Medicinal Plant Walk

Waddell, AZ

White Tank Mountain Regional Park

*meeting at White Tank Library

March 6, 2020

Friday, 3-6p  

Registration: $40

Early Bird Registration: $32 *ends March 1 

Register for all 3 Plant Walks this Weekend at a Discounted Price!

Join herbalist John Slattery for an early spring plant walk in the Sonoran desert. John's bioregional approach to herbalism focuses on the context of people, place, and plants. He weaves together botany, ethnobotany, plant energetics, medicine making, clinical applications, and much more on his plant walks.

We will first gather as a group at the White Tank library parking lot. From there we’ll enter the park and drive to our final destination at the trailhead. We’ll venture out on the trail together to take a look at some of the plants and discuss them from the perspective of a bioregional herbalist.

Copies of John’s latest book, Southwest Medicinal Plants, will be available for sale to all participants of this walk at a special sale price of only $20.

Bioregional herbalism is a thing of the (ancient) past. So old it is new again. It’s the way that people all over the country are seeking to engage with plants in their back yards to find inspiration and the tools for optimal nourishment for their physical body as well as their soul, and the tools to take care of themselves and their community members with integrity, effectiveness, and compassion.

Learning to become a bioregional herbalist is as simple as going for a walk. Many walks. Spending time observing Nature, looking at plants closely and speaking with elders within your community whenever possible. Learning about plants which naturally grow and thrive around you by developing relationship with the place in which you live is part of who we are, each and every one of us.

Deep connection through continued observation is the foundation for a bioregional herbalist. Knowledge is derived from experience, and wisdom through continued practice and observation of Nature (people, place, and plants). Learning about the plants found naturally occurring around us, in their natural habitat, begins to deepen our relationship to place. Little by little, patterns begin to emerge which inform us as to how we can use plants for medicine. 

Come prepared to spend time outdoors, walking along a desert trail equipped with necessary protection from the sun as well as adequate drinking water for our 3 hour walk.

Register for all 3 Plant Walks this Weekend at a Discounted Price!

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Bioregional Herbalist

Tucson, AZ

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