Gather: A Northeastern Herbal Conference
Sunday June 23rd
10am-6pm
At Bentley University- Waltham, MA
Creating a Bioregional Materia Medica for the Northeast
Bioregional Herbalism is the practice of working with the medicinal plants abundant in the fabric of the landscape and bioregion you call home. It doesn’t have to look like working with solely native plants, rather, it’s about learning which plants are abundant enough locally to be worked with and harvested sustainably, and often these are non-native, weedy, and even cultivated garden herbs. In this class Jade will share herbal actions no apothecary is complete without and match her favorite bioregionally abundant herbs with these actions to build a northeast bioregional materia medica. The idea is to give participants the tools to create their own home apothecary full of local herbal medicines that can address a wide variety of health conditions and issues. She'll share insights and tips to help participants create their own unique northeast materia medica based on their family's and community's needs, versatility, accessibility, and more.