Holistic Health and Education Center
Since 2003, we have been offering free/ sliding scale herbal consultations and classes to our community. Our herbal gardens/ urban farm was founded in 2000. Our shop opened in 2008 and is open 5 days a week as a natural health/herbal resource for the community.
Urban and Rural Farming
Our little urban farm hosts a 1/4 acre of medicinal herbs, a greenhouse, composting systems, rainwater barrels and passive solar hot water.
In 2011 we purchased a 5 acre farm in West Greenwich, RI. This rural addition brings many more locally grown medicinal herbs, honey and more herbal education programs.
Herb Shop
The Farmacy herb shop is open:
Sundays 12am-5pm
Mondays 10am-5pm
Wednesdays 10am-5pm
Thursdays 10am-5pm
Fridays 10am-5pm
We carry a wide range of bulk dried herbs, herbal products, bottles, jars and books.
We grow lots of the herbs in our shop. Whatever we don't grow we get from Mountain Rose Herbs, a fair trade, organic distibutor.
We blend specific
formulas for Naturopaths and Holistic MDs.
Come on by to drink tea, volunteer
or check out our resource library.
We have books in our library about herbs, mushrooms, nutritional healing, trees, and much much more!
Click here to check out some of our products
Sliding Scale Herbal Clinic
Call us to make an appointment in our Sliding Scale Herbal Clinic. We are not doctors so we do not diagnose, prescribe or treat disease. We offer educational health consultations using herbs and nutrition to support health!
Ask for Emma!
Farmers Markets
Find us and our products at the following farmers markets weekly:
Hope Street Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9am-12:30pm, June-October. Lippitt Park, Providence, RI.
Casey Farm Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9am-12 pm, June-October, Casey Farm, Saunderstown, RI.
Wintertime Farmers Market, Saturdays 10am-1pm, November0May, Hope Artist Village, Pawtucket, RI.
Herbal Education and Training Program Level 1 (HEAT)
Our Herbal
Education and Training Program (HEAT) is as a series of classes and runs 2 times per year.
The summer program runs May-October and the Winter program runs November-February.
Class size is usually around 12 people.
The HEAT programs follows the seasons and activities vary depending on the time of year.
We cover:
Everyday
uses of over 30 plants
Organic gardening
and seed starting
Tincturing and
Herbal Formulation
Herbal Medicine
Making: Syrups, Salves, Linaments, Poultices, Infused Oils, Creams.
Herbal Terminology
Herbal First Aid
Natural Health/
Herbalism Consulting Skills
Nutritional Healing
Detoxification
Methods
Wild Fermentation Techniques
Dental Health
Immune Health
Endocrine Health
Our Summer 2011 HEAT class is full and we are accepting applications for our Winter 2011/12 Program (November-February).
Prices
$350.00- $1500.00 sliding scale
20% NON REFUNDABLE down payment to reserve a space.
Income= Price of program
$10,000 and under: $350 with work trade, 6 hours per week
$10,000-$20,000 per year= $500 with work trade, 12 hours per month
$20,000-$30,000 per year= $800 with work trade, 9 hours per month
$30,000-$50,000 per year= $1000 with work trade, 6 hours per month
$50,000 or more per year= $1500
We do accept partial
work trade and payment plans.
Click here for the upcoming Summer 2012 dates
Long Distance Herbal Education and Training Program
This program focuses on understanding and using Western Herbalism terminology, the how to of herbal product making, specific body systems and how herbs can support them and the laws/ regulations regarding herbalists.
Click here for more info on the Long Distance Herbal Education and Training Program
2012 Summer Intensive
This program is designed for the intermediate and advanced herbal student.
Our 2012 Summer Intensive brings in teachers from all over the country.
This program is a weekend program running from June 2012-October 2012.
Teachers and subject include:
Margi Flint, Face and Body Assesment, Dr. Jody Noe, Managing Chronic Disease & Common Themes Amoung Chemical Constituents in Medicinal Herbs, Larken Bunce, The Art of Intake, Mary Blue, Community Herbalist Training, , and the Practitioner Round table!
Click here for more info on schedule and guest teachers
Lil Sprouts Day Camp
This kids program, for kids 2-11, runs on Fridays, 9am-1pm, June-August.
Our sessions focus on holistic health, herbs and art projects.
Each class includes a hands-on herb/ garden project, games, plant id, and garden/social time.
This program is sliding scale. Call or come by for info on our 2012 programs!
2011 Kids Program
High School Internships
We work with students from The Met and School One in Providence.
Students work in our gardens and in our production kitchen along side
our practicing herbalists.
The program is focused on learning the art of herbalism, Teas, Tinctures,
Salves, Plant ID and more!
Call to find out more information or to get your school involved!
Care About Cancer Program
Jessica Gill, Summer of 2006
Our dear friend Jessica passed away of cancer on January 10, 2008 at the age of 33. One of her last wishes was to ask her community to donate to Farmacy Herbs (in place of flowers during her memorial). This gift from Jessica gave us enough money to build our health and education center.
Jessica's giving spirit is behind our project.
What is the Care About Cancer Program?
*This is program is purely educational, focusing on referrals to holistic Cancer Practitioners, and free herbs and supplements to low income cancer patients.
Live-in Apprentices 2013
We have live in internships available on our farm in 2013. Please give us a call for more information.
Herbalism Classes
We have herbal classes that we facilitate all over the state!
Garden Clubs, Universities, Hospitals, Land Trusts, Historic Sites, Botanical Centers, Non-profits, Natural Food Stores, Elemetary Schools, High Schools, Churches, Nursing Homes are just a few places where we have taught classes.
Each class lasts 2 hours or so.
Intro to Western Herbalism
Medicine Making: Salves, Tinctures, Syrups, Lip Balm
Tonics 101
Immune Health
Dental Health
Skin Health
Nutritional Healing/Detoxification
Winter Health
Herbal First Aide
Herbs for Kids (adult and kids programs)
Herbs for Stress and Anxiety
Pretty, Native and Medicinal
We do these classes by request at our space or yours!
Classes are taught by Farmacy Herbalists and always include a tea tasting!
Call or email for more information.
Community Supported Medicine (CSA)
The goal of our CSA is to promote herbal medicine and educate the
community on the everyday uses and benefits of the plants that are native
to our area.
We believe that through a healthy lifestyle, exercise and the everyday
use of herbs, we can support our bodies and avoid falling ill in the first place!
This CSA can start any time of the year!
6 months , a monthly pickup of:
*2 oz. of Seasonal Tinctures
*1 oz. of a Farmacy Salve or Infused Oil
*Bunches of seasonal fresh herbs
*5 ounces of your choice of Farmacy Tea, or a cutsom blend made for
just for you
*Description of herbs and their uses
1 Share: $250.00
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteering at Farmacy is for people who are interested in getting their hands dirty and learning more about organic gardening, herbalism and who are looking to be part of a supportive holistic community. Our volunteers commit to coming in to work 2-5 hours per week, 1-6 months at at time.
Vanessa Jones on volunteering with Farmacy:
"Farmacy Herbs has become a place to remember lessons and learn many more. It is a place that reminds me of the goodness in the world, a place that allows hope to shine through the fear of compliance to a way of life that suppresses the soul. And it manages to do this from a little patch of green surrounded by concrete."
