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WILLITS, Calif. – On Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m., the Mendocino County Museum will present “Healing Plants and Mendocino Medicine Women: Edith Van Allen Murphey, Marcia Pratt and Donna D’Terra.”
The focus of the presentation will be Western native plants, especially those in Mendocino County.
The speakers will discuss a variety of medicinal and mythological cultural traditions associated with native plants, including Indian uses recorded by the late Covelo ethnobotanist, Edith Van Allen Murphey.
Marcia Pratt, a Willits writer and editor, spent years studying Murphey, a self-taught ethnobotanist who worked from 1925-1935 with eleven tribes in Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon.
These botanical experiences led her to write “Indian Uses of Native Plants,” a book still in print today.
Murphey also worked with Covelo tribes and for Ukiah nurseryman Carl Purdy. Pratt has long admired Edith Van Allen Murphey, a fiercely independent woman who went her own way.
Herbalist Donna D’Terra has taught thousands of students about native plants over more than 25 years.
She runs an apprenticeship program at Motherland Botanical Sanctuary and Herb School on 160 acres northeast of Willits.
D’Terra has a special love for plants and their stories, as well as a commitment to the Mendocino bioregion, which will be the focus of her talk.
This free presentation is part of a series associated with the Museum’s exhibition “A Passion for Plants & Place: Carl Purdy of Mendocino County.”
The exhibit has been extended until March 18, 2012, with additional programs, including a presentation about redwoods by Greg Giusti in February and a concluding talk by Kate Frey on the last day of the show.
The Mendocino County Museum is located at 400 E. Commercial St. in Willits.
For further information, call 459-2736 or go to www.mendocinomuseum.org.
