Teachers

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Keynote Speakers
Lottie V. Spady, Detroit Food and Media Justice Activist, has been studying herbalism formally for over 4 years although she has been an advocate and user of herbal supports for decades. She is currently hosting community herbal education sessions, plant identification walks, and medicine making workshops in Detroit. She also creates a variety of herbal products for health and wellness under the Detroit Elixir & Salve Company brand. Lottie blogs at Earthseed Detroit, which chronicles her evolution as an urban farmgirl as she learns about and adapts to the challenges of living a sustainable, healthy lifestyle. She can often be found outside in a field or forest wandering with her dog, Riley, and a camera.
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Olatokunboh Obasi has been working in the wellness field for over 15 years. She is a yoga and dance instructor, clinical herbalist, nutritionist and birth doula. Olatokunboh is also the owner of Omaroti: Well of Indigenous Wisdom, an indigenous conscious wellness space specializing in herbal medicine and nutrition located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Committed to community holistic health, social justice, and education, she works heavily in community service and African Traditional Medicine. Presently, she coordinates Herbalists without Borders International on the island of Puerto Rico and contributes to the early phases of movement in honoring the herbal traditions for People of Color, reminding the Western world that colonization and oppression, supremacy and economic greed has disfranchised herbal practices, community structure and general health of all people of Indigenous heritage. Originally from Africa, her travels around the world are extensive as she integrates traditional knowledge of herbs, health and wellness with her western education. She received her Master’s of Science from Maryland University of Integrative Health. Olatokunboh is a mother of 3 teens. She continues to learn from her children through challenge and tribulation as she shares her journey of life with them and the human family. website
Intensive Teachers
Cal Janae- Botany Intensive
Cal Janae, is a clinical herbalist, botanist, farmer & plant educator located in Ithaca New York. They have been studying plants for their entire life: as a child they were led on plant and bird watching walks by their father before they could walk on their own. Later, they formalized their passion for the natural world and living sustainably in it with a degree in Ethnobotany from Drake University. Cal then studied and apprenticed with 7Song at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine where they are currently employed. Cal works as a farmer at Indian Creek Farm/Cummins Nursery in Ithaca New, volunteers as a clinical herbalist at the Ithaca Free Clinic, works at the Bramble Collective and works as an herbalist & botanist in their private practice. In their free time Cal maintains a strong wanderlust and rapt interest in the botanical arts, bird watching & their dog, Bowie. More info
Margi Flint - Observing the Indications of the Digestive Organs
Margi Flint owns and operates EarthSong Herbals, a busy family practice and clinic in Marblehead MA.  Over these many years she has become their “Village Herbalist.”   She is a mongrel practitioner blending over 40 years of herbal practice with years of labor coaching and polarity therapy, plus showing her etchings nationally and internationally.  Margi continues to teach Advanced Clinical Studies.  She is on the staff at Pacific Rim College in British Columbia and teaches nationally and internationally.  Her most revered teachers are the plants and her clients. Flint is the author of a textbook for herbalists, now in its third edition, titled The Practicing Herbalist, meeting with clients, reading the body.  Copies will be available for purchase. website
Main Faire Teachers
(Alphabetical by first name)
​Alexander Weyer has been working in collaboration with the Stars and Planets through the study and practice of Astrology for over 17 years. Primarily a self-directed student of the Cosmos, Alexander is a former member of the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA), as well as the Association for Young Astrologers (AYA). They have been professionally working with clients in the Detroit area and beyond for the past 7 years. Their primary training in Herbalism has come through the blessed teachings of Jim McDonald’s intensive course ‘Lindera’ in 2016, as well as Sajah Popham’s Alchemical Herbalism program. website
​Having been in practice for more than a decade, it’s no surprise that Briana Wiles has a huge passion for her career as an herbalist. Briana specializes in teaching about wild foods, herbalism, and creating organic herbal body care products. Rooted in Gunnison, CO, Briana has an abundance of wild
plants—many of which are edible or medicinal—in her backyard. Plus, she’s written two books about foraging (Mountain States Foraging, and Mountain States Medicinal Plants ) and owns Rooted Apothecary, which has a store in Gunnison and another in Crested Butte. website
Christine Dennis has a Master of Science (MSc.) degree in Herbal Medicine from the University of Wales in the UK. She is a Professional Member (RH) and past president of the Ontario Herbalists Association as well as a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (MNIMH) in England. Having a balance of bio-medical, traditional and energetic herbal medicine training, Christine considers herself to be an eclectic herbalist and highly stresses the importance of walking with a foot in the objective science world as well as a foot in the subjective artistic world. She has a great deal of hands-on experience in the field, with 25 years of seeing patients and 20+ years facilitating herbal and health classes. Living on an organic farm on the edge of the forest allows Christine the perfect opportunity for her home-based office, and giving herbal walks and talks as well as at other locations around southern Ontario. website
Herbalist, chef, and mother to three. Cody Westendorf is passionate about creating healing space for others. Sharing her herbal medicines and creations as a way to inspire others to bring more nature into their lives. Foraging and woods walking are where you will typically find her. website
Coleen Handlon-Shaull started her plant and bird studies with her dad, and later studied at jim mcdonald's intensive, along with many other great teachers including 7song, Phyllis Light, Margi Flint.
Coleen is a member of the local Michigan Mushroom Hunters club, United Plant Saves, and the American Herbalists Guild, and is licensed in Michigan to commercially sell wild foraged mushrooms. 
Coleen Shaull is the coordinator for the Faire's work-exchange program, enjoying all the blessings and friendships from the generous folks transforming the Faire into a magical event. 
On weekends you will find her and sherpa-husband Mark paddling and camping the rivers all over this beautiful Great Lakes region, from the Pine to the Surgeon, to the White and the Black rivers.
Coleen and Mark have been ethically foraging wild edible mushrooms for many years.
​Connie Perkins is a midwife, activist, and herbalist living on a wooded homestead on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. An avid woods-walker, Connie spent her childhood split between coastal Virginia and the Menominee Indian Reservation in Northern Wisconsin. She moved to Michigan in 2006 when she came to visit a friend and accidentally married him. She has always been fascinated by the plants around her and her first taste of “herbalism” was
a mail order class from a late night infomercial when she was 8.
While her main focus is on wellness during the childbearing years and children's health, Connie loves pushing the limits of her analytical brain by exploring the metaphysical relationship between the land and its people.
Corinne Denomme was raised in a pro-herbalism household and as a young child, found herself most comforted in the hours spent wandering the backwoods of her home. As an adult, she continued to nurture her relationship to the natural world while learning to become a conscious wildcrafter, folk medicine maker, practicing natural dyer, and eco artist. She is currently enrolled in jim mcdonald's lindera herbalism course and is an on-going student of Jon Young's deep nature connection programs, Village Building and Art of Mentoring, at the 8 Shields Institute. With
experience in mentoring land connection and cultural healing for all ages, Corinne has offered many workshops and events cultivating a safe learning container for the individual's path to connecting with self, community, and nature. She finds great joy in earth-based handcrafts, closed-loop regenerative practices, human relations, ancestral arts, home-cooking, barefoot forest wanders, and creative play! more info
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Erika Galentin is a Clinical Herbalist, aromatherapist, distiller, grower, and medicine-maker, consulting from Sovereignty Herbs in Athens & Columbus, OH. She holds a degree in Herbal Medicine from the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK and Scottish School of Herbal Medicine, Glasgow, UK. She is a professional member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) and the American Herbalists Guild (USA). Over a decade of clinical practice has provided a platform for witnessing the efficacy of medicinal plants and aromatics within a clinical environment. It is through this clinical practice that Erika seeks to encourage positive, learned relationships between plants and people and people and their bodies. She is a firm believer in celebrating the role that emotions and the psyche play in the ecology of our physical terrain. In addition to clinical practice, Erika is both a student and teacher of horticulture, native medicinal plant conservation and ecology, and the phenomenological and Goethean study of plants and their medicinal virtues. Erika participates as a member of the Education Committee of the American Herbalists Guild as well as the Stewardship Committee of Appalachia Ohio Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of land and water in Southeast Ohio.  Follow @themedicinegardener, @sovereigntyherbs
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Esstin McLeod is a Anishinaabe tribal member of the Misswezahging First Nation in Northern Ontario located along the North Channel of Lake Huron. Esstin is known for her dedication to the traditional Spiritual teachings regarding plant medicines that have helped many in their journey to good health and healing. She is a Practitioner of Traditional Medicine; servicing health centers in Northern and Southern Ontario. Her passion for her work was facilitated by Anishinaabe Elders within her territory where she spent 30 years of her life studying and researching
herbal medicine and conducting Anishinaabe ceremonial practices
Heather Dexter graduated from the Naturopathic Institute of Therapies and Education with her Board Certified Traditional Naturopathic Doctor Degree in 2013. She has a passion for Natural Living, Natural Parenting and Natural Healing. She is a lifelong learner and continues to expand her
knowledge on Natural Health. Heather enjoys providing clients with options for Natural & Healthy Living in order to discover their truth. She welcomes clients of all ages and from all walks of life to move into their best health.
She completed her 200 hr Therapeutic Yoga Teacher training with 100 hr emphasis in trauma sensitivity in 2018. She guides prenatal yoga and 1 on 1 empowered yoga sessions weekly. Heather works with clients in a one on one setting to empower them to take ownership of their health. Safe
space is held for clients as they move along the path of self towards deliberate balance and harmony of their whole-self; Mind-Body-Emotion-Spirit. Together they create a natural health program that encompasses suggestions for alignment. It is her desire to provide realistic options that meet the client’s needs, with solutions acting as liberators, bringing freedom from symptoms, diagnosis and disease, providing capacity for re-connection to the essence of self. website
Heather Irvine was a tincture maker for a good ten years, selling extracts of plants she grew or gathered and she still dabbles in it, flanked by books and jars often! She is now taking more time to write, research, and teach about medicinal plants. Interacting as herself, and also as one of many writers, instructors, and mentors for participants in the Herbal Academy courses, she everyday tackles the tougher questions in herbalism, and expects this will never get old. Her training- Natural Resources at Cornell University, two programs at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, and the Clinical Herbalist program at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, followed by many years working for a busy Naturopathic Doctor, then starting her own business, and, again, delving into the trickier questions of herbalism every single day. website
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Inger Brown is an herbalist, teacher, writer, and visual artist. A lifelong student of the plants, creativity, and inner wisdom she creates, practices, and listens from the foothills of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and waters edge of western Michigan. Her classes bring the magic of plants to the everyday in unusual and accessible ways. She practices herbalism with other volunteers at Botanica Mobile Clinic in Charlottesville, VA where they make free herbal medicine available to those who would not otherwise have access. In private practice Inger applies deep listening, inquiry, herbs, and intentional practices to support clients in weaving their lives wholeheartedly. website

​Jared Bogdanov-Hanna is a passionate educator, organizer, designer, and market gardener in Oakland County, MI.  He has been studying and engaging with permaculture and food systems since 2007 and received his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) through Midwest Permaculture in May 2008.  Jared has worked with various non-profits, businesses, organizations and homeowners in designing, building and educating on permaculture based organic gardens and community gardens, most recently with Oakland University as Special Lecturer, Farm Manager and Organic Farm Coordinator.  In his free time enjoys hiking, biking, camping and learning from Michigan’s diverse ecosystems.  
In 1996, jim mcdonald's life changed when he drank tea from a wild plant he harvested from the land he lived upon. Since those first sips of strange tea, his life in the woods and meadows of southeast michigan has been centered on the plants & ecosystems of that land, and how he might share their virtues to restore wellness with those around him.
jim's approach to herbcraft blends traditional folk and indigenous influences with 19th century eclectic and physiomedical vitalism, which he conveys with story, experience, humour, common sense and lore to students, clients, random passersby and readers of his website www.herbcraft.org . He's taught classes throughout north america and is currently alternately writing “Foundational Herbcraft” and the “A Great Lakes Herbal”, in addition to articles for journals and other publications. jim is a community herbalist, a manic wildcrafter and medicine maker, and has been an ardent student of the most learned teachers of herbcraft… the plants themselves
Jo Feterle I’m a forever student of the plants , trees, bees and all the beautiful creatures of this planet.  Im a folk/ community herbalist and Honeybee caretaker.  I’m currently studying Herbal Clinical skills with Leslie Williams and Leslie Alexander.Jo Feterle    website
Based out of Troy, IL (20 minutes away from St. Louis, MO), Kristine Brown, RH (AHG) is a traditional community herbalist and homeschooling mother of 4 children and 2 bonus (step) children. She has studied with Rosemary Gladstar, Isla Burgess and her mentors Leslie Alexander and Leslie Williams as well as spent countless hours in research and study. She offers an herbal product line, including her handmade herbal goat milk soaps, sees clients, teaches classes, hosts a study group focusing on the use of local herbs, and writes and illustrates the popular ezine for children, Herbal Roots zine. In the past Kristine has facilitated a summer herbal workshop out of her home for children as well as coordinated the kids camp for 4 years at the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference. She has also taught both adults and children around the country at conferences
such as Traditions in Western Herbalism, Montana Herb Gathering, Great Lakes Herb Faire, and The Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference. Currently she and Leslie Alexander co-facilitate the Herbal Activity Hub for kids at the annual AHG Symposiums. website
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Leah Wolfe, MPH, is an herbalist and folk artist living on a farm in NE Ohio. She has a background in public health research and health education but has a penchant for the unexplainable. The Trillium Center, an educational project, emerged during the depths of winter 2012 and has been offering hands-on workshops and intensives in herbalism. The Trillium Center is run out of BLD farm, a small homesteading farm where she teaches people how to identify, process, and use wild plants. She owns Stick Medicine a line of herbal folk arts and remedies.
Learn more at trilliumcenter.org.
​Lindsey Feldpausch, RH (AHG) is a clinical herbalist, experienced teacher and medicine maker. She is trained in the art of western clinical herbalism and believes in our innate ability to tap into the healing power of plants. One of her life’s objectives is to kindle this belief in others and teach people the way of herbs.
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​Micah McLaughlin is a naturopathic practitioner specializing in the integration of the body and mind.
Micah uses the traditional naturopathic tools of sclerology, muscle testing, holistic counseling, and facial/fingernail/tongue analysis to find the root of his clients’ health complaints. With an approach of curiosity and investigation, Micah looks for the energetic and emotional blocks underlying symptoms, often requesting that these be “noticed” or “examined” by his clients. Herbs, flower essences, supplements, breath work, and energy work are used as Micah helps people connect to who they truly are. Through this process clients are able to shed their limiting beliefs and embodied patterns and find healing on a physical, emotional, and often spiritual level. Micah was trained at the Naturopathic Institute of Therapies and Education and founded Continuum Healing in 2008 and co-
founded the Wellness Collective GR in 2015. He further studied Western Herbalism and the Enneagram, deepening his passion to treat the whole person.
www.continuumhealing.com,
www.vitalistschooloftransformation.com
Mary Colvin is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild, a member of the American Botanical Council and corporate member of United Plant Savers.  She owns Ancestral Herbology, LLC located in Wakeman, Ohio and is dedicated to the education of her clients, students, and local community.  Along with being an herbal and reiki practitioner, she is a formulator for Sprigs Life Herbals with 15 formulas on the market and an author of many articles in Sprigs magazine, Motherhood magazine, and Living Healthy magalog.  She continues to inspire others in herbalism while furthering her own knowledge on a daily basis. website
Nicki Schneider is a bioregional folk herbalist who has spent over a decade learning from and studying plants.  She strives to educate and empower her community with the confidence to incorporate herbal medicine into their daily lives.  She is co-creatrix of Earth.Wisdom.Wellness.,  passionate about invertebrates, fermentation, foraging wild foods and working with the poison plants.  She holds a B.S. in Biology from Baldwin-Wallace College, volunteered with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, worked as a naturalist with the MetroParks Serving Summit County and currently holds office with the Western PA/OH AHG Chapter.  Facebook page
​Panoka Walker is of mixed French and Anishinabe decent of the Deer Clan, her traditional name is Waabishkaa Waa waash keshi, White Doe.
 
Panoka is a life-long student of the plant nation and strongly identifies with her Indian roots as a wild-crafter, traditional storyteller, song carrier, hand drum maker, and traditional crafts women. Panoka is a facilitator of women's ceremonies and workshops. She has also shared her gifts of creativity at schools, libraries, museums, workshops and cultural events for over 30 years, where she teaches group presentations for adults and youths. Panoka is a member United Plant Savers, The Gathering Society, Herb Mentors, and is affiliated with Honor the Earth and the Mother Earth Water Walkers who bring awareness to the Water, the Lifeblood of the Earth. Panoka is the proud mother of two beautiful daughters being brought up in the traditional way. She along with her husband, and daughters make their home in Monroe, Michigan.
As a child Rachel Mifsud often camped, hunted, trapped, and harvested and preserved foods with her family. Through years of practice, she has learned to gather, process, produce, and  preserve a large proportion of
the foods, medicines, and household products that they need. Friends fondly refer to her as The Mushroom Lady for her knowledge of wild mushrooms and mushroom cultivation. She is also known for
her herbal teas and her culinary skills, receiving recognition for her dishes in several wild foods Cooking Contests.
Rachel is a lifelong student of the environment and primitive skills, with a special interest in understanding why nature creates those characteristics that give plants and animals their unique and useful qualities. She
has her BS in Environmental Biology and her MS in Ecology. She has worked as field biologist and ecologist throughout the Eastern U.S., and is a lecturer at the University of Michigan- Dearborn. She has been teaching for over 15 years and has spent considerable time working with students in the classroom, in the woods, and on-line. She is a strong believe in student-centered learning and will adapt her teaching methods to accommodate the audience and the situation. website
Sarah Williams has been studying and working with plant medicine for the past 15 years. She is a wildcrafter, gardener, clinician, teacher, potion-maker, and - always - a student. She believes that the ability to care for our health, and that of our loved ones, working with what grows around us, is our birthright and a crucial part of being human. She seeks to foster a heartfelt connection with the living world, as well as understanding and respect among both people and plants. website
Dr. Seanna Tully is an Acupuncturist and Herbalist at Aligned Modern Health in Evanston. She received her doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental medicine and has additional certifications in Western herbal medicine, Aromatherapy, Flower Essence therapy and Clinical Nutrition. Dr. Tully teaches East/West Nutrition and Herbs III at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and holds a Diplomate in Chinese Medicine Dermatology. As a teenager, Seanna trained to become a professional dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet and University of North Carolina School of the Arts and began teaching dance at an early age. She continues to dance, do pilates, kayak and walk her cat in her free time. website
 Shana Weddington is a Michigan based herbalist, writer, and local food systems champion. Recognizing the impact that herbs and diet had on her own health, Shana dove deep into study and practice over a decade ago and has primarily worked with the youth and elder communities. Now a graduate of The Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine's Clinical Intensive Program, Shana is growing a community based herbal practice in Chelsea, MI. You can find Shana teaching classes, offering consults, and hosting community events at Agricole Farm Stop in Chelsea. Look for her writings in Kyyba Health & Life Magazine or on her blog www.hometownherbee.com
Tracy Mangold is honored to serve her community as an herbalist. Her studies began 15 years ago, with beloved teachers and treasured time working with and learning from the plants. From caring for her own family's health needs to providing consultation and herbal medicine to others within the community, she joyfully endeavors to connect plants and people. She was a coordinator and teacher for the kid's herb camp at the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference for 3 years.  As a member of the Threshold Care Circle, Tracy incorporates herbal knowledge into workshops that educate about the home funeral movement and grief. She is co-owner and operator of Owl and Crow Herbal CSA of Viroqua, Wisconsin.  website
Kids Tent Teachers
(Alphabetical by last name)
Based out of Troy, IL (20 minutes away from St. Louis, MO), Kristine Brown, RH(AHG) is a traditional community herbalist and homeschooling mother of 4 children and 2 bonus (step) children. She has studied with Rosemary Gladstar, Isla Burgess and her mentors Leslie Alexander and Leslie Williams as well as spent countless hours in research and study. She offers an herbal product line, including her handmade herbal goat milk soaps, sees clients, teaches classes, hosts a study group focusing on the use of local herbs, and writes and illustrates the popular ezine for children, Herbal Roots zine. In the past Kristine has facilitated a summer herbal workshop out of her home for children as well as coordinated the kid's camp for 4 years at the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference. She has also taught both adults and children around the country at conferences such as Traditions in Western Herbalism, Montana Herb Gathering, Great Lakes Herb Faire, and The Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference. Currently she and Leslie Alexander co-facilitate the Herbal Activity Hub for kids at the annual AHG Sympo- siums. website
​Sarah Clement is the Science and Art of Nature teacher in Columbus’ only nature immersion elementary school. She teaches botany, biology, anatomy, and art. Teaching about different plants’ reproduction methods is a big part of many of Sarah's lessons. In her classes, she uses natural materials and upcycle as much as possible. One of her goals is to bring awareness of resource usage as we create and learn. website
As a child, Joan Jach was always outside: building forts, picking flowers, watching animals and communing with Mother Nature. She tries to reclaim that feeling of complete wonder in her art and products. Joan's work runs a broad line between the cultivated and the wild, the well-planned success and the successful fail, the grit of real life and the magic of make believe. Whatever you find in her work, She hopes it makes you feel more connected to Nature and full of Wonder! Joan Jach owns and runs Old Town Flowers, a small, urban farm/studio in Champaign. She teaches the art and craft of living a beautiful life at Common Ground Co-op, Hopscotch Bakery and HER Creative Collective. Find out more: www.joanjach.studio
​Gaylyn Kaufman is an Elder in training, a lover and joy bringer by nature. She is passionate about village building, peacemaking and cultural mentoring, including multigenerational and multicultural support and interaction. Gaylyn lives relationship art, creative culture, slow living, creating and conscious aging. Knowing that eco-art and crafts hold healing and joy, she offers workshops in nature connection, natural dyeing/essence infusion, eco-art, nature walks, and nature renewal weekends. Gaylyn is experienced in workshop design, teaching, and facilitation. She has a Bachelors in Human Relations, 20 years as a Martial Arts Instructor, Personal Trainer/Life Style Change facilitator. She is a founding member of Michigan Ecovillage. Gaylyn is an ongoing student of 8 Shields in the Village Building and Art of Mentoring programs, awakening the senses through nature connection and deep listening, awakening connection to self, life and others. Her joy is assisting others dancing around the circle of life.
Finnegan Leadley and his father Jack VanDyke help run Rising Pheasant Farms in Detroit, Michigan. They are both passionate about the natural world, and their interests include natural building, wild edibles, wilderness exploration and bicycles.
Angela McElroy has her Bachelors Degree in Science and Human Services and is also Naturopathic Practitioner with a special interest in herbal remedies and children’s health. Angela is the founder of Dorr To Eden (animal assisted naturopathy and holistic counseling), which focuses to support, encourage, balance, and bring healing to children and families struggling with ADHD, anger, anxiety, and other emotional imbalances using a holistic approach with herbs and horses.
Lea Pfeifer has a background in education and child development and believes that child development is human development. She is a moderator with Parenting With Connection, a 20k+-member Facebook group that supports families in therapeutic parenting techniques designed to help children with a trauma history to heal and build healthy relationships. Lea dabbles in writing, geocaching, glass art, quilting, gardening, and is an occasional instructor at the Stage Nature Center in Troy, MI. Find her on Facebook at Verdant Suburbia. Cici and John Pfeifer are 10 years old, are homeschoolers, and love exploring the world of plants with their friends and family. more info
​Brooke Sackenheim has been formally studying herbalism since 2002. Her herbal journey was sparked by a desire to know the names of common weeds growing on the sides of pathways, not the fancy ones in a greenhouse. After returning home to Ohio, she turned to books, correspondence courses, and workshops to develop her craft. With a passion for introducing people from all walks of life to the wonderful world of herbalism, Brooke excels at teaching techniques and new perspectives on how to use herbs. Her goal at the end of each class is to have students walk away feeling confident and curious to experiment with one herb at a time. She is the co- creator and program director of Sovereignty Herbs. website
Anne Solari has been a teacher in Ann Arbor for the past 25 years. She moved to Chelsea 5+ years ago. Anne has always had an interest in doing things the more natural way, so when she moved to the country, she took up beekeeping. She has discovered a great love for the bees and a love for learning their ways. Anne has since taken up keeping chickens in the last two years. It’s always an adventure with them! Anne will be teaching with her mother Mary Beth Grisdale.
Patti Travioli earned a degree in horticulture from Michigan State University and is the proprietor of Heartwood Forest Farm; a USDA certified organic farm located in Cedar, Michigan, specializing in growing culinary and medicinal herbs.  She is a home herbalist and encourages other to connect with plants and nature.  website
Kyle Udall began his herbalist journey starting with his son about 12 years ago. Kyle has studied with Dawn Combs of Mockingbird Farms, Leslie Alexander and Leslie Williams and continues to study with Leslie and Leslie. Along the herbal journey, Kyle found himself on the path of pet herbalism when the family dog and friend, George, became in need of intensive care. Kyle naturally turned to the plants to support George's multiple health conditions. Kyle continues his studies with classes such as Herbal Animal Care Intensive class from Traditions School of Herbal Studies, Canine Anatomy and Physiology from Sheilagh O'Sullivan, and Introduction to Canine Nutrition with Avia Frick, DVM. It is Kyle's vision is to bring people, pets and plants together.