Rosemary Gladstar
herbalist
Rosemary Gladstar is an American herbalist, author and educator and known as "the godmother of modern herbalism."
Biography
Gladstar began her work in herbalism in California. In 1978, Gladstar founded the California School of Herbal Studies in Forestville, California, the oldest running herb school in the United States. In the 1980s, Gladstar co-founded the New England Women's Herbal Conference.
She moved to Vermont in 1987 and co-founded Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center and Botanical Sanctuary, a 550-acre botanical preserve in central Vermont. In the 2020s, it was incorporated into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and renamed as Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary.
In the 1990s, Gladstar started a home study herbal course. The course was later developed into the online course, Science and Art of Herbalism, which hundreds of students studied globally. Gladstar helped found the Northeast Herb Association in 1991.
In 1994, Gladstar founded United Plant Savers out of concern over the ecological sustainability of the herb trade; she serves as the Founding President of the Board of Directors of United Plant Savers. The organization has received several awards including the inaugural Steven Foster Award for Conservation and Sustainability from the American Botanical Council in 2022.
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