Name: Prime Plants and Practices for Aphrodisiac Formulation Consideration
Start: 2026-02-08T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-08T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Herbiary - AVL

Prime Plants and Practices for Aphrodisiac Formulation Consideration

Doors @ 6 pm
Class @ 6:30-8 pm
Tickets: $40 (see “tickets” for link)
Class description:
In this class we will explore the elements that make for a good aphrodisiacal journey. Plants that address the heart specifically as well as heat, digestion, pain, muscle relaxation, inflammation, sleep, the nervous system, stress, immunity, aromatherapy and stimulation are some categories that will be considered. Potential dangers and anaphrodisiacs as well as other factors that may help you get in the mood in a safe, healthy and good manner will round out our discussion. Numerous items to taste along the way will enhance the experience sensorily.
Presenter’s page:
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Presenter’s Bio:
Ethnobiologist Marc Williams has studied the people, plant, mushroom and microbe interconnection intensively while learning to employ botanicals and other life forms for food, medicine, and beauty in a regenerative manner. His training includes a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies concentrating in Sustainable Agriculture with a minor in Business from Warren Wilson College and a Master’s degree in Appalachian Studies concentrating in Sustainable Development with a minor in Geography and Planning from Appalachian State University. He has spent over two decades working at a multitude of restaurants and various farms and has traveled throughout 30 countries in Central/North/South America and Europe as well as all 50 states of the USA. Marc has visited over 200 botanical gardens and research institutions during this process while taking tens of thousands of pictures of representative plants and other entities. He has taught hundreds of classes to thousands of students about the marvelous world of people and their interface with other organisms while working with over 100 organizations and particularly as a key contributor to the work of United Plant Savers, Plants and Healers International and online at the website www.botanyeveryday.com. Marc's greatest hope is that this effort may help improve our current challenging global ecological situation.