Herbal Community Resources

As herbalists, our craft is inherently interactive. From digging our hands into the dirt to making medicine in our kitchens, herbalism is a hands-on field. One of the best parts of being an herbalist is belonging to a rich and vibrant community of plant lovers dedicated to values like community care, land stewardship and botanical preservation.

To help you get plugged into the community, we've compiled a list of podcasts, events, publications, memberships and distributors that will expand your herbal horizons. No list like this could ever be complete - if you know of any resources that would fit well please reach out to info@artemesiaacademy.com and we'll update this list.

Herbal Podcasts

• The Holistic Herbalism Podcast with Commonwealth Herbs

• Voices of our Herbal Elders with Rosemary Gladstar

• Medicine Stories with Amber Magnolia Hill

• HerbRally

• Herbal Radio with Mountain Rose Herbs

• Herbs with Rosalee

• HerbMentor Radio

• In the Clinic with Camille

• The Herbal Highway

• On Health with Dr. Aviva Romm
  

2025 Herb Events

This is not a comprehensive list. HerbRally does a great job of compiling herbal community events, you can check out their list of events here, which they update often.

February

• Appalachian Roots Herbal & Healing Conference + Student Clinic

  • Dates: January 31 – February 2, 2025

  • Location: Franklin, TN

  • Hosted by: Sewanee School of Herbal Medicine

  • Details: HerbRally

• Virtual Herbalism Conference

  • Date: February 16–21, 2025

  • Location: Online

  • Description: A free six-day event hosted by the Herbal Academy, featuring over 30 masterclasses by renowned herbalists.

  • Registration: Herbal Academy

March

• Florida Herbal Conference

  • Date: March 1, 2025

  • Location: Mead Botanical Garden, Winter Park, FL

  • Details: Florida Herbal Conference

• Second Annual Spring Herbal Festival

  • Date: March 9, 2025

  • Location: Eat Your Yard Jax Farm, Jacksonville, FL

  • Details: Eat Your Yard Jax

• Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine

  • Dates: March 28 – 30, 2025

  • Location: Online

  • Details: BotanicalMedicine.org

April

• Asheville Herb Festival

  • Dates: April 25 – 27, 2025

  • Location: WNC Ag Center, Fletcher, NC

  • Details: Explore Asheville

May

• Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium

  • Dates: May 16 – 18, 2025

  • Location: Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, Lake Junaluska, NC

  • Details: BotanicalMedicine.org

• Midwest Women's Herbal Conference

  • Dates: May 23 – 25, 2025

  • Location: Almond, WI

  • Details: Midwest Women's Herbal

June

• Modern Homesteaders Conference

  • Dates: June 27 – 28, 2025

  • Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID

  • Details

• TeaFest PDX

  • Date: June 28, 2025

  • Location: Portland, OR

  • Details

• GAIA Gathering

  • Dates: June 29 – 30, 2025

  • Location: Lyndhurst, VA

  • Details: GAIA

July

• Firefly Gathering

  • Dates: July 8 – 13, 2025

  • Location: Mills River, NC

  • Details: Mountain Rose Herbs

• Wild Herb Weekend

  • Dates: July 25 – 27, 2025

  • Location: Valle Crucis, NC

  • Details: NCHERB

September

• Great Lakes Herb Faire

  • Date: September 5–7, 2025

  • Location: Chelsea, MI

  • Description: An annual gathering celebrating herbalism with workshops, plant walks, and community activities.

  • Details: Great Lakes Herb Faire

• International Herb Symposium

  • Date: September 12–15, 2025

  • Location: Cincinnati, OH

  • Description: A biennial event bringing together herbalists from around the world to share knowledge and celebrate the healing power of herbs.

  • Details: International Herb Symposium

• Sassafras Moon Herbal Festival

  • Date: September 20, 2025

  • Location: Erwin, TN

  • Description: A community festival celebrating herbal traditions with workshops, vendors, and herbal activities.

  • Details: HerbRally Events

August

• Good Medicine Confluence

  • Dates: August 17 – 20, 2025

  • Location: Ghost Ranch, NM

  • Details: Good Medicine

• Newtopia Now

  • Dates: August 20 – 22, 2025

  • Location: Denver, CO

  • Details: Newtopia Now

November

• Southeastern North Carolina Herbal Conference

  • Dates: November 15 – 16, 2025

  • Location: Burgaw, NC

  • Details: SENC Herbal Conference

Herb Publications

• The Plant Healer Magazine

• American Herbalists Guild Journal

• Spirituality and Health

• Essential Herbal

• Learning Herbs

• Mountain Rose Herbs

• Artemisia Academy Blog

• Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine

• Herbal Gram

• Michael Moore's Southwest School of Botanical Medicine

• 7Song's Northeast School of Botanical Medicine
  

Herb Memberships

• American Herbalists Guild

• United Plant Savers

• American Botanical Council

Herb Distributors & Supplies

• Bulk herbs:

  • Mountain Rose Herbs

  • Oshala Farm

  • Pacific Botanicals

  • Starwest Botanicals

  • Frontier Co-Op

• Tinctures and Glycerites:

  • Herb Pharm

  • Galen's Way

  • Wish Garden

• Bottles:

  • Specialty Bottle

  • SKS Bottle

• Places to buy bulk herbs near Santa Barbara, CA:

  • Isla Vista Food Co-Op in Isla Vista, CA

  • Lassens in Goleta, CA

  • Lazy Acres in Santa Barbara, CA

  • Emma's Herbs in Ventura, CA

• Tip - consider setting up wholesale accounts with these distributors for more affordable pricing

Getting plugged into the vibrant herbal community is a great way to expand your herbal education and meet some awesome people. We're a bunch of plant nerds out here and our craft is so much stronger when we are working together and sharing our love for the botanical world.

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