Friday, March 26 , 7 p.m. CREATE YOUR OWN TEA AND TONIC GARDEN -- WITH MOSTLY WILD PLANTS. Win a real tea plant! Everyone would like to have their tea plants nearby, in the kitchen garden, available for flavorable beverages and medicinal teas. We’ll begin by learning about the original Tea plant, the Camellia sinensis, […]
Thursday, April 8, 6 p.m. NATIVE AMERICAN USES OF PLANTS. Learn about the many plant contributions of Native Americans to our culture today – plants for food, medicine, and tools. You’ll get to see these plants that are in many cases very common, and simply taken for granted, without generally recognition of their rich history. […]
Thursday, June 3, 6:30 p.m. SAFE BOTANICAL FAMILIES There is no “shortcut” to learning about which wild foods can be used for food or medicine. When Christopher was studying with Dr. Leonid Enari, Christopher worked with Dr.Enari to define the botanical families that are entirely safe for food, or safe with some qualifications. This became […]