Fresh Herbs of Fall 2025

Perfection is a yardstick by which everything else falls short.

                                                  ~ Rebecca Solnit

Greetings Beloved Community!

This is that time of the year when we are betwixt and between the season of aerial parts and the get some rest root season. This being said, we happy to offer the following fresh herbs… some available now, some available in the next short while

With gratitude for all the elements and elemental beings that bring us grace in the form of medicine:

ANGELICA ROOT (Angelica archangelica)*                coming soon

ASHWAGANDHA ROOT (Withania somnifera)          coming soon

BAY LAUREL LEAF (Laurel nobolis)

BURDOCK ROOT (Arctium lappa)                               coming soon

CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

COMFREY LEAF (Symphytum officinale)                    last call

COMFREY root (Symphytum officinale)                     coming soon

ECHINACEA ROOT (Echinacea purpurea)*                 coming soon

ELECAMPANE ROOT (Inula helenium)                        coming soon

GINKGO LEAF (Ginkgo biloba)*

HAWTHORN BERRY (Crataegus spp.)

HORSERADISH ROOT (Armoracia rusticana)

LEMON BALM (Melissa officinalis)                            last call
MARSHMALLOW ROOT (Althaea officinalis)*           coming soon

MULLEIN LEAF  (Verbascum thapsus/olympicum)

NETTLE HERB (Urtica dioica)                                      last call

NETTLE ROOT  (Urtica dioica)                                     coming soon

PASSIONFLOWER (Passiflora caerulea, P. incarnata) last call

PLANTAIN LEAF (Plantago lanceolata/major)

POKE ROOT (Phytolacca Americana)                         coming soon

ROSE HIPS  (Rosa rugosa & spp.)*

ROSEMARY HERB (Rosmarinus officinalis)

ROSE GERANIUM HERB (Pelargonium graveolens)   last call

TULSI VANA  HERB (Ocimum gratissimum)

TURMERIC ROOT (Curcuma longa)                             coming soon

VALERIAN ROOT (Valeriana officinalis)*                   coming soon

VITEX, BERRY (Vitex agnus-castus)                             coming soon

YELLOW DOCK ROOT (Rumex crispus)                       coming soon

*limited amounts available

Thanks for supporting your local growers who offer medicinal herbs grown according to organic protocol. You are making a difference with each purchase.
When placing a request for herbs, please specify the plant part as noted in the above offerings: flower tops, herb, leaf/flower, whole plant, etcetera; and the amount you want per herb (we ask 1/2 lb minimum per fresh herb request).
We will assume you want fresh herbs unless you specify dried.
Please note that dried herbs are offered as available.
Please have your requests in by Wednesday, for pick up or delivery the following Tuesday, given the parameters we have in place, as we are a first request, first provide operation.
If you have placed a pre-order, your requests will be filled first.
We are asking all buyers to support the overseeing non-profit entity the Sonoma County Herb Association, by being a member. If the Association goes away, so does the Herb Exchange. Basic membership is $35 for the year.
You can join online here: https://www.sonomaherbs.org/membership

You can also ask for a membership form and we will gladly offer it up in an email or when you come in to pick up your herbs. It’s pretty straight forward.
We appreciate your ongoing support. Thank you.

The most common way for people to give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.                                                            ~ Alice Walker                           

In community

~Barbara Jean (BJ) Avery, Director