Annual Wisdom of Herbs Gathering 2026

I am elated to be part of this annual Wisdom of the Herbs Gathering along with 5 other extraordinary herbal educators from our region! This is a 2-day collaborative, experiential & immersive gathering to deepen our relationship with local plants.

There is a difference between studying herbs and meeting them in their native soil. The Wisdom of Herbs Gathering is a two-day immersive herbal experience held on the land at Wellspring Ranch in Southwest Colorado. This is not a lecture-style conference. It is an intimate learning circle rooted in direct relationship with plants, teachers, and community. We gather in the mountains to walk the land, identify native medicinal plants, craft medicine together, and weave ancestral wisdom with modern clinical insight.

What This Weekend Includes:

• Guided plant identification walks in native terrain
• Ethical wildcrafting practices
• Fresh and dried herbal medicine making
• Clinical perspectives from Naturopathic Doctors
• Mycology and wild food exploration
• Sacred community circle

Meet the 2026 Teaching Circle

 Katrina Blair — Founder of Turtle Lake Refuge and author of The Wild Wisdom of Weeds, bringing decades of wild food and land regeneration wisdom.

 Deb Buck — Community herbalist with 23+ years honoring plant medicine through relationship and reciprocity.

 Dr. Nicola Delhinger — Board-certified Naturopathic Doctor integrating root-cause medicine and plant intelligence.

 Brady Wilson — Herbal medicine maker, wild forager, mushroom educator, and sacred space creator.

 Anna Marija Helt, PhD — Mycoherbalist and microbiologist bridging science and plant wisdom.

 Dr. Aaylah Wellspring — Founder of the Wisdom of Herbs Gathering, Naturopathic Doctor, and herbal educator devoted to preserving plant knowledge and reconnecting humans with their plant relatives.

 Who This Is For

• Herbalists wanting deeper field experience
• Practitioners seeking plant-based clinical insight
• Homesteaders and wildcrafters
• Those feeling called back into relationship with the land

I am excited to offer 2 classes as part of this experience:

The Magic of Poulticing: Prickly Pear for Natural First Aid with Deb Buck

Join Deb for a hands-on exploration of Prickly Pear as a powerful natural first aid ally. You will learn the incredible potential of this desert plant for supporting the body during common injuries and acute situations.Participants will learn how to properly prepare and apply a fresh plant poultice, when it is most appropriate to use this traditional preparation, and how it can support a variety of first aid scenarios such as inflammation, irritation, and minor injuries.This class offers practical knowledge you can take home and use right away, while deepening your appreciation for the healing potential of the plants growing all around us.

Medicinal Plant Walk: Meeting Our Plant Relatives with Deb Buck

Join Deb for a guided plant walk rooted in animism, designed to kindle a deeper connection with the plant relatives of Southwestern Colorado.This experiential walk weaves together plant identification, medicinal qualities, storytelling, and plant communication practices. Through direct participation, sensory awareness, and embodied presence, participants will begin cultivating meaningful relationships with the living plants around them.Rather than simply learning about plants, this walk invites us to experience the plants as teachers, allies, and living beings within the ecosystem we share.