{"id":1788,"date":"2013-05-14T12:40:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2013-06-11T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T17:46:04","slug":"edible-plants-workshops-by-john-root","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/edible-plants-workshops-by-john-root\/","title":{"rendered":"Edible Plants Workshops by John Root"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Edible Wild Plants of the Northeast<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday May 14, 2013<br \/>\n7:00 PM until 8:30 PM<br \/>\nJones Library, 43 Amity St. in Amherst<br \/>\nFree<br \/>\nLocal naturalist, permaculture practitioner and landscaper John Root will<br \/>\ngive a comprehensive introduction to the identification and uses of wild<br \/>\nplants for food and beverage. This 90-minute Power Point presentation<br \/>\nfeatures distinguishing characteristics, seasons of availability, habitats,<br \/>\nmethods of preparation, and nutritional value of our region\u2019s most common<br \/>\nand appealing wild plants. Food samples will be offered to participants,<br \/>\nillustrated pamphlets will be distributed, and plants will be offered for<br \/>\nsale. Call John at (413) 961-9059 for information. This program is<br \/>\nsupported by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council.<\/p>\n<p>**********<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edible Perennial Gardening and Landscaping<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday June 4, 2013<br \/>\n6:30 PM until 8:00 PM<br \/>\nWheeler Memorial Library, 49 E. Main St. in Orange<br \/>\nFree<br \/>\nLocal naturalist, permaculture practitioner and landscaper John Root will<br \/>\noffer a 90-minute power point presentation about growing trees, shrubs,<br \/>\nvines, canes, and herbaceous plants for produce in New England.<br \/>\nInformational flyers will be available, and plants will be offered for<br \/>\nsale.  Flyers will be distributed and plants will be offered for sale.<br \/>\nCall John at (413) 961-9059 for information. This program is supported by a<br \/>\ngrant from the Orange Cultural Council.<\/p>\n<p>**********<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edible Perennial Gardening and Landscaping<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday June 19, 2013<br \/>\n6:30 PM until 8:30 PM (updated from 7:00 PM!)<br \/>\nSunderland Public Library, 20 School St. in Sunderland<br \/>\nFree<br \/>\nLocal naturalist, permaculture practitioner and landscaper John Root will<br \/>\noffer a 90-minute power point presentation about growing trees, shrubs,<br \/>\nvines, canes, and herbaceous plants for produce in New England.<br \/>\nInformational flyers will be available, and plants will be offered for<br \/>\nsale.  Flyers will be distributed and plants will be offered for sale.<br \/>\nCall John at (413) 961-9059 for information. This program is supported by a<br \/>\ngrant from the Sunderland Cultural Council.<\/p>\n<p>**********<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edible Wild Plants Walk<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Naturalist and Landscaper John Root<br \/>\nSaturday June 15, 2013<br \/>\n10:30 AM to 12:00 PM<br \/>\nBrookfield Farm, 24 Hulst Rd. in Amherst<br \/>\nInformational flyers will be distributed and plants will be offered for<br \/>\nsale.<br \/>\nFree, all ages welcome.<\/p>\n<p>**********<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edible Wild Plants Walk<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Naturalist and Landscaper John Root<br \/>\nSaturday June 8, 2013<br \/>\n10:00 AM to 11:30 AM<br \/>\nSimple Gifts Farm, 1089 N Pleasant St. in North Amherst<br \/>\nInformational flyers will be distributed and plants will be offered for<br \/>\nsale.<br \/>\nFree, all ages welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edible Wild Plants of the Northeast Tuesday May 14, 2013 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM Jones Library, 43 Amity St. in Amherst Free Local naturalist, permaculture practitioner and landscaper John Root will give a comprehensive introduction to the identification and &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/edible-plants-workshops-by-john-root\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reskillingworkshops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1805,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions\/1805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}