Join Dr. Quave, Dr. Gary Nabhan, and other experts on medicinal plants for a workshop at the San Diego Botanic Garden! Please register here by February 24.
Medicinal plants have been used to aid human health from time immemorial. From traditional uses to modern medicine, they offer innumerous health benefits. Many have dedicated their lives to sharing the knowledge of their use. Join us for an informative and inspirational multi-speaker workshop to help build knowledge and understanding of our connection to the healing powers of plants.
The workshop will be opened by “Nature’s Pharmacy" with Dr. Quave, “The Plant Hunter”. The answer to some of the world’s most pressing problems could be held within our oldest remedies! Join award-winning author, explorer, and host of the Foodie Pharmacology podcast, Dr. Cassandra Quave, as she shares the story of her quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. Create your own tea blend and grab a signed copy of The Plant Hunter, hailed as one of the best books of 2021 by Kirkus!
Additional experts and practitioners of traditional medicine will give insights into improving human health through using smell, taste, and touch to connect with medicinal plants, including:
Bringing Native Plants into the Holistic Healing Toolkit with Brophy Toledo (Native American Healer from Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico)
Many people find their curative agents in native medicinal plants, and some Western doctors work hand in hand with traditional healers, including Brophy, to find optimal health outcomes for patients in need. Brophy will talk to us about and demonstrate the importance of our connection with the planet, connection with the plants, and connection with all the other living organisms that has allowed for traditional healing to remain important since ancient times through modern days and still going strong into the future.
Fragrance gardens and their health benefits in the face of climate change with Gary Nabhan (Distinguished Professor in Arizona)
As a designer of desert fragrance gardens, agave gardens and contemplative gardens, ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan will discuss fresh research of the health benefits of fragrant native desert herbs, shrubs and agaves in the face of climate change and the increasing epidemic of diseases of oxidative stress. He will also discuss the health benefits of involving youth in hands-on ecological restoration of native habitats.
Connecting People to Medicinal Plants with Corinne Feinberg (Pathlight Healing Herbalist in San Diego)
This will be a first-hand experience of the medicinal benefits of plants that reminds us that herbal medicine doesn't have to be purely based in rote memorization, but rather felt experience of imbibing a single-herb tea/infusion internally can provide a whole host of understanding about the medicinal aspects. It will be an opportunity for participants to notice how palpable herbal medicine is in their bodies and realize the potential of plants to communicate through our senses.
Cost: Members $12, non-members $18. Workshop fees include Garden admission and lunch.
Class format: In-person, indoors
Please register here by February 24.