Leah is the archetypal herbalist living at the edge of town with all the weird plants. Leah travels all over the continent learning about healing plants from many teachers. In 2013, Leah started the Trillium Center, an educational project offering hands-on and online experiences in herbalism, foraging, homesteading, folk arts, and disaster preparedness. Leah's background is in literary and health research, public health. She has an obsession with herbs, art, and culture. Get in touch, get involved, schedule an herbal assessment, or request an experience online or in your area.
"When I was studying for my degree in English literature and creative writing, I realized that I rarely felt good. And sometimes I felt really bad. I went to a doctor who said there was nothing wrong with me even though I could barely hold a pen to sign myself out. I realized I had to find another way. This is how I ended up on the green path."
Classes in Foraging, Wildcrafting, and Apothecary
Leah is inspired by folk traditions using plants as medicine for the body, mind, and spirit. Leah's programs emphasize self-reliance, compassion, resilience, and multiculturalism. Developing relationships is a vital aspect of healing whether those relationships are with the self, family and friends, the earth and all of its inhabitants.
Leah studied with dozens of teachers learning about plants from around the world. While studying for a masters degree in public health (MPH) she learned how to develop community programs. This led to the fusion of herbalism, education, folkways, and public health. The Trillium Center is a botanical sanctuary and school of natural healing arts at BLD farm in NE Ohio. Leah teaches herbal medicine to empower people as they enhance their natural abilities to heal through deep nourishment.
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