Please join me for a Native Plant Walk on the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC)’s Ventura River Preserve. as part of their ongoing “All About Ojai” Environmental Learning Series. The walk is Part 2 of a weekend event featuring Chumash elder Julie Tumamait-Stenslie.

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If you would like to support my educational mission while benefitting from the time and expertise I've put into compiling a one-of-a-kind bookstore on all things locally herbal and ethnobotanical, please consider doing some of your holiday shopping here.

We are pleased to present Jess Starwood, clinical herbalist and forager of wild medicine, in her first Ojai workshop. Jess is the owner of SunRaven Apothecary in Moorpark, California where she can be found brewing up herbal elixirs, teas and tonics, or leading group hikes, workshops and nature adventures. With her lifelong passion for nature and plants, Jess has studied natural health and herbal medicine for over 10 years and has a Masters of Science degree in Herbal Medicine from the American College of Healthcare Sciences in Portland, Oregon.

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Allow me to take this opportunity to thank all of you who made my 41st year of Herb Walks a success. That includes everyone who attended an event, those who took the time to share photos and feedback, or who spread the word to their friends and families.

Special thanks to my partners, collaborators, helpers, and co-presenters including my wife Rondia Kaufer, Jim Adams, Enrique Villaseñor, James Wapotich, John Warner, Pascal Baudar, Nathan Whitman, Richard Flowers, Larry Cooper, Lorenz Schaller, Sophia Wong, Vaughn Hirschkorn, the family of Milt McAuley, and all the folks at the Taft Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Public Library, Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center, and Citizens for Responsible Oil and Gas. It takes a village to support an herbalist. Thank you!!

As an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the prestigious University of Southern California, Professor James "Jim" Adams has been teaching pharmacy students, medical students, doctors and other healthcare professionals for over 25 years while researching the natural pharmaceutical compounds in native plants.

Jim was recently featured in a beautifully illustrated cover story in the School of Pharmacy’s magazine, Results. Here is a link to an online edition of the magazine. Advance to page 14 for the article “The Healing Power of Plants.” You may have to do a quick, free signup for the online viewing service.

Here is a link to my website's page of Links to Resources where you can scroll down to the sections entitled GROWING NATIVE PLANTS and NATIVE PLANT NURSERIES. Now is the time!