DISSECTIONS

Fritillaria camschatcensis https://www.thinglink.com/card/1736888630644834790 Geranium erianthum https://www.thinglink.com/card/1737042078161961637 Lupinus polyphyllus https://www.thinglink.com/card/1736890695173538278 Linaria vulgaris https://www.thinglink.com/card/1736972675227583141

INTRODUCTION

My name, Donna Levesque, translates from the French to “Donna the bishop”, but my maternal surname, Desjardins, translates from the French to “from the gardens”. My mother’s gardens, as well as her practice of folk medicine, fascinated me as a child. I closely observed her saving seeds and creating remedies …