This document announces a workshop on medicinal and aromatic plants held on January 26, 2015. The workshop consisted of multimedia presentations by students on herbs native to Greece and other countries, including Greek mountain tea, sage, linden, and oregano. It also included preparing and tasting herbal infusions, identification games using senses of smell, touch and taste, and hands-on activities in the school herbal garden. The goal was to introduce participants to the diversity of herbs and spices used in ancient Greece and allow students and teachers to experience different herbs.

1. WORKSHOP “MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS”
26/01/2015

2. WORKSHOP “MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS”

3. WORKSHOP “MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS”

4. WORKSHOP “MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS”
An introduction
to the
extraordinary
diversity of
aromatic,
medicinal and
culinary herbs
and spices in
Greece and
their use in
many ways
from the
ancient times.

5. This workshop consists of:
Multimedia
presentations
of different herbs
from Greece and
the other
participating
countries
(“greek mountan
tea” Sideritis
scardica, sage,
linden, laurel,
origan, camomile),
by Students of
“Erasmus
group”,

6. “Greek mountain tea”
An
endemic
plant of
Greece:
Sideritis
scardica

7. “Sage”

8. “Linden”

9. This workshop consists of:
Preparation
and
Taste
of
Herbal
infusions,

10. This workshop consists of:
Games
like:
“Which
plant is
this?”
Use your
senses!

11. This workshop consists of:
Smell,
Touch,
Taste!

12. This workshop consists of:
Hands-on
activities
and visit
to the
school
herbal
garden.

13. “Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”
Erasmus “Power up!”, 26/1/2015, I. NEILA, PhD Ecology, Ioannina, Greece
Students and
teachers
are given
the opportunity:
•to get in touch
with different
herbs
in a pleasant way
•and share their
experiences.