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People often ask how I got into herbs.\u00a0 I often wonder how one could NOT be into herbs, to be honest.\u00a0 I played under pine trees, using the dropped needles to stuff between the sticks that formed the walls of our forts.\u00a0 We wandered the woods with our grandfather, where he found wild fruit and shared information about plants he knew.\u00a0 We gardened, grew food and flowers, and my sister and I went through the succulent craze in the 1970s together.\u00a0 Let’s face it.\u00a0 If you think about it, plants are in every aspect of life if we notice them.\u00a0
Fast forward to the early 1990s when we opened our herb shop at the renaissance festival.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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At the time, there were very few options for learning about herbs.\u00a0 There weren’t even many books, but like just about anyone who starts really diving into the many wonders of herbs, we picked up Rosemary Gladstar’s books.\u00a0 She taught us the basic how-tos of creating herbal products, and we loved jumping off from her recipes to produce wondrous things for our shop.\u00a0
Over the years, available learning options improved.\u00a0 We read at least 100 books and took every class that came available to us locally. Eventually I started The Essential Herbal magazine, and my sister (now retired) started a wholesale soap company, Lancaster County Soapworks, Etc.\u00a0 I’ve even written (or edited) quite a few books myself.<\/p>\n

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I always wished that I had some kind of certificate.\u00a0 Over the past 30 years, I just felt unfinished.
My daughter Molly grew up as an herbie kid.\u00a0 She could be found in the meadow with onion grass hanging from her little lips.\u00a0 She found relief in chamomile and licorice root.\u00a0 She learned how to look for things like plantain for stings and aloe for burns.
When she graduated from college, the plan was to come to work on the magazine with me.\u00a0 The very first thing I did was sign her up for Rosemary’s “The Science & Art of Herbalism<\/a>“course.\u00a0 She set to work on the course and enjoyed all the projects that were a part of the homework for each section.\u00a0 She loved it, and it gave her solid footing.\u00a0 Here is her review of the course.<\/a>\u00a0 Mama’s wisdom only goes so far when you’re in your 20’s and 30’s…\u00a0 Later she went on to take another 9 month course with Susan Hess, and then apprenticed with Susanna Reppert for 2 years.\u00a0 Can I just say that I envy this kid???
As it turned out, the big wide world beckoned, and Molly heeded the call.\u00a0 She’s done some traveling, and I can’t blame her one bit.\u00a0 Some day the herbs will call her back to them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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After her first “14er” mountain hike in Colorado.\u00a0 A 14er is 14K feet in elevation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I decided it was time for me to have an herbal diploma\/certificate and also enrolled in “The Science & Art of Herbalism<\/a>“course.\u00a0 There were still things that were new to me after all these years.\u00a0 My sister took it at the same time and it was really fun to work on the homework projects together.\u00a0
I am very proud to have my certificate!<\/p>\n

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Herbs will never not be my focus in life, and I’ll never be done learning.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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