2026 Schedule – Canadian Herb Conference

2026 Vancouver Island Herb Gathering Schedule

Draft Schedule - Subject to Change.
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Florence Filberg Centre

Lessons from the Plants (Ticket Required)

Rosemary Gladstar
Seed Sistas
Nancy Turner
David Winston
11:00 am - 8:00 pm Welcome Desk

Registration

11:00 am -

Elixir and Tea Bar Opens

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Opening Circle and Orientation

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Tent 1

Focus on 50

Debra St. Claire
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Tent 2

TBD

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Demonstration

Personal Experience of an Elder

Flo Lavallie
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Herb Walk

TBD

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Keynote Panel

Rosemary Gladstar
Nancy Turner
David Winston
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Herbal Parade

Seed Sistas
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Dance Party

6:30 am - 10:00 am Welcome Desk

Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am Tent 2

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Joanna Finch
7:00 am - 8:00 am Pond

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Michel Duhaime
7:00 am - 8:00 am Herb Walk

Yoga with the Trees

Anita Murdoch
7:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:15 am Tent 1

Morning Welcome & Announcements

9:30 am - 11:00 am Tent 1

Plants for Healing, Medicinal Plants of the Indigenous Peoples of the Northwest Coast

Nancy Turner
9:30 am - 11:00 am Tent 2

The Stories our Faces Tell

Tiffany Harper
9:30 am - 11:00 am Demonstration

The Alchemy of Story: Crafting Teas Infused with Personal Myth

Mélanie Pulla
9:30 am - 11:00 am Herb Walk

Herb Walk

Seed Sistas
11:15 am - 12:45 pm Tent 1

Mountains Speak in Many Languages

Todd Caldecott
11:15 am - 12:45 pm Tent 2

Friluftsliv, Nordic Cosmology and the Medicine of Belonging

Elizabeth Moriarty
11:15 am - 12:45 pm Demonstration Area

Seaweed: Ocean Stories

Angela Willard
11:15 am - 12:45 pm Herb Walk

Mushrooms, Lichen, Fern, and Moss Walk

Robert Rogers
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Lunch

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Tent 1

The Skullcap Sisters

Katolen Yardley
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Tent 2

A Cup of Calm: Plant Allies that Help Us Weather the Storms of Life

Rosemary Gladstar
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Demonstration

Hydrosol Distillation

Anita Kalnay
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Herb Walk

Entheogenic Herbalism: Ethics and Education

Patrick Kooyman
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Tent 1

Eclectic Herbal Medicine

David Winston
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Tent 2

Documenting the Medicinal Plant Knowledge of Indigenous Cultures

Debra St. Claire
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Demonstration Area

Wild Medicine to Nourish and Heal the Body

Flo Lavallie
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Herb Walk

The Living Materia Medica

Beverley Gray
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Blanket Market: Sell, Swap, Give Away

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Tent 1

Social Visiting Time

8:30 pm - 10:30 pm Tent 1

Live Music