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Botany Breakdown
Get lifetime access to the complete Botany Breakdown, a virtual learning course for Foragers & Herbalists (& Everyone Else!) with expert botanist, Abby Artemisia.
It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you’re trying to learn Botany: all that unpronounceable Latin and all those plant parts and academic jargon! It doesn’t have to be that way. Abby first taught herself Botany out in the woods with field guides. She learned a lot of things that way and found:
It’s really hard to learn without a teacher.
Unless you have the best books for your learning style and region, the books can just make it harder.
You usually need multiple books to get a good cross reference of what you want to learn.
The books often aren’t geared to “normal” people and you have to know a lot of terms to use them.
What you will learn in this course
Identify
10 Common Plant Families Around the World
Quiz Yourself
Test Your Knowledge to Ensure 100% Positive ID
Harvest
Using Sustainable Techniques that Protect the Ecosystem
Botany Essentials
Using magnifying tools, reference books, and using drawing as a medium for honing your observational skills (no artistic talent required!). Learning to see and identify plants accurately is an important aspect of being safe while practicing botany in the wild.
Learn to use magnifying tools and reference books.
Use drawing as a medium for honing your observation skills!
Latin! Learning this aspect of identifying and communicating about plants empowers us all to speak about the same plants no matter what culture or language we are coming from.
Plant Anatomy Basics
Learn to identify plants by their unique morphological characteristics. What does this mean? Plants anatomy can be broken down into 5-6 distinct parts that help us accurately identify them: flowers, leaves, twigs, bark, roots, and fruit and seeds. In this course, you will learn how to observe the distinct parts of a plant for accurate identification.
Learn to identify over 10 families of plants that are common around the world:
Mint (Lamiaceae)
Mustard (Brassicaceae)
Rose (Rosaceae)
Maple (Sapindaceceae)
Oak/Beech (Fagaceae)
Peas/Beans (Fabaceae)
Carrots (Apiaceae)
Grass (Poaceae)
Aster/Daisy (Asteraceae)
Pine (Pinaceae)
Cyprus/Cedar (Cupressaceae)
Hear It From Others
Tracey & Peter
Abby was extremely knowledgeable and made learning about the plants fun and tasty! If you are looking to learn more about the bounty that awaits you right outside your door and have a spirit for adventure, we highly recommend learning from Abby, we’re sure glad we did!
About Abby
Botanist, Herbalist, and Professional Forager, Abby Artemisia, was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she spent her free time climbing trees and creek wandering. This is where her love of nature began. Her love of plants had a diverse foundation from apprenticeships on organic farms on the west coast and in the Midwest, to a bachelor’s degree in Botany from Miami University and an apprenticeship in herbalism with Herbalist, Leslita Williams, along with owning and operating her own tea business.
After visiting Pisgah National Forest, she fell in love with the biodiversity of the southeast. Abby then founded the WANDER School, the Wild Artemisia Nature Discovery, Empowerment, and Reconnection School. Through the school, Abby offers the Wildcrafted Herb School Program, customizable workshops, and botanical property surveys. The WANDER School became a nonprofit in 2020 to provide botanical education, herbs, and herbal medicine to underserved communities, and practice Acknowledgement and Reciprocity for Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Abby is also the author of the Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders and The Wild Foraged Life Cookbook, along with the host of the podcast Wander, Forage, & Wildcraft.
A Botany Course for Foragers & Herbalists (& Everyone Else!) with Abby Artemisia
Abby makes learning Botany fun and accessible! She uses real plant examples to teach about the parts of the plants, eleven common plant families, plants in each family and their edible and medicinal benefits. You’ll learn tips and tricks from Abby’s wildcrafting experience about the best ways to (and not to) learn these plants and harvest them sustainably.
Without Botany knowledge, wildcrafting can be questionable at best, deadly at worst. This knowledge will help you feel confident in your foraging adventures, so you can get to the best part: cooking, eating, and medicine making.
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