Enter below to get a free package of ginseng seeds! We will mail you a packet with about 100 seeds and a UpS bumper sticker when you enter your email and mailing address. Limit one per household. Good while supplies last. These seeds are grown on a farm in Wisconsin, so if you already have wild ginseng growing on your land we recommend not planting this seed in the same vicinity. This will protect the …
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BY JOSHUA HARKNESS Why must we think so poorly of wild plants? We dismiss them merely as “weeds”; we think of them as insignificant foreigners in our lawns, gardens and other manicured “landscapes”. We see them as a threat to the aesthetical appeal of the sterile environments we are so fond of creating. These are not invaders taking over our artificial spaces, rather we are the invaders who have so indiscriminately taken from them their …
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By Alexis Durham UpS Founding President Rosemary Gladstar with Ladies Mantle in Herb Pharm’s Botanical Education Garden. photo by Bert de la Cruz On June 15, Herb Pharm welcomed over 250 people to our farm in southern Oregon for our Planting the Future conference, a benefit for United Plant Savers. The day was filled with informative workshops and plant walks featuring local and regional instructors as well as current and past UpS Board members. A …
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by Brenna Dobos and Bailey Grenert The UpS internship program, also known as the Medicinal Plant Conservation Certifi cate Program, has played a prominent role in the story of United Plant Savers and the nonprofi t’s lasting impact on the herbal community over the past 25 years. The internship program began in the late 1990s under the guidance of Paul Strauss and continues to inspire plant allies in North America and beyond with two six-week …
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