Sonoma County Herb Exchange
Preserving agricultural biodiversity and enriching community and land health by fostering support for organic herb growers and medicine makers through marketing and educational forums.
Grow herbs? Need herbs?
You are in the right place!
Welcome to the Sonoma County Herb Exchange.
We invite you to celebrate the seasonality of herb growing with us! We are a locally-focused clearinghouse, supplied by a diverse network of dedicated herb growers from Sonoma County and adjoining regions of Northern California. This allows us to offer you a broad availability of fresh herbs throughout the year.
Our growers share our dedication to sustainable, ecologically friendly growing practices. All follow organic methods; some are certified and some are not. Please specify if you require certified organic herbs. We specialize in fresh, hand-harvested, top quality, whole herbs and roots, often harvested the day we sell them. Our prices reflect the costs of small-scale, attentive, non-mechanized farming. We think you’ll agree that there is good value in supporting sustainable agriculture and small, dedicated growers.
We welcome your comments and suggestions, as well as referrals to prospective buyers and growers.
Sonoma County Herb Exchange
1720 Cooper Road, Sebastopol, CA. 95472
(707) 824-1447 herbexch@sonic.net
Open Tuesdays 2-5pm March-December
We offer a monthly newsletter with Herb Exchange updates including current and upcoming herb availability information. Click the link below to subscribe!
Sonoma County Herb Exchange membership is required in order to purchase herbs from the Herb Exchange. Click the link below for information.
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Interested in selling your fresh herb harvest through the Herb Exchange?
Contact BJ (SCHE Director) at
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We ask all buyers to support the Sonoma County Herb Association by becoming a member. SCHA membership is required for the purchase of herbs from the Sonoma County Herb Exchange
How to purchase herbs:
Herbs are generally purchased by pre-order (recommended) or by walk in at our location on Laguna Farm in Sebastopol (1720 Cooper Road). Walk in inventory is limited, so pre-ordering is highly recommended. Fresh herbs are cut to order and delivered to the Herb Exchange on Tuesday mornings for distribution.
Walk in Hours: 2-5pm Tuesdays or other days by arrangement.
Address: 1720 Cooper Road, Sebastopol, CA
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Currently available herbs can be ordered for pickup from our Laguna Farms location (1720 Cooper Road) on Tuesday of the following week. Please call or email your order by the Wednesday preceding your Tuesday pick-up. Shipping is generally available with an additional handling charge.
Herbs can also be pre-ordered for pickup when they become available.
Once you have a pre-order on file, you can feel free to update it throughout the season.
Pre-ordering is a very good way to make sure you get the herbs you want in your medicine cabinet or kitchen for the 2024 season, as SCHE operates on a first request, first provide basis. Sometimes, pre-orders completely deplete the inventory of certain herbs, so it is highly recommended that you pre-order your desired herbs as early as possible.
How to order/preorder:
To order, please send an email to herbexch@sonic.net with the following information:
Requested herbs (preferably listed in alphabetical order) by common name (if you know the botanical name, please include for the sake of clarity).
The part that you are looking for (leaf, root, berry, herb, bark, etcetera).
Whether you want fresh or dried. We will assume you want fresh herbs unless you specify dried.
The amount that you want of each herb. Please note we ask a minimum of 1/2 lb per fresh herb request.
EXAMPLE:
1 lb ASHWAGANDHA (Withania somnifera) ROOT, FRESH.
2 lbs ELECAMPANE (Inula helenium) ROOT DRIED
2 lbs NETTLE (Urtica dioica) HERB FRESH
Once your order has been reviewed, you will receive a call or email confirming availability. For pre-orders, you will be contacted near harvest dates to arrange pickup or delivery.
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Click here to view the 2025 Fresh Herbs Price List
For details on current herb availability, check the monthly Herb Exchange update posts Here.
You can also Click Here to subscribe to our Newsletter to receive the monthly herb updates in your email inbox.
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Click here to view the 2025 Dried Herbs Price List
Dried herbs are offered as available.
For details on current herb availability, check the monthly Herb Exchange update posts Here.
You can also Click Here to subscribe to our Newsletter to receive the monthly herb updates in your email inbox.
Newest SCHE update
In addition to learning by doing as an intern on the SCHE team, we also go on some educational outings. This photo shows some of the interns at our distillation outing with the amazing Susan Seitz.
Susan is a longtime and highly skilled distiller.
We appreciate that Susan graciously opens her home offering her time and skills to teach about distilling herbs.
Blessings on our collective medicine.
This is where hope lies.
