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; An Evening of Storytelling with the Herbal Elders

Rosemary Gladstar Rosemary Gladstar
Seed Sistas Seed Sistas
Nancy Turner Nancy Turner
David Winston 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 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 Flo Lavallie
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Herb Walk

TBD

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Keynote Panel

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

Dinner

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Herbal Parade

Seed Sistas 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

Morning Labyrinth Walk

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

Qigong

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

Yoga with the Trees

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

The Stories Our Faces Tell

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

The Alchemy of Story: Crafting Teas Infused with Personal Myth

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

Herb Walk

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

Mountains Speak in Many Languages

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

Friluftsliv, Nordic Cosmology and the Medicine of Belonging

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

Seaweed: Ocean Stories

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

Mushrooms, Lichen, Fern and Moss Walk

Robert Rogers Robert Rogers
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Lunch

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Tent 1

The Skullcap Sisters

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

Hydrosol Distillation

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

Entheogenic Herbalism: Ethics and Education

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

Eclectic Herbal Medicine

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

Documenting the Medicinal Plant Knowledge of Indigenous Cultures

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

Wild Medicine to Nourish and Heal the Body

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

The Living Materia Medica

Beverley Gray 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

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Morning Labyrinth Walk

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

Morning QiGong

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

Yoga with the Trees

Anita Murdoch Anita Murdoch
7:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:15 am Tent 1

Morning Welcome & Announcements

9:15 am - 10:45 am Tent 1

Medicinal Lichens: Indigenous Wisdom and Modern Pharmacology

Robert Rogers Robert Rogers
9:15 am - 10:45 am Tent 2

Synergies

David Winston David Winston
9:15 am - 10:45 am Demonstration

The Ancient Art of Rolling Herbal Incense Cones

Katolen Yardley Katolen Yardley
9:15 am - 10:45 am Herb Walk

TBD

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Tent 1

The Heart, Flower, Medicine and the Power of Attraction

Seed Sistas Seed Sistas
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Tent 2

All of OUR Relations

Tiffany Harper Tiffany Harper
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Demonstration

Held by the Land

Dr. Jacqui Wilkins Dr. Jacqui Wilkins
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Herb Walk

Wisdom of Trees

Beverley Gray Beverley Gray
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Tent 1

Setting up a CSH- things I wish I knew before I started

Bec McGuire Bec McGuire
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Tent 2

Frith & Flora: A Nordic Materia Medica of Protection, Repair, and Renewal

Elizabeth Moriarty Elizabeth Moriarty
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Demonstration

TBD

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Herb Walk

TBD

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Closing Circle

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Plant Walk

Plant Walk: The Energetics of Herbs, with David Winston & Patrick Kooyman

David Winston David Winston
Patrick Kooyman Patrick Kooyman
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Garden Walk

Edible and Medicinal Uses of Common Garden and Wild Plants with Rosemary Gladstar

Rosemary Gladstar Rosemary Gladstar
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm Tent 2

The Poison Plants Materia Medica and Magic with Seed Sistas

Seed Sistas Seed Sistas

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