Welcome to the Virtual Garden

Horner Park - 6/27/24

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

Free Subscriber Perks

Newsletter Access
Access to full Herbal Monograph Library
Access to select Courses
Access to all resources

If you would like to offer financial support for our Virtual Garden project to keep it growing and sustainable, feel free to sign up as a supporting member below.

Supporting members will be granted additional access to a dedicated online community of nature lovers, potion makers, and herbalists in the Chicago Region and beyond.

Supporting Member Perks

Everything in the 'Free Subscriber' tier, plus:
Access to all Online Courses
Access to dedicated online community
Able to comment on posts in the Virtual Garden
Supporting Greenspell to continue offering free and accessible herbal and ecological education and herbal products. :)

Become a Supporting Member