Wed, September 28, 2016 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM UBC FARM. $40 ($32 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. Come out and discover urban foraging and the art of medicine making through an interactive workshop identifying wild, edible and medicinal plants growing beneath your feet. We will touch on how to incorporate wild foods into your lifestyle, when best to harvest and how to receive the most of these plants. This earth wisdom is taught by First Nations Metis Herbalist Lori Snyder. In the walk-a-bout you will be gifted an illustrated 'mind-map', a reference guide and learning tool to help integrate these teaching.
About the Instructor: Lori Snyder's lineage blends from the Tsuu T'ina. Ojibway, Nipissing, Cree and Assiniboine Nations. For the past 25 years, Lori has been studying and researching plant medicines and wild edibles. She completed an intensive 2 year Practical Herbalist Program in 2006. Combining both a First Nations perspective and European herbal traditions, Lori's vision is to create native, edible & medicinal food forests throughout our urban landscape.
Contact: carly.koenig@alumni.ubc.ca