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DC Ethnobotanists is a group comprised of students and professionals living in the Washington, D.C. region interested in sharing knowledge about the interactions between plants and people.
3:00 PM Meetings
- February 24
- -Steve Casper: Ethnobotany of the Aguaruna
- -Karen Bennett: World Resources Institute & the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
- March 24
- -Nathan Bartholomew: Inside the USBG Medicinal Plant Garden
- April 22 (SUNDAY) 11:15 am
- -Gallery Tour- East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery)
- May 19
- -Dr. James Lee, American University: The Trade and Environment Database (TED)
- June 23
- -Jamie Whitacre: Ethnobotanic Museum Collections from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico
- July 28
- -No Meeting - Summer Break
- September 1
- -Dr. W. Hardy Eshbaugh: Some Like It Hot - The Little Known World of Chili Peppers
Archive
- July 2007 (1)
- June 2007 (1)
- May 2007 (1)
- March 2007 (2)
- January 2007 (1)
Event Calendar
- MAY
- 29 Maryland Native Plant Society Monthly Meeting
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- JUNE
- 2 Introduction to Bonsai- National Arboretum (Registration Required)
- 4-7 Society for Economic Botany Annual Meeting
- 7 Native Plants in the Landscape Conference, Millersville, PA
- 9 Environmetal Concern Open House and Plant Sale, St. Michaels, MD
- 16 Sustainability Workshop, Native Plants and Their Uses, Frostburg State University
- 16-24 Visiting Bonsai Club Exhibit- National Arboretum
- 17-21 Joint Field Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, Torrey Botanical Society, and Philadelphia Botanical Club
- 19 Maryland Native Plant Society Chapter Meeting: Western Mountains
- 23 Under the Arbor: Good Scents- Create fragrance sachets and nosegays- National Arboretum (Free)
- 23 Maryland Native Plant Society Hike: Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve in PA
- 24-30 Maine Ethnobotany with Dr. Jim Duke, Plants for food, medicine, and teas
- 25-July 1 Ikebana Exhibit- National Arboretum
- 26 Maryland Native Plant Society Monthly Meeting: White Oak Library, MD
- 30 Lavendar Fair at La Paix Herb Farm (www.lapaixherbfarmproducts.com/lavender_fair_2007.htm)
- 30 Maryland Native Plant Society Field Trip: Ferns in Gunpowder State Park
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- JULY
- 17-20: 3rd International Congress on Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (www.ictmmm2007.org)
- 22 Maryland Native Plant Society Garden Tour, Chesapeake Ecology Center, Anne Arundel County
- 30-Aug 6 Explore Peru with Dr. James Duke: Botanical Medicines from the Amazon (for more info www.aceer.org)
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- AUGUST
- 11-19 TAI Sophia Costa Rica Trip with Jim Duke
- 21 Maryland Native Plant Society Chapter Meeting
- 25 Maryland Native Plant Society Field Trip: Gunpowder State Park
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- SEPTEMBER
- 8 Adkins Arboretum Fall Plant Sale, Ridgely, MD
- 14-17 Sixth Annual Intensive Seminar on Botanical Medicine with herbwalks at the Green Farmacy Garden (www.herbalseminars.com)
- 15 Environmental Concern Open House and Plant Sale, St. Michaels, MD
- 15 Open House and Native Plant Sale at Chesapeake Ecology Center, Anapolis, MD
- 16 Maryland Native Plant Society Chapter Meeting: Western Mountains
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- OCTOBER
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- SEPTEMBER 2009
- 21-24 International Congress of Ethnobotany (ICEB 2009), “Traditions and transformations in Ethnobotany” in San Carlos de Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina
Ethnobotanic Links
- Culinary Historians of Washington, D.C. (CHoW)
- Society for Economic Botany
- International Society of Ethnobiology
- Tai Sophia Institute
- Plant Conservation Alliance
- Maryland Native Plant Society
- Trade and Environment Database, American University
- United States Botanic Garden
- Smithsonian Institution Botany
- New York Botanical Garden
- Botanic Gardens Conservation International
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Economic Botany