Montana's Medicinal Plants: Harvesting the Wild
| Dates: | June 7-9, 2022 |
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| Meets: | Tu and Th from 10:00 AM to 12 N |
| Location: | Pilgrim Congregational Church - Field Trip |
| Cost: | $45.00 |
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Medicinal and edible plants of Montana have a long history of being harvested for Indigenous tradition, personal, and market uses. Learn guidelines of harvesting plants, and which ones are "at risk" of being overharvested. We will first meet for an indoor presentation June 7th, followed by a field trip on June 9th to view some of our edible and medicinal plants of Montana.
Course Takeaways
History of harvesting wild plants of Montana.
Organizations conserving medicinal wild plants.
Guidelines for wildcrafting/harvesting wild plant material.
In-person field trip to view some Montana edible and medicinal plants.
Course Takeaways
History of harvesting wild plants of Montana.
Organizations conserving medicinal wild plants.
Guidelines for wildcrafting/harvesting wild plant material.
In-person field trip to view some Montana edible and medicinal plants.
| Fee: | $45.00 |
Pilgrim Congregational Church - Field Trip
2118 S 3rd Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715Roberta (Robyn) Klein
Robyn Klein has been teaching herbal medicine, medical botany, and plant identification for decades. As adjunct instructor, she introduces these subjects to K-12 teachers for the MSSE Program at MSU. Her gardens are full of medicinal plants from Russia and China, as well as medicinal native plants of Montana.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 06/07/2022 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 12 N | Pilgrim Congregational Church |
| 06/09/2022 | Thursday | 10 AM to 3 PM | Field Trip |
Suggested readings:
Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West, by Michael Moore
Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie, by Kelly Kindscher
TRAFFIC Report Wild at Home: Exploring the global harvest, trade and use of wild plant ingredients, Martin Jenkins, Anastasiya Timoshyna and Marcus Cornthwaite
United Plant Savers
Sustainable Herbs
Montana's Wildcrafting Law