Identifying & Tasting Edible/Medicinal Plants: Burdock, Plantain, & Boneset

Learn how to identify edible and medicinal plants growing around you. Students will get hands on experience identifying and tasting medicinal plants. We will discuss the honorable harvest, reciprocity, and the plants place in their ecosystem.

This week, we will be identifying and foraging for Bee Balm, Mugwort, & Mimosa.

We will also be discussing honorable harvest, reciprocity, and honoring the land. We will also discuss our relationship to the land, invasive species, indigenous land stewardship, and more.

For each plant, we will cover the following topics:

- Medicinal properties

- Folklore/ culture

- Ecosystem

- Identification

- Lookalikes

- Precautions

This class will be held outdoors, so please dress appropriately and bring water, bug spray, etc. The class will be wheel chair accessible.

About the Instructor: Eli is an undergraduate at UMD studying Environmental Science.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Smile Herb Shop, 4908 Berwyn Rd, College Park, United States