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The Ecology of Herbal Medicine, Author Event with Dara Saville

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The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest

Author Event with Dara Saville

Thursday, April 1st, 2021 at 5 p.m. MT

Register to attend at https://tinyurl.com/DaraSaville

The Ecology of Herbal Medicine introduces botanical medicine through an in-depth exploration of the land, presenting a unique guide to plants found across the American Southwest. An accomplished herbalist and geographer, Dara Saville offers readers an ecological manual for developing relationships with the land and plants in a new theoretical approach to using herbal medicines.

Designed to increase our understanding of plants’ rapport with their environment, this trailblazing herbal speaks to our innate connection to place and provides a pathway to understanding the medicinal properties of plants through their ecological relationships. With thirty-nine plant profiles and detailed color photographs, Saville provides an extensive materia medica in which she offers practical tools and information alongside inspiration for working with plants in a way that restores our connection to the natural world.

About the Author

Dara Saville is the founder of and a primary instructor at Albuquerque Herbalism as well as the executive director of the Yerba Mansa Project, a local nonprofit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, focused on ecological restoration along the Middle Rio Grande.

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN NEED OF ACCOMMODATIONS, CONTACT THE LIBRARY AT 505-955-6788, FIVE (5) WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO MEETING DATE.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library , University of New Mexico Press, and the Santa Fe New Mexican.

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