Learn about herbs
Published date: January 22, 2020
This month, the library continues its participation in CVCC’s community-wide book club reading, “Educated,” a memoir by author Tara Westover, who broke with her family’s beliefs to pursue a formal education.
Growing up in Idaho as a terminal illness survivor, Westover lived in an environment where doctors, public schools, and the federal government were deeply distrusted. She grew up in an isolated environment centered around her family and her father's junkyard business, until she left home as a teenager to attend college, eventually earning her doctorate.
Modern medicine was viewed with suspicion among survivalist circles, so Westover's mother taught herself to practice herbal medicine, using it to treat minor aches and pains as well as tragic accidents.
Several upcoming workshops will delve deeper into herbalism, giving participants a chance to get hands-on experience with the culinary and therapeutic aspects of natural herbs. Tim Yarborough, Vital Plan's director of wellness, will lead the library's program and share Westover's mother's techniques, including foraging for yarrow and rosehips and mixing homemade tinctures.
The library programs will be held as follows:
Saturday, February 1st at 10 a.m. at the Sherrills Ford Terrell Branch Library Saturday, February 1st at 2 p.m. at the St. Stephens Branch Library
CVCC is also offering a program called “Herbal Therapy: Fact and Fiction,” which is free and open to the public and will be held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the East Wing Auditorium on campus.
