{"id":18364,"date":"2012-11-26T13:48:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T19:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=18364"},"modified":"2012-11-25T21:31:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T03:31:27","slug":"brenda-gaudry-educates-and-entertains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2012\/11\/26\/brenda-gaudry-educates-and-entertains\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Gaudry Educates and Entertains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0890.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0890-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0890\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-18396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0890-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0890-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0890-228x171.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0890.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Submitted by:<br \/>\nKamshi Kanavathy<\/p>\n<p><\/br>Multi-talented entrepreneur, Brenda Gaudry, inspired and entertained a keen audience last night at the North-West Regional Library in Swan River.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<em>Click any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0888.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0888-228x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0888\" width=\"228\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0888-228x171.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0888-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0888-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0888.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>Brenda passed around samples of her home-made herbal salves and teas while explaining her methods and reasons for harvesting the ingredients for those products.  <\/p>\n<p>Brenda says that whatever we need to heal all our ailments are to be found in nature.  <\/p>\n<p><\/br>We just need to learn where and how to look for these plants and what to do with them.  We need to \u201copen our eyes\u201d, which is incidentally, the title of her first video. In this video, Brenda goes out into the boreal forest to look for plants.  She also introduces her business and artworks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0894.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0894-131x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0894\" width=\"131\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-18402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0894-131x200.jpg 131w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0894-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0894.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a><\/br><\/br>Brenda has another video out now called \u201cMother Nature\u2019s Pantry\u201d.  A cookbook is included with this DVD.  <\/p>\n<p>Birchbark biting, a popular aboriginal artform, is another of Brenda\u2019s talents.  She has made a DVD that demonstrates how to acquire this wondrous skill.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\nApart from showing her skills, Brenda entertained her captive audience with stories of her wildlife experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0902.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0902-475x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0902\" width=\"475\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0902-475x266.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0902-228x128.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0902-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0902.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to medicinal uses, Brenda uses plants, leaves, wood, feathers and other objects found in nature to make ornaments and jewellery such as smudge containers, earrings, walking sticks, jewellery boxes, candle holders and more. Her products are available at her store in Barrows and at stores around the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0904-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0904\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0904-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0904-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0904-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0904.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0907.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0907-228x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0907\" width=\"228\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0907-228x171.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0907-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0907-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0907.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0896-228x345.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0896\" width=\"228\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0896-228x345.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0896.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0909-228x362.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0909\" width=\"228\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0909-228x362.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0909.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0908-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0908\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0908-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0908-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0908-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0908.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0897.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0897-228x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VB-IMG_0897\" width=\"228\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0897-228x171.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0897-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0897-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/VB-IMG_0897.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by: Kamshi Kanavathy Multi-talented entrepreneur, Brenda Gaudry, inspired and entertained a keen audience last night at the North-West Regional Library in Swan River. Click any picture for a larger version. Brenda passed around samples of her home-made herbal salves and teas while explaining her methods and reasons for harvesting the ingredients for those products. 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