Plant Chats with Val- Buckthorn

In addition to learning about more plants on Fairsted's cultural landscape, you can also learn more about the historic elm, which originally pre-dated Olmsted's move to Brookline, but was replanted in 2013.

 

Duration:

1 minute, 43 seconds

Today, Val shares some fun facts about Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), including its uses during medieval times.