Agroforestry Farm Tour Series: Forest Farming at Boring Roots & Herbs

Michael Boring is a second generation root and herb dealer in the Sequatchie Valley of Tennessee. This tour will include a great overview of an established forest farming site, as well as a brief demonstration of typical post harvest handling and cleaning of forest botanicals. Tour participants will see American Ginseng, Black Cohosh, Goldenseal, Mayapple and other forest botanicals growing under a natural overstory.

The tour will highlight the recent catalyzing agroforestry grant progress, and show sites currently being managed for forest-farmed medicinals, including goldenseal, ramps, and ginseng, in a 20-acre hardwood forest. The tour will also cover site and species selection, nursery stock challenges, and considerations for beginning forest farmers.

You may also like the following events from Appalachian Sustainable Development - ASD:

• Next month, 11th July, 10:00 am, Agroforestry Farm Tour Series: Alley Cropping at ASD's New Bristol Campus in Abingdon
• Next month, 19th July, 08:30 am, UT Gardens: Veterans Horticultural Therapy Workshop in Blountville