Plant Walk w/ Erica Marks - Lore, Legend, and Lies
If you know plants, you'll never be lonely. That's the view of Erica Marks, director of the Yew Mountain Center and your guide for the Wild Plant Stories Walk at the Yew Mountain Center. Every plant has a story--from how it fits into the ecosystem, to how humans have learned to use or avoid it over the centuries.
Join us for a casual stroll and story-telling session that will let you in on the private lives of our plant neighbors in the Appalachian forests. Erica spills the tea, shares the hot goss, and takes time to stop and smell the mint family in this interactive, all-ages welcome Wild Plant Stories Walk.
You will be joining us at a 500-Acre Botanical Sanctuary called the Yew Mountain Center. We are the location of the West Virginia Forest Farming Initiative, which fosters collaboration in the Appalachian region for the emerging Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) industry. YMC is an educational center for regenerative land management and sustainable income from the woods.
Can't get enough of nature? Stay the weekend and explore even more of the YMC's plants and trails. Yew can find our rooms here: www.yewmountain.org/stay-with-us
Next Day Event: Creative Management of Invasive Species - we'll be working together to learn about removing invasive species
“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
June 14, 2024, starting at 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm EST.