Calyx Liddick
FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, CORE faculty
Calyx is a bioregional herbalist, ethnobotanist, holistic nutritionist, wildcrafter, writer of poetry and prose, wildlife tracker, and mother of two. She was born and raised in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania.
She is an outspoken advocate for accessible education, social and ecological justice, and ethical practice in plant work. As an educator in bioregional herbalism, Calyx is passionate about bridging the gap of perception between the personal body and the ecological body, and illuminating the wisdom of place and the potential of the direct reciprocation of health and wellbeing present in ecological stewardship. She is committed to integrating plantwork as a life way, helping others develop a rooted relationship with the land and its more-than-human community, and healing the damage from extractive and hierarchical relationships between people and plants. In her practice, she integrates the long, rich history of traditional herbalism with modern, scientifically sound research.
Calyx graduated with honors from the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism’s Fundamental and Advanced Medical Herbalism intensives, and completed the Clinical Program for Herbalism, Nutrition, and Flower Essence Therapy. Her primary teachers there were Lisa Ganora, Kat Mackinnon, Mary Barnes, Lyn Romero, Joshua Paquette, Sheri Hupfer, Sheila Luna, Paul Bergner, Deanna Grabriel Vierck, and Ned McCrum. She also holds certifications in Holistic Aromatherapy and Reiki. She has over 2,000 hours of training and over a decade of experience in her field.
Calyx currently works one on one with clients through her practice at the Northern Appalachia Clinic.
Certified Clinical Herbalist
Certified Nutritionist
Tracker Certification North American Level II Track & Sign
Certified Bach Flower Essence Practitioner
Certified Aromatherapist through the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy
Jaybird Tignor
Co-founder, core faculty
Jaybird is a naturalist, certified permaculture designer, tracker, wilderness first responder, ecological steward, wild tender, craftsman, furniture maker, and photographer. He spends his days making, experimenting, teaching, mentoring, and living close to the earth within it’s natural cycles.
Born and raised in the woods of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, he spent his childhood exploring the wonders of the forest and on the water, shooting archery, and building with his father. The foundation of his knowledge and inspiration came from his father, who was brought up trapping, hunting, and gathering in southern Appalachia, and by his Mamaw and Papaw, who routinely walked out the door and returned with a wild salad. He’s taken that knowledge to heart and expanded upon it through his studies in botany, ecological stewardship, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and earth skills.
By living close to nature, he believes we can reclaim our natural place in the ecosystem, tending the earth in a manner that strengthens biodiversity and creates a truly regenerative and sustainable future for all life forms.
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Certified Permaculture Designer
Certified Wilderness First Responder
Certified Tracker through Cybertracker Conservation, an international organization devoted to documenting and certifying the wildlife tracking skills of local experts
Woodland Steward Alumni of Horn Farm Center
Jonathan Darby
Guest teacher
Jonathan has been foraging for over 15 years, leading classes for the past ten, and was raised in the back alleys of Red Lion and on the banks of the Susquehanna. Jonathan is the owner/operator of the Wallicks Farm Project, Riverbend Foraging, and co-owner of Riverbend Comics. Jonathan is a farmer, wild foods enthusiast, and educator. He is a certified permaculture designer and teacher and is the Farm & Agroforestry Manager for the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education. He lives in York with his wife, Erin, their two children, and four cats.
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www.riverbendforaging.com
hornfarmcenter.org
Mark Silver
Guest teacher
Mark Silver, M.Div., is a master teacher in his Sufi spiritual lineage, and is one of the pioneers in spirituality and small business, helping folks in developing a business they can depend on to support them since 1999. Mark is the author of Heart Centered Business: Healing from toxic business culture so your small business can thrive.
He and his company have worked with thousands of small business owners and self-employed practitioners over the last two decades, and he has a reputation in the industry of business development for deep integrity, grounded spiritual teaching, and nitty-gritty, detailed business development work.
In this dysfunctional, painful economy and culture that we’re living in, our central belief is that every act of business can be an act of love.
Mark is also a board member with the Horn Farm Center in York, and he and his family live on 15 acres in Fairview Township where they are slowly developing a food forest."
You can learn more about Mark and Heart of Business on his website: https://heartofbusiness.com
Lucia Hawkins
Guest teacher
Lucia Hawkins is a daughter of the Eastern Woodlands currently in Chinklacamoose (central PA). She is a forever student, dynamic facilitator, passionate advocate, vulnerable writer, frequent podcast guest, and an indefatigable seeker carrying ancestral legacies of Story and Stewardship. They are devoted to all Land everywhere and our communities of Place and People: practicing the paradigms of relational dynamics rooting and emerging in shared responsibility, respect, reciprocity, and commitment to our joyful duties of kinship.
Lu believes any and all practices of being human including education, healing arts, and community building must innately and intimately deconstruct systems of harm. Decades of putting theory into practice continues in Meraki Farmacy, est 2015: a regenerative herb farm and small but mighty community focused on ethics and philosophy, experiential learning, Land centered therapeutic services, an herbal - learning hybrid CSA program, Land to bottle apothecary, consistent participation in mutual aid, diverse multidisciplinary and intergenerational collaborations, and
fierce advocacy for decreasing harm by increasing lived experiences of empowerment and enchantment with all our Kin.
Some of the classrooms she’s been in include primary and secondary schools, college and adult learners; in various institutions and learning spaces such as the University of Rhode Island, libraries and YMCAs throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts, The Retreat Farm of Brattleboro (VT), Meraki Farmacy’s mobile classroom across PA, and the Hawthorn Botanical Gathering at Rhonymeade. She is honored and delighted to be a guest at Northern Appalachia School!
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Lucia gives thanks always to all her teachers including The Plants and Land, Terra Sylva School School of Botanical Medicine, so many wise and dedicated colleagues, collaborators, clients and community for the continued opportunities to learn and heal, explore and embody radicle/ radical care through living ecologically.