Join folk herbalist Amber Kennedy on August 21 at 11 in the morning on a leisurely plant identification hike around the property of Tower Hill Botanic Garden. We’ll begin with an orientation and introduction to plant identification and foraging, followed by a guided walk. We’ll discuss a plethora of native and introduced wild plants, their folklore and beneficial historical uses and folk remedies as well as some of their benefits and uses to modern day herbalists. Learn each plant’s Latin and folk names, habitat and other identifying characteristics. Please dress for the weather and bring a notebook, pen and camera for documenting specimens. Hand-outs will be provided and field guides will be available for use. $35 for Tower Hill members, $45 for general public. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

Amber Kennedy is a folk herbalist residing in North Brookfield, MA. She has studied both Western Herbal Medicine and Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine (TCM) at Clearpath School of Herbal Medicine in western Massachusetts, along with numerous other herb and natural medicine courses. She is the owner of Boheme Botanika Herbals where she creates and sells herbal products, botanical skincare and therapeutic teas, teaches workshops and classes, offers a yearly Full Moon Herbal CSA and stewards an herbal teaching garden at Bell Brook Farm in West Brookfield.