4th Saturday - Ethnobotany

The focus of this month's event is Ethnobotany. Our presenter, Josie Gonzales, is a Certified Interpretive Guide and Texas Master Naturalist. She’ll discuss Ethnobotany in the context of actual plants in the park. Ethnobotany is how people of a particular culture and region make use of native plants. Plants sustain people not only as food and as medicine, but provide materials, dyes, tannins, wax, latex, soap, resin and oil.
There will be a very brief overview of ethnobotanical concepts prior to the walk. On the walk itself a wide variety of forbs, shrubs, and trees will be discussed from the standpoint of medicinal, utilitarian, and nutritional uses. Participants will have a chance to look at and ask questions about these plants.
**This program is free. Donations are welcomed.**
**Meet at the PHP Urban Ecology Center.**