first BioBlitz at Shibagau Creek.

Come for a few hours on Saturday and/or Sunday!
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is calling for a countrywide BioBlitz on the August long weekend and we invite you to participate with us.

"It is the NCC's intention to unite thousands of people across Canada in a collective community effort to celebrate and document the diverse species across our beautiful country. Bioblitzes are a community-led gathering of information about species in a certain area held over a certain length of time. These community science events have led to the documentation of rare or endangered species in many countries, including Canada. Our collective observations can grow our knowledge of native species’ distributions and help conservationists target areas to eradicate invasive species. These efforts may help conservation efforts to restore the balance and health of our local ecosystems. By documenting the natural world and sharing these observations to a global database, anyone can give back to nature."
NCC BioBlitz Call

It is our intention at Shibagau Creek to learn more about who and what inhabits the land and celebrate all that we encounter. 

  • Pick your species be it flora, fauna or both and wander the 100 acre property noting what you see, take pictures to later upload for the Nature Conservancy using iNaturalist and enjoy the peace, quiet and beauty of all that’s around. 
  • Bring friends looking for a fun and easy way to support nature this August long weekend. 

Please come for a few hours on Saturday and/or Sunday.

We can’t wait to hear/see what we all discover. 
Please fill out the Registration Form
to let us know when you will join us.

Registration Form

Victoria and Peter

The Shibagau Forest Farmstead is situated within the unceded traditional territories of the Algonquin Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Wendake peoples who are the original owners and custodians of these lands on which we are honored to gather.

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Wild Foraging Workshop

Sunday June 25, 2023 10am-4pm

We are thrilled that our first nature workshop will be led by Sarah Tacoma, herbal crafter and founder of Bloem Botanicals.

It’s a walk in our wild forest at Shibagau Creek Forest Farmstead in Tamworth ON.

Join us for a day of foraging and fun as we dive deep into the wonderful and wild herbs growing all around us. We’ll play with plant intuition, discuss herbs as medicine, first aid and food, and dig deep into the philosophy of trusting nature and more. This will be an exploration of sacred and medical plants growing underfoot while forging new connections. 

What we’ll explore;

  • Wild Herb Walks
  • Ethical foraging
  • Herbs as food
  • Plant Intuition
  • Herbal preparations including salts, vinegars and more.  

This day retreat is being held at our farm Shibagau Creek Forest Farmstead, an off grid 100 acre nature preserve. Five minutes east of Tamworth Ontario and 30 min north of Napanee, 45 mins from Kingston.

Connecting with nature and remembering what medicines our bodies have attuned to over thousands of years is empowering, to say the least. We’ll be spending the day walking the forest and discussing what we’ll discover around us. As we collect wild herbs and plants, we’ll learn what they can be used for, be it medicine, first aid or food. 

TAKE AWAYS: As we walk, forage, and collect we’ll create an herbal gift for you to take home. The gift will be pending our collective discoveries, and this could include a cedar/or pine bath salt, a vinegar, pesto or even a first aid salve.  

Accommodation at the off-grid farm house is available if you are travelling from Toronto or Ottawa. 

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