Edible & Medicinal Plants of California: A Bioregional Exploration with Tellur Fenner

Edible & Medicinal Plants of California: A Bioregional Exploration with Tellur Fenner
One-day Workshop with Interactive Lecture and Hands-On Exercises
Saturday, February 6, 2016, 10:00am-5:00pm
Laguna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
$85 (includes materials fee). Pre-registration required: www.lagunafoundation.org

California is home to a diverse array of edible & medicinal plants long valued for their nutritional/therapeutic effects. During this workshop we will explore many of the more common (and lesser known) native/naturalized plants found growing throughout the state, with a focus on historical as well as modern use. Topics to be covered include: field identification; plant family morphological and phytochemical characteristics; introduction to the major CA bioregions and plant communities; legal and ethical harvesting guidelines; processing and preparation methods; edible, medicinal and utilitarian uses; regional ethnobotany; plant toxicology and safety issues; rare, threatened, endangered status; California natural history, and more! The class will include an interactive lecture, a large selection of live/dried plant samples, sampling of a number of different edible/medicinal plant preparations, plus hands-on medicine making activities (everyone will take home an herbal product they helped prepare). Our study will emphasize a dynamic sensory awareness of the plants via close observation, touching, tasting, and smelling. This comprehensive botanical intensive should prove to be insightful and rewarding for anyone interested in knowing more about the unique (and useful) flora of our state.

TELLUR FENNER is a clinical herbalist/educator. Tellur attended the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, the California School of Herbal Studies, and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Prescott College where he majored in Western Herbalism. As an herbalist of the “generalist” persuasion, he believes in the importance of an interdisciplinary practice which integrates the study of botany, ethnobotany, botanical pharmacy, human physiology, phytochemistry, and other biological sciences. He has taught classes and led trips for the Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Berkeley, San Francisco Botanical Garden, California Academy of Sciences, Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Pepperwood Preserve, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as a number of other organizations. He is the owner/director of the Blue Wind Botanical Medicine Clinic and Education Center located in Ukiah, CA. To learn more, visit his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bluewindbmc

For more information, see www.lagunafoundation.org
Or contact Anita Smith, Public Education Coordinator, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation
(707) 527-9277 x 110, anita@lagunafoundation.org