15th Annual Northwest Herbal Fair.

Bringing the herbal community together for education, networking, friendship, camaraderie & celebration!

We are gathering the Pacific Northwest's herbal community for education, networking, friendship, camaraderie & celebration! This event features workshops, keynote talks, herbal marketplace, circles, music & entertainment, camping, and food vendors in a family friendly event. This year the event is mixed with the Wildcrafter's Rendezvous, which will feature presentations, plant walks and demonstrations of valuable ethnobotanical information. Since 1996, the NWHF has provided a gathering point for herbalists and herbal enthusiasts all over the Northwest!

Schedule of Events

August 15, 2024

8:00 am: Registration opens for staff and worktraders

12:00 pm: Registration opens for vendors, and presenters

5:00 pm: Registration opens for general public

August 16, 2024

7:00 am: Registration opens

8:00-9:00 pm: Breakfast Period

9:30-10:15 pm: Opening Circle

10:30 am-Noon: Workshop Period A

Noon - 1:30 pm: Lunch Period

1:30-3:00 pm: Workshop Period B

3:30-5:00 pm: Workshop Period C

5:30-6:00 pm: Evening circle & stage opening

6:00-7:00 pm: Dinner Period

6:00-11:00 pm: Live music & dancing!

7:00-8:30 pm: Evening Discussion Circles & Wildcrafters Caucus

August 17, 2024

7:00 am: Registration opens

7:00-8:00 am: Morning activities, yoga, tai chi, etc.

8:00-9:00 am: Breakfast Period

9:00-10:30 am: Keynote Presentations

10:45 - 12:15 pm: Workshop Period D

11:30 am-1:30 pm: Lunch Period + Kirtan

1:30-3:00 pm: Workshop Period E

5:30-6:00 pm: Evening circle and stage opening

6:00-7:00 pm: Dinner Period

6:00-11:00 pm: Live music & dancing!

7:00-8:30 pm: Evening Discussion Circles

August 18, 2024

7:00-8:00 am: Morning activities, yoga, tai chi, etc.

8:00-9:00 am: Breakfast Period

9:00-9:30 am: Morning Circle

10:00-11:30 am: Workshop Period F

11:30-1:00 pm: Lunch Period

1:00-2:30 pm: Workshop Period G

3:00-4:30 pm: Workshop Period H

5:00-5:30 pm: Closing Circle

6:00-7:30 pm: Dinner Period

7:30- 10:00 pm: Socializing, singing. Camping is allowed Sunday night.

August 19, 2024

Clean up and pack out day.

11:00 am: Check out time for regular attendees. Only workers on site after 11:00 am.

Vendor Village is open all day long and into the evening.

Food vendors are open all day long (not just in designated meal periods).

PS. Please note that we are still debating whether to have the Keynote presentations from 1:30 to 3:00 Saturday time period instead of a concurrent workshop period.

Workshop Schedule

August 16, 2024

Workshop Period A: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Logan Keister. Plant Walk
- Peter Lundeen. Chinese Herbal Medicine
- Drew Ryan. Medicinal Mushrooms and Functional Fungi Deep Dive
- Heyona Cho. Movement Medicine & Sound Alchemy
- Melissa Grace. Somatic Astrology Circle
- Michael Pilarski. Medicinal Forests
- Anna Derrer. Making Potent Herbal Oil

Workshop Period B: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Greta de la Montagne. Plant Walk in the Tradition of Michael Moore
- Charles Garcia. The Hispanic Experience of Curanderismo
- Michelle Mahler. Essential Oils for Mental & Emotional Health
- Eva Endrikhovska. The Art of Hydrosol Distillation
- Drea Moore. Plant Induced Sobriety' Exploring herbalism to support addiction and recovery holistically
- Morgan Brown. Honoring Kinship Ecosystems
- Kristy Bredin. Seaweeds in the Herbal Kitchen
- Robin Baire. Herbal allies for Men's health
- Melissa Ayoub. Healing the nervous system with herbal medicine
- Laura Maver. Herbs for Awakening Your Voice
- Lindsay Huettman. Ethical Foraging and Stewardship 101

August 17, 2024

7:00-8:00: Workshop Period C.
- Anna Mae. Mythic Qigong.
- Serguei. Resonance Meditation.
- Noah Seeley. Squish Lab.
- Emmy Joy. Barefoot walking.

9:00-10:30 am: Keynote Presentations
- Nancy Turner
- Paul Chiyokten Wagner

10:45-12:15 pm: Workshop Period E
- Mary Schroeder. Formulating with Chinese herbs.
- Maureen Judith. Gaia Alchemy and its relation to Spagyria.
- Jason Scott. Conk'd: Medicinal Conks of the PNW and Beyond.
- Natalie Hammerquist. Fire and Snow: Plants and Ecology of the Eastern Slope of the Cascades.
- Janet DeHart. Acutouch: Somatic Integration.
- Sarah Kruse. Rasayana For Life ~ Ayurveda's Rejuvenating Herbs, Foods and Practices
- Sia Riversong-Ray. Herbalism & Spirit Medicine.
- Gabe Garms. Wildcrafted Misos.
- Suzanne Tabert. Adrenal Fatigue? Adrenal Health!
- EagleSong Gardener. The Heart of Hawthorn.
- Erin Vanhee. Exploration of Botanical Treatments for Pain.
- Sajah Popham. Like Bile in Your Throat: The Acrid Materia Medica.

Workshop Period F: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
- Gabe Garms. Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk.
- Nicole Telkes. The Herbal First Response: Street First Aid, Backwoods, and Disaster Response
- Montana Honeylion. Herbal First Aid: Topical Woundcare
- Jenn Dazey. I'm doing everything right… Why don't I feel good? How to
- Paulina Czarnecki. Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism.
- Kelly Ann Nickerson. Biblical Herbalism: A Journey Through Theology and Plant Medicine.
- Juliet Howard. Flower Tryst: Co-Creating Flower Essences
- Lauren Morgan. Herbs and Dreams.
- Raskal Turbeville. Hyphal Knot: An Intro to Mushroom Cultivation.
- Amber Young. Herbal & Holistic Supports Through the Birthing Year.
- David Hoover. The Bardic Arts. Connecting to our roots through music, story, and theater.

Workshop Period G: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Leslie Lekos. Medicinal plant walk.
- Suzanne Tabert. Phytochemistry for Beginners.
- Erin Vanhee. Making Folk Tinctures.
- Tuck Yates Tyrrell. The Earth is Alive! The Science of Gaia and Art of Planetary Participation
- Reishi Strauss. Creating Psilocybe Patches Outdoors.
- Lindsay Huettman. Tending to Ecological Grief and Anxiety with Plants.
- Jay Cusker. Dumbledore Talks Mushrooms, Magic Meets Science.
- Juliet Howard. Scent Medicine through Herbal Body Oiling.
- Sajah Popham. The 6 Tissue States and Planetary Pathology.
- Anna Derrer. Making Medicinal Broth.
- Crystal Hamby. First Aid for Herbalists: how to assess what the body needs and what the plants may offer
- Indigenous/PGM Caucus (People of the Global Majority)

August 18, 2024

Workshop Period H. 7:00 - 8:00
- Anna Mae. Vocal Alchemy
- Heyona Cho. Movement Meditation
- Reisha Beck. Tea Sit Meditation.
- Emmy Joy. Barefoot walking.

Workshop Period I: 10:00 - 11:30
- Crystal Hamby. The Bounty of the PNW: a medicinal focused plant walk
- Laurie Lava-Books. Gratitude talking circle (Youth ages 11-18)
- Denise Joy. The many ‘Faces of Asthma and other lung conditions.
- Maureen Judith. Astrology map of the body.
- EagleSong Gardener. Hawthorn: Recipes & Remedies.
- Jason Scott. AstroMycology.
- Zoe Allegra Ho. The Healing Medicines of the Amazon Rainforest.
- Jenn Dazey. Cancer Update: What evidence exists that supports the use of
- Mark S. McNutt. Drawing on the Moon- Using Lunar cycles for people and herbs.
- Paulina Czarnecki. Boosting Sexual Vitality with Herbs.
- Reishi Strauss. Micro-dosing Psilcoybe Mushrooms.
- Hayley Shannon. Wild Embodiment.
- Terri Wilde. Meet the Mellow Mallows.
- Mary Schroeder. Healing Pelvic Pain with Herbal Medicine.
- Charles Garcia. Experiences of a Street Herbalist.

Workshop Period J: 1:00 - 2:30
- Finn Liengaard. Grounded Fatherhood - an exploration to modern fatherhood and the father archetype.
- Montana Honeylion. Herbal First Aid: Tending the Emotional and Mental Wellbeing in Dire Times.
- Morgan Brown. What can we do for the plants?
- Laura Maver. Not Just Any Ordinary Herbal Syrup.
- Sara Butters, Plant Spirit Communication: Channeling the Plants.
- Logan Keister. Herbal Formulation Strategies.
- Nicole Telkes. Actions and Analogs: How to Substitute in Herbal Formulation
- Drea Moore. Supporting the Lymph/Immune System with bathing culture, bioregional herbs, traditional foods & Ayurvedic body tools.
- Kristy Bredin. Marine Herbalism (if we find a classroom space for a PowerPoint).
- Michelle Mahler. Essential Remedies: Blends for Dogs & Cats. (class at her booth)
- Shaelee Evans. Food Forests & Agroforestry Guilds or Agroforestry Guilds and Local Food Systems.
- Amber Young. The Profound Medicine of Herbal Body Oils

Workshop Period K.: 2:45 - 4:15
- Raskal Turbeville. Mycorestoration and Mycoremediation Primer.
- Leslie Lekos. Mental wellness.
- Denise Joy. Nervines for today's world.
- Greta de la Montagne. Healthy Grieving Using Herbs.

Date: August 15-18, 2024

Location:
Lake Leland Amphitheater,
260 Munn Road,
Quilcene, WA 98376.

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