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![["Marion Harless of Kerens led a 2018 apprenticeship in green traditions with Kara Vaneck of Weston as part of the 2018 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Harless is a co-founder of the Mountain State Organic Growers and Buyers Association and the West Virginia Herb Association, and has taught widely on medicinal herbs, edible landscaping, and native plants. Vaneck is the owner of Smoke Camp Crafts and has served as vice president and treasurer of the West Virginia Herb Association.Read our feature on Harless apprenticeship with Vaneck here: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/20/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-marion-harless-kara-vaneck-green-traditions/Read Emily Hilliards article on Marion Harless here and in the Spring 2019 issue of Goldenseal Magazine: https://wvfolklife.org/2019/03/22/the-state-folklorists-notebook-people-need-to-know-about-plants-herbarist-marion-harless/"]%](/image/4224HarlessMarionVaneckKaraPhoto00182818/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HarlessMarionVaneckKara.Photo.001.8.28.18
- Title:
- Master herbarist [herbalist] Marion Harless and apprentice Kara Vaneck
- Date:
- 2018-08-28
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Herbalists, Herbs--Utilization, Gardening, Irish Americans, Apprenticeship programs, Herb gardening, Traditional medicine
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
