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Medicinal Plants in Your Backyard

Join herbalist Kristin Minto on a walking tour of seaside historic Watson Farm.  Learn how common yard plants can be used medicinally. Discover the history of herbal plant use, identification, and medicinal uses of common weeds. Learn simple techniques for using herbs in your daily life. We will be making and drinking herbal infusions. Bring your lunch, make a day of it, and stay for a self-guided walking tour of the  Farm. Watson Farm, owned and operated by Historic New England, is a 265 acre working farm located in Jamestown.  It offers  spectacular hiking trails down to the west passage of Narragansett Bay.

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