Description
Hudson Valley Plants to the People: Political Education Through Plants book launch celebration in collaboration with Peoples Health Sanctuary healing day taking place at Yesfolk tonics in Troy, NY.
This book is a celebration of the past four years of offering Plants to the People around NYC. The book includes photographs and stories from the community that attends these gatherings.
Join us on Sep. 26th from 12-6pm for a day of donation-based community care with a multitude of healing modalities and celebrating Herban Cura’s first book Plants to the People: Political Education Through Plants.This book is a celebration of the past four years of offering Plants to the People around NYC. The book includes photographs and stories from the community that attends these gatherings. This day will include massage, spiritual cleanses, acupuncture, reiki, ear seeds, herbal apothecary. Bring your friends, neighbors, elders, children and the whole family.
Offering
Date: Saturday September 26, 2026
12-3pm PHS Healing Day
3-6pm Plants to the People Book Celebration, Plant Distribution and Documentary screening
Donation-based Community Care
Free Fresh Medicinal Herbs
Massage
Limpias
Acupuncture
Ear Seeds
Energy Work
Herbal Apothecary
Film Screening
People’s Health Sanctuary (PHS) is a community-led mutual aid health initiative based in North Central Troy
Yesfolk Tonics is a family-run brewery and community space specializing in functional and fermented tonics
Herban Cura is a healing justice herbalism and ecology school based in New York
Plants to the People is a mutual aid project and mobile community care pop up run by Herban Cura
Time
Date: Saturday September 26, 2026
Time: 12:00pm – 6:00PM EST
Cost: FREE
12-3pm PHS Healing Day
3-6pm Plants to the People Book Celebration and Documentary screening
Location Information
1467 5th Ave, Troy, NY 12180
Sunday September 26, 2026
12:00pm - 6:00pm Eastern Standard Time
Accessibility and COVID precautions:
We are intentionally creating a space for folks to feel comfortable & safe enough to receive care. Most if not all practitioners are BIPOC and bilingual. Signage & printed materials will be in both Spanish & English.
Weather-permitting, most of the event will be outdoors and indoor space is well ventilated and rigorously sanitized. Free masks will be available at the entrance and hand sanitizer will be available in many areas. There are several hand-washing stations and practitioners are encouraged to test beforehand.
The space is fully ADA accessible.
We are working on setting up a kids activity area.
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out.