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Saturday 6/30: Learn to Forage for Nutritious and Medicinal Plants in your Backyard!

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Saturday, June 30th

Foraging for Medicinals in Your Backyard

2-4pm

Dickinson College Farm, 553 Park Dr., Boiling Springs, PA

$5 suggested donation (or any lesser amount that you can afford)

Kids under age 16 are free! 

Register

Workshop Description: Many of the plants underfoot have nutritional and medicinal qualities that may surprise you! Take a walk around the Dickinson College Farm with local herb enthusiast Dawn Toutkaldjian and Jenn Halpin and learn how to identify weeds and herbs with unique properties. Participants will learn how best to use medicinal plants, from salves and tinctures to delicious green drinks and edible treats!

Full list of workshops & descriptions: http://blogs.dickinson.edu/farm/sustainability-series

The Dickinson College Farm is one of several Pennsylvania locations hosting the workshops through PASA’s Sustainability Schools program, which centers on homesteading, homemaking and backyard conservation workshops for consumers interested in living more sustainably.