News and Events

Speaking engagements and book signings
by Jeff McCormack


"Medicinal Plants of the Bahamas: How did they figure it out?"

Ivy Creek Natural Area Education Building
1780 Earlysville, Road, Charlottesville, VA
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Virginia Native Plant Society


Previous Venues and Speaking Engagements

"Bush Medicine of the Bahamas and the Central Question of Ethnobotany:
"How did they figure it out?" (Did they figure it out?)

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA:  April 25, 2013

"Flora of the Western Hemisphere"

The 19th annual Virginia Festival of the Book
(The above link includes Festival highlights plus video of this event.)
Charlottesville, VA:  March 20, 2013

"Bush Medicine of the Bahamas: the role of medicinal plant literacy and
  oral histories in preserving biodiversity and traditional methods of healing"

Christopher Newport University, Newport, VA:   Feb. 28, 2013

"Bahamian Bush Medicine: A Traditional Method of Healing"

Second Saturday Series - Literary Lecture
Scottsville, VA 24590:  Feb. 11, 2012

"Oral Histories: Connecting People, Plants, and Biodiversity"

Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello
Charlottesville, VA:  September 17, 2011
Seed Savers Exchange Annual Convention
Decorah Iowa:  July 16, 2011

"Isolation Distances: Principles and Practices"

Seed Savers Exchange Annual Convention
Decorah Iowa:  July 16, 2011