Welcome! I have been studying and practicing herbal medicine for over twenty years.  My true beginnings were probably in the magical time of childhood, spent in the wild back corners of my yard and playing beneath the trees.  I would often leaf through my mother’s old herb books and was drawn to sketches of flowers, Latin names, and the mysterious Materia Medica.

My herbal studies began in earnest in my twenties, under the mentorship of the late Appalachian herbalist Will Endres.  It is here I worked as an apprentice and gained my foundations in identifying plants, responsibly wildcrafting, and medicine making. As time goes on, I realize what a rare gift it was for me to have this experience; the years I spent directly studying with someone who had such intimate direct knowledge of the natural world is hard to come by these days.

Furthering my education to obtain more experience in physiology and clinical applications, I completed the Herbal Therapeutics and Constitutional Evaluation course from Southwest School of Botanical Medicine.  Most recently I have become a Certified Women’s Herbal Educator, graduating from Dr. Aviva Romm’s advanced training in herbal medicine for women. I hold a B.A. in Anthropology from UNC-Chapel Hill, and have received training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at Duke Integrative Medicine.

I view the path of an herbalist as one of continuous learning, and am always looking to further my knowledge of both people and plants.  By far my greatest teachings have come from my own personal healing and the people I’ve had the privilege of helping—not to mention just being with the plants themselves!

I live and work in Hillsborough, North Carolina with my husband and our two children, two cats and a dog.  I am a member of the United Plant Savers and am currently trying to populate our little heavily wooded piece of land with native at-risk plants.