“What was said to the rose that made it open was said to me here in my chest- Rumi”

Knowledge Share Description

*Our lands, our hands, our medicine // mashallah * In this two hour circle we'll bring breath, story, and practice to the ancient, mystical, and rich traditions of iranian/SWANA plant medicine. Together we’ll explore the history of plant medicine in Iran, learning about the diverse bioregions and plants of the region, while delving into traditional applications and uses of herbs for food, medicine, and ritual; calling from the stories, recipes, and plants of my lived experience as a diaspora kid.

Knowledge Share Includes

• A brief history of Iranian plant medicine and the diverse bioregions of the area

• Deep dive into our beloved cultural plantcestors

  • Saffron

  • Cardamon

  • Rose

  • Barberry

  • Rue

  • Angelica

  • Sumac

  • Pomegranate

• Discussion of traditional uses of these plants for medicine and ritual through storytelling and examining popular applications like~

  • Food

  • Chai (tea)

  • Floral waters

  • Medicinal syrups

  • Shrubs and oxymels

  • Ritual

• Remembering practice as a remedy for diaspora feels

• Pdf handout outlining the knowledge share’s content in detail

Exchange

• Swana folks $15

• Knowledge Share $35

For scholarships please email herbancura@gmail.com with subject PERFUMED GARDEN

Access

*ASR Captioning provided 

Virtual Gathering

6-8pm EST

Link will be sent 1-2 days before the knowledge share

This knowledge share will be recorded and available for 30 days.

Facilitator Bio

mandana (ماندانا) is an iranian-american plant hoe aka herbalist, storyteller, and co-educator with her soul binch, lauren giambrone at wild gather: hudson valley school of herbal studies.
her utopian future garden is seeded with night blooming flowers, joyous cackling goldenrod, consensual sense8 orgy lilies, all you can drink pomegranate juice ponds, and trees that grow fenty make-up fruit.
when she's not actively tending her utopian paradise garden she can be found freaking on a puzzle, laying it down at scrabble, reading 5 books at once and drinking tea from the samovar at her crib.