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herbal resource library

Gianna’s Herbal Resource Library!

I would love to share how accessible herbalism is, and how much free information is out there! Enjoy!

I will be continuously adding to this library!

Websites:
  • American Herbalists Guild: “The American Herbalists Guild was founded in 1989 as a non-profit, educational organization to represent the goals and voices of herbalists specializing in the medicinal use of plants. Our primary goal is to promote a high level of professionalism and education in the study and practice of therapeutic herbalism”
  • Jim McDonald Herb Craft: “plant monographs, articles, writings, videos and podcasts; these are my offerings to you, to make information more available, and especially to give you a taste of how and what I teach.”
  • Herbalista-Free School!! Really awesome free resource, has great online classes/events for free!
  • The Sacred Science-Cool blog posts and webinars about herbs and other fun topics-instagram is also fire
  • American Botanical Council:“Provide education using science-based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine — serving the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry and media.”
  • Aviva Romm:“I'm Aviva Romm, an MD, midwife, and herbalist who sees health and medicine a different way than a lot of doctors”
  • Rain Tree-Tropical Plant Database With Medica
  • National Institute of Medical Herbalists: “The Institute promotes the benefits, the efficacy and the safe use of herbal medicine. Our members treat thousands of patients every year. By choosing one of our members as your practitioner you can be confident of their high standards of training and professional conduct.” 
  • Dave’s Garden:“Dave's Garden is one of the largest sites for gardeners in the world. With tens of thousands of encyclopedic files on plants, bugs, and birds, as well as helpful articles by our gardening experts” 
  • Plants For a Future:“​​The main aims of the charity are researching and providing information on ecologically sustainable horticulture, as an integral part of designs involving high species diversity and permaculture principles. Approaches such as woodland/forest gardening use a minimal input of resources and energy, create a harmonious eco-system and cause the least possible damage to the environment, while still having the potential to achieve high productivity.”

amazing blogs:

Helpful PDFs:

Books:

Herb Sourcing:
  • Oshala Farm “We consider it an honor to grow herbs that support community health. Oshala is a certified organic farm that uses regenerative, sustainable cultivation practices. We are stewards of the land farming with generations to come in mind. Thank you so much for supporting our crew – we are delighted to continue to provide you with quality herbs, grown in harmony with the land and with an amazing team.”
  • Kestrel Herb Farm “We take care to honor our relationship to the land by never using anything harmful and by minimizing our tillage and disturbance of the soil. We rotate the fields in production and let them rest with cover crops and soil amendments. We grow all of our own seedlings. Our seeds are organic when possible and/or sourced from small, thoughtful companies such as Strictly Medicinals or Fedco. If not seeded directly, we use soil mix from local soil badasses, Dirtcraft Organics. We transplant using a biodegradable plastic made from corn” 
  • Herbal Revolution " Working with plant medicine and sustainable, organic farming is the heart of this business. This is our life and passion. We’re the real deal. I work with an amazing team of clinical herbalists and organic/sustainable farmers. We have a passion for the land, environment, social/civil justice, our communities and a passion for what we create."
  • Zach Woods Herbs "Zack Woods Herb Farm is a certified organic medicinal herb farm and botanical sanctuary located on the unceded homelands of the Wabanaki, in the heart of the green mountains of north-central Vermont.”
  • Red Moon Herbs “Working with plant medicine and sustainable, organic farming is the heart of this business. This is our life and passion. We’re the real deal. I work with an amazing team of clinical herbalists and organic/sustainable farmers. We have a passion for the land, environment, social/civil justice, our communities and a passion for what we create.” 
  • Mountain Rose Herbs " Our passion for organics is woven into every fiber of our operations. We believe this is necessary to realize our mission to put people, plants, and planet over profit." 

Seeds:

Podcasts: