Edible Wild Plants: 10 Local weeds you can use for food and medicine
Taught by Dawn Petter
With a passion and vast knowledge of herbs and a prolific career in design, Herbalist, Dawn Petter teaches classes about the art of plant based healing. Her classes are imaginative and accessible and are taught to encourage students to use herbal medicine in their daily lives. She incorporates her training from Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism with her natural creative flare. Dawn works as a Clinical Herbalist and Flower essence Practitioner in NYC and offers in depth consults by appointment. You can also find her, leading herb walks and teaching classes at The New York Botanic Gardens, The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, The Horticultural Society of New York, The 92 Y, and the New York Open Center amongst other places.
Dawn is the creator of Petalune Herbals, a resource for hand crafted herbal skincare and luxury botanical products. To learn more visit www.petaluneherbals.com or contact, dawn@petaluneherbals.com
Learn about the "food under your foot" and the benefits of local plant-based medicine. We'll discuss the correct part of the plant to use and when and where to harvest as well as simple recipes and the medicinal benefits and uses of each plant discussed.
Participants will leave the lecture with recipes and a greater understanding of why adding wild foods to the diet is so good for us.
