Another palaeographic puzzle for #C18 francophone friends. Any thoughts on the words in the first line? "Du mandement ... v liget d'avignon et ala". Merci!

PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century

If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May

www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...

Got a muscle cramp, sprain or bruise? Have you tried Barrett's *Mandrake Embrocation* by Victorian "Quack" doctor, Joshua Barrett? 🦆

Read more below in our blog from Caroline Rance! ⬇️

#mandrakeroot #herbalhistory #quackdoctors #histmed #C19th

www.herbalhistory.org/home/the-apo...

We are celebrating our 15th anniversary with an exciting ONLINE event on Wed 19th March

*Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice*

We have a stellar line up of speakers 🌟 Pls share far & wide, link to book below #herbalhistory #herbalmedicine #histmed #botany

Perhaps the best way to introduce ourselves is this link to the directory of members foragers-association.org/directory

RFK Jr is an extraordinarily dangerous man, with a body count in Samoa, and any reporter who just calls him “a vaccine skeptic” is doing the world a profound disservice.

10 December 2024 – afternoon, in person
Roundtable on Healing Practices: Indigenous Knowledge in the Amazon at Birkbeck, University of London on 10 December 2024, from 14.00 to 17.30.
Decolonising research in life, health and wellbeing.
Book ahead: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

And finally... I'll 16 December 2024 - 18.00 in person or online at Kew Gardens
A History of Kew (and the world) in Ten Objects.
Just turn up at the Lady Lisa Sainsbury Lecture Theatre (via Jodrell Gate, TW9 3DS)(£3) or book ahead for the online version: www.kmis.org.uk/blank-page

Lots going on in the world of #planthumanities this autumn... here are some events in London or online that have crossed my inbox:

21 November 2024 – 19.00. In person, South London Botanical Institute. Dye plants: Vivi Mellegård (Kew) & Zoë Burt (artist). Book ahead:
www.slbi.org.uk/events/

https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/food-agriculture/14444-q-a-linda-black-elk-on-food-sovereignty-ethnobotany-and-reclaiming-native-foods#:~:text=“The%20right%20food%20is%20medicine,way%20to%20support%20food%20sovereignty.

Humans share 70% of our DNA with zebrafish. So when you're having difficulty getting anything done, it's usually because a zebrafish is using the DNA.

protips from someone who's been fighting Death for a while:

- find a lane and stick with it (can't do everything)

- stay action oriented (posting is not praxis)

- do what you can (it is enough, it takes all of us doing a lil bit)

- still make time to have fun with your friends (live laugh love)

we went from "stop eating avocados" to "stop eating"