Medicine Making
Pay-it-Forward Medicine Making Workshops: Combining service with
education, we offer these workshops on a seasonal basis through the
Homestead Atlanta. Click here to view upcoming classes.
Herbalista Forms and Instructions – See Medicine Making for
detailed medicine making instructions, worksheets, and recipes. You can find
links to these on the Resources Page. All free downloads!
Homestead Atlanta – Resource for homesteading skills, including Medicine
Making, Food as Medicine, preserving, etc…
FORAGE
Forage ATL Photo Database – Monthly online calendar of the
medicinal plants growing in the local Atlanta area.
Medicinal and Edible Plant Ramble – All Rambles are by donation in support
of the Herbalista Free Clinic. Meeting in different parks and wild places around
the city, learn more about your green neighbors! Click here for upcoming rambles.
Concrete Jungle – Google Map with foraging locations. They also lead plant
walks on a regular basis to help you identify fruit and nut trees in the Atlanta
area.
GROWING and DESIGN
Funny Farm – Regular growing and harvesting classes. Duane Marcus is a
founder of the Grow a Row program and has many years experience growing
medicinal herbs.
Shades of Green Permaculture Design – Permaculture design, consultation,
installation, and Permaculture Design Courses
NC Alternative Crops and Organics YouTube An outreach tool for Jeanine Davis in the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University to share information from her agricultural research and extension programs on organic farming, medicinal herbs, hops, truffles, and other alternative crops.
SEED and NURSERY RESOURCES
Strictly Medicinal Herbs (formerly Horizon Herbs, large selection of medicinal
species seeds)
Miss Tizzy’s Weeds and Seeds (local heirloom and organic seed)
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (heirloom seed varieties bred for
southeast climate)
Crimson Sage Medicinal Plants Nursery (woman-owned organic nursery in
California)
Sow True Seeds (heirloom and organic seed, Asheville, NC)
Fedco Co-op (organic herb seed, gardening supplies, etc., Maine)
Johnny’s Selected Seeds (Employee-owned Co-op, great farmer resource)
High Mowing (mostly veggie seeds, some herbs)
Roundstone Native Seed (huge selection of native seed for restoration, bulk
pure live seed available)
Useful Plants Nursery (many edible, medicinal, and otherwise useful plants)
Hobby Worm Farm local source for worm castings and worm tea
BOOK RESOURCES
Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway
The Permaculture City by Toby Hemenway
The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer by Jeff and Melanie Carpenter
The Medicinal Herb Grower: Vol. 1 by Richo Cech
Cultivating Medicinal Herbs by Juliet Blankenspoor (to be released August 2016
and we can’t wait!)