Wellness Wednesday: Medicinal Plants, led by Jennifer Tucker and Briel Beaty
Registration is required. Registration opens 7 days before the event. See the "tickets" link to register or visit https://www.centredoutdoors.org/.../wellness-wednesday...
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Let’s explore what the plants have to say as we walk together, identifying plants and trees in different habitats. Along the way, we will learn the medicinal traditions and folklore histories of the plants that we meet.
Please arrive 10-15 minutes early so the program can begin promptly at 6 p.m. Participants should dress for the weather and bring a water bottle.
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About Our Presenters:
Jennifer Anne Tucker earned a BFA and MFA in photography from Penn State 19 and met her herbal mentors, Evelyn Snook, Bill Russell and Keith Wilson in the early 1970’s. To this day Jennifer works at the intersection of diverse practices in herbalism, photography, teaching, consulting, yoga, shamanism, ethnobotany, and writing. She is the author of Evelyn’s Way: Cleansing and Nourishing with Plants (jennifer-tucker.com), a workbook of herbal remedies and practices devoted to the teachings of Evelyn Snook. Jennifer is co-founder of the annual Hawthorn Botanical Gathering at Rhoneymeade, PA June 27-28.
Briel Beaty is a Traditional Western Herbalist, Reiki and Yoga instructor offering classes in the State College, PA area. Briel grew up embedded in the PA woods and dabbled in herbalism throughout her life until she began her formal herbal studies. She started her formal herbal studies with Susan Hess in 2014 with a year-long Homestead Herbalism Certificate course. Following that she moved on to study at the The Northeast School of Botanical Medicine with herbalist/botanist 7Song, taking his 400-hour Community Herbalism Intensive. After the course, she went on to apprentice with him through 2017.

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Wellness Wednesdays are part of Centred Outdoors' efforts to offer equitable opportunities for outdoor recreation at nearby natural spaces. The series highlights paths to wellness, engages the community, and includes local partners.
All programs are held rain or shine. In the event of a cancellation for severe weather, registrants will be contacted by email and/or phone, and it will be announced on our website, Facebook, and Instagram.