Presenter Josie Gonzales is a Certified Interpretive Guide and Texas Master Naturalist. She’ll discuss Ethnobotany in the context of actual plants in the Phil Hardberger Park. Ethnobotany is how people of a particular culture and region make use of native plants. Plants sustain people not only as food and as medicine, but provide materials, dyes, tannins, wax, latex, soap, resin and oil.
There will be a very brief overview of ethnobotanical concepts prior to the walk. On the walk itself a wide variety of forbs, shrubs, and trees will be discussed from the standpoint of medicinal, utilitarian, and nutritional uses. Participants will have a chance to look at and ask questions about these plants.
Please arrive about 7:50 am to register.
Minors must be accompanied by an adult parent/guardian. This presentation is only appropriate for dogs who are leashed and socialized. DIFFICULTY: Easy–it is definitely suitable for families, with flat terrain, and a slow pace. This will only be about a mile walk, and the event will last about two hours, ending back at the Phil Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center around 10:00 am.