Welcome to the Medicine Garden

We are a Medicinal Plant Nursery and 2-acre organic Herb Farm. We firmly believe plants are our teachers and allies, providing us with knowledge, nourishment and support as medicine. Through Education, Plant Starts and Medicine we strive to foster resilience, health and community through our love of plants. We know they can help you too!

Upcoming Events

Tending the Winter Landscape

This series is a hands-on, deep dive into understanding and tending place during the winter months. Participants will learn the secrets to identifying plants throughout the year and recognizing ecological features that tell the narrative of place. With these basics in mind, we will explore hands-on activities to tend the landscape while also providing ourselves with food and medicine. We will see that we can provide for our needs while also improving the landscape around us!

Class will meet on the following Saturdays from 10a to 4p: January 25th, February 8th, February 22nd and March 15th.

Class cost is: $650, including materials. Early bird discount: $575 if registered and paid by December 15th.

Any questions or to register you can email me at gardeningformedicine@yahoo.com


What’s new at the Nursery

Seeds, Seeds Seeds! It is nearly the time to get a jump on the year by getting seeds started. Each package contains over 100 seeds. They are all from plants grown here on the farm in Oregon city, and for nearly a decade now! I select plants that are quality medicine and perform well here in the NW, so you know they will be suited to your garden. All the following seeds are $4 per pack and can be shipped for an additional $4. Send your list to gardeningformedicine@yahoo.com. Select seed can also be purchased at Hedgerow Herb Co, SymbiOp Nursery, Clary Sage Herbarium and Garden Fever. If your shop would like to stock them too, reach out for wholesale rates.

  • Angelica - Angelica archangelica

  • Anise Hyssop - Agastache foeniculum

  • Arnica - Arnica chamissonis

  • Ashwagandha - Withania somnifera

  • Blue Vervain - Verbena hastata

  • Borage - Borago officinalis

  • Burdock - Arctium lappa

  • Calendula - Calendula officinalis

  • California Poppy - Eschscholzia californica

  • Catnip - Nepeta cataria

  • Chamomile - Matricaria chamomilla

  • Echinacea - Echinacea purpurea

  • Elecampane Inula helenium

  • Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium

  • Horehound Maruubium vulgare

  • Hyssop - Hyssopus officinalis

  • Lemon Balm - Melissa officinalis

  • Marshmallow - Althaea officinalis

  • Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria

  • Milky Oats – Avena sativa

  • Motherwort - Leonorus cardiaca

  • Mullein - Verbascum thapsus

  • Red Clover – Trifolium pratense

  • Skullcap - Scutellaria lateriflora

  • Spilanthes - Acmella oleracea

  • Tulsi, temperate - Ocimum africanum

  • Valerian - Valeriana officinalis

  • Wood Betony - Stachys officinalis

Gardening for Medicine Class Series

This series will help you create a medicinal landscape in your backyard, working with easy to grow medicines. We will study herbalism, basic gardening techniques, and medicine making on an established two-acre farm. You will leave the program with over 25 herbs stocked up in your apothecary, plus get tons of starts and seeds to move into your space. As the class meets over a 6-month garden season we will get to sink into the long-term rhythm of tending plants. All of this in a tight knit community of just 8 other students.

The Gardening for Medicine series will have a cohort meeting Wednesdays and another gathering on Saturdays, one day a month from May to October. Both options are held from 10am to 4:30pm for a total of 40 hours.  The total cost, including monthly herbal harvest of four plants, handouts, seeds and starts galore is $750. Click below, email gardeningformedicine@yahoo.com or call (503) 489 3483 to schedule a time to make sure this is a good fit for you!

Community Supported Herbalism

We also offer a CSH to get our community fresh medicinal plants gathered at their optimal harvest time and with the deepest respect, so that you and yours will be empowered to navigate most common illness. Our goal is to provide a year’s supply of medicine from each plant, and a well-rounded medicinary by the end of the season. Our small-scale approach allows us to sink into the needs of the plants as well as our community.

As we continue to grow we are now offering pick-up options each month too! So if you are already growing certain things, want to double up on something special, or try out a new plant we can help you out! Each month you will get 5 different plant medicines to work with and we will provide you with 7 or 8 options to choose from!

If you are new to Herbalism we host a 2-hour gathering to provide a little back story with each plant, discusss medicine making and cover some herbailsm basics. Plus you will be bringing home quality plants, the best teachers there are!

Pick-ups occur monthly on the following Friday evenings from 3:30 to 6:30 in Portland. The following Saturday pick-ups are an option too, just let us know if that is better for your schedule. Location for gathering your herbs is in SE Portland.
May 28th, June 21st, July 27th, August 29th, September 26th, & October 24th

The cost for a share for our 6-month CSH is just $400 for the season! Payment plans are available. A great thing to do with a friend too!