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
  

2024 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.

• Artemisia Academy Interview with Mason from HerbRally April 18, 2024 6-7 PM PDT

• Medicines from the Earth Symposium May 17-19, 2024 in North Carolina

• Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference May 24-26, 2024 in Wisconsin

• Herbal First Aid Walk and Workshop with Lanny Kaufer & Emily Watson June 1, 2024 10-4 in Ojai, CA

• Oshala Farm Herb Camp July 5-7 2024 in Williams, OR

• Good Medicine Confluence July 10-13, 2024 in Durango, CO

• Firefly Gathering July 16-21 in North Carolina

• Misty Meadows Women’s Herbal Conference August 23-25, 2024 in New Hampshire

• The Herbal Medicine Conference (online) Nov 15 - Nov 16, 2024

• International Herb Symposium 2025 dates have not yet been set (no 2024 meeting)

• Mountain Rose Herbs Free Herbalism Project Events

• Ojai Herbal Symposium proposed next conference in 2025

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.