What are you doing September 22-25? If you're looking for a unique event with a huge diversity of fun and informative offerings, you should be glad to learn about Rootstalk!

The first of its kind, this festival put on by local organic herbal company Mountain Rose Herbs, seems to have something for everyone. There's live music every evening, a masquerade ball, camping and outdoor activities at a beautiful 300-acre site, local and organic food and brews, and a crafter's marketplace.

Then there are the dozens of classes and hands-on workshops on topics ranging from identifying and using medicinal herbs to herbal brewing to permaculture and wilderness survival skills.

Oregon Wild will be there, offering a  workshop on Friday at 2:00pm. "Old Growth 101" will get up close and personal with Oregonians' most beloved forests as participants learn about what forests qualify as “old-growth” and why, what plants and animals depend on them, what benefits they provide to all of us, and how and why these forests are threatened.

All this would be great enough, but Mountain Rose is also donating all the proceeds to protecting wildlands - through Oregon Wild's partner organization Cascadia Wildlands. Now that's dedication to the cause!

 I hope you can join the fun!