Patterns of Kinship: Plant Families for Herbalism and Foraging

Rose, Mint, Pea...

Plant families share many clues about an individual plant: medicinal qualities, safety, flavor. Understand the botanical patterns that sing their kinship, and you can know something about many of the countless species around you.

Come join for an evening of hands-on botanical study and tasting to get you more familiar with local plants and their medicines. This workshop is for anyone interested in herbal medicine or foraging.

You'll learn all the basics you need to identify many common plant families in the field, their safety, and general medicinal and edible uses. We will explore:

• botanical patterns and vocabulary
• organoleptics
• basic herbal chemistry
• ID keys
  

Expect to use your nose, eyes, fingertips and tastebuds! There will be plant tasting, botanical drawing and sensory study exercises, all in the beautiful Biblioterre medicinal garden.

Location: Biblioterre co-op, 169 chemin Parent, unceded Algonquin Anishinaabeg territory. 

Date and time: July 5th, 5-7pm

Price: 30$ regular price, or 10-25$ sliding scale. 15% of funds will go to support the Biblioterre co-op!

Accessibility: This event will run on uneven terrain, outdoors, with short walks and frequent stops. Please do not attend the event if you have any symptoms of cold, flu or have been in contact with symptomatic individuals in the last week.

Your facilitator:

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and raised by birch and little creeks, Anya Sylenko is a community herbalist, forest school educator, wildlife tracker and visual artist. Over the past 10 years, facilitating land-based education and connection has been the thread that has guided them through work in community urban agriculture,  horticulture, herbalism and place-based skills.

They hold a B.A. in Environment and Health, a Family Herbalist diploma from the Vermont Center of Integrative Herbalism, and are a certified Wilderness First Responder.

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