Since before I can remember, I would sit and read Peterson’s Field Guide to Wildflowers and then wander to see which flowers would flag me down. I would visit the different microclimates on our 40-acre land to see my special rare and ephemeral friends: bloodroot blooming out of the frigid mud on the north side of the mountain at the very beginning of spring, or pink lady’s slipper in amongst the sweet pine straw around Mother’s Day.

I would eat wild strawberries off the sandy, scrubby banks and pop the tense green seed pods of jewelweed, joyfully startling a little with each explosion. I ate chickweed, wild onions, rosehips, blackberries, violets, sourgrass, and picked rabbit tobacco, black-eyed susans, wild rose, apple blossoms to decorate with.

Throughout my life herbalism and divination have always been present, if not formally studied and practiced. I know the weather around here, the clouds, the smells, and I take it for granted that plants, water, fire, and stones can speak and tell stories. My mom always had a small apothecary, and I learned recently that Mom was given Blue Cohosh during my labor, which brought me down and eventually helped push me out. The tastes of Echinacea, Osha, Goldenseal, and the ubiquitous Throat Coat tea bring me back to childhood.

Now I am a practicing herbalist, graduate of Sacred Plant Traditions, long-term mentee of Suzanna Stone and Owlcraft Healing Ways, and owner of The Elderberry, a beloved place that is burgeoning with potential. I work with clients and plants to facilitate healing connections and constitutional alignment while honoring my clients in their wholeness. I teach community classes from medicine making to tarot, facilitate ceremony, and read cards for folks who need extra guidance.

I am of the land that raised me, and I spend a lot of time in deep reflection and gratitude, pondering what it means to be so connected to this place and its histories. In honor of this land, and of being a Virginia resident, I am dedicated to maintaining an underpinning of social justice throughout all facets of my work and do my best to follow an ethical structure of reciprocity, honoring, and gratitude.

I practice Western Energetic Herbalism which is greatly informed by Indigenous and Black herbalism as well as Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I do not practice traditional forms of herbalism outside of my culture without express permission from those who teach them to me. I create all of my own offerings and writings unless noted. Thank you for your interest and inquiry. I wish you very well.