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🌼 Learn more and enroll: DandelionImmersion.com

Join Rosalee de la Forêt and Mason Hutchison for the Dandelion Immersion!

Explore this familiar plant through nine core teaching modules, guest classes with Sajah Popham and Guido Masé, and a 30-day challenge running November 16 through December 15.

You'll also get a live, hour-long Q&A, access to our private community, a Mountain Rose Herbs discount, recipes, and other fun bonuses.

Enrollment closes November 11, 2026.

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🎬 Watch the trailer on YouTube: Night of the Living Dandelion

Every spring, they return.

Through cracks in the sidewalk. Across the schoolyard. Into your perfect lawn.

Folk Methodology presents Night of the Living Dandelion, a campy herbal horror trailer featuring Rosalee de la Forêt, Mason Hutchison, and the plant that refuses to stay buried.

Behind the horror is a whole lot of dandelion love.

Join us for The Dandelion Immersion, where we explore this beloved plant through classes, recipes, community, and a 30-day challenge.

Includes guest classes with Guido Masé and Sajah Popham!

Registration is open through November 11.

Rated D for Dandelion.

❤️ Explore Herbal Heart Health with Rosalee de la Forêt and Richard Mandelbaum

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Enrollment is open through Wednesday, October 28! This comprehensive course includes six live classes exploring cardiovascular assessment, prevention, cholesterol, blood pressure, and more.

You'll also receive recordings, live Q&A, case studies, downloadable herbal monographs, and access to a private community.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Today, we're revisiting Heather Irvine's narrated monograph on hawthorn!

From its spring blossoms to its fall fruit, hawthorn offers plenty to explore. Heather takes a closer look at this beloved tree, including its botanical characteristics, history and folklore, harvesting, preparations, and herbal uses.

Whether you're meeting hawthorn for the first time or returning to a familiar plant, we hope you enjoy this replay.

🌿 Read Heather's full hawthorn monograph

Affiliate disclosure: If you enroll in Herbal Heart Health through our link, HerbRally earns a commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting our work!

Which parts of hawthorn should you use? Can you harvest it from trees in your neighborhood? And what should you know about hawthorn and heart medications?

In this five-minute episode, Rosalee de la Forêt answers three common questions about this beloved herb.

She explores berries versus flowers and leaves, preparation options, responsible harvesting, and research on hawthorn extract alongside conventional heart failure medications.

Want to go deeper? Join Rosalee and Richard Mandelbaum for their FREE class, Three Advanced Ways Herbalists Work with the Heart.

Thursday, October 22 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern.

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Can't attend live? Register to receive the replay if it becomes available.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health regimen.

Join Rosalee de la Forêt and Richard Mandelbaum for Three Advanced Ways Herbalists Work with the Heart, a free class exploring underused herbs, labs, medications, and choosing the right plant for the person.

Thursday, October 22 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern. Live Q&A included! Register even if you can't attend, and they'll send you the replay.

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What happens when an herb you've just studied gives you a lesson you won't forget?

Heather Sanderson reads a rosemary story from her book, Dreaming with the Plants. What began as a late-night cup of rosemary infusion became a memorable lesson in paying attention, learning through direct experience, and recognizing the plants beyond our spice cupboards.

Heather shares how this encounter helped bridge the gap between studying herbal medicine and developing a personal relationship with the plants themselves.

Dreaming with the Plants explores plant connection through stories, physical medicine, folklore, spirit, and consciousness, with a meditation or adventure offered for each plant.

Has a plant ever taught you something you couldn't learn from a book? Share your story in the comments!

LINKS & RESOURCES

🌿 BOOK: Dreaming with the Plants | BUY THE BOOK

🌿 Learn more about Heather's work | MajesticWisdomPublishing.com

🌿 Explore more herbal education | HerbRally.com

⚠️ DISCLAIMER This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health regimen.

In this episode of The Herbalist Hour, I'm joined by Shannon Mayernik, herbalist and co-owner of Mayernik Kitchen in northern New Jersey.

Shannon shares how a single class with Robin Rose Bennett in 2009 sparked a love of herbalism that eventually led her from a career in publishing to working on a farm and building an apothecary with her husband, Matt.

We chat about her herbal education, the joys and challenges of changing careers, and creating a space where people can watch medicine being made and learn to make their own.

We also explore her longtime connection with mugwort, the practice of studying one plant through an entire growing season, and her recent experiments with fennel.

Along the way, we get into food preservation, seasonal eating, hands-on herbal education, and why relationships with local farmers are such an important part of their work.

Shannon also shares why she'd love to see an apothecary in every town, and why she sees more herbal businesses as an opportunity to build community.

Thanks for tuning in!

~Mason

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LINKS & RESOURCES

Mayernik Kitchen | MayernikKitchen.com

Mayernik Kitchen Classes & Events | LEARN MORE

Mayernik Kitchen Online Courses | LEARN MORE

Mayernik Kitchen Herb Farm Apprenticeship & Waitlist | LEARN MORE

Robin Rose Bennett | RobinRoseBennett.com

Guided Oatstraw Meditation with Robin Rose Bennett | WATCH ON YOUTUBE

The Gift of Healing Herbs by Robin Rose Bennett | BUY THE BOOK

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Become a HerbRally Schoolhouse member:

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⚠️ DISCLAIMER This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health regimen.

In this episode, I join Lila Swanberg on Lila's Herbal Revolution to compare our experiences taking 30 grams of powdered ashwagandha root a day for two weeks.

We chat about burnout, feeling more grounded, sleep, resilience, self-care, and individual dosing.

Plus, Kyle Denton contributes some ashwagandha wisdom and a jingle!

Thanks to Lila for giving me permission to share this conversation on the HerbRally Podcast.

~Mason

LINKS & RESOURCES

Subscribe to Lila's Herbal Revolution on your podcast player of choice.

Lila's Herbal Revolution YouTube channel

Watch this interview on YouTube

Lila's company, TVNHC

Path to Practitioner Potency

Kyle Denton's herb shop, Tippecanoe Herbs

Ashwagandha from Mountain Rose Herbs (affiliate link)

HerbRally Schoolhouse | Get your first 30 days free! Members get 20% off Mountain Rose Herbs orders.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health regimen.

In this episode of The Herbalist Hour, I'm joined by herbalist and naturopathic doctor Jacqui Wilkins.

We chat about her journey into herbalism, the mentors who shaped her path, and how she weaves clinical herbalism with plant spirit medicine.

We also explore plant communication, trusting your intuition, and making room for connection in a world full of distractions.

Jacqui shares a look inside her Exploratory Herbal Mentorship, a 12-week journey with six plants through direct experience, ritual, and community.

We get into blue vervain, how our relationships with herbs change through different seasons of life, and why those connections sometimes take time.

Along the way, we discuss medicine making and finding your own fulfilling path in herbalism.

Thanks for listening!

~Mason

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LINKS & RESOURCES

Exploratory Herbal Mentorship | LEARN MORE & REGISTER

Xálish Medicines | XalishMedicines.com

Grow Your Own Medicine | JOIN THE WAIT LIST

Jacqui on Instagram | @among_the_wildflowerss

Vancouver Island Herb Gathering | HerbConference.com

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, and share it with a fellow plant person.

🌿Grab FREE Herbal Resources Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and get instant access to a 91-page Botanical Anthology sampler—plus a bundle of herbal freebies.

👉 Get the freebies | HerbalFreebies.com

Want to join us live for future interviews?

Become a HerbRally Schoolhouse member:

HerbRally Schoolhouse | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse

Use coupon code PODCAST for your first 30 days free!

⚠️ DISCLAIMER This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health regimen.

🌿 Enrollment in Rosalee de la Forêt's Herbal Energetics Course closes Saturday, October 3, at 5 PM Pacific!

Enroll through our link and receive a FREE year of HerbRally Schoolhouse as a thank-you.

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Somehow, we've reached 1,000 HerbRally podcast uploads!

In this episode, I take a moment to thank the listeners, guests, teachers, and contributors who've made this project possible over the years.

I also share one final reminder about Rosalee's Herbal Energetics Course, including what I appreciate about her teaching, learning through the five flavors, live herb tastings, hands-on recipes, and the community of fellow plant people.

Enrollment only opens once a year, and this round closes October 3 at 5 PM Pacific.

Thanks for listening and being part of these first 1,000 uploads. Here's to many more!

~Mason

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