Elise
Elise completed a two-year apprenticeship with the Columbines School of Botanical Studies and completed Rosemary Gladstar's The Science and Art of Herbalism online course. She enjoys continuing her herbal education through inspiring books, talks, and homemade herbal preparations. In addition to her plant-based studies, she has a BA in Business and a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Also an artist, Elise loves to draw and fill her time with her family and sweet Aussie, cooking up good food, working on their property, and exploring the Oregon wilderness.
Join Erika Galentin for insights into Aroma, Psyche, and Body: Creating New Narratives, recorded for the Free Herbalism Project and now available on Herbal Radio, Mountain Rose Herbs' podcast.
WRITTEN BY Elise
December 30, 2022
Learn how to make a delicious and healthful apple cider reduction syrup using hawthorn and bilberry with jim mcdonald!
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December 16, 2022
Thomas interviews our inspiring friend Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, a true holistic healer and inspiring human dedicated to enhancing empowered wellbeing.
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December 9, 2022
Juliet and Jiling chat about growing medicinal herbs in containers, making your own herbal fertilizer, and preventative garden practices to minimize diseases and pest problems.
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December 2, 2022
We are deeply thankful for today’s interview with co-founder of Holistic Divine Innovations and founder of the Ridgecrest Community Garden and Herbal Zen Garden, Tyrone Ledford.
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November 25, 2022
Dr. Glen Nagel came by to teach us how to make homemade root beer with immune-supporting, healthy ingredients like burdock, ginger, and astragalus.
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November 17, 2022
Jiling and Thomas discuss what “daodi” means, Thomas’ current botanical farming projects, and some easy Chinese herbs for everyday home herbalists to cultivate.
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November 4, 2022
Patricia sits down with Thomas and recounts her childhood in El Salvador, her maternal grandmother’s role as a “Spiritist” in her community, and the history of Día de Muertos.
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October 28, 2022
Clinical herbalist and educator, Shana Lipner Grover, introduces us to lemon balm and artichoke, plant allies that are easy to grow and abundant in their support.
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October 21, 2022
Tune in as we speak with Lucretia VanDyke about her history, her brand-new book, and learning how to use plants to help us heal from past emotional luggage.
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October 14, 2022
Geo and Jiling discuss okra, catalpa, mulberry, and more food-as-medicine trees and other botanicals that inspire Geo’s work bridging garden and apothecary, clinic and ceramics, and African American herbalism and Chinese medicine traditions.
WRITTEN BY Elise
October 7, 2022
