We have an exceptional lineup of presenters on May 4 including two MDs, a pharmacologist and an RN and we don't want you to miss this special educational event. So we're offering you, our loyal subscribers who open these newsletters, a whopping 25% DISCOUNT off already reduced advance price tickets through the month of April or as long as there are still seats available. 

Whether you are a medical professional, a patient, or just want to become more informed, MediCannaCon is the place to take your knowledge of medical cannabis to the next level.

Here again is the discount page at OjaHerbal.org.

And here is a link to  MediCannaCon with all the details.

This event is brought to you by the Ojai Herbal Symposium and Sespe Creek Collective with the help of our sponsors: CannaSuperior and VC Reporter.

Hope to see you on May 4!

The Supermoon Sunset Nature Walk in March was a great success except for the clouds obscuring our view of the moonrise. So in the eternal quest for perfection, we're doing it again for the next full moon on Thursday, April 18, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Read more and register at this link.

Join me for an herb walk on the Ojai Meadows Preserve as part of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s “ All About Ojai” series. This interpretive walk will have an emphasis on edible and medicinal plants, those classified as “herbs” for their culinary and medicinal properties. 

You’ll learn to positively identify native plants in their natural habitats including those suitable for sustainable foraging. You’ll also discover their roles in the ecology of the area. 

The walk is timed with the OVLC’s annual  Native Plant Sale and we will visit the sale at the beginning of the walk to allow participants to make purchases.

Read more and register at this link.

James Adams, PhD, of USC School of Pharmacy published an outstanding article on medical cannabis that was picked up by Associated Press and republished far and wide.  Read it  here.

We are so fortunate to have this jewel of a garden right here in Ojai. Gardener/herbalist Carol Wade and I invite you to join us on Saturday, April 27, at  Earth Island Medicinal Herb Garden — miraculously spared by the 2017 fire — to appreciate the nature still standing, the resiliency of the natural world and of our human bodies, and the many ways plant medicine lends itself to whole body/mind health.

You will spend a lovely morning touring this East End jewel with the garden’s founder, herbalist Carol Wade, as your guide. Enjoy the beautiful vistas as you learn about how to grow and care for the many herbal allies that live among us.  Many of these gems are native.

We will gather a few for some of the herbal preparations we’ll be making in the afternoon. After our in-depth tour of the garden, we’ll break for lunch and reconvene at a downtown  kitchen for some herbal medicine making.

Read more and register at this link.