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Monday, February 15, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

PPG Meeting Feb. 15 - GardenMedicine

When we learn about Permaculture - from a book or in a class - we often see that certain plants have "medicine" listed as one of their functions. But do you ever wonder what part of the plant to use? When to pick it? What kind of health issues the plant medicine is used for? Would it be handy to get some ideas about this before spring planting?

It's one thing to know that plants have medicinal functions, but Permaculture education rarely includes the body of knowledge needed to actually make use of plant medicines.

Join the Portland Permaculture Guild at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15 when herbalist, Permaculture designer and naturopathic physician Orna Izakson will discuss the functions and uses of many garden medicinals. The Garden Medicine slideshow draws from Orna's extensive study of herbal medicine, with an eye to Permaculture functions and practical ideas for putting the people's medicines back into the people's hands.

To learn more about Orna, see GardenMedicine.com or CeliloHealth.com, or read below!
PPG Meeting Feb. 15 - GardenMedicine

When we learn about Permaculture - from a book or in a class - we often see that certain plants have "medicine" listed as one of their functions. But do you ever wonder what part of the plant to use? When to pick it? What kind of health issues the plant medicine is used for? Would it be handy to get some ideas about this before spring planting?

It's one thing to know that plants have medicinal functions, but Permaculture education rarely includes the body of knowledge needed to actually make use of plant medicines.

Join the Portland Permaculture Guild at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15 when herbalist, Permaculture designer and naturopathic physician Orna Izakson will discuss the functions and uses of many garden medicinals. The Garden Medicine slideshow draws from Orna's extensive study of herbal medicine, with an eye to Permaculture functions and practical ideas for putting the people's medicines back into the people's hands.

To learn more about Orna, see GardenMedicine.com or CeliloHealth.com, or read below!

PPG meetings are held at Pacific Crest Community School at NE 29th and Davis (2 blocks N of Burnside).  The meeting starts at 7pm.  (Potlucks are temporarily on hold due to lack of participation.  If enough people ask, they could be reinstated - please let me know.)  Please enter at the North door (Davis), or the door from the parking lot.

Bio:

Orna Izakson trained in Permaculture with Toby Hemenway and Pam and Joe Lietch. She studied herbal medicine with teachers including Colette Gardiner, Howie Brounstein, Deb Soule, Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski, Ryan Drum, Deborah Frances, Glenn Nagel and Jill Stansbury. She is a licensed naturopath in Oregon and a registered herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild. She also runs GardenMedicine.com, a blog and resource on medicinal plants in Permaculture.

A retired environmental newspaper journalist, Orna's work has appeared in publications including Willamette Week, The Los Angeles Times, E/The Environmental Magazine, High Country News, Multinational Monitor, the Bangor Daily News, In Good Tilth and WellWire.com. She has chapters published in two books, "Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth" and "Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change."

Orna runs Celilo Natural Health Center in Northeast Portland and is writing a book on Permaculture gardening with medicinal plants. For more information, see www.celilohealth.com and www.gardenmedicine.com.

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