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WILD HERBS
Embody ancient plant medicine in a modern world to support your health and the health of those you love.
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Plants first captured my spirit at the age of 17, when I took horticulture in high school. By 1997, I'd begun studying herbalism, and I've been working for the plants ever since.Â
That path led me to work as a botanist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service, protecting rare and endangered plants. What I learned during my tenure changed how I saw everything. The plants weren't only losing their habitat. They were losing us: our attention, our relationship with them, and our ancestral knowing.
I think many of us feel that loss in our own lives, even when we can't put words to it. It shows up as a quiet longing for something older, slower, and more rooted than what modern life offers.
I founded Wild Herb Academy as a place to come home to that. Here, you learn the plants growing in your own backyard, one at a time, with people who are walking the same path. When you truly know a plant, you begin to care for it. And it cares for you in return, in mind, body, and spirit.
Over these three decades, I've walked beside thousands of humans as they've remembered this way of living, and I've watched them move through the world more rooted, more connected, and more fluent in the language of the land around them. This isn't about learning something new. It's about remembering who you are, and returning to the medicine that's always been here, within you and around you.
ÂOur New BookÂ
This book is an invitation into the medicine of place — the living ecosystem of the Carolina coast, where plants are your teachers.
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The wild herbs inside this book are native to the Southeastern Coast.
If you live along the Southeastern coast, and want to host a foraging walk or talk, email [email protected].
If you're an herbalist with a book in you, Medical Botany gives you the same framework I used to write this book.
"Just three months worth of April's forage membership-free food and medicine and so many new ways to connect with nature- will last me a lifetime and has been truly life-changing." Wild Herb Academy Member, Nicholas Shankin, Suburban Forager
"I’ve studied plants for decades, and Medical Botany is hands-down the most enriching and well-crafted course I’ve taken. The lessons are deep, clear, and soulfully delivered. If you’re serious about building a strong foundation in herbalism and truly connecting with the plant world, I can’t recommend this course highly enough. It’s a must for every aspiring herbalist." Medical Botany Alumnus, Autumn Fisher
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COME BACK TO THE WILD
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An abundance of medicine and food surround you daily.Â
Along the edges of your garden, and throughout the landscapes you call home.
Wild Herb Academy is an invitation to know them more deeply—to understand their language, work with their medicine, and become part of the living world around you.
Ready to see the plant world differently?
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