Advocacy
The Yerba Mansa Project
In 2014, Dara established the Yerba Mansa Project, a community-driven volunteer effort to unite our community on common ground, help restore native medicinal plants along the banks of the Rio Grande, and provide related educational programming.
The project has developed over the years into a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a small administrative and teaching staff, field volunteers, and a long-term vision for reinvigorating our biological and cultural legacy by providing a pathway for people to care for the land and plants that have long sustained us.
Join Our Project!
Learn More
All about the Yerba Mansa Project!
Attend an Event
- Restoration Field Day: May 2, 2026 (Abq)
- Solstice Medicinal Plant Walk: June 20, 2026 (Abq)
Ways to Give
- Donate One-Time or Monthly
- Sponsor an event
- Partner with us
Volunteer With Us
- Restoration Field Day: May 2, 2026 (Abq)
- Become a Staff Volunteer
Move over, Michael Moore: Dara Saville’s ecological herbal is the most unique and refreshing view on the healing power of plants—for both human health and land health—to be published in decades!
– Gary Paul Nabhan, author of Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities
Upcoming Classes & Workshops
Albuquerque Herbalism
Ongoing Herbalism Classes and Events
Yerba Mansa Project
Ongoing Land Stewardship + Environmental Education Events