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Herbal Resources and Links
Botany
- Biota of North America
The most detailed plant distribution maps of N. America, including historical and current ranges
- Botany Every Day
Marc Williams’s online course in field botany, which follows Botany in a Day by Thomas Elpel. This course carries on from Frank Cook, who originated the concept and offered the course annually until his passing in 2009.
- Calflora
California flora database
- Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States – Weakley's flora
UNC Herbarium – downloadable free flora , print copy available for order. The most comprehensive current flora for the southeastern US
- Harvard University Herbaria
Browse herbaria from around the world
- Jepson's eFlora of California
On-line updated version of this seminal flora
- Missouri Flora
Applicable to central and eastern North America
- Phytography – botany word of the day explained
“A photographic glossary of botanical terms” – perfect for all you botany geeks!
- Plant Biographies
searchable database for the etymological origins of pant scientific names
- Plant Database of the USDA
Searchable database (common or scientific name) of plants found in the U.S. , includes photos, illustrations, state distribution maps, and sometimes county distribution maps.
- The Gymnosperm Database
- Tropicos
Missouri Botanical Gardens database -nomenclatural, bibliographic, and specimen data. This system has over 1.2 million scientific names
Chestnut School Graduate's Links
- Big Pig Outdoors: Smoky Mountain Bushcraft and Survival School
Your source for high quality instruction in bushcraft, wilderness survival, and outdoor living skills.
- Chad Krisel, MD
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville.
- Ecospiritual Wellness
Lara Narayani offers trainings in holistic massage for CEs, remote healing (Essencework) to clear birth patterns and coaching programs worldwide to support spiritual awaking through conscious transformation.
- Healing Roots Design
Ecological landscape design, installation and maintenance, and herbal education.
- Herban Farmacy
Herbal CSA shares, herbal products + education and ecological farming.
- Jamie Sparks – Licensed Massage & Body Work Therapist
Private and group services in massage, yoga and herbalism
- Judith’s Brooks: Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine
- Lady Luck Flower Farms
A beautiful farm that grows a wide variety of vegetables, flowers and medicinal herbs. Open in the summer for “u-pick” flowers. Check them out at the farmers market in Asheville or visit them at their farm in Candler
- Living Alchemy, Amy Uma Thompson, CAyur, LMBT
Ayurvedic practioner, Postpartum Doula, Massage Therapist, and Yoga Instructor
- Meghan Gemma – Herbalist & Doula
Birth and Post-Partum Doula. Herbal, Homepathic and Medical Astrology Consultations. Asheville, NC. (please use email instead of link) Email: meghan.gemma@gmail.com
- Old Ways Herbal
Herbal education, consultations, medicinal plants and remedies from forest and farm. Newfane, Vermont
- One Heart Yoga
Yoga and Pilates studio. Fuquay-Varina, NC.
- One Willow Apothecaries
Gluten-free tinctures, teas, flower essences & other herbal goodies. Grown, wildcrafted & made with love in Asheville, NC.
- Piney Mountain Herbals
Herbal extracts, oils, and specialty herbal products handcrafted in the mountains of Idaho
- Take Care Herbals
Clinical Community Herbalism and Radical Health Care offered by Rae Swersey, CH. Provides consultations, herbal potions, flower essence blends and workshops in Asheville, NC.
- Take Root Herbarium
Take Root Herbarium is a collection of plant wisdom and herbal medicine affectionately gathered so that the knowledge of plants and health can become accessible to more people. Take Root Herbarium is located in Orlando, FL and offers herbal wellness consu
- Villagers
an urban homestead supply + design shop in west Asheville with a workshops covering a variety of sustainable lifestyle activities.
- Weedy Seawolf Healing Arts
Therapeutic massage, lifestyle recommendations, and nutrition and herbal recommendations. Contact Bonnie Sharkey weedyseawolfhealing@gmail.com and (828)301-0569
Consultations
- Asia Suler – One WIllow Consultations
Herbal consultations, Reiki treatments, Intuitive readings. Strong background in women’s health, energy healing, and chronic conditions. Asheville, NC.
- Meghan Gemma – Herbalist & Doula
Birth and Post-Partum Doula. Herbal, Homepathic and Medical Astrology Consultations. Asheville, NC. (please use email instead of link) Email: meghan.gemma@gmail.com
- Take Care Herbals
Clinical Community Herbalism and Radical Health Care offered by Rae Swersey, CH. Provides consultations, herbal potions, flower essence blends and workshops in Asheville, NC.
Herbal Blogs
- A Complete List of Herbal Blogs
Compiled by Rosalee de la Foret, this is the most comprehensive directory of herbal blogs that I know of.
- A Radicle
Guido Mase’s blog
- Anima Sanctuary
Jesse Wolf Hardin blogs from the Gila Wildlands in New Mexico
- Gold Roots and Threads
Triangulating herbal medicine, theory, art & praxis in the wildlands of Cascadia.
- Green Man Ramblings
Sean Padraig Donahue is an herbalist, poet, journalist, witch, and activist dedicated to promoting personal and planetary healing through helping people reconnect to the living Earth
- Green Path Herb School Blog
Elaine Sheff’s blog – lots of herbal articles and herbal and body care recipes
- Henriette's blog
Henriette Kress’ blog
- Herb Geek
an educational resource for natural healing featuring articles on wellness and alternative medicine with a strong focus on herbal medicine.
- Herbal Academy of New England
Online courses and rich resource for herbal learning
- Herbal Roots Zine
Herbal e-magazine for children -Planting a seed of knowledge for a lifetime of herbal wisdom
- Herbs with Rosalee
Rosalee de la Foret’s blog – Herbs for health, food as medicine, plant monographs and a connection to the natural world.
- Jim Mcdonald's blog
Michigan herbalist, constitutional medicine, bio-regional herbal medicine
- Old Ways Herbal
Herbal education, consultations, medicinal plants and remedies from forest and farm. Newfane, Vermont
- Robin Rose Bennett
Wise Woman Healing Ways
- Seven Song's blog
7Song’s blog -my dear teacher and friend, botanist, herbalist and comedian
- Take Care Herbals
Herbalist’s Rae Swersey’s blog
- The Medicine Woman's Roots
Kiva Rose writes about folk and traditional herbalism, wild foods, wildcrafting, and desert herbs.
- Todd Caldecott's blog
Ayurveda, nutrition and clinical herbalism
- Way of the Wild Heart
Gail Faith Edward’s blog -herbs, earth and spirit
- Woolgathering & Wildcrafting
Asia Suler’s blog — herbal musings, recipes, beautiful writing and photography
Herbal Nurseries / Seed Resources
- Crimson Sage Nursery
Crimson-Sage Nursery is a Woman -Owned certified organic Medicinal Plant Nursery Located in the Klamath River Valley in the far Northern corner of California.
- Fedco co-op
gardening supplies, seeds, tubers, trees, etc.
- Johnny's Selected Seeds
Employee-owned, gardening supply, organic vegetable and herb seeds, organic amendments
- Milkweed Medicinal Seeds
Dedicated to helping people grow high quality medicine by offering locally and sustainably grown medicinal herb seed & plants.
- Mountain Gardens
Joe Hollis has created a botanical sanctuary of medicinals, he sells seeds and custom blends of herbs and tinctures. Joe offers traditional apprenticeships and is an expert at growing Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs.
- Prairie Moon Nursery
Native seeds and starts, website is overflowing with cultivation specifics and plant photos.
- Richter's Herb Specialists
Large selection of herbal seeds, mail order in Canada
- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
heirloom seed varieties bred for the heat and humidity of the southeast
- Sow True Seeds
heirloom and organic seed company in Asheville, NC.
- Strictly Medicinal Seeds
Amazing selection of medicinal herb seeds from around the world, very informational website with abundant cultivation information.
- Useful Plants Nursery
Nursery of Chuck Marsh
Herbal Organizations / Publications
- American Botanical Council
Publishes Herbal Gram quarterly, which focuses on the herbal industry and medical herbalism. Website has many searchable databases related to scientific research on medicinal herbs.
- American Herbalists Guild
AHG is an association of herbal practitioners. Membership includes many educational benefits. Annual conference held in differing locations.
- Herbal Roots Zine
Herbal e-magazine for children -Planting a seed of knowledge for a lifetime of herbal wisdom
- Medical Herbalism
The purpose of Medical Herbalism is to strengthen the herbal practitioner, to preserve and develop the science and art of herbal medicine, and to promote communication and sharing of clinical methods and experiences.
- Plant Healer Magazine
Plant Healer is the paperless quarterly journal of the new folk herbalism resurgence – a downloadable, beautifully illustrated, full color PDF magazine. An annual condensed printed version is also available.
- United Plant Savers
Our mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come.
Herbal Schools
- Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism
Asheville, NC.
- Arctos School of Herbal and Botanical Studies
Portland, Oregon
- Ayurvedic Institute
Albuquerque, NM.
- Bastyr University
Seattle, Wa. Offering herbal and naturopathic degrees
- Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicide
Corey Pine Shane’s herbal medicine school in Asheville
- Botanologos School for Herbal Studies
Patricia Howell’s program in Georgia
- California School of Herbal Studies
One of the oldest running schools of herbal medicine in the country, located in Sonoma County
- Columbines School of Botanical Studies
Howie Brounstein’s school in Eugene, Orgeon
- David Winston's Center for Herbal Studies
Broadway, NJ
- EarthSong Herbals
Margi Flint’s school and practice in Marblehead, Mass.
- East West School of Planetary Herbology
Distance learning focusing on constitutional herbal medicine
- Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine
Thomas Easley’s school in Low Gap, NC
- Green Path Herb School
Based in Missoula, MT, Green Path offers several herb programs designed for the beginning student to the advanced practitioner.
- Herbal Academy of New England
Online courses and rich resource for herbal learning
- Herbal Medicine for Women
Aviva Romm’s distance learning program
- Joie Power's Aromatherapy School
Aromatherapy School in the southern Appalachians
- Maryland University of Integrative Health
Offering a Masters degree in Herbal Medicine, formerly Tai Sophia Institute
- Mountain Gardens
Joe Hollis has created a botanical sanctuary of medicinals, he sells seeds and custom blends of herbs and tinctures. Joe offers traditional apprenticeships and is an expert at growing Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs.
- North American Institute of Medical Herbalism
Paul Bergner’s program in Boulder, Colorado
- Northeast School of Botanical Medicine
7Song’s school in Ithaca, NY specializing in field botany and bioregional grassroots herbal medicine.
- Northwest School for Botanical Studies
Christa Sinadinos’ school in Arcata, Ca.
- Ohlone Center for Herbal Studies
Berkley, Ca. Clinical Program
- Old Ways Herbal
Herbal education, consultations, medicinal plants and remedies from forest and farm. Newfane, Vermont
- Philo School of Energetics
Mary Pat Palmer’s school and botanical sanctuary in the coastal Redwoods of California
- School of Traditional Western Herbalism
Portland, Oregon
- Southwest School for Botanical Medicine
The late Michael Moore’s distant learning videos and many archived Eclectic herbal texts and photo archives.
- The Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine
Holly Bellebuono’s school on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and online
- The School for Aromatic Studies
Herbal and Aromatherapy Courses throughout the country, distance learning
- Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism
Montpelier, Vt. Offering a 3-year clinical herbalist training program
- Vitalist School of Herbology
Ashland, Oregon
- Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine
Nicole Telke’s herbal school in Austin Texas. Nicole is a wildcrafter, activist and massage therapist extraordinaire.
- Wisdom of the Herbs School
Earth-centered herbal education in Woodbury, Vermont
Miscellaneous
- Ariela's Thai Massage
Ariela is a gifted soulful instructor of Thai massage, offering CEUs for massage therapists
- JoyfulBelly
Ayurvedic diet and recipes
- Plants and Healers
Non-profit working to carry forth the work of the late Frank Cook, preserving and perpetuating his writings, projects and teachings
Permaculture
- Healing Roots Design
Ecological landscape design, installation and maintenance, and herbal education.
- Living Systems Design
Offers permaculture design and training, run by Chestnut instructor Chuck Marsh
- Plants for a Future Database
This is one of my favorite web references for wild edibles and medicinals. The referencing is very detailed and draws from many rare or out of print books. The database gives you access to info you would have to look up in twenty different books for each
Primitive Skills
- Earthskills
- Firefly Gathering
The Firefly Gathering is held near Asheville, NC and teaches skills for living with the earth
- Wild Abundance
Natalie Bogwalker’s primitive skills classes and consultations
- Wild Roots
Wildroots is a 30-acre radical homestead adjacent to the Pisgah NF in Madison County, Western NC. Their focus is on experiential learning and living, while practicing, developing and sharing skills for rewilding.
Supplies - herbs and accoutrements
- Alchemical Solutions
Sells a variety of organic alcohol, including organic grape alcohol for gluten free tinctures
- Floracopeia
Essential Oils and Aromatics
- Frontier Co-op
Bulk herbs, spices, bottles, presses, strainers and infusers.
- Harding's Ginseng Farm
wild simulated ginseng and organic goldenseal from Maryland
- Herban Farmacy
Herbal CSA shares, herbal products + education and ecological farming.
- Mountain Gardens
Joe Hollis has created a botanical sanctuary of medicinals, he sells seeds and custom blends of herbs and tinctures. Joe offers traditional apprenticeships and is an expert at growing Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs.
- Mountain Rose Herbs
Bulk organic herbs, spices, essential oils. bottles, presses, seeds, extracts, books
- Mushroom Harvest
Medicinal mushroom powders, extracts, and capsules. Ohio
- One Willow Apothecaries
Gluten-free tinctures, teas, flower essences & other herbal goodies. Grown, wildcrafted & made with love in Asheville, NC.
- Organic Creations
soap, cosmetic wholesale supply
- Oshala Farm
A certified organic family-run farm in the beautiful Applegate Valley of Southern Oregon. Located among the Siskiyou Mountains with clean water and fertile soils, they grow a variety of medicinal and culinary crops.
- Pacific Botanicals
Growers and Suppliers of Organic bulk herbs, ships fresh herbs
- Pharmco-Aaper
Organic grain ethanol for making tinctures
- SKS bottles
fancy bottles, jars, wide selection
- Specialty Bottle Company
bottles, jars, containers, affordable
- Villagers
an urban homestead supply + design shop in west Asheville with a workshops covering a variety of sustainable lifestyle activities.
Wild Foods
- Eat the Weeds
Green Deane from Florida shares his love of wild foods, he has many youtube videos on foraging, especially for sub-tropical and tropical plants
- Eat Weeds
Wild foods blog from the U.K.
- Eco-Images – Vickie Shufer's website
Vickie teaches classes on eastern coastal wild foods and publishes the digital quarterly -Wild Foods Forum
- Firefly Gathering
The Firefly Gathering is held near Asheville, NC and teaches skills for living with the earth
- Forager's Harvest
Samuel Thayer is one of the finest writers on wild foods, his books on the subject are excellent
- Hunger and Thirst
Foraging, feasting, and adventure in the Rocky Mountains. Beautiful wild foods photos, humorous writing and fun!
- Mushroom Expert
Identifying mushrooms, keys, photographs
- No Taste Like Home
Wild foods feasts outside Asheville, NC
- Wild Abundance
Natalie Bogwalker’s primitive skills classes and consultations
- Wild Food Plants
Sunny Savage’s blog and website, she also has many you tube videos on the subject
- Wildman Steve Brill
Author and teacher of wild foods in NYC, Steve Brill is a thorough and detailed writer, highly recommended
