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Emily Dickinson wove plant lore throughout her life. Join me in exploring the mystical, medicinal, and metaphorical correspondences of Emily’s gardens and poetry.
Many of the plants found in Emily’s herbarium and near her home in Amherst at the time she was alive were used for culinary and medicinal purposes. What differentiated Emily’s studies from other contemporary authors and botanists? What role did her relationship with Susan Huntington Gilbert play in Emily’s language of flowers?
This workshop is many parts: part history, part botany, part literature, part biography, part craft, and part art. Participants will gain a greater knowledge of bioregional plants and their herbal applications through learning about Emily Dickinson’s works and her life.
With a background in medical anthropology, Merideth is especially curious about how culture can shape health outcomes. Merideth’s own family heritage includes people of Appalachian multiracial and multiethnic descent, and early New England settlers from Europe, including families tried as witches. Merideth first learned mountain plant traditions from their grannies, papaws, aunties, and parents, in the garden and kitchen and woods. Their journey continued into clinical herbalism when they won a class series with Maria Noël Groves. A few areas of interest to Merideth include trauma-informed herbalism, supporting families with children, supporting people with autoimmune disease, and supporting LGBTQIA2S+ journeys.