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March 2021
The Body Systems Series
Intermediate Level Program
Delve into the clinical use of herbs in our new intermediate level herb program. Designed to build on the information presented in our Foundations of Herbalism Program, the Body Systems Series, is offered from March to July 2021. This series deepens your understanding of the relationship between physiology, pathology, and botanical protocols and is geared towards students contemplating a clinical or community herbalist practice. Using a Western botanical medicine approach, each body system covered includes a physiology overview, descriptions of…
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Late Spring Herbs & Wild Foods
with Cara-Lee Langston
As their blooms fade and fall, it is said that spring ephemerals like trillium and bloodroot impart nutrients and microorganisms into the soil and water, setting the pace for a vibrant, growing season. This time of year, the fragrance of wild rose and honeysuckle is intoxicating, and it will take your breath away if you get a chance to see the elusive pink lady slipper and flame azalea in bloom. Spring gives us clues for what we can find later…
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Early Summer Herbs & Wild Foods Walk with Cara-Lee Langston
Early Summer Herbs & Wild Foods June 26, 2021, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm It's chanterelle mushroom season in Northeast Georgia. Let's see what we can find on the trails! Foraging in summer is a prime time to hone your botanical identification skills as many of the plants and fungi are blooming and fruiting. You can tell a lot about a plant by its inflorescence (flower) and fruit. This might even help you distinguish a toxic plant from a non-toxic…
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Late Summer Herbs & Wild Foods Walk with Cara-Lee Langston
August 7, 2021, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. By late summer, the forest canopy has filled out. While saplings like sassafras compete for light and nutrients, and the understory community of wild ginger, partridgeberry, black and blue cohosh, and wild cucumber continues to thrive. At this time of year, sunny open fields might be speckled with bright orange butterfly weed, Joe-Pye-Weed and sumac stand tall along roadsides, and sometimes you can find native bitter herbs like turtlehead growing along the…
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