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Dr. Jillian Stansbury has operated a general family practice in Battle Ground, WA for 35 years, and served as the Chair of the Botanical Medicine department at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) in Portland, OR for many decades and remains on the faculty. She is the author of 7 books including the award winning Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, a 5-volume series which won an Excellence in Botanical Literature award from the American Botanical Council. Dr. Stansbury has supported traditional ethnobotanical wisdom in her work, studied with Indigenous tribes of the Andes and Amazon, and leads Ethnobotanical tours to the Manu region of Peru each January.
Jiling and Dr. Jillian discuss:
Plants as teachers What childhood experiences drew Dr. Jillian into herbalism Dr. Jillian’s clinic garden What Dr. Jillian is excited about, after retirement The art of herbal formulation, and her books Her field courses in the Amazon Visit Dr. Jillian Stansbury at HealingArtsApothecary.org, BattleGroundHealingArts.com, and get her books at ChelseaGreen.com
Jiling Lin is a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac) and herbalist in Ventura, CA. Visit Jiling at JilingLin.com, Instagram @LinJiling, Substack @Jiling and Facebook @JilingLAc. Get her free Nourishing Life (養生) template, Five Phases (五行) outline, or sign up for her newsletter here.

 
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This week’s Plant Stories episode features the botanical obsessed best-selling author and founder of Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, Juliet Blankespoor. Thomas sits down with Juliet and they share a fun-loving conversation about some of the most beloved botanicals, including Japanese honeysuckle, passionflower, calendula, and more!
We’ll also explore how her accumulative knowledge of all things plants brought her to doorsteps of founding the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and writing her best-selling book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies.
You can find Juliet’s book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies here!
Juliet Blankespoor is the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine (an online school serving thousands of students from around the globe) and the author of the bestselling book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies. She’s a bonafide plant geek, with a degree in botany and over 30 years of experience teaching and writing about herbalism, medicine making, and organic herb gardening. Juliet and her family reside in a home overrun with houseplants and books in Asheville, NC.
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Rowen White is a Seed Keeper, farmer, and author from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and a passionate activist for indigenous seed and food sovereignty.  She is the Educational Director and lead mentor of Sierra Seeds, an innovative Indigenous seed bank and land-based educational organization located in Nevada City, CA. Rowen is the Founder of the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network, which is committed to restoring the Indigenous Seed Commons, and currently serves as a Cooperative Seed Hub Coordinator.
Jiling and Rowen discuss
Apprenticing to seeds and planets The cycle of seasons Reverent curiosity Rematriation and reconnection with Land An economy of care Regrowing a culture that loves seeds as Medicine and Earth as Mother Ancestral food work The kincentric intercultural landscape of food How to start seed-saving! Visit Rowen White at SierraSeeds.org and Instagram @RowenWhite
Jiling Lin is a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac) and herbalist in Ventura, CA. Visit Jiling at JilingLin.com, Instagram @LinJiling, and Facebook @JilingLAc. Get her free Nourishing Life (養生) template, Five Phases (五行) outline, or sign up for her newsletter here.
 
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This week’s episode of Herbal Radio features the botanical spiritualist, conservation-focused farmer, and owner of Creasy Jane’s herbal remedy store, Ruby Daniels. As a young girl, Ruby spent many of her summers in West Virginia roaming around the outdoors and crafting herbal concoctions with plants she’d find along her adventures. Inspired by her grandmother, a wise herbal healer in her community, Ruby was intrigued to unlock the spiritual connection between humans and the botanicals surrounding us. Today, Ruby is an advocate for sustainable farming and wild harvesting practices through her soil conservation work with USDA, along with sharing Afrolachian history and herbal remedies through her business, Creasy Jane’s, which was inspired by her grandmother and many other herbal healers in her community.
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Click here to listen to our BIPOC Community Herbalist Group Discussion!
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Ruby Daniels is a Soil conservationist tech with USDA, a farmer, manufacturer of herbal products, and herbalist/owner of Creasy Jane’s. Creasy Jane’s was formed to provide education, produce products, and provide fresh produce to the local community. Ruby Daniels gained her knowledge from her elders in West Virginia and expanded her plant knowledge by attending the Maryland University of Integrative Health. Ruby received a Master of Science in Therapeutic Herbalism, Ruby focused her study on Afro-Lachian foods and herbs, field botany, and phytochemistry. She previously worked with a non-profit organization as a consultant in the Agroforestry industry in West Virginia and is a board member of United Plant Savers. In addition to her work, Ruby Daniels works on cultural preservation and education focused on African American relationships with the plants of Appalachia. Ruby Daniels and Creasy Jane’s mission is to educate the public about the power of plants and how to use them to support wellness.
 
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Welcome back to Herbal Radio plant people! We’re thrilled to share this special episode with you this week to highlight the BIPOC herbalist community in acknowledgment of Black History Month. We’ve opened our platform up to amplify the voices of 5 BIPOC community herbalists and activists for an impactful and thought-provoking group discussion.
Our featured guest host and long-time good friend, Lucretia Van Dyke, is joined with Christina Lynch, Khetnu Nefer, Tyrone Ledford, and Ruby Daniels to explore the topic of Black History Month and share their unique and collective experiences being Black individuals in the world of herbalism.
We’d like to extend our gratitude for joining us for this necessary and impactful discussion today. Thank you, as always, for tagging along for another botanical adventure!
About the herbalists:
Lucretia Van Dyke, author of “African American Herbalism” has been in the wellness industry for over 25 years, and is a Holistic Educator, Herbalist, Sacred Sexologist, Ceremonialist, and world traveler. One of the foremost experts on southern folk healing arts, Lucretia integrates rituals, plant spirit meditation, holistic food/herbal medicine, and ancestor reverence into people’s practices. Teaching herbal classes, cooking, storytelling, and foraging in the woods learning native medicine are what charges her soul.
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Christina Lynch is a community herbalist and entrepreneur based in Tallahassee, Florida. She received her Master’s degree in Human Resources and Employment Relations from Penn State University, and her Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting, Finance, and HR Management from Florida State University.
In addition to her role as the Interim Executive Director for the American Herbalists Guild, Christina is the Chief Executive Officer of Trydent Consulting, President of the Board of Red Hills Small Farm Alliance, and a board member of Florida State University’s Accounting Department, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend, and Florida School of Holistic Living.
Khetnu Nefer is the founder of the Gullah Geechee Herbal Gathering, an herbal conference for Black and Indigenous herbalists and community that takes place in Johns Island, SC. Khetnu is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Educator, Massage Therapist, Herbalist, Reiki Master, Author, Vibrational Sound Therapist, African Dance Professor, and founder of A Soulful Touch Wellness. 
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Tyrone Ledford, a native of Compton, CA received his Bachelor’s Degree from California State University, Fullerton in Child & Adolescent Development with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education. He later received his Master’s Degree from Pacific Oaks College in Human Development/Social Change. Tyrone, who is the co-founder of Holistic Divine Innovations, founded and organized the Ridgecrest Community Garden and Herbal Zen Garden. Tyrone has been gardening intentionally for 10 years and grows a combination of fruits, vegetables, and herbs for both culinary and healing power. Tyrone’s experience extends as far as growing herbs to create his own teas and tinctures, and educating communities on how to grow their own food and how to use plants for their nutritional value and medicinal properties. Tyrone’s goal is to introduce individuals to the natural resources our earth provides and to increase fresh organic food resources throughout communities. Tyrone hopes to help you create a sustainable garden because he believes health is wealth.
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Ruby Daniels is a Soil conservationist tech with USDA, a farmer, manufacturer of herbal products, and herbalist/owner of Creasy Jane’s. Creasy Jane’s was formed to provide education, produce products, and provide fresh produce to the local community. Ruby Daniels gained her knowledge from her eld

This week’s Plant Stories episode features the marine herbalist, purveyor of seaweeds, and founder of Mermaid Botanicals, Kristy Bredin. With a passion for exploration, wildcrafting, and utilizing the medicinal plants of the Pacific Northwest, Kristy found herself drawn to the eldest marine ancestors of all botanicals we know today, seaweeds! We sit down with Kristy and learn about her journey that began through apprenticeships with wise herbalists who embarked her on her journey into the vast ocean of herbalism, wildcrafting, and seaweed activism. Kristy shares with us her profound knowledge of the ancient history of seaweeds, responsible seaweed harvesting practices, utilizing seaweeds as plant medicine, and even her recipe for kelp pickles!
As always, we truly hope you enjoy today’s Herbal Radio episode, thank you for tagging along with us for this marine botanical adventure!
Kristy Bredin began her journey as an herbalist in 2009, when she began a two-year apprenticeship with herbalist Robin Rose Bennett in New York. Over the years she has studied clinical herbalism with Chanchal Cabrera, Paul Bergner, Matthew Wood, and Margi Flint. For the last decade, she has worked with Ryan Drum, wildcrafting medicinal herbs and cultivating an in-depth knowledge of traditional Western herbalism and local plants and seaweeds. Since 2013 she has been sharing plant remedies of the Pacific Northwest through Mermaid Botanicals. Mermaid Botanicals now encompasses Ryan Drum’s Island Herbs since he retired from wildcrafting in 2019.
Kristy is passionate about exploring the natural world and working with wild plants in ancient and creative ways. She supports folks in re-engaging and integrating with their natural environment through wild plant medicine work. She currently offers classes locally and internationally on seaweeds, wild plants, and healing with herbs and is working on a book about seaweeds for health and healing: Marine Herbalism, to be published in 2029.
Learn more about Mermaid Botanicals here!
Click here to preorder a copy of Kristy’s book, Marine Herbalism!
Visit Kristy’s Seaweed Resource Page here!
Important – If you are interested in harvesting your own seaweeds, be sure to check the fish and wildlife regulations, limits, and permitting for recreational harvesting within your local area. Regulations and permits will vary from state to state, and there may be additional regulations or restrictions regarding beach access or harvesting on beaches that are part of State and National Parks.
 
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