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<P><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman">PLANTING THE FUTURE:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Times New Roman">A Conference on the Cultivation, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Century Schoolbook">Preservation & Use of Native Medicinal Plants</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Century Schoolbook">When: </FONT> <FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Century Schoolbook">Saturday, October 1<SUP>st</SUP>, 2005</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Century Schoolbook">8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Century Schoolbook">Where: Bracketts Farm in Gordonsville, VA (20 minutes east of Charlottesville, VA)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">Cost: $70 ($60 if you pre-register by September 1st)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">$10 discount for United Plant Savers Members</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">For More Information Please Contact – Betzy Bancroft (802) 476-6467</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"> e-mail plants@unitedplantsavers.org</FONT></B></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Century Schoolbook">Local Contact: (after Sept. 1<SUP>st</SUP>) Kathleen Maier (434) 295-3820 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Century Schoolbook">email info@sacredplanttraditions.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Presented by United Plant Savers – a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, conserving, & restoring native medicinal plants and their habitats in the United States & Canada, while ensuring their abundant, renewable supply for future generations.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">All Proceeds From This Event Go Directly To United Plant Savers for future projects including grants for educational native medicinal herb gardens</FONT><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Presenters include renowned herbalists from the Appalachian region including:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">James Snow</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> –</FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Chair of the Herbal Division of the Tai Sophia Institute’s Botanical Healing program in Laurel, MD</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Betzy Bancroft, AHG</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"> – Office manager of United Plant Savers and professional member of the American Herbalists Guild<U> </U></FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Lisa Bedner, AHG</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">–</FONT><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Native American Medicine Woman of the Teehahnahmah tribe, registered nurse and professional member of the American Herbalists Guild </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Teresa Boardwine, AHG</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">–C</FONT><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">o-founder (with Kathleen Maier) of former Dreamtime Center for Herbal Studies and professional member of the American Herbalists Guild</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Robert Eidus</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"> - Owner of the Eagle Feather Organic Farm, the North Carolina Ginseng and Goldenseal Company (Marshall, NC), and founder of the Southern Appalachian School for Growing Medicinal Plants</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Peter Heus</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> – Founder and owner of Enchanter’s Garden, a native plant nursery in Hinton, WV </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Michael Lachance</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> –</FONT><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Verdana"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Serves as the Unit Coordinator and Agricultural Agent in Nelson County, Virginia and is actively developing Extension programs that promote public appreciation of the natural fauna and flora of the Virginia Piedmont and Blue Ridge as well as preservation of healthy rivers and forests.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Kathleen Maier, AHG</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">–</FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Director of Sacred Plant Traditions, an herbal education center and a professional member of American Herbalist Guild</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Jeff McCormack</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">–</FONT><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"> A biologist as well as founder of two Virginia seed companies (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and Garden Medicinals)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Susan Leopold</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"></FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Trumpetto</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">– Susan</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"></FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">has an MA in Landscape design form the Conway School and teaches children about our native biodiversity.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Claudia Joy Wingo</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> –</FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Claudia is currently the acting clinical division chair in the Master of Science, Herbal Medicine Program at TAI Sophia Institute for the Healing Arts.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Robert Wooding</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> –</FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">A 1988 graduate of Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, BC, Robert has since conducted educational programs at his farm in southern VA, as well as other places, on herbal/alternative healing and biodynamic gardening.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Century Schoolbook">W</FONT><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Century Schoolbook">ORKSHOPS</FONT> <FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Century Schoolbook">Include</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">The Role of the Clinical Educator and Practitioner in Conservation</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants – An Herb Walk</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Making Medicine with Wild Plants</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Traditional and Medicine Uses of Native Plants: an Herb Walk Focused on Indigenous Uses</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Growing Goldenseal</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">“’At-risk” Medicinal Plants</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">–</FONT><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook"> the United Plant Savers Presentation</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">The Village Herbalist: the Role of the Herbalist in Today's Modern Culture</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Saving the Seeds of the Future: Herb Seed Harvesting, Processing and Storage</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Landscaping with Native Plants</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Restoring Ginseng in the Forest Floor</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Native Plant Propagation Techniques for Everyone</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">Clinical Uses of Common Invasive Plants</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">more!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">Sponsored by Gaia Herbs</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">Lunch, beverages, plants, books and herbal products will be available for sale.</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">For More Information Please Contact – Betzy Bancroft (802) 476-6467</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Century Schoolbook">e-mail plants@unitedplantsavers.org</FONT>
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