Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine

NEW DATE:March 29 – 31, 2019 at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona. 

Offering clinical lectures and desert herb walks for continuing education for naturopathic physicians and acupuncturists.

Begins with choice of optional field study or pre-conference intensive on Friday, March 29. The main conference is Saturday and Sunday. Full program will be announced in late November. Registration opens December 1.

Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium

May 31 – June 3, 2019 at Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, North Carolina

The retreat-like setting and the variety of presentations on herbal medicine offer the experience of stepping out of our busy lives to savor this weekend with the plants.

Continuing education credits offered for nurses, acupuncturists and naturopathic physicians. Basic symposium: 17.5 CE hours; more if Friday events are attended.

Begins with several optional Friday events to choose from on May 31. Speakers and topics to be announced in November. Check back for updates!

We hope you will join us for an herbal conference! These events are a great way to meet like-minded people and learn the latest information on botanical therapies for a variety of conditions.

Questions? Email us and we’ll be happy to help.

It’s been ten years since doctor, philosopher, teacher and author Bill Mitchell, ND passed away in the winter of 2007. We still miss his great sense of humor, his passion for the healing energies of plants, his unbounded knowledge of naturopathic clinical practice and his cosmic perspective on life and learning.  The player below offers an audio excerpt from a talk he gave at Medicines from the Earth in 2001, for your enjoyment and as our way of remembering a great friend and healer. It’s uncanny how this talk applies just as much today as it did 16 years ago!

For more information, and to listen to the audio of the conversation with Bill Mitchell: Continue reading