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WINTHROP — The Kennebec Land Trust 18th annual conservation lecture series this year will focus on “Maine Medicinal Plants: Cultural Uses, Ecology, & Botany.”
The annuall March lecture series is modeled after the early New England lyceums that began in 1826 in Massachusetts. For many years New England lyceums hosted lectures, debates, and concerts for public audiences. The Trust’s annual Lyceum lecture series is supported by Gloria and Lincoln Ladd, with additional donations made in memory of Robert Ladd. This year’s series is sponsored by the Josselyn Botanical Society.
All programs are free and open to the public and are held at the Ladd Recreation Center, 26 Gott Road, Wayne. The land trust asks that those attending carpool to the Ladd Center.
Lectures include:
“Past, Present, and Future: Cultural Uses of Native Plants in Maine,” by Jennifer Neptune, artist, anthropologist, educator and member of the Penobscot nation, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 19. Neptune, will speak about relationship, respect, and reciprocity with plants and the natural world; food and medicine, beyond corn and tobacco; and benevolence and beauty of the trees: ash, birch, cedar, and maple.
“Growing, Gathering, Preparing, and Using Medicinal Plants,” by Deb Soule, herbalist and founder of Avena Botanicalsm 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26. Soule, will provide an overview of 10 important medicinal plants; introduction to using medicinal plans and common preparations.
“Botany of Medicinal Plants,” by Eric Doucette, assistant professor of biology, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2. Doucette will speak about the correct identification of medicinal plants; non-toxic or non-medicinal look-alikes; and conserving rare species while collecting medicinals.
For more information, visit www.tklt.org.
PHOTO: Blue vervain (Don Cameron photo)
