About The Herbalist
Hi! I am Gianna, herbalist, medicine maker, creatrix, lover and friend of the plant spirits. I was born in Southern New Jersey, the land of the pines and the gardens.
Amongst the trees and fields I frolicked and spent most of my time talking to the plants and exploring their healing modalities.
My love for the outdoors and plants started when I was a little girl, I pretty much was outside 24/7 playing with the fairies and plants. As I grew up, and health complications persisted, I started to dive deeper into the healing modalities of the plants around me, for I was fed up with feeling ill and the disappointment that dominated from the conventional systems.
I became highly fascinated in the local wild plants growing around me, and how I could respect them, and make use of them all. The rabbit hole was wide open from here, and I dove right in. One of my goals with Earth Wisdom Botanica is to create a space for herbalists to go to for research. Check out my resources page here!
Currently, I reside in St. Petersburg Florida. I ventured to Florida to attend Traditions School of Herbal Studies Western Herbalism Programs with my amazing teachers Bob Linde-AP, RH (AHG), and Ruth Glass-clinical western/ chinese herbalist,and an exquisite medicine maker! I graduate from the Advanced Clinical Western Herbalism Program in February 2024.
I am committed to being a continuous student of Earth and sharing her medicine with anyone who wishes to heal from her.
I mostly enjoy working directly with the plants from the earth. It is important to me to support sustainable practices when sourcing my herbs. My products contain organic herbs only always; likely from Oshala Farms, if not wildcrafted myself.
My goal long term is to be able to forage completely for the botanicals I need, or even eventually grow them all myself. I believe there is a special kind of energetic power illuminating from this method of medicine making.
I am passionate and love all of the products I create, but "Girl Bluntz" my botanical sacred smokes, these holds a special place in my heart.
Back in Highschool and shortly after, I was abusing other popular herb smoke, if you catch my drift. Unfortunately the excessive use of high heat vapor really took a hard hit to my lungs so I began to search my herb books for help. I started to mix Mullein into my joints, and even found the beautiful big leaf out in my local foraging woods. I enjoyed the process of harvesting, drying, and smoking the leaf. I would also steep a strong tea with the leaf, and sip on the brew while I puffed away.
Pretty quickly, I felt like I could breathe clearly again. This truly opened me up to the motivation to stop abusing substances that were really not physically or mentally good for me.
Shortly after this I began to add other herbs into my blend for different effects I desired. Before I knew it, I was only smoking plants with the intention of healing, health, and presence. I often found myself feeling more connected to the plant spirits, the trees, the people around me, and the magic in general of the Earth while I consumed the sacred herb smoke. I swear, it also allowed the plants to whisper their secret hiding spots out in my foraging woods back in New Jersey.
My favorite way to honor the sacred smokable herbs is share them with others, especially my girlfriends, and various social settings. This opens up the conversation about herbalism and truly sparks a light in others eyes and interest in the realms of plant spirit herbalism specifically when I share the smoke wisdom with them.
I currently see clients at the Traditions Student Clinic on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm. Sessions consist of a full health evaluation where I get a detailed look at your history, current complaints, your pulse, and perform a tongue energetic diagnosis evaluation; the whole run down essentially.
With all of this information gathered, I present to my supervisors, they then come in and speak with you to confirm that my findings are accurate. Finally, I prepare a wellness plan and custom herbal formula just for your specific energetic constitute; which you will pick up at a later date! I collaborate with the supervisor, who will confirm your wellness plan also. You may also leave with some Ear Seeds, or Magnets on specific acupuncture points to aid in your healing additionally.
If you are local to St. Pete I highly suggest taking advantage of the Student Clinic! If you can not make it on Tuesdays, or are out of town you can absolutely book an appointment with me directly. I typically present these personal inquiries as case studies to my teachers, and get second opinions and guidance with my herbal choices. If out of town, I will send you a forum to complete and we will hop on a phone call for about a hour and chat it up about your concerns! If you are local, we can meet up at the Kava bar, or park!