Resources

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)

Prairie Moon Nursery

Pinetree Garden Seeds

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!)