Ms. Liz's class traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia on Monday April 26 to visit Kathleen Maier at Sacred Plant Traditions, an herbal medicine school. Kathleen is a former Rappahannock County resident, who has studied plant medicines for years. She has an herbal medicine school in Charlottesville, the school draws speakers, botanists, herbalists, and other talented people in the plant world to speak at special events and classes throughout the year. Kathleen and her staff teach classes on fermentation, gardening, medicine, women's interests, and herbalist programs.
We were lucky enough to borrow some of Kathleen's time to learn about her gardens, school, and apothecary. The students curiosity was ignited from the visit. The fact that the very ground we walk on holds medicines to cure us amazed them. Common plants such as the plantain and ground ivy are not so common any more. These plants are medicine. The more love and care we give to these plants the more we will receive, it is a universal law, and plants are not exempt.
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