Monica Giacomin
1 Course • 136 StudentsBiography
Monica created and is the directrice of “HERBS on the Side”, an Educational Herb Sanctuary and home to over fifty medicinal plants which she teaches curious students how to identify, nurture, harvest and transform into food and medicine. She also encourages biodiversity and the creation of safe spaces for pollinators, birds, animals and all of us to thrive on our sweet mother earth. Monica has been teaching Wellness and Herbalism in Montreal, Canada, for over three decades. She has studied extensively at the Wise Woman Centre with Susun Weed (1990-2021), completed the Advanced Herbal Training at Sage Mountain (2006), apprenticed at Alba Nueve in Costa Rica with Ed Bernhardt (2010), and graduated from the Community Herbalist Program at the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine (2018). Her mission is to share the wonder of weeds, the pleasure and benefits of herbs, and the joy of garden-keeping as part of a wellness lifestyle.
