Come Celebrate Our 40th Year Anniversary!
Wild Herb Weekend: Honoring the Land, Cultivating the Future
Valle Crucis, July 24-26, 2026!
Wild Herb Weekend is our annual conference, held in the beautiful high mountain location of Valle Crucis, NC in late July. There is something for everyone at this intimate little conference. Whether you grow herbs for home use, herbs for healing, or want to start a commercial herb operation, you will find many interesting sessions, hands-on workshops and plant walks to participate in!
A Sneak Peek
Wild Herb Weekend's Purpose
The NC Herb Association is a non-profit growers association dedicated to educating people about herbs and their uses.
Join NCHA members each July to participate in an exciting weekend full of classes, workshops, and plant walks. Come learn from the experts about growing, using, selling, and sharing medicinal herbs. Learn about new growing practices for farmers, natural first-aid for the family, and incorporating herbs into delicious meals. Spend downtime conversing with vendors, attendees, and experts while enjoying the mountain vista. Classes include offerings for farmers, homesteaders, foragers, practitioners, and hobbyists. Connect with peers from across North Carolina and the Southeast!
A look at the scenery
Schedule
Friday
Title | Teacher | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
The Queen of Heaven- Holy Rose Medicine | Nuit Moore | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Johnson Hall (Lower) |
The Art of Pressing Plants for Fun and Creating a Plant Voucher | Craig Mauney + Susan Hawkins | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Johnson Hall (Upper) |
Listening to the Mountains: Flower Essences of the Blue Ridge | Renee Prince | 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Johnson Hall (Lower) |
Crafting Herbal Creams for Skin Healing | Cindi Quay | 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Johnson Hall (Upper) |
Evening Jams w/ Possum Gravy Boys | Doug + Todd Elliott, Keith Ward | ||
Welcome Tea Ceremony | Aminata Patterson | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Apple Barn |
Saturday
Title | Teacher | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Yoga | Maura | 7:00 am - 7:45 am | Johnson Hall Lower |
Herbal Crafting | Lori Jenkins | 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Johnson Hall Lower |
Successfully Growing Pawpaws, A Native Tree Fruit | Craig Mauney | 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Apple Barn |
Growing Medicinal Herbs- Small Farm Gardens | Jeanine Davis | 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Orchard Hall |
Challenges and Opportunities with Exotic Invasive Plants | Marc Williams | 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Johnson Hall Upper |
Plant Walk: | Trevor Mann | 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Johnson Hall Porch |
Keynote: Finding Your Place on the Land | Phyllis D. Light | 10:30 am - 11:45am | Apple Barn |
The Home Herbal Apothecary | Joanna Mann | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Johnson Hall Upper |
Making Fire Cider | Jeannie Dunn | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Apple Barn |
Understanding the Tradition of Gullah Geechee Medicine | Aminata Patterson | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Johnson Hall Lower |
Starting a Farmer's Market Herbal Business | Lori Jenkins | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Orchard Hall |
Plant Walk: Take a Walk on the Wild Side | Cindi Quay | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Johnson Hall Porch |
Ethonomycology: The interface between humans and fungi | Todd Elliott | 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Apple Barn |
Beginning Soap Making: How to make soap from scratch | Deborah Maslowski | 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Johnson Hall Upper |
Herbal Care in Times of Crisis: Trauma-Informed Medicine for Protest and Community Response | Renee Prince | 3:45 pm -
5:00 pm
| Johnson Hall Lower |
Marketing Skills | Craig Mauney | 3:45 pm -
5:00 pm
| Orchard Hall |
Plant Walk: Food as Medicine | Marc Williams | 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Johnson Hall Porch |
Working with Cacao: A Guided Ceremonial Experience | Renee Prince | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Apple Barn |
Evening Jams w/ Possum Gravy Boys | Doug + Todd Elliott, Keith Ward | 8:00 pm | Apple Barn Lawn / Firepit |
Yoga | Maura | 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Johnson Hall Lower |
Sunday
Title | Teacher | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Yoga | Maura | 7:00 am - 7:45 am | Johnson Hall Lower |
Comfrey, Elderberry, Hazelnut, Raspberry & Mulberry: A Guilded Age In the Garden.
| Lacey Grim | 9:00 am -
10:15 am
| Apple Barn |
Top 10 Herbs for the Homestead
| Trevor Mann & Joanna Mann | 9:00 am -
10:15 am
| Johnson Hall Lower |
Discovering Your Plant
Totem
| Cindi Quay | 9:00 am -
10:15 am
| Johnson Hall Upper |
Plant Walk: Woodslore and Useful Wild Plants Walk | Doug Elliott | 9:00 am -
10:15 am | Johnson Hall Porch |
Product Packaging and Labeling for the Herbalist and Plant Enthusiast | Lori Jenkins | 9:00 am -
10:15 am | Orchard Hall |
Marketing 101: Intro to Canva for Herbal Products | Lacey Grimm | 10:30 am - 11:45 am | Orchard Hall |
Hammer Printing | Jeanine Davis | 10:30 am - 11:45 am | Apple Barn |
Prime Plants for Aphrodisiac Formulation Consideration
| Marc Williams | 10:30 am - 11:45 am | Johnson Hall Upper |
American Ginseng | Phyllis D. Light | 10:30 am - 11:45 am | Johnson Hall Lower |
Plant Walk: | Craig Mauney | 10:30 am - 11:45 am | Johnson Hall Porch |