KLT is moving the 2021 Lyceum onto Zoom

Although we won't be hosting our annual Lyceum in-person this year, we are thrilled to be able to offer a modified Zoom lunch lecture program.

Join guest speakers as they present a short introduction to Maine medicinal plants. Email Marie at mring@tklt.org to register and receive the Zoom meeting information.

An Introduction to Past, Present, and Future: Cultural Uses of Native Plants in Maine

Thursday, March 18, 12:00 – 12:20 PM

Jennifer Neptune, Artist, anthropologist, educator, and member of the Penobscot Nation

  ¨ Relationship, respect, and reciprocity with plants and the natural world

¨ Food and medicine, beyond corn and tobacco

 ¨ Benevolence and beauty of the trees: ash, birch, cedar, maple  

An Introduction to Botany of Medicinal Plants

 Thursday, March 25, 12:00 - 12:30 PM

Eric Doucette, PhD Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Assistant Professor of Biology

  ¨ Correct identification of medicinal plants

 ¨ Non-toxic or non-medicinal  look-alikes

 ¨ Conserving rare species while collecting medicinals

The full Lyceum Maine Medicinal Plants: Cultural Uses, Ecology & Botany program is scheduled to take place in-person in March 2022.

The 2022 program will feature full lectures from Jennifer Neptune, Eric Doucette and Deb Soule, Herbalist and founder of Avena Botanicals and a field program.