Welcome to the Virtual Garden

From the folks behind First Curve Apothecary and Greenspell, the Virtual Garden offers an ever evolving, online knowledge-base with a growing herbal monograph library, self-directed courses, and resources related to the study of herbalism, ecology, and herbal-medicine making of the Great Lakes Bioregion.

Intended for folks interested in diving deep into the plant and fungal life of the Great Lakes, particularly the Chicago Region. Essentially, I am working to create the knowledge-base I would have dreamed of having when I started learning about herbalism and ecology over a decade ago.

Newsletter Subscriber Perks:

While most articles are available for free on this website, there are a few sections on the website that are not publicly available and are offered as a thank you for being a subscriber to our newsletter. As a newsletter subscriber, you will have access to the full Virtual Garden, including:

• Newsletter Access
• Access to full Herbal Monograph Library
• Access to all Herbal Medicine Making How-To posts
• Access to all Resources
• Comment on posts in the Virtual Garden