Porter Square Plant Walk with Alex Klein

Come get to know all your favorite herbs that grow around your favorite herb shop! We will wander around Porter Square, taking in both the planted and "wild" urban landscape, considering the local ecology of street and sidewalk. So many of our common streetside plants have medicinal value and just as often strong cultural connections to various groups of people living in the city. Some are plants we couldn't live without and those that couldn't live without us. We'll talk about how and why these plants came to live around us and how you might use them as food or medicine (from cleaner ground).

Attendees will receive a 15% off coupon to our shop!

Hi, I'm Alex Klein, intermediary between people and plants. I run a humble herbal medicine practice based in Allston, where I work out of an apothecary almost entirely gathered from wild plants or grown in my garden. My goal as an herbalist is to enable my clients to make healthcare choices on their own terms and educate them on how to use herbs to feel better. I trained as an apprentice under 7Song at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, as an herbal First Aid-er at various wilderness gatherings and as a foot care worker at the Asheville Street Feet Clinic in North Carolina. Along the way, I have wildcrafted and botanized up and down the East Coast getting to know our local flora and their many medicinal and edible uses, both current and historic. Since returning home to Boston in 2020, I have been leading classes and workshops on herbal medicine, wild food, invasive species and local ecology, and all sorts of other plant based topics. To get to know a little more about what I do, check out my website: alexkleinherbalist.com

The information in this event is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the guidance of your doctor or other qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

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