Throughout my internship, I’ve learned a lot about gardening and how to care for the ecosystems that thrive from it. Around the garden, pollinators like bumblebees, wasps, humming bird moths, and particularly, monarch butterflies have popped up to say hello. Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexipus) have been appearing around the garden since June to pollinate theContinueContinue reading “My Time Observing Monarchs – Guest Post”
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2026 City Herbal Apprenticeship Program
Join our Herbal Apprenticeship Program and immerse yourself in the world of plant medicine! The City Herbal Apprenticeship Program is for anyone who wants to learn how to grow, identify, harvest, use, and apply herbs in a hands-on, collective setting. As an herbal apprentice, you will gain experience tending to our perennial garden, where we cultivate and care for a variety of medicinal plants, and will learn how to make your own herbal medicines, such as tea blends, tinctures, glycerites, salves, oils, and more