Learn how to make an herbarium in this hands-on class!
An herbarium is a collection of pressed and dried plants. This collection can be your own personal record of medicinal plants that are familiar to you. As you meet a plant, it is an opportunity to record where you found the plant, time of blooming, where it grows. Also included in this information, can be an elaboration of personal notes, the beginnings of learning about the plant, constituents, folkloric uses, medicinal parts used and impressions. This is a great opportunity to learn a very simple approach in building this useful resource. Appropriate for older children and adults.
Taught by herbalist Julie Mitchell.
Level: Beginner
$15 in advance, $17 the day of.
An herbarium is a collection of pressed and dried plants. This collection can be your own personal record of medicinal plants that are familiar to you. As you meet a plant, it is an opportunity to record where you found the plant, time of blooming, where it grows. Also included in this information, can be an elaboration of personal notes, the beginnings of learning about the plant, constituents, folkloric uses, medicinal parts used and impressions. This is a great opportunity to learn a very simple approach in building this useful resource. Appropriate for older children and adults.
Taught by herbalist Julie Mitchell.
Level: Beginner
$15 in advance, $17 the day of.