(program is subject to change)
THURSDAY
6:00 – 10:00
Registration for Pre-Conference Intensives and early arrivals. Note that dinner will not be available on campus. Be sure to have a good meal before arriving.
7:30
Film Viewing — Early arrivals are invited to Join us for a special showing of an amazing film chosen from the IHS Film Festival.
FRIDAY
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
7:30 – 12:00
Registration
9:00 – 12:00
Pre-Conference Intensives
- Medicinal Mushroom Extractions and Formulations, Tradd Cotter
- Modulation of the Animal Microbiome with Diet and Herbs, Rona Sherebrin (Vet Track)
- Master Plants Uses as Physical Spiritual, Social Beverages, Rocio Alarcon G.
- Incense, Resin, Mucilage and Oil-bearing Trees of the Neotropics, Jonathon Miller Weisberger
- The Herbal Stories of Life and Death and Everything In Between, Anya Tyutyunik
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00
Opening Ceremony
2:30 – 6:00
Intensives
- Landing the Leap from Herbalism Student to Practitioner, 7Song
- Plant Allies for Emotional Resilience – Tending to the Garden of Grief, Emily Ruff
- Beneficial Herbal Medicines at an Integrated Free Clinic, Erika Galentin MNIMH, RH (AHG)
2:30 – 4:00
Workshop Session
- Hemp Product Marketing: Complexities and Best Practices, Asa Waldstein
- Cultivating a Useful At-Risk Medicinal: Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica), Benjamin Zappin
- Treating Late-Stage Lyme Disease: Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine, Brendan Kelly
- A Case Review: Polycystic Kidney & Chronic Kidney Failure, Chanchal Cabrera
- Medicinal Mushrooms: the Essential Guide, Christopher Hobbs
- Biodiversity and conservation of Rare, Endangered and Threatened medicinal plants of Western Ghats Of India, Dr. Raviraja Shetty G
- Seasonal Rhythms: Five Elements Lifestyle Medicine, Jiling Lin
- “The Medicinal Magic of Functional Mushrooms for Pets” (Vet Track), Rob Silver
- Generalities of Reading the Body, Margi Flint
- Rituals of Hope in Ancient Greece, Maria Christodoulou
- Nine Favorite Herbs from the National Geographic Herbal, Mimi Prunella Hernandez
- How to Grow Your Own Herbs and Make Products, Ruby Daniels
2:30 – 4:00
Plant Walks
- midsummer medicines, jim mcdonald
- A Walk With the Healing Spirits of the Plants, Andrea and Matthias Reisen
4:30 – 6:00
Workshop Session
- Herbal Treatments for Neonatal Conditions, Cynthia Lankenau (Vet Track)
- Soul Healing with Sacred Oils, Cathy Skipper
- Puerto Rican Food as Medicine, Brandon Ruiz
- An Herbalist in a White Coat: Effective Herbal Remedies for Common Complaints in a Low Income Primary Care Clinic, Ingrid Bauer
- Plant Family Patterns: The Key to See, Marc Williams
- Holistic Herbal Practice, Matthew Wood
- Intestinal Gardening, Mindy Green
- The Plants Don’t Lie – Our teachers, our Truth, our Connection to Mother Earth, Nathan Wright
- The World of Aloe, Olatokunboh Obasi
- Kvatrna Baba- the Fierce Deity of Rest, Rachel Budde
- Botanically Speaking, Steven Yeager
- A Deep Dive Into Cannabis & Pain Relief, Tammi Sweet
- Enhancing Bioavailability of Plants through Spagyric Preparation, Warren Kistenbroker
4:30 – 6:00
Plant Walk
- Discovering our Wild Plants ~ Edible and Medicinal A Wild Weedy and Wonderful Common Plants. Edible and Medicinal Uses of our Common Wild, Weedy and Wonderful Plants, Rosemary Gladstar
6:00 – 7:30
Dinner
7:30 – 9:00
Evening Program featuring:
Emcee of Gathering – Amikaeyla Gaston
Ethnobotany, Conservation and the Search for Rainforest Healing, Mark J. Plotkin
SATURDAY
7:00 – 8:00
Early Morning Activities
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
7:30 – 12:00
Registration
9:00 – 12:30
Intensives
- GMP Manufacturing & Marketing Compliance Workshop, Asa Waldstein & Steven Yeager
- Best Propagation & Growing Practices for your Favorite Medicinal Botanicals, Edward J Fletcher
- Calming the World: The Ethnobotany of Ritual, Kat Harrison & Rachel Budde
9:00 – 10:30
Workshop Session
- The Dirty Dozen – Knowing Your Roots, Andrea and Matthias Reisen
- Wild Woman Body Care, Anya Tyutynik
- The Digestive System Connected to the Nervous System, Betzy Bancroft
- Kava (Piper methysticum) Trade Update, Bill Chioffi
- Herbal Accessibility and Culturally-Relevant Herbalism, Brandon Ruiz
- Understanding COVID and long-haul COVID, Brendan Kelly
- Yerba Mansa, Myth and the Dark Goddess, Cathy Skipper
- Other Ways to Take Herbs: Let’s Make it Tasty, Constance DiNatale & Jamie Moran (Vet Track)
- Magical Mushroom Medicine, Christopher Hobbs
- Brain Pain, the Challenge of Migraines. The Herbal/Nutritional Treatment of a Chronic Neuro-vascular Disorder, David Winston
- Ex-situ conservation and education towards conservation of endangered medicinal plants, Dr. Raviraja Shetty G
- Drop-pulse testing, Margi Flint
- Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Identification, Tradd Cotter
9:00 – 10:30
Plant Walk
- Ethnobotany Plant Walk, Rebecca Beyer
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop Session
- The Copal incense aura cleanse, and making of soho manë resinous incense log of the Siekopai indigenous people of the upper Amazon, Jonathon Miller Weisberger
- Deep Medicine and Inflammation–How Health is Tied to the Human Condition, Kat Maier
- The Botanical Path to Radiant Skin, Mindy Green
- Indigenous Herbal Teas of the Great Lakes, Nathan Wright
- Elemental Poetry, Olatokunboh Obasi
- Strengthening your Immune System & Herbal Alternatives to Antibiotics, Robin Rose Bennett
- Meet the Plant: The Amazing Universe of Cannabis for Pets, Rob Silver (Vet Track)
- Plant Allies for Radiant Well Being ~ The Amazing Adaptogens & Tonic Herbs, Rosemary Gladstar
- Herbs of Appalachian Mountains, Ruby Daniels
- Enhancing the Edibility of Northeast Landscapes with Native Species, Russ Cohen
- Distillation of Honey Spirits – Fermentation & Distillation Techniques, Warren Kistenbroker
11:00 – 12:30
Plant Walks
- Temperate Woody Ethnobotany, Marc Williams
- Myths to Magic Plant Walk to Ancient Greece, Maria Christodoulou
12:30 – 2:00
Lunch
2:00 – 5:30
Intensives
- Integrative Pharmacology: Mental Health, Benjamin Zappin & Ingrid Bauer
- Twenty-Two Basic Herbs; an Herbalist’s Toolbox, Matthew Wood
2:00 – 3:30
Workshop Session
- Inclusive Male Reproductive System, 7Song
- Leveling Up: The transformative power of perimenopause, Camille Freeman
- Microdosing and Topical Medicinal Applications of Amanita muscaria (“Muhomor”), Irene Dubin
- Herbal Wellness From Field to Function, Jane Hawley Stevens
- Herbs and Neurological Wellness for Aging Brain, MS, ALS, and Parkinson’s, Michael Friedman ND
- Botanical Sanctuary Dreamer, Mimi Prunella Hernandez
- Sacred baths using aromatic and sweet plants., Rocio Alarcon G.
- Integration of Herbal Medicine into Veterinary Practice, Rona Sherebrin (Vet Track)
- Propagating Native Edible Plants from Seed, and Adding Them to Landscapes – a ‘Hands-on’ Session, Russ Cohen
- Passion for botanicals – Striving for an organic world., Saad Admani
- Herbal Therapeutics for Fatty Liver Disease, Sajah Popham
- Please! Can I Go The F$CK To Sleep?!!!, Tammi Sweet
- Connecting to our Roots: Rekindling our Healing Relationship with the Plants, Taylor Rae Tate
2:00 – 5:30
Plant Walk
- the wonders of wayside weeds, jim mcdonald
4:00 – 7:00
Special Playshop
4:00 – 6:00
Workshop Session
- Sustainable organic Natural Soul Perfumery workshop, Gabriel Mojay
- Aphrodisiac Herbs for Sensual and Sexual Empowerment, Kimberly Gallagher
4:00 – 5:30
Plant Walks
- Shinrin Yoku – A Forest Bathing Walk, Chanchal Cabrera
- Writing from the Roots: Journaling Practices for Herbalists, Jiling Lin
4:00 – 6:00
Play Thyme
4:00
Herbal Products Contest
4:20 – 5:20
Lessons from the First Golden Era of the Cannabis Pharmacy, 1830-1937, Don E. Wirtshafter, J.D.
5:30 – 7:30
Dinner
7:30 – 9:30
Another Magical Evening featuring:
Emcee of Gathering – Amikaeyla Gaston
The History of the International Herb Symposium, Rosemary Gladstar
9:30 – 11:30
Dance the Night Away at the Herbalists Ball
SUNDAY
7:00 – 8:00
Morning Activities
7:00 – 8:30
Breakfast
9:00 – 12:30
Intensives
- The Ten Tastes – The Energetics of Herbs, David Winston
- The precarious Nature of Ayahuasca and an introduction to my book Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biological Diversity in the Upper Amazon (published by North Atlantic Books 2013), Jonathon Miller Weisberger
- Emerging Botanical and Mycological Therapeutics for Veterinary Patients, Rob Silver (Vet Track)
9:00 – 10:30
Workshop Session
- Reflections-40 Years of Farming, 30 Years of Growing Medicinal Herbs, and Still Looking to the Future of Small Scale Growing, Andrea and Matthias Reisen
- The Herbs and The War, Anya Tyutyunik
- Marketing Claims & Strategies: Pitfalls to Avoid, Asa Waldstein
- Supporting Communication Between Herbalists and Allied Health Professionals, Benjamin Zappin & Ingrid Bauer
- Caribbean Herbal Medicine, Brandon Ruiz
- Understanding the Roots Causes of Cancer: Chinese Medicine and Western Herbs, Brendan Kelly
- Ethical Promotion: Sharing your work without selling your soul, Camille Freeman
- A Dive into Distillation with a Focus on Using Hydrosols in Animals, Constance DiNatale & Jamie Moran (Vet Track)
- Healing Trauma with High desert plants, Cathy Skipper
- The Medicine of Thuja and Pawpaw, Chanchal Cabrera
- The Age of Anxiety, Herbs, and Food-Medicine, Christopher Hobbs
- The Celestial Garden- Astrology in the Garden Today, Jane Hawley Stevens
- Seeing the Horizon and Looking Back, Margi Flint
- Indus Valley Rose Sustainability Project (IVRSP): Ethically Reviving Roses of the Indus Valley!, Saad Admani
9:00 – 10:30
Plant Walks
- “You Say Tomato 🎶 and I Say Tomato” – Let’s Call the Whole Thing a Herb Walk! ~ with Professor Pigtail and the Botanical Bard, A.K.A. Autumn Summers (US) and Gabriel Mojay (UK), Gabriel Mojay
- Wild Edibles Walk, Russ Cohen
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop Session
- Functional Fungi and Fun Food Formulas, Bill Chioffi
- Preservation, Propagation and promotion of cultivation of medicinal plants: Participatory approach, Dr. Raviraja Shetty G
- Pharmaco-energetics and Phyto-prevention: Keys to our Herbal Future, Gabriel Mojay
- Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy and Integration in Group Settings, Irene Dubin
- BIPOC Tea Talks, Jiling Lin
- heartfelt herbcraft, jim mcdonald
- Mugworts Around the World: The Genus Artemisia and her many roles, Kat Harrison
- Top 10 Herbs (Singles and Formulas) for Integrative Veterinarians, Rona Sherebrin (Vet Track)
- Energetic Herbalism: Understanding the Elements of Plants and Humans for Health, Kat Maier
- Practical Tips for Integrating Herbs into Your Family’s Diet, Kimberly Gallagher
- Ancient Plants of Celebration and Joy, Maria Christodoulou
- The Speech of Nature, Matthew Wood
- Herbs in Clinical Practice, Childhood Trauma, Autism, Hematological Disorders, COPD, Hyperthyroidism, Arrhythmia, Congestive Heart Failure, Michael Friedman ND
- Midwest Mushroom Medicines, Nathan Wright
11:00 – 12:30
Plant Walk
- Plant Walk around Wheaton College, 7Song
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00
Workshop Session
- Indigenous Wisdom: The Way to Wellness, Olatokunboh Obasi
- Faronika the Fish: The Liminal Realms. Plants for states of being., Rachel Budde
- Hildegard von Bingen’s Herbs, Rebecca Beyer
- Everything is Medicine – Herbal Medicine in Your Kitchen and Spice Rack, Robin Rose Bennett
- Spiritual Co-Evolution Between Hummingbirds, Plants, and People, Rocio Alarcon G.
- A Cup of Calm ~ Herbal Allies for Emotional Well Being, Rosemary Gladstar
- An Ancient Syndrome (Gu) to treat recalcitrant Chronic disease, Cynthia Lankenau (Vet Track)
- Herbs that were Important to Enslaved African Americans, Ruby Daniels
- Mars, Systemic Inflammation, Burnout and Immunity, Sajah Popham
- The Weight of Stigma, Taylor Rae Tate
- Down the Rabbit Hole: Medicinal Mushrooms and the Future of Fungi, Tradd Cotter
- Magic Mushrooms – Extraction Methods and Micro-dosing, Warren Kistenbroker
1:30 – 3:00
Plant Walks
- Biodiversity of the Edges, Betzy Bancroft
- Botanically Speaking (Plant Walk), Steven Yeager
3:30 – 4:30
Closing Ceremonies