2025 Medicines from the Earth: Exhibitor Information

Symposium Information

Location: Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center
91 N Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina 28785

Lodging and Meals: Lodging and 6 meal packages start at $235/night  There are various lodging options to meet your needs.

Register for lodging and meals online. If you need Thursday night lodging or have any other lodging and meal questions, place call Lake Junaluska’s Reservation line at 800-222-4930.

Arrival: Exhibitor setup begins at 12:00 PM on Friday, May 16. Please come to the Lobby of Harrell Center at Lake Junaluska Conference Center to check in with Caitlin Maher, Director of Conference Operations. More details below.

Exhibitor Details

1. Please keep us informed if the names of your reps change. Extra reps (more than two) at the booth pay a special registration fee of $289.

2. Each exhibitor is is supplied with a 6′ rectangular table and two chairs in the hallway or a lecture room near the auditorium and classrooms. The table comes with 1 black tablecloth, but exhibitors should bring their own table drawings and coverings. 

3. Setup in the exhibit area is 12 PM-8 PM on Friday, May 16. The exhibit area is open during symposium registration, breaks and meals. Attendee registration begins at 5 PM on Friday and will take place in the lobby area. There will be a reception with music and snacks at 6:30 PM, so it’s a good idea to be set up by then. The last exhibitor break ends at 3:30 PM on Sunday, May 18.

4. Exhibitors are at their tables during breaks and meals to be available to attendees. You may want to bring an extra cloth to cover your exhibit when you aren’t there.

5. Prior to any large shipments, please notify Caitlin Maher so Lake Junaluska can be alerted. Please request “inside delivery” of boxes. Please do not deliver pallets of boxes, as Lake Junaluska does not have a lift of jack to unload them. Driver will be responsible for breaking down the pallet and moving the boxes to the storage area.

6. If you would like to ship materials to the symposium, they should arrive no earlier than Tuesday, May 13 or we will pay a storage fee at the event facility. Address your shipped materials to:

Medicines from the Earth / Herbal Educational Services
Attn: Elizabeth Burson
91 N. Lakeshore Drive
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745

7. The symposium is not responsible for lost or stolen articles and cannot ship goods back to exhibitors. All shipping after the event is the exhibitor’s responsibility.

8. All exhibitors will be set up in or around room 105 of the Harrell Center. You can view the map, here.

We thank you for your support of the annual Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium and look forward to seeing you there! Please email the Conference Manager at caitlin@botanicalmedicine.orgif you have any questions.

Additional Symposium Events

Optional Events: To add an event to your exhibitor/sponsor registration, please email the Conference Manager at caitlin@botanicalmedicine.org

Friday, May 16: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ethnobotanical and Native Plant Field Study ($79)
David Winston, RH (AHG)
Limit: 35 people

This field study has become a treasured annual institution at Medicines from the Earth. Join this perennial outdoor favorite for a day with David Winston examining the unique flora of the southeastern mountains and hearing stories of creation and the origin of medicine. Discover how the medicine, food and useful materials provided by the plants have nurtured the Native peoples and Appalachian settlers for millennia. Explore the healing power of the herbs, the water, the earth, the trees, and how you can make them a part of your life. This event fills every year, so please register early! Limit 35 participants.

CE NOTE: Application submitted to NCCAOM for 5 hours of continuing education credit for acupuncturists. Sorry, but OBNM and AAFP do not grant CME credits for herb walks and field studies.

Friday, May 16: 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Pre-symposium Intensive: Menopause as a Neuroinflammatory and Hormonal Event ($89)
Wendy Warner, MD, ABIHM, IFMCP

For a very long time, the focus around menopause has been hormone balancing.  This is important, but it misses so much!  Menopausal changes are instigated by hormone shifts, yes, but not confined to them.  Our brains re-wire themselves and our immune function goes into hyperdrive.  Both of these responses are driven by inflammation.  In our time together during this workshop, we’ll review the current science of menopausal changes, from brain chemistry (including our understanding of the genesis of hot flashes) to shifts in immune drivers and how to modulate all of it.  We’ll review the beauty of traditional forms of herbal therapies for the change and how they, without realizing it, often “covered” areas we now find as vital to women traversing this time.  We’ll also focus on additional avenues of balancing that will help women feel more themselves and avoid long term health outcomes.

Continuing Education Information

• Please sign up for CE when you submit your registration form ($29 additional fee for all CE).
• We offer CE, CME, CNE, PDA and CEUs through these approvals
• Credits issued for full or partial attendance
• Totals below will include attendance at intensives (pre and post)

NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS:

• Pending Approval by OBNM for up to 38.5 of which 12 can be pharmacy (total hours include attendance at Friday intensive)

NURSING PROFESSIONALS, MEDICAL DOCTORS, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS, ETC.:

• Pending Approval by AAFP: Up to 23.5 Prescribed Credits (total hours include attendance at Friday intensive)
  • AAFP is recognized by the ANCC as a provider of nursing continuing education for RNs, FNPs and other nursing professionals.

ACUPUNCTURISTS:

• Pending Approval by NCCAOM for up to 22 PDA Credits for live event only (includes attendance at Friday intensive)

A general certificate of attendance is available to any participant who requests it.