2025/10/07
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Opening Ceremony: Grounding in Collective Care
Rosemary Gladstar
Herbalist • Author • Founder, The Science & Art of Herbalism
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Immune Resilience at Home: Building Your Herbal Apothecary
Join Mary Blue to craft a home apothecary with immune herbs, adaptogens, nervines, and simple recipes for teas, tinctures & syrups.
Mary Blue
Community Herbalist • Educator • Founder, Farmacy Herbs
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
The Importance of Ceremony: Connection, Ritual & Healing with Nature
Dr. Rocío Alarcón shares ancestral ceremonies—Limpia, candle & bathing rituals—that restore balance, connection & healing with nature.
Dr. Rocίo Alarcón PhD
Curandera • Ethnopharmacologist • Founder, IAMOE
08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Everyday Herbal First Aid: Practical Tools for Emergencies and Resilience
Learn practical herbal first aid with Sam Coffman, former Green Beret medic and author of Herbal Medic. Discover the top herbs, tools, and strategies
Sam Coffman
Clinical Herbalist · Author · Founder & Co-Director, Herbal Medics Academy
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Wisdom from the Kitchen Table: Simple Practices for Resilience & Connection
Tammi Sweet teaches the physiology of connection with simple practices to calm the nervous system, support immunity & build resilience.
Tammi Sweet
Herbalist • Teacher • Author • Co-Founder, Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials
2025/10/08
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Green Kinship: Herbal Commons and Community Resilience
Nicole Telkes shares how herbal commons—gardens, pantries, clinics & plant allies—create resilience, joy & resistance in community.
Nicole Telkes
Clinical Herbalist · Author · Founder, Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Chronic Care in Crisis: Herbal Strategies for Times of Limited Healthcare
Sam Coffman shares herbal strategies for chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis & GERD in crises.
Sam Coffman
Clinical Herbalist · Author · Founder & Co-Director, Herbal Medics Academy
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Land, Memory, and Medicine: Restoring Community Through Plants
Rockie Gilford shares how plants and oral histories restore resilience and belonging, highlighting herbs like Rose, Tulsi, Okra & Hibiscus.
Rockie Gilford
Community Herbalist · Artist · Founder, Mawe Apothecary
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Cough it Up: A Practical Guide to Herbal Respiratory Care
Join host Helen Ward in conversation with jim mcdonald on cough energetics. Learn how to match herbs like Marshmallow & Wild Cherry.
jim mcdonald
community herbalist · wildcrafter · teacher, herbcraft
08:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Integrative Free Clinics: Herbalism, Community & Service
7Song shares stories & lessons from the Ithaca Free Clinic, exploring the skills, challenges & rewards of integrative free care.
7song
Clinical Herbalist • Teacher • Director, Northeast School of Botanical Medicine
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Cultivating Your Inner Light: How Personal Growth Fuels Community Wellness
Helen Ward shares how self-care, reflection, and plant connection strengthen personal healing and fuel community resilience.
Helen Ward
Herbalist & Educator, Three Springs Farm of Vermont
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Weathering the Storms of Life: Simple Plant Practices for Resilience & Joy
Rosemary Gladstar shares calming herbs and simple plant practices to build resilience, lift the spirit, and find joy in Nature’s wisdom.
Rosemary Gladstar
Herbalist • Author • Founder, The Science & Art of Herbalism
2025/10/09
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Medicine from the Hearth: Herbs, Spices & the Sacred Work of Care
Kami McBride shows how to transform everyday herbs & spices into remedies, reawakening the herbal hearth as a place of culture & care.
Kami McBride
Herbalist · Teacher · Author · Founder, Herbal Healing Arts with Kami McBride
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Restoring the Inner Well: Herbs & Homeopathy for Mental and Spiritual Resilience
Seraphina Capranos shares herbs & homeopathy to calm stress, nourish the nervous system, and restore mental & spiritual resilience.
Seraphina Capranos
Clinical herbalist • Homeopath • Priestess of plant and healing wisdom
05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Cuerpo Territorio: Mapping the Body as Territory of Belonging and Resilience
Experience Cuerpo Territorio with Jocelyn Boreta, a body-mapping practice linking memory, resilience, land, and plant medicine.
Jocelyn Boreta
Executive Director, Cofounder, Botanical Bus: Bilingual Mobile Herb Clinic
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Tending Your Inner Garden: Healing the Microbiome, Healing the Earth
Dr. Crystal Dawn explores herbs, spices & lifestyle practices that nourish the microbiome using her “Five Rs” framework.
Crystal Dawn Silas MD
Physician • Functional Medicine Woman • Herbalist, Dr Crystal Dawn
08:15 PM - 09:15 PM
Sidewalk Medicine: Identifying Common Herbs & Making Your Own Remedies
Learn to identify everyday herbs with Jane Bothwell & turn them into remedies. Explore tinctures, teas & simple apothecary skills.
Jane Bothwell
Clinical Herbalist • Teacher • Founder, The Dandelion Herbal Center
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Free Clinics in Action: Herbalists Building Community Care
Herbalists share lessons from free clinics, herb buses, carts & apothecaries—models of community care & accessible herbal medicine.
Kat Maier, 7song, Jocelyn Boreta, Sam Coffman & Lorna Mauney-Brodek