Our approach brings together the fundamentals of herbalism, botany, and ecology with meaningful interaction and practical experience.
Applications open for our 2025 program! The Arctos School of Herbal and Botanical Studies is a project of Gradey Proctor and Missy Rohs. We are forest lovers and gardeners, w**d whisperers and kitchen witches. We are as passionate about healing the planet as we are about healing people. We seek to connect people to the natural world in a holistic and vital way. Our community-based approach encoura
Today’s medicine making: Respiratory support syrup! Super fun.
06/07/2026
I’m leading a plant walk this afternoon in Montavilla! Pay-what-you-will-style, suggested $10-30, no one turned away for lack of funds. Meet me at 3pm in the little plaza at SE 79th/Stark! We’ll wrap up at 4:30. 🌱🌼
Tremendous thanks to for sharing her impressive herbal library with us! It was an honor to check out the books and treatises written for physicians, pharmacists, and herbalists of all stripes.
06/02/2026
Overlooked urban medicines are dreamy 🤩🌸🌿! Some recent sightings:
Borage - An uplifting flower that’s easy to grow, super fun to add to the dinner plate.
Mallow - One of the showiest w**ds you’ll ever see, and slimy in the best way!
Wild carrot - An excellent carminative, whether it’s super feral or a recent garden escapee.
Mullein - An oft-maligned w**d that’s a useful ally for wildfires, airborne chemical exposure, & colds.
Linden - Hiding in plain sight, a tree with heart-lifting flowers & an intoxicating scent.
Join us for an upcoming plant walk!
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05/30/2026
The first CSH share from Medicine Garden .medicine.garden was distributed yesterday! The Community Supported Herbalism subscription gets members a ton of fresh herbal goodness to make into food, medicine, or sometimes even garden plants 😍. This month featured remedies like California poppy, milky oats, spearmint, and chamomile (each bag was different, since subscribers can choose their herbs), and Gradey was giving out bonus content in the form of delicious garlic scapes 😋. It was super fun to chat with plant lovers as they picked up their bounty!
05/29/2026
A couple highlights from this week’s classes: Meeting (and squeezing!!!) milky oats on Thursday and going on a forest field botany walk on Wednesday. Bunchberry, huckleberry, and gooseberry were all representing.
Not pictured: Ethically wildcrafting and replanting an abundant native medicinal; Going in-depth with the kidney/urinary system, including UTIs; Discussing formulation with herbs, including giant snot balls in tinctures (and how not to make them!).
Many thanks to for the lovely forest shots!
Go on a walk! Each city block has cool medicinals growing where you can see, smell, and touch them. Here are a select few from tonight’s stroll. 🩷🌿