The West Virginia Herb Association will hold its Spring Herb Gathering at Tygart Lake State Park Lodge on Saturday, April 23rd. Our Mountain Herbs: Growing, Collecting & Sharing our Woodland Plants will be of interest to those who wish to learn about native plants and medicinal herbs from local herbalists, in order to deepen your knowledge of using, propagating, collecting, and sharing our West Virginia plant treasures. The $10 registration fee will cover the entire day of four sessions with ample time for browsing through vendors of herbal products, live plants, and seeds to grow your own herbs. Attendees may bring their own lunches or dine in the Tygart Lake Lodge restaurant.
Registration may be completed online at www.wvherbassociation.org or at the door (cash only) between 9:30 – 10 AM Saturday. The first morning workshop session will begin at 10:15: Business Planning for Botanical Forest Farmers by Ed Daniels, followed by Farming in the Shade: Ecosystem Opportunities in West Virginia by Julia Flint. After lunch, Barbara Volk will lead Let the Wild Weeds Talk, and Audra O’Dell will teach about The Ethos of Permaculture. Capping off the day, at 4 PM, Park Naturalist Jacob Jackson will lead us on a hike around Tygart Lake where we can apply some of what we learned as we identify many useful woodland plants. All ages are welcome to the WV Spring Herb Gathering, April 23rd, at Tygart Lake State Park Lodge, located at 1240 Paul Malone Rd near Grafton.
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