An Introduction to Medicinal Plants

Date: 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Hunnewell Building
Have you ever wanted to be able to separate medicinal plant facts from fiction? This introductory survey course, taught by two experts in the field of ethnobotany, will reveal essential connections between both the anthropological foundations and scientific principles underlying plant-derived drugs around the world. Knowledge will be built for the non-expert, atop four essential pillars of anthropology, botany, chemistry, and pharmacology. The class will be structured to include interactive classroom exercises, the making of simple herbal remedies, and lectures. Our learning experience will culminate in an intimate tour of the Arboretum’s medicinal plants on Saturday, May 11.
Fee $180 member, $230 nonmember
 

Instructors: John de la Parra, PhD, Associate, Harvard University Herbaria. Ethnobotany Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab, Open Agriculture Initiative. Lecturer, Tufts University Environmental Studies Program. Lecturer, Northeastern University Biotechnology Program. Ernest Anemone, JD, Lecturer, Tufts University Experimental College, Co-creator and instructor of the courses ‘Medicinal Plants from the Sacred to the Scientific’ and ‘The Cannabis Debate: The Intersection of Science, Culture, and the Law.’

4 Wednesdays: April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 6:30pm–8:30pm; 1 Saturday, May 11, 10:30am–12:30pm

Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.