Moonwise Herbs

Overview

• Moonwise Herbs is a comprehensive herbal education, product shop, and workshop center focused on herbal healing, wildcrafting, nourishment, and bioregional herbalism, led by expert herbalist Linda Conroy.
• The overall atmosphere is nourishing, empowering, and deeply connected to nature, emphasizing personal transformation through plants, community gatherings, wild foods, and women’s herbal traditions for resilience, flexibility, and adaptability.

Features & Amenities

• Online shop with natural products including tinctures (e.g., Echinacea), infused oils, herbal creams, soaps, syrups, oxymels, vinegars, dry/fresh herbs, mushrooms, honey, beeswax, cultures, and books on herbalism and composting.
• Educational resources like Linda’s Herbal Living blog with recipes (e.g., wild greens pesto, nourishing infusions, herbal condiments), nutrition charts, and posts on foraging, fermenting, and seasonal herbalism.
• Event calendar featuring in-person and virtual workshops on herbal gift making, cheese making, bubbling beverages, plant walks, and multi-day herbal trips (e.g., Rock Island Women’s Herbal Trip).
• Apprenticeship programs with hands-on wildcrafting, garden connections, and herbal ally development.
• Testimonials section highlighting empowerment, community support, and spiritual growth from participants.
• Newsletter subscription for recipes, event updates, and insider herbal tips.

Services

• Workshops & Events: Herbal gift making, cheese making, fermenting, plant ID walks, wild edibles, permaculture basics, maple sugaring, cheese making series, women’s wellness days, and custom group workshops (e.g., 4-Week Seasonal Herbal Series, Herbs for Winter Health).
• Apprenticeships: 8-Week Seasonal Weekly (spring/summer/fall), 8-Month Wild Food & Wild Medicine, One-Year Virtual Village Herbal Apprenticeship for Women.
• Consultations: Schedule herbal consultations with Linda.
• Custom Bookings: Linda available to lead workshops, speak, or teach topics like bioregional herbalism, foraging, and home cheese making.
• Online Courses: Enroll in herbal learning programs.
• Product Customization: Tinctures, salves, lotions, and more; contact for availability.

Pricing

• Products: Echinacea Tincture $9.00 (1-4 oz options); books like Community-Scale Composting Systems $59.95, Your Baby’s Microbiome $19.95, Healing Wise $17.95.
• Gift Cards: $25-$200 eGift options.
• Apprenticeships & Programs: Applications open (e.g., Financial Road Map course was $2,000 for 4 months; specific pricing via sign-up links).
• Workshops: Pricing not listed directly; sign up via calendar links (e.g., From the Garden: Herbal Gift Making at Olbrich Botanical Gardens).
• Note: Many events and products require registration; contact for custom quotes.

Location & Hours

• Primary Base: Albion, WI, USA (Moonwise Herbs Homestead); events across Wisconsin including Madison (Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Willy Street Co-op), Edgerton (Silverwood Park), Plymouth (Community Ed & Rec), Rock Island.
• Virtual Options: Zoom-based apprenticeships and courses accessible worldwide.
• Operating Hours: Event-specific (e.g., Dec 6, 2025: 10 AM–4 PM; Dec 7, 2025: 1–5 PM or 6–9 PM); apprenticeships like Wednesdays 9 AM–5 PM or monthly weekends April–October. Full calendar at moonwiseherbs.com/calendar; no standard business hours listed.

Notes

• What makes Moonwise Herbs special: Founded by Linda Conroy, a renowned herbalist, educator, permaculture designer, doula, and conference founder (Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, Mycelium Mysteries), with a focus on women’s herbal journeys, wild/local foods, bioregional sustainability, and holistic nourishment.
• Emphasizes hands-on wildcrafting, relationship with plants, and nutrient-dense wild edibles over commercial herbs; promotes fermentation, infusions, and ethical foraging.
• Unique programs like year-long virtual apprenticeships build deep herbal wisdom; strong community testimonials praise empowerment and surprises in personal/spiritual growth.
• Integrates permaculture, mycology, and traditional skills (e.g., grafting, beekeeping); shop supports local/wild harvesting for potency and relationship-based medicine making.