#PickoftheWeek | Queens Botanical Garden Goes from Meadow to Medicine
BY QEDC It's In Queens
The forest awaits, but the classroom comes first.
Queens Botanical Garden hosts Meadow to Medicine: Botany, Ethical Harvest & Herbal Remedies this weekend.
Northern Appalachia School Herbalist Calyx Liddick leads this two-day, 12-hour course, which explores the natural world, plant identification, safe and ethical wild harvesting, basic phytochemistry (the study of chemicals derived from plants), and herbal medicine making.
Classes run from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday, June 17, and Sunday, June 18. The price is $200 for both days and $125 for one day. (Registration is required, and teenagers can attend with participating adults.)
Those who take Meadow to Medicine for one day will learn the following: A framework for identifying common edible and medicinal plants; The basics of field botany, ecology, positive ID, and plant families; Knowledge of harvesting tools and techniques; and Knowledge of essential post-harvest processing.
Those who study both days will obtain the following skills: Knowledge of the principles of herbal medicine making; The ability to use the five senses to assess medicine; Hands-on practice making water infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and oxymels; Knowledge of the “how” and “why” to select basic remedies; and Knowledge of essential post-harvest processing.
Click here to register.
Liddick was seeded, planted, nurtured, and maintained to teach this course. The Central Pennsylvania native graduated with honors from the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism’s Fundamental and Advanced Medical Herbalism intensives and completed the Clinical Program for Herbalism, Nutrition, and Flower Essence Therapy. Her titles include Certified Clinical Herbalist, Certified Nutritionist, Tracker Certification North American Level II Track & Sign, Certified Bach Flower Essence Practitioner, and Certified Aromatherapist through the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy. She also has certifications in Holistic Aromatherapy and Reiki.
Oh and the mother of two has a private practice, writes poetry, and tracks wildlife.
Queens Botanical Garden’s main entrance is at 43-50 Main St. in Flushing. The parking lot’s entrance is 42-80 Crommelin St.
Images: Queens Botanical Garden