http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog Author, photographer, and consultant specializing in medicinal and aromatic plants. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:51:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Join co-leader, Amanda McQuade Crawford and myself on behalf of the American Botanical Council and the Amazon Center for Education and Environmental Research for an unforgettable journey to Peru. After arriving in Lima, Peru, we transfer to the airport for a ... http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=61 http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=62 Join me Friday and Saturday morning, July 23 and July 24th, 11:30am-12:30 pm each day for programs at the University of Illinois, Chicago, College of Pharmacy (Room B 32 Pharmacy). Friday's lecture will be "Herbs and Spices as Medicine: Traditions and Contemporary Experience." Saturday's presentation will be "From Folk Medicine to Phytomedicine: ... http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=59 http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=60 We will let you know how it goes. Maybe you can join us next year Focus on Tropical Botanicals—A Photo Workshop with Steven Foster, 12-18 May 2010 The American Botanical Council (ABC) presents a ... http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=56 On Wednesday March 24th, The Dr Oz Show is scheduled to run a segment on plant-based medicine, entitled Cures From Around The World, featuring Dr Memet OZ and Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham. The segment features Cat's Claw (Uncaria tomentosa), Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia), Tamanu oil (Calophyllum inophyllum), and Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma ... http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=57 One of the most beautiful fall wildflowers, cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis, has striking scarlet blooms. It's a difficult plant to photograph because the vibrant flowers have a somewhat reflective texture making it easy to get an over-exposure blowing out details. Therefore, if using a reflective metering system, the photographer must ... http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=47 We have new photo galleries of "goji" — the fruits of Lycium chinense (shot in the Oriental Herb Garden at the American Botanical Council, created in association with the Academy of Oriental Medicine in Austin) and Lycium barbarum. Go ... http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=55 Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) is an important medicinal plant. We have images of goldenseal in flower; goldenseal in fruit; as well as goldenseal populations in natural settings and under cultivation. Our largest goldenseal photo gallery is of the root (rhizome). http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=54 To a botanical photographer and herbalist like me, there's nothing quite as exciting as seeing a plant that you've always known yet never seen in bloom for the first time. Such was the case when I was at the American Botanical Council's annual on-site board of trustees meeting at the ... http://www.stevenfoster.com/herbalblog/?p=53