Meeting Sweet Annie

​Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua) is a wondrous plant. She smells divine, grows abundantly and beautifully, and offers such powerful and wide-reaching medicine. She's most famous as a strong protector against malaria and other viral infections, as documented for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In recent years, she's gained attention as a potential defense against Covid-19, as evidenced in many studies and lived experiences. Sweet Annie, who is a close cousin of mugwort and wormwood, is a visitor to our land and I've witnessed her starting to grow wild in empty lots and gardens just in the past few years.

​Come to New Roots Community Garden in Queens to learn about all of her gifts, going beyond viral protection to support brain health, help folks with auto-immune issues, fight cancers, and more! We'll harvest some of the plants growing abundantly in the garden and make tincture. And you can take some home to dry to make tea.

​New Roots is located above the BQE, where 69th St passes over the highway. It's on both sides of the street, but we'll likely start on the west side, next to 41-38 69th St. There is a portapotty but no source of potable water, so bring a water bottle and a hat!

​​​​​This workshop, because it is at a community garden, will be entirely donation-based. No one will be turned away due to financial restrictions. However, if you are able, we would appreciate donations toward the higher end of our flexible scale which make this workshop—and future workshops—possible. $10 funds the materials needed for each person per class. $25 will fund your materials and those of a neighbor! :) Anything beyond that will put towards future classes.

​If you sign up but later decide you can't make it, please let me know before the workshop so I know how much material to bring!