plants | place | magic
for cultural and ancestral regeneration
The Root Circle is a center for
folk medicine, ancestral remembrance,
and plant-based culture.
We offer classes and resources to promote the practices of adaptive and relational folk medicine, cultural regeneration and community resilience.
Upcoming Events
MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY
April 29, 2026 at 6pm EDT
The Mohawk Valley is rich with diverse wild plant species that thrive in our fields and beneath the understory of our deciduous and coniferous forests. During this gathering we will discuss several wild medicinal and food plants that we can find in the Mohawk Valley including native, naturalized, and invasive species. We will also discuss conservation, sustainable and ethical harvesting, and traditional medicinal uses. Because it’s Spring, there will be a focus on the many Spring ephemerals that can be found in the woodlands right now.
Registration is appreciated!
REGISTER HERE
TARANTELLE: Social dances from Southern Italy
with Kate Causbie
Kate is a photographer and arts and culture educator from Washington state and Puglia. During our time together she will share all she has learned about Tarantelle from her experiences in the populare (folk) dance communities of Southern Italy.
The workshop is a collaboration between Kate, myself/The Root Circle, Marybeth Bonfiglio of Radici Siciliane ,and Mike LoBello of Hidden Village.
Kate will guide us through and understanding of these dances and their geographical links with focus on the following types of Tarantelle:
-Pizziche from the Salento region of Puglia
-Tammuriate from Campania
-Tarantella Calabrese from Calabria
Register: HERE
Della Medicina the book!
A guide to folk herbal healing and reconnecting with ancestral traditions
includes plant preparation methods, medicines, rituals, recipes, kitchen magic, and protective magic
You’ll learn:
• healing techniques and folk wisdom taught to me by my Italian grandparents and healers in Southern Italy
• a materia medica of plants important in this tradition, with the history, mythology, and both practical and magical uses
• how working with traditional plant medicines can help you connect to and revitalize your own ancestral traditions for deep inner healing
Learn the Benedicaria practices of my Italian ancestors, which were simply a part of everyday life.
Benedicaria, which literally means “the Blessing Way” but is more often translated as “the things we do.”
Lisa Fazio, founder of
The Root Circle
Folkloric witch, peasant Herbalist, Writer,
Plant Healing Artist, and
author of the forthcoming book “Della Medicina: Plants of Italian American Folk Medicine (Inner Traditions, 2024)
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