Welcome to United Plant Savers

Saturday, October 2nd at UpS' Goldenseal Sanctuary, Rutland Ohio

Many hands-on, "in the field" classes!

Planting the Future - A Conference on the Conservation and Cultivation of Native Medicinal Plants

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

to be held at Kickapoo Valley Reserve, La Farge, WI

Hard Working?  Motivated to learn about medicinal plants?
Want an opportunity to live and work on United Plant Savers' 360-acre Botanical Sanctuary in Ohio?
Join us in our UpS Sanctuary Intern Program! 
 
Spring Intern Session – Monday May 17 – Friday June 25, 2010
DEADLINE FOR SPRING APPLICATIONS:  April 1, 2010  (Apply early for early acceptance)

Fall Intern Session:  Monday, August 30 – Friday, October 8, 2010
Fall session includes Planting the Future Conference on Goldenseal Sanctuary
DEADLINE FOR FALL APPLICATIONS: August 3, 2010 (Apply early for early acceptance)

Michael Moore Memorial Intern Program Scholarship
Thanks to the great generosity of many people who contributed to the medical expense fund for our late teacher, UpS Advisory Board member and friend Michael Moore, his widow Donna Chesner has graciously endowed one full scholarship for this year’s UpS Internship Program at Goldenseal Sanctuary in Ohio.

To apply for this special opportunity, we are asking for an essay to be submitted along with the usual internship application. The application is available velow (click [more]) or by contacting the Vermont office. Essays should focus on your experience with Michael and/or his many publications and teachings, why you would like to attend the UpS internship and why you should receive this scholarship.

The recipient of this scholarship will still be responsible for travel to the program and personal expenses while there. It will cover the entire tuition fee.

 

Fall Root Giveaway 2010!

This Fall’s Giveaway is a special opportunity to order 3 Goldenseal plants! We are very excited to once again offer plants wild cultivated at a neighboring Sanctuary in UpS’s newly named “Goldenseal Sanctuary” community of Rutland, Ohio. They will be robust, good-sized roots ready to thrive in a fertile, shady location. These plants have been growing on the once Frontier, once Rural Action lands, now owned and stewarded by the Paul Neidhardt family.

You must be a current UpS member to be eligible for this give-away. One order per member please. Orders must be received by September 1st!!

The UpS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Sara Katz as Board President.  Founding President, Rosemary Gladstar passed her active leadership of 14 years to Sara at a ceremony held on the newly expanded Medicine Trail of UpS’s “Goldenseal Sanctuary” in Rutland, Ohio.  Rosemary will remain an active Board member and visionary for the organization.

By Chip Carroll – United Plant Savers Intern Manager

The United Plant Savers Internship Program was brought back to life again this past fall with 6 interns enrolling for a 6-week session.  Interns from many diverse backgrounds came from all over the country to live and work on the 378-acre Botanical Sanctuary in Rutland, Ohio (in years past, interns have come from as far away as Japan and Ireland).   Over the 6-week program each of the interns performed 25-30 hours of work a week on Sanctuary related projects for a total of over 900 hours of labor!  Much of the work performed revolved around the “Talking Forest” trails project currently taking place at the Sanctuary.

Many of our members have herb businesses and have created ways for their “money green” to support the UpS green! Thank you to all the companies who donate a portion of sales to UpS! Click [more] for the list of supporters . . .