Welcome to United Plant Savers
» Welcome to United Plant Savers
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United Plant Savers' mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come.
 These Are Exciting Times for Herbalists. We are witnessing the art of herbalism rapidly regaining its rightful place in the American tradition of health and healing. However, as herbalism flourishes and winds its way into the "main stream" of America, it is eliciting a unique set of problems and concerns. Where once only a small handful of people wildcrafted plants in the wild, ever increasing numbers are now heading to the hills.
Where once herbal enterprises were few and far between, now the competition often forces one to focus on the need for larger production and greater diversity of herbal products, thus utilizing more plant resources. Furthermore, other countries with an uninterrupted tradition of herbal healing are experiencing a severe shortage of medicinal plants and look to the North American continent for supplying these herbs. This increased usage along with habitat destruction is causing an ever-increasing shortage of plant resources, including some of our most treasured medicinal species.
Our work, the work of United Plant Savers, is to research, educate and protect in the interests of our plants and their habitats. We hope that you will join us in this worthwhile and important mission.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead
Saturday, October 2nd at UpS' Goldenseal Sanctuary, Rutland Ohio
Saturday, May 15th 2010 New venue!! The beautiful Sonoma Academy Campus – Santa Rosa , CA (off Petaluma Hill Rd, just minutes from Santa Rosa)
Spring Seed Giveaway 2010! This spring’s giveaway is a tribute to the trees! You will receive four hardwood medicinal tree species from Horizon Herbs – Chaste Tree, Hawthorn, Wild, Osage Orange, and Witch Hazel. These can be dependably grown from seed and perform well throughout the temperate U.S. Planting instructions will be included with your order, see Richo’s article below (click [more] for more information. Current members only, one order per member. To order seeds, please send your name, mailing address and a check or money order for $5 (to cover s/h) by April 1st to:
UpS Spring Seed Giveaway
PO Box 400
East Barre, VT 05649
We’ll send the orders out in early April, but you will still be able to order after that date while supplies last.
Hard Working? Motivated to learn about medicinal plants?
Want an opportunity to live and work on United Plant Savers' 360-acre Botanical Sanctuary in Ohio?
Join us in our UpS Sanctuary Intern Program!
Spring Intern Session – Monday May 17 – Friday June 25, 2010
DEADLINE FOR SPRING APPLICATIONS: April 1, 2010 (Apply early for early acceptance) Fall Intern Session: Monday, August 30 – Friday, October 8, 2010
Fall session includes Planting the Future Conference on Goldenseal Sanctuary
DEADLINE FOR FALL APPLICATIONS: August 3, 2009 (Apply early for early acceptance) Applicants will now be accepted on a first-come basis. As soon as your application and references are received and reviewed, we will inform you of your status.
The UpS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Sara Katz as Board President. Founding President, Rosemary Gladstar passed her active leadership of 14 years to Sara at a ceremony held on the newly expanded Medicine Trail of UpS’s “Goldenseal Sanctuary” in Rutland, Ohio. Rosemary will remain an active Board member and visionary for the organization.
By Chip Carroll – United Plant Savers Intern Manager
The United Plant Savers Internship Program was brought back to life again this past fall with 6 interns enrolling for a 6-week session. Interns from many diverse backgrounds came from all over the country to live and work on the 378-acre Botanical Sanctuary in Rutland, Ohio (in years past, interns have come from as far away as Japan and Ireland). Over the 6-week program each of the interns performed 25-30 hours of work a week on Sanctuary related projects for a total of over 900 hours of labor! Much of the work performed revolved around the “Talking Forest” trails project currently taking place at the Sanctuary.
Many of our members have herb businesses and have created ways for their “money green” to support the UpS green! Thank you to all the companies who donate a portion of sales to UpS! Click [more] for the list of supporters . . .
Hard Working? Motivated to learn about medicinal plants?
Want an opportunity to live and work on United Plant Savers' 360-acre Botanical Sanctuary in Ohio?
Join us in our UpS Sanctuary Intern Program!
Events Planned to “Celebrate Herbs and Herbalism”
The next HerbDay will take place on May first, 2010
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By The Capital-Journal
December 18, 2009 - 9:29am
LAWRENCE — A new native medicinal plant research program at The University of Kansas has earned funding for a five-year, $5 million project titled "Innovation Center for Advanced Plant Design: Plants for the Heartland."
Mother Nature’s son: Preserving ‘Appalachia’s herb basket’
by Beth Sergent RUTLAND — Though Meigs County is infamously known for one herb in particular, it is actually home to one of the largest wild populations of goldenseal, blue and black cohosh, wild ginger and ramps in the United States.
Medicinal herbs in the U.S. and around the world are becoming endangered, and you can help with a few hours of your time.
Plants and Their Friends, an award winning talk show, now streaming on internet
"To-Watch" SW herb in the news.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has just released a series of brochures to encourage good stewardship practices by those who harvest wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) roots.
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