Leslie
Leslie Williams, Community Herbalist
Registered Herbalist, American Herbalist Guild
Certified volunteer Naturalist. Ohio
M.Ed. University of Georgia, Athens; Community Education and Instructional Design
Bicycle Mechanic Certification, United Bicycle Institute, Oregon
Lifelong herbal study. My family taught me the plants in the mountains in North Carolina and in the swamps and prairies of rural north Florida. I’ve studied Western-European herbal traditions, rural Southern USA folkways, Ayurveda and traditional Chinese herbal lore and have been a working herbalist for 40 years. Each of us has our own place and path in herbalism. This world needs more community herbalists.
Scientific research and folk traditions all matter. Currently, I am focused on teaching and mentoring others to be herbalists, and on exploring more and more local wild foods and medicinal plants. Tree medicine, herbal formulation, food and local plants are my current focus.
Pine Lake, GA