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Santa Barbara’s Rich Traditional Plant Medicine Landscape

The Syuxtun Plant Mentorship Collective spot native plants and share their medicinal uses.

Aired 11/10/2019 | Rating NR

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Santa Barbara’s Rich Traditional Plant Medicine Landscape

Clip: 11/10/2019 | 1m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

The Syuxtun Plant Mentorship Collective spot native plants and share their medicinal uses.

Walking through the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Julie Cordero-Lamb and other members of the Syuxtun Plant Mentorship Collective spot native plants and share their medicinal properties. Learn about yarrow, wild ginger, Apache plume, among other plants, and about the unique geography that gives the region its unique botanical diversity.

Aired 11/10/2019 | Rating NR

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