• Welcome to United Plant Savers


    Goldenseal Sanctuary spring intern Ted Martello (aka TMello) is hiking the Appalachian trail as a fundraiser for United Plant Savers. TMello is proposing a penny for each mile he walks southbound from the beginning of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. His goal is to reach the trail's end by November or December, a total of 2175 miles (for a total of $21.75).
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    For the benefit of the plant communities, wild animals, harvesters, farmers, consumers, manufacturers, retailers and practitioners, we offer this list of wild medicinal plants which we feel are currently most sensitive to the impact of human activities. Our intent is to assure the increasing abundance of the medicinal plants which are currently in decline due to expanding popularity and shrinking ...
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    Apply to join the BSN network of over 80 Botanical Sanctuaries across the country. The mission of United Plant Savers is to preserve, conserve and restore native medicinal plants and their habitats of the US and Canada, while ensuring their abundant, renewable supply for future generations. To this end, United Plant Savers established one of our most important projects: the Botanical Sanctuary Network. ...
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    Herb Study ~ Intern Opportunity ~ Spring & Fall 2012

    Spring Session: Spring session will run April 30 through June 22, 2012 (application deadline April 15th) The Spring Session will be split into two 4-week sessions. You can apply for the first 4-week session or the second 4-week session or the full 8-weeks.

    Fall Session: Fall session will run for 6-weeks, from September ...
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    One Seed at a Time - Herb Schools embrace UpS
    We are offering a special student membership of $20 per student for all herbal schools, apprentice programs, and training courses that enroll their students as a group.

    When your school/program joins Partners in Education, your students will have access to all UpS publications on the member resource page, and your school/program ...

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  • Latest News

    ACES Publishes Plant Monographs

    The Appalachian Center for Ethnobotanical Studies along with Tai Sophia Institute has recently published ten plant monographs based on the UpS 'at-risk' list. (Black Cohosh, False Unicorn, Stone root, Wild Yam, Boneset, American Ginseng, Blood root, Slippery Elm, Wild Indigo, and Pipsissewa)
    The Mission of The Appalachian Plant Monographs project is:
    • To preserve Appalachian culture
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    susan 11-14-2011, 04:20 PM

    UpS Updates At-Risk List

    UpS adds 6 species of Native Hawaiian Sandalwood to its 'At-Risk' list

    The 'At-Risk' list has been used since UpS was established as a way to bring awareness to the vulnerability of overharvesting of native medicinal plants. The criteria that UpS considers in adding a new species takes into account the morphology of how the species grows and reproduces, the distribution range of the... read more
    11-07-2011, 10:42 AM

UNITED PLANT SAVERS : PO Box 400, East Barre, Vermont 05649
Tel. (802) 476-6467 | Fax. (802) 476-3722 | Email: office@UnitedPlantSavers.org