Botany and the Body series: Forest and Field First Aid & Medicine Chest

$55 members/$65 non-members

In the second workshop in our Botany and the Body series, we'll explore local plants and trees that can be used for first aid, including poultices, salves, oils, and rapid hydrators. Participants will explore the BEEC loop to identify these plants in their natural environment, then return to create a handcrafted salve, choosing between Saint John’s Wort or Plantain.

Plants featured in this workshop may include Saint John’s Wort, yarrow, plantain, mullein, spruce, balsam or pine pitch, licorice, nettles, peppermint, sumac, jewelweed, oregano, rosemary, elderberries, chaga, bee balm, comfrey, aloe vera, thyme, elecampane, dock, slippery elm, clove, white willow, ginger, cayenne, burdock, and dandelion.

Each unique participant receives a complimentary face serum or body scrub from Ursa Major.

Dr. Jessica Dolan is an environmental anthropologist and ethnobotanist, who has worked with Indigenous communities and environmental caretakers in the Northeast, as a researcher, writer, and on Indigenous history, land stewardship, food sovereignty, and cultural regeneration projects, for the last 20 years. She currently works at the National Park Service Northeast Region, Native American Affairs, and is writing an ethnobotany field guide. Her daily work involves writing, creating interpretive resources, and planning/teaching environmental stewardship education, across the Northeast. She is a loving parent to a third generation Brattleboro kid.