Medicinal Plant Tour

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Medicinal Plant Tour

With Lisa Taranto, Menla’s Head Horticulturalist

Menla is both growing and wild-harvesting a wide variety of healing plants. Learn about the growing techniques, healing properties,and ecological systems of Pantherkill Valley which support our medicinal plants.

For pricing, please contact us at [email protected].

About the Leader

Lisa Taranto, Menla's Head Horticulturalist

Lisa has a background in architecture, but went rogue after realizing that she needed a physically engaged life to feel like a whole human. She has been practicing and implementing the design of buildings, urban agriculture, robust gardens, and ecological restoration systems for ...

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