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Ila Hatter
Class: Wildcrafting with Ila
Ila Hatter has been delighting people with her extensive knowledge of plants and their folklore for 30 years. She produced a wild foods cookbook, “Roadside Rambles”, the DVD “Mountain Kitchen”, a video series “Wild Edibles of Southern Appalachia”, and edited the ethnobotany book: “Plants of the Cherokee”. Ila
Class: Wildcrafting with Ila
Ila Hatter has been delighting people with her extensive knowledge of plants and their folklore for 30 years. She produced a wild foods cookbook, “Roadside Rambles”, the DVD “Mountain Kitchen”, a video series “Wild Edibles of Southern Appalachia”, and edited the ethnobotany book: “Plants of the Cherokee”. Ila hosted “Folkways” and “Our State” programs for UNC-TV (PBS), and has appeared on CNN, TurnerSouth, RFDTV, and A&E.
Now she is recognized near and far as “The Lady of the Forest” –an expert teacher and tradition-bearer of the lore of the Great Smokies. With hands-on familiarity and a storehouse of knowledge, Ila offers folklore, medicinal facts, native wisdom, and fun anecdotes that will entertain and inform all backyard botanists, and history buffs, whatever their age or background.
Ila’s favorite quote is “The woods and fields are a table always spread”