Rec Field Plant Ramble with Dana L Woodruff of Dandelioness Herbals

Let's TGIF at the Plainfield Rec Field to get to know (better) the food and medicine right in our yards and village. We'll focus on seven abundant local plants (because I love the number 7, but we'll probably talk about more...) and the food, medicine, and lessons that they provide. This plant ramble will be part super basic plant identification, part storytelling session, part herbal first aid class, and part remedy show-and-tell. It will feature "weeds" and one fabulous cultivated plant, getting to know each plant's community and how to harvest ethically. In addition to sharing simple recipes for making food and remedies, we'll explore plant spirit medicine, asking permission, and really listening to & learning from the plants so that we can make good medicine.

Please RSVP via email: dandelion778@yahoo.com

All ages and experience levels welcome. Event is sprinkle or shine (if it's really lashing down I'll post an alternative date).

By donation $1-100, no one turned away for lack of funds. This event is a fundraiser for an herbal program I'm coordinating at the local women's shelter.

Accessibility: There are no steps to the Rec Field, but there is a medium-steep, unpaved hill down to the field. There is a parking lot and Port-a-potty that is *not* wheelchair-accessible at the Rec Field, which is walking distance from the Route 2 Commutter bus route. Start time accommodates arriving via bus, but misses the last buses both east and west. Carpool encouraged. Please come prepared in order to be comfortable for our time together (sun, wind, cold, bugs). Plant ramble will be in English, with Spanish clarification throughout if anyone would like.