Bay Staters for Natural Medicine

04/09/2026

Growing plants grows you 🍅🌿

Food is the medicine we take three times a day. And our soil blesses us with the tens of thousands of edible plants that have nourished our bodies and souls for millennia

In tough times, when food is costly and systems fail, the answer is to come together. And that is why we are honored to be working with our teammate Kym in South Carolina to experiment on how we can start and scale gardening community

Kym was inspired to this work by being left a bit of land after a loved one passed, by helping her family’s health with herbs, and learning how our ancestors brought sustainability practices across oceans. Together the vision is to get people growing again.

Even if you’re not in South Carolina, please comment why you care about food justice or simply your favorite veggie or fruit 🌿🍄‍🟫

04/07/2026

Together in Nature 🍄🍄‍🟫

Excited to welcome you to the fantastic world of fungi. Join us to learn how these critters shape all life on earth and protect our air, water, and health

Please sign up for the meeting spot and once you do, being a friend or two. Please show up right on time so you are not left behind 😎

Comfy close-toed shoes
Water
Family and all-age friendly

04/06/2026

Growing community 🍄‍🟫🌿

Join us for an afternoon of connection, complimentary seedlings, and conversation about what urban gardening means for all the critters that share our city as home

Open to any age and experience level. Join as an absolute beginner or share your knowledge as a seasoned Gardner

This event and series will be led by Derived and Lily, passionate organizers installing free seedling depots in Hyde Park and Mattapan

Multi-language friendly 🌞

04/05/2026

Welcoming our new teammates 🌿🍄

From beekeeping workshops to nature therapy to herbalism to healthful cooking to gardening classes, we are scaling up our program so our community has inspiring and impactful ways to feel better

Nature is medicine for community

New events posting tomorrow ✌️🍄‍🟫
Check out our new and improved website at the link in our bio

03/30/2026

We’re back baby 🍄🌿

After a winter of rest, we welcome you to celebrate the fifth anniversary of liberating mushrooms in Somerville with us

Sunday, April 19 2-5pm for all ages

From tasty treats and grow kits to original nature education, you’ll leave with inspiration and the spark of new friendships. We have additional programming on indigenous plants this year too

We’re hiring fourteen teammates to scale up our offerings this year, from nature therapy to cooking classes to forages to community art workshops and so much more 🎨🍄‍🟫

Please save and share this post to be alerted when as new events and local victories drop

03/26/2026

We're launching our news and events channel 😄🍄

And we welcome you to submit original work

In one of our first articles, Brenda and James lay out the case for puzzles and games as therapy

How Problem Solving Fosters Perspective, Patience, and Care

12/15/2025

Empowering You 🍄🌿

We’re ecstatic for the new year, and there is so much impactful work to be done. Please share with friends and loved ones looking to make an impact in partnership with our network

Baystaters.org/ourstory ⬅️
Link in bio

12/09/2025

Plant Dyes for the Win 🌿🍄

As we prepare to make 2026 our most impactful year yet, the team is learning new skills to share at our events

With iron (ferrous solution) it’s possible to “implant” patterns in clothes to save them from landfill and revamp your style

What’s something new you learned about nature and well-being recently? 🌿🌻

10/09/2025

New Beginnings 🍄‍🟫🍂

We’re excited to announce our affinity group the - a community team dedicated to the visions that young people deserve fun opportunities to learn with nature 🌍

From offering inspiring, interactive classes in schools to nature forages, we’re excited to build this initiative with our friend and we welcome other volunteers joining to help too

For this event, there is no charge, and we recommend people park on Beverley Street in Chestnut Hill or use public transit to join. Young people of all ages and their caretakers are welcome to swing by and invite friends 🌿🍁

PLEASE BE THERE AT OR BEFORE 2pm so no child is left behind :)

10/08/2025

Community will win 🍄🌿

It’s not just a saying. It is our most sincerely held belief. No matter how much greed tries to divide us, the real power is in our hands and nature’s systems that have supported us for billions of years

One way to delegitimize the power of division is to reclaim it with a laugh, an afternoon of joy with others, and a commitment to improving what is right beyond our fingertips - knowing it starts to build a better world far beyond our own. It’s not the only way or even always the most important. Yet it sustains us for the journey

So join us to learn how mycelium made life on land possible, how it revolutionizes life and construction science, and poke a mushroom or two to see what falls out

Companion animals welcome 🦮
Friendly for all ages
DO NOT BE LATE PLEASE
Donations appreciated 🌻
Grow Kits available for gourmet mushrooms

09/30/2025

Live free or die 🍄🌿

Or live free and live — in harmony with nature. Grateful to host Seacoast mushroom fest, bringing people together to learn about the ecological and medicinal benefits of mushrooms

Where should we host our next event or forage? ⬅️

09/08/2025

Great Plains 🍄🌻🌾

So grateful to those who joined us for Wichita Mushroom Fest. There’s nothing better than bringing people together from all walks of life to learn about mushrooms

Please drop your favorite memory about our community events or your favorite mushroom below as a comment. This helps build visibility for our events. Thank you 😁