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Our aim is to support other like-minded businesses since it's through networking and encouragement that we all prosper.  Here are some of our friends in business.

In Berks County, PA

Epiphany Life Enrichment Center... is a community of holistic health professionals whose purpose is to bring enrichment, balance, and radiant health into the lives of the people we touch. We celebrate wellness and are committed to empowering you on your own unique journey towards health, wholeness, and personal fulfillment. Located in Berks County, PA.

Yoga Inlet...is conveniently located in the heart of Berks County, PA. Our teachers are expertly trained in Svaroopa Yoga, an unconventional type of Hatha yoga. Svaroopa yoga uses unique support techniques for a more comfortable practice with highly effective results. We use simple positions to release long held tension in the deepest layers of body and mind. Our students report feeling refreshed and renewed from the very first class!

Dove Song Dairy...produces certified raw, organic goat milk and cheese.  We are an old fashion family farm, located in the rolling hills of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Our farm, which dates back to the colonial era, uses a modern day milking facility we designed to ensure quality conditions for our milk and comfort for our animals. Our 300 goats, made up of mostly Alpines, with a sprinkling of Saanans, Nubians and LaManchas are individually named and enjoyed by friends and family alike.

Ginny Chudgar
Ginny works in Berks County and brings a holistic approach to relaxing, learning to care for oneself, and planning for the future. She provides numerous services. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious.

Around the Country

Alloway Creek Gardens...Alloway Creek Gardens is located on a pre-Civil War homestead just southeast of Gettysburg, PA.  The Farm features a large selection of herbs, perennials, and native plants, plus display gardens, an authentic log-house gift shop and a variety of special lectures, activities and workshops. 

Apollo Herbs...Apollo Herbs is a business dedicated to the art & science of herbal medicine. By growing, harvesting, & extracting healing plants, we seek to provide the community with the highest quality herbal products available. Apollo Herbs offers tinctures, oils, salves, syrups and natural bodycare products.  All of our products are made in small batches using the highest quality organically grown or wild ethically-harvested plants available. Apollo Herbs are skillfully formulated and produced by botanist and pharmacognosist, Michael Ford, M.S. In addition to manufacturing excellent products, it is also our goal to provide quality herbal education to the community.  We offer apprentice programs- levels I & II, advanced herbal studies, seminars and herbal consulting for both industry and individual clients. 

Back Porch Botanicals... 160-acre medicinal herb and organic vegetable farm nestled deep within pristine forest, located 60 km Northwest of Williams Lake, British Columbia. We are a family of farmers and herbalists; committed to the wellbeing of those we are privileged to meet along the way.

Besso Cosmetics... A Health Information Resource.

Black Hills Herbs and Aromatherapy...Black Hills Herbs & Aromatherapy focuses on the benefits of Herbs & Aromatherapy  for your Physical, Psychological and Emotional needs. We offer an extensive selection of Aromatherapy products including 100% pure therapeutic grade, organic when available, essential oils, essential  oil blends, kits, lotions, products for babies & children, diffusers and much more. We also offer information & products for the various types of Chronic Pain,  including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  For the organic buyer, we offer bulk organic culinary & medicinal  herbs & bulk teas purchased from a leader in organic herbs & spices.

Bobcat Naturals...All Natural, All Season, Healing Herbal Skin Balms

Cariboo Ginseng...We produce quality herbal extracts, Ginkgo, culinary and medicinal herbs, seabuckthorn, dried beans, and echinacea honey.

Connecticut Institute for Herbal Studies...Herb school with an emphasis on Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chrysalis Herbs... I am a certified clinical herbalist, providing wellness programs and private consultations on personal health concerns.  Chrysalis Herbs also provides customized teas and tinctures and classes on herbal medicine, crafts, cooking and gardening.  Personalized herb walks can be arranged at your property and gardening consultation is available.

The Creative Bonsai...My mission is to introduce a new living art form that will broaden the spectrum of possibilities for the Bonsai enthusiast and demand respect for the Herbal Bonsai's unique characteristics that can only be achieved with herbs. Through this medium a Bonsai becomes not only edible but also useable because of its fragrance for potpourri, teas, medicinal products & natural insect repellents, while thriving from its pruning for use. it cannot be denied!

Crimson Sage.
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.We are growers of medicinal plants.  We specialize in Chinese, Ayurvedic  & Native American plants.  Many varieties of rosemary, salvias and lavender.  We supply plants in 3” pots to the home gardener as well as wholesale to other herb businesses. 

Dan Kepner....Handcrafted Reproductions...quality chairs, tables and cabinets tailored to your specifications.

Deer Creek Herb Farm....We are a family owned Herb Farm located on the Berks/Lancaster County border, one mile North of Adamstown, the Antiques Capital. Each Spring and Summer we offer  over 300 varieties of potted herbs. During the summer months, we grow, harvest and dry herbs and flowers for crafting, creating beautiful wreaths, swags and centerpieces. We gladly accept custom orders for dried arrangements. Throughout the year we also offer Workshops. You will find unusual gifts for the herb lover and garden enthusiast. During the Christmas Holidays, we offer fresh evergreen Wreaths, Swags and Centerpieces, all made and decorated at the Farm. If it's Herbal, we just may have it.  

Desert Herbals...Herbal formulations created by Dr. Tieraona Lowdog

Dorothy Biddle Service...Retail divisionFlower arranging equipment, cutting tools; gardening accessories. A family business since 1936.

Eleanor's Herbs... Herbal cookbook, catnip toys and lecturer

Farm at Coventry...Retail sales of farm made herbal soaps, facial and body creams, bath items, therapeutic salves, chest rub, bronchial steam, infused honeys, teas and featuring "FAUX' JOE "a granulated caffeine-free alternative to coffee. WHOLESALE inquiries welcome. We use certified organic and ethically wildcrafted ingredients wherever possible. No synthetic ingredients are ever used.

From Leaf to Cup...The perfect tea website with teas and tisanes from around the world as well as accessories, tea sets, tea of the month club and so much more.

Green Earth Farm is a woman owned, Colorado Certified Organic farm producing a wide variety of medicinal and culinary herbs, herbal tinctures, natural body care products such as our Calendula Crème and Lip Balm, grains such as our quinoa and rye, gourmet potatoes, and vegetables. 

Healing Herbs LLC...The only organic pain relief and circulation enhancer serum

Herb Cottage by the Sea...We produce and market herbal furniture oils.  Our oils are simply the best for all wood; especially nourishing for antiques.  Non-toxic-all natural-highest quality.  Available in three scents: country rose, rosemary & roses, lavenderwood.  Hand blended and bottled into amber colored eight ounce glass bottles.

Herb N Ewe...Herb N' Ewe is a twelve acre herb farm with a retail gift shop, plant sales nursery, terraced display gardens, restaurant and a classroom/studio/ workshop.  Included in our facility is herbal factories, producing garden markers, scented botanical candles, herbal soaps and  sweet delectable herbal jellies.

Herbalist and Alchemist.... herbal formulations developed by herbalist David Winston

HerbNET...The most comprehensive site on the net for all things herbal

Herbs by Sarah....The mission of HERBS by Sarah, L.L.C. is to fill a growing need for quality herbal products and reliable information about the uses and delights of herbs––culinary, ornamental, fragrant, and traditional.

Herbs From the Labyrinth...a small, woman-owned herb garden and herbal products business in southeastern Pennsylvania.  All of the herbs in my garden are lovingly tended with guidance from plant and spirit allies, using organic methods, and are harvested by hand.  A few herbs are wildcrafted with integrity.  A few others are purchased from reliable organic sources.  All of the herbal body-care products, herbal healthcare and wellness products, and herbal ceremonial products are made by hand and in small batches, with an awareness of lunar and seasonal cycles

Herb's Herbs & Such...Sandie Shores has written this definitive guide for both experienced and novice growers to help you be successful in your business. The newly revised edition offers even more information for aspiring commercial growers and is the only book to address this topic in depth.

Herbs of the World...Herbs for horses, pets and people.

HerbWorld....Site of the Herb Growing & Marketing Network

Homestead Herbs...As a small family business, we offer herbal products using chemical free, home grown, or purchased organic herbs

Honey Rock Herb Farm...Our small farm is located at the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains.  We offer organically grown herb & vegetable plants, flowers, herbal products, books, wreaths, everlastings and honey.

Jento Soaps...Offering homemade soaps and bath products, made to order glycerin soaps, powders, lotion bars and more!

La Paix Herb Farm....organic, sustainable herb farm in the heart of West Virginia with classes, herbal products, and an essential oil distillery

Lavender Hills of Kentucky...Our vision includes selling dried lavender bundles from our first harvest and then expanding to distilling our own essential oils, producing lavender-filled products, and creating a line of soaps and lotions.

Lavender Way
...natural, herbal dream pillows

Litha Hill Herbs and Flora..... Our mission is to create an herb garden design that embodies your spirit, mind and soul and introduce you to the language and voice of herbs that provide serenity and peace as you experience your herb garden.

Magnolia Hill Soap...handcrafted natural soap with herbs, pure essential and natural oils in unique molds

Mind's Eye Farm....Mind’s Eye Farm & Herbary is located in upstate NY, not far from the Adirondacks and the St. Lawrence River. Here we cultivate medicinal and culinary herbs using sustainable agricultural methods. Our herbal products are artfully packaged and made in small batches to ensure the highest quality. Mind’s Eye is also a learning center that promotes the understanding, preservation, and practice of traditional herbal arts.

Mullen's Herbal Tea House...located in Barre, MA...."The Mullen's Tea House is, by far, the best tea I've ever attended, in the US or abroad. The attention to detail is superb, from the cinnamon-rimmed iced tea glasses to the homegrown edible flowers that accompany each dish."  (from a review)

Ojibwa Tea of Life™...Primary supplier of “essiac” (Native American remedy), in the form of (Traditional) Ojibwa Tea of Life Herbal Formula, Ojibwa Tea of Life Tincture, Ojibwa Native Healing Balm (slave), Ojibwa Native Healing Soap, Bloodroot Tincture.  Additional Holistic Health Products offered. Custom formulations available.  Product may be used for pets.

O'Toole's Herb Farm... Open since 1990 we are a certified organic herb nursery and gardens.  Wholesale and RETAIL herb plants, fresh-cut herbs and greens, shiitake mushrooms, 2 gift shops full of herbal products, regional art, gardening supplies and organic products.  Display gardens and 2 greenhouses are open to the public. 

Pacific Rim Ginseng...Our ginseng is known for excellent flavor and aroma, high ginsenoside content, and large well-shaped roots.  We are dedicated to providing world class ginseng to an ever-growing and demanding world market.

Pecan Grove Herbs....West Texas' premier source for herb plants, hand made herbal products and classes.

R-Herbary...Retail supplier of herbs (dried, capsulated), vitamins, supplements, books, pet products etc. Also available personal nutritional consultations,  individualized protocols and custom herbal blends. 

Radical Weeds....Three little herb books that clearly and simply explain how to grow and use key medicinal plants.  Beyond just creating an herb garden, you'll learn how to make your own natural, effective herbal remedies for menopause, stress relief, and immune support with the Garden Remedy Series. Every book gives you basic information, clear illustrations, and easy directions.  Taking responsibility for your health is an empowering experience and we'll even send you free, fresh seeds when you're ready to plant

The Rosemary House....One of the first of the herb & spice gift shops, The Rosemary House in charming downtown Mechanicsburg has FLAVORS and FRAGRANCES written on its outside sign. All of Bertha Reppert's books as well as hundreds of other herbals & cookbooks are available. 

Sage House Herbs...Nutrition and Health Center.  Our center is best known for our extensive training in treating chronic pain, over-use injuries, and dysfunction following motor-vehicle accidents. We also offer other treatments geared toward total relaxation and body care. Sage House is six years old and we are amazed at the rapid growth we are experiencing already.

Stone Cottage Soap....Indulge yourself with fine, handcrafted goat's milk soaps made with the finest all natural ingredients.

Sweet Remembrances Tea Room...Sweet Remembrances is a tea room/restaurant open by appointment only, for groups of 10 or more. Available for lunch, dinner or afternoon teas, all menus are prepared with herbs and feature edible flowers.

Sweet Stuff Candy....Sweet Stuff Candy is a family owned and operated business specializing in DIVINITY, Fudge, Pralines, Pink Stuff tm, and Peanut Brittle.

Walking Clover Farm.... a small, natural grown herb and gourmet garlic farm in Central New York.   We offer a custom milling and tea bagging service with no minimum batch size. 

WinterGreen Herbs & vegetables is a Certified Organic Farm located in Central Maine growing 5 varieties of herb teas and package them to our customers specifications. Our mission is to become the leading provider of the freshest, best tasting, certified organic herb teas from the state of Maine

 

Links to informational Sites:
American Botanical Council       http://www.herbalgram.org
American Herbal Products Association       http://www.ahpa.org
The Green Products Association       http://www.greenproductsalliance.com
Michael Moore's Southwest School of Botanical Medicine  http://www.swsbm.com
Henriette's Herbal Medicine   http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/index.html
Oregon Tilth (Organic research, education, certification)   http://www.tilth.org
PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture   http://www.pasafarming.org