THE APOTHECARY
a year of communing with Earth’s angels
monthly breath gatherings through 2026
grow your relationship with plants, herbs, & flowers
in the apothecary…
let the plants love you
The Apothecary is an enchanted nook between worlds -
a place where herbs greet you like angels in disguise,
where plants are capable of answering prayers,
a place where you’re able to hear your
heart and humanity.
Through herbal listening and lore, guided breath meditations, recipes, and intentional space for inward communion, our monthly gatherings are designed to assist you in harmonizing with the heart of Nature.
Apothecary Calendar
In addition to the classes below, we meet one Friday a month
for a 45-minute guided plant meditation with a tea
February 1st – Imbolc Opening Circle
Gathering Herbs For Your Home Apothecary
A ceremonial Imbolc opening into the Apothecary - kindling inner fire, blessing beginnings, and gathering accessible herbs to grow your home apothecary.
February 18th – Better Together: Harmonious Plant Pairings
Exploring herbal synergy through plant partnerships - with a heart-centered focus on Rose and Linden as allies for love, grief, and emotional harmony.
March 18th – Viriditas ~ Melt Into Spring with Hildegard of Bingen’s Holy Greening
Tending vitality, renewal, and the unfurling of spring with nourishing herbs and Hildegard of Bingen’s teachings.
April 17th – The Frequency of Flowers: Immersing into Flower Essences
An introduction to Bach flower essences as subtle medicine for emotional healing.
May 1st — Breathe Into Beltane Mini Retreat
A cross-quarter seasonal celebration inviting you to breathe with the blooming life force of Beltane - awakening desire, creativity and the vitality of spring.
May 16th – Fairy Food & Kitchen Witching: Prayers Made Edible
Exploring culinary herbalism - turning everyday nourishment into magic making.
classes meet at 10am - 11:45am pst / 1pm - 2:45pm est;
plant meditations meet 9am-9:45am pst / noon-12:45pm est
June 21st – Place-Based Herbalism: The Medicine of What Grows Near
Rooting into the wisdom of local plants - learning to listen to the land you inhabit and the remedies growing out your door!
July 14th – Mint Magic Through The Heat of High Summer Cooling, uplifting, and invigorating - immerse into mint as summer medicine for clarity, digestion, and refreshment.
August 12th – Our Lady’s Garden
Immersing into plants associated with Mother Mary and the late-summer garden
September 10th – Grounding Into Grace with Tree Medicine
Deepening roots and welcoming tree wisdom - receiving strength, stability, and grace as light descends and wanes.
October 10th – Herbs for Intuition & Inner Journeying
Welcoming threshold plant - supporting dreams, visioning, and the descent into deeper inner landscapes.
November 9th – Herbs for Highly Sensitives in a Harsh World
Plant allies for extra sensitive nervous systems and those who have struggled to experience a sense of homecoming within.
December 8th - Too Blessed to Be Stressed: Herbs for Thriving Through Holy Days
Herbal support for the holidays - welcoming nervines & immunity herbs to strengthen the nervous system and cultivate steadiness amid seasonal intensity.
December 18th - Yuletide Blessings & Closing Circle
A winter solstice closing - honoring the year’s medicines, integrating what has been learned, and welcoming
the return of light in the darkest of nights.
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In addition to the classes above, we’ll meet once a month for a guided plant meditation with a tea from 9am - 9:45am PST. Classes will be recorded for those unable to attend live.
Dates:
Friday, February 13 (Ginger)
Friday, March 13 (Linden + Rose)
Plants to be announced for the following:
Friday, April 10
Friday, May 8
Friday, June 5
Friday, July 10
Thursday, August 6
Friday, September 18
Friday, October 16
Friday, November 20
Friday, December 11
The Apothecary offers a relational way of experiencing plants - one that invites listening and felt-connection with
herbs as Earth’s angels.
Reflections from Previous Participants
“Being guided and held in Madeline’s classes is such a blessing. The gift of her careful, thoughtful, intentional curation invited me to drop deeply into my heart space. I received so much affirmative wisdom by connecting to my breath, the softness of my body, the prayer from the music, the angelic presence, the ancestral protection. It felt like my kind of church, where feeling beloved is the sermon.”
-Courtney Mann
“I always have something special happen in any class with Madeline.
She seems to have a direct line to the unseen and is absolutely one of my favorite teachers ever.”
-Betsy B. Murphy
What’s Included
Monthly Live Sessions: Gather with us live from 10:00am to 11:45am (PST) every month! We primarily meet on new moons and seasonal celebrations throughout the year - each session will include introductions to specific plants and a guided breathwork meditation for deepening into the theme.
Guided Plant Meditations: Gather with us live one Friday a month (exception in August) from
9am - 9:45am PST for a guided plant sit and meditation with a tea. These live and recorded sessions support you in deepening your experience with the unique essences of plants.
Integration Resources: Each session is accompanied by thoughtfully crafted integration resources -
including plant reflections, simple materia medica, journaling prompts, recipes, and creative practices - designed to support ongoing relationship with the plants between our live gatherings.
Private Portal: If you’re unable to join live, all gatherings and resources are recorded and shared for later viewing in our private web portal. You’ll have ongoing access to a private web portal, allowing you to return to the teachings and practices in your own time.
Join The Apothecary
There are three options for joining this offering:
The Apothecary is influenced
by Western Herbalism folk traditions, emphasizing relational, felt-sense ways of experiencing the plant world.
about madeline
My training is rooted in Western Herbalism vitalist and folk medicine traditions. This foundation is currently being expanded through the in-person Fundamentals of Medical Herbalism program at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism, where intuitive, relational learning meets clinical study.
The plants entered my life like disruptively wise angels over a decade ago, during a time when I was living more in the clouds than on Earth. Through a series of synchronicities, I found myself immersed in an herbalism apprenticeship that awakened me to herbs as sentient beings and wise teachers. During those early years, I drank daily Nettle infusions for nearly five years straight, learning - slowly and somatically - how to inhabit my body with clearer boundaries and deeper presence. Through relationship with plants, the sacred revealed itself not as something distant or abstract in some otherwordly realm, but right here, in the world within and all around us.
In our fast-paced, over-stimulated lives, what I most crave - and seek to offer through The Apothecary - is a space to slow down beneath the surface noise and listen again to the subtle song moving through plants, body, and breath. I believe this kind of listening has the power to subtly and profoundly change how we meet life.
The Apothecary is made
for those who…
Long to deepen their relationship with the essence and spirit of plants
Feel called to grow or nurture an existing home apothecary
Desire a slower, more devotional way of learning that honors intuition alongside knowledge
Are excited about a space that centers around seasonal rhythms, lunar cycles, and Earth’s wisdom
Are drawn to herbalism as a relationship - not just information
The Apothecary is not the
best fit if…
You are seeking a clinical, protocol-based herbalism training or certification
You want a fast-paced, information-heavy program
You prefer rigid structures, formulas, or prescriptive remedies
You are primarily looking for medical advice or treatment plans
You are not interested in experiential, intuitive, or relational approaches to plants
FAQS
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Yes. All the classes are recorded and posted in a private web portal for you to take in your own time if unable to attend live.
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A suggested list of herbs will be shared for those who feel called to work with the plants physically at home, though this is entirely optional. The Apothecary can also be approached as a space of energetic learning, relationship, and attunement.
You do not need access to every plant to receive its medicine. Through guided exploration, you can learn directly from the plants in ways that extend beyond having them on hand.
That said, you may find there are certain plants you feel especially drawn to. You’re always welcome to gradually build your home apothecary in a way that feels organic, intuitive, and supportive for you.
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This space is beginner-friendly. The Apothecary introduces simple, accessible ways to work with plants at home, often starting with practices as basic as placing herbs in a jar and letting them steep. In other words, if you’ve ever made a cup of tea and feel curious to go deeper, this could be a beautiful fit.
At the same time, it’s important to name what this space is and isn’t! The Apothecary is not an herbalism school or clinical training. While foundational information will be shared, the emphasis is less on accumulating knowledge and more on cultivating relationship: learning to listen to the energetic essence of plants, attune to their rhythms, and welcome their gifts into your daily life.
If you’re seeking a formal, protocol-based herbalism program, this is likely not the right fit. If you’re longing for a relational way to begin immersing deeper with plants, the Apothecary could be a wonderful fit.
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Yes - especially if you’re longing to return to relationship with the essence and spirit of the plants. This space is less about accumulating more information and more about deepening presence, listening, and devotion.
The Apothecary offers a way to enrich your existing practice by attuning more closely to plant intelligence, subtle medicine, and seasonal rhythm.
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Each class will begin with a brief guided centering process to energetically enter the Apothecary. From there, we’ll move into our class theme with a series of reflective slides on herbal actions and lore, lunar wisdom, and space to attune and commune to the topic. We’ll then move into an experiential practice, where you’ll be guided through breath meditation designed to deepen your connection to the theme. We’ll close each session with space for optional sharing, reflection, and integration.
You’ll also receive suggested integration resources, including journaling prompts, recipes, and creative exercises, all of which will be posted in our private web portal for easy access and ongoing integration.
JOIN THE APOTHECARY
