learn about herbs
Publication date: January 22, 2020
This month, the library will continue to participate in CVCC's community-wide reading of “Educated,” the memoir of author Tara Westover, who broke her family's beliefs to pursue formal education.
Growing up as a terminally ill survivalist in Idaho, Westover lived in an environment where doctors, public schools and the federal government were deeply distrusted. She grew up isolated around her immediate family and her father's salvage yard business until leaving home in her teens to attend college and eventually earn her Ph.D.
Modern medicine was viewed with suspicion in survivalist circles, so Westover's mother taught herself herbal medicine, which she used to treat minor aches and pains as well as fatal accidents.
Several upcoming workshops will delve deeper into what herbalism is all about, giving participants a hands-on opportunity to explore the culinary and therapeutic aspects of natural herbs. Masu. Tim Yarborough, Vital Plan's Wellness Director, will lead the library's programs and add context to Westover's mother's methods, including foraging for yarrow and rosehips and concocting homemade tinctures.
The library program will be held as follows:
Saturday, February 1st, 10 a.m., Sherrills Ford Terrell Branch Library Saturday, February 1, 2:00 p.m., St. Stephens Branch Library
CVCC also offers a program called Herbal Medicine: Fact and Fiction. It is free and open to the public and will be held at noon on Wednesday, January 29th in the East Wing Auditorium on campus.
