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Explore upcoming local plant walks in Rhode Island, seasonal wellness events, and herbal medicine resources. This is your educational hub for learning terrain theory, environmental home detoxing, and natural root-cause recovery.
Events Calendar
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Back To Basics Conference
Back To Basics Conference — Summit on Health & Wellness
Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (doors 8:00 AM)
Renaissance Hotel & Conference Center, 1657 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA 01701
Floral Botanical Medicine will have a booth — come find me. I'll have the apothecary with me, and I'd love to meet you in person. Stop by between sessions; I'm always glad to talk plants, protocols, or whatever you're working through.
A full day with internationally recognized physicians alongside regenerative farmers — food systems and soil, preventive and integrative medicine, nutrition, medical ethics and transparency. It's the rare room where the doctors and the farmers are having the same conversation. Speakers and boxed lunch included.
Natural Living Expo
19th Annual Natural Living Expo
Saturday, November 14 (9:00 AM – 6:00 PM) & Sunday, November 15 (9:30 AM – 4:30 PM), 2026
Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center, 181 Boston Post Rd West, Marlborough, MA
New England's premiere holistic health gathering — 200+ exhibitors, 60 free workshops, guided meditations, and healthy food vendors, hosted by Spirit of Change magazine. Free parking.
Come find me at the Floral Botanical Medicine booth. We will be doing live blood analysis demos!
Common Sense Fair
Common Sense Fair — Sept 26, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Litchfield Fairgrounds, 44 Plains Rd, Litchfield ME, marked exhibiting, with the gate rules in the notes: cash only, no ATM, no pets, no backpacks.
I'll have the Floral Botanical Medicine booth set up with the microscope running all day — live blood analysis demos, right there, so you can see what a drop of living blood actually looks like while it's still alive. Most people have never seen their own terrain. It changes how you think about it.
The apothecary travels with me. Maine Sea Greens will be on the table alongside the herbal formulations, and I'm always glad to talk plants, protocols, or whatever you're working through.
One practical note: the gate is cash only and there's no ATM on the grounds. Bring some.
Come find me. I'm there all day.
Herbal Walk
HERBAL WALK
INCLUDING A BOTANICAL DRAWING PORTION
Discover the medicine growing in your own backyard. Join local herbalist Ava Long, adjunct professor at the Boston School of Herbal Studies, for a hands-on plant walk through Blackstone Field, followed by a guided botanical drawing session with artist Wendy Fachon. Learn to identify local medicinal plants like jewelweed, then capture them on paper - no experience needed.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2:00-3:30 PM
BLACKSTONE FIELD
1 RIVER DRIVE, PROVIDENCE, RI 02906
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HERB WALK
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
Rhode Island Women's Wellness Collective
A community founded by Hannah M to connect, support, and inspire women passionate about health, wellness, and personal growth. Come for the connection, leave with a community.
EXPERIENCE HERBALISM
The medicine is already growing here
Most of what fills my apothecary shelves grows within a few steps of where we'll be standing — in the hedgerow, along the fence line, pushing up through the gravel. On this walk we move slowly and meet the plants where they live: what they are, how to know them with certainty, what they've been used for, and how to bring them home.
No experience needed. Come exactly as you are — curious is the only prerequisite.
Ava gathering herbs in the garden
Sumac berries going into an apothecary jar
This is a chance to experience herbalism — not read about it. We'll learn about the local plants that grow wild right here: how to know one with confidence, the details that separate a friend from a look-alike, and what each has been used for across generations of folk practice. You'll learn when to gather and which part to take, and how to do it so the stand is still thriving when you come back next season.
We'll also try teas and tinctures together, so you taste what these plants actually do — and I'll show you the simplest ways to bring it home: drying, infusing, and the oils and vinegars you can make in your own kitchen this week.
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