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Meetings: As
Announced
President: Jessica
Hanson
Advisor: John
Pirog
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Club Objectives
- To further develop the Northwestern herbal gardens by
increasing plant numbers, encouraging student involvement
with cultivation and harvesting, developing an aesthic
desgn and forming an association with herb growers.
- To complete the identifying signage of plants in the
garden.
- To invite two outside speakers for further education
on current herbal topics.
- To develop the Herb website as an educational resource
site. The website will include book recommendations, links
to our herb suppliers, a link to an excel sheet that contains
a complete listing of the herbs planted in the medicinal
gardens, and photos of featured herbs with descriptions
of their properties.
- To provide/share education of featured herbs by comparing
their properties and functions during garden-side meetings.
- To develop an alliance with other national student garden
projects.
- To provide at least one field trip per year to learn
about cultivating, harvesting and preparing herbs for
consumption.
- To serve as an academic and social liaison between the
student body and Northwestern alumni.
- To learn about the use of herbs in healthcare modalities
such as chiropractic, eastern and western medicine, naturopathy
and Native American healing.
- To produce a garden guide with a map and information
on about all of the herbs.
Long-term goal: to develop plans
for a school conservatory that would augment the outdoor
herb .
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