Herb of the Month Club is a monthly, in-person gathering designed to slow things down and deepen connection with medicinal plants through direct experience. Runs April through October 2026.
Each month, we focus on a single plant with an emphasis on local native species and plants that can be grown in our own gardens.—learning its traditional uses, how to identify it, how it grows, and how it has been worked with across different herbal traditions. Together, we explore Western Herbalism, Ayurveda, traditional uses, and folklore, while staying rooted in practical, everyday application.
Participants receive a seasonal herbal offering each month, which may include an extract, dried herb, oil, seeds, or other plant preparations, along with a detailed digital plant monograph. These monographs serve as a growing personal Materia Medica, offering clear guidance on plant uses, growing and wild harvesting, medicine making, and ways to build an ongoing relationship with each plant.
This is a hands-on, intuitive approach to herbalism—one that values listening, observation, and experience just as much as information. Whether you’re new to herbalism or have been walking this path for years, this circle is designed to meet you where you are.
Cost: $65 per month or $350 if you sign up for all 7 months
About the instructor: James Keskimaki
James began his formal herbal studies in 1999 at the California School of Herbal Studies under the guidance of renowned herbalists James Greene and James Snow and later attended the California College of Ayurveda in Nevada City. He is the founder of Ojas Naturals.
More recently James immersed himself in Plant Spirit Medicine with Scott Kloos at the School of Forest Medicine and followed a personal healing journey with the sacred medicine of the Siekopa’ai (Secoya), an Indigenous people of the northwestern Ecuadorian Amazon. His latest forays have been in the tea culture of Taiwan.