The Elderberry - Community Herbs and Healing

The Elderberry - Community Herbs and Healing Experience more vibrant health through connecting with the healing power of plants. Individualized formulas are based on the symptoms you’re experiencing.

We create both internal and external preparations utilizing our extensive herbal apothecary including loose herbs, extracts, powders and oils. We’re here to help you feel vital and connected to your life using herbal medicine. It can be confusing and overwhelming to figure out what would be the best herbs for your situation. Consulting with an herbalist focuses on treating you the person, not a collection of labels. We create both internal and external preparations utilizing our extensive herbal apothecary including loose herbs, extracts, powders and oils..

One of the most important skills you can cultivate for these times is the ability to drop down from your mind🧠 to your ...
02/08/2026

One of the most important skills you can cultivate for these times is the ability to drop down from your mind🧠 to your heart🫀with your consciousness.

We can think of no better way to spend Valentine’s Day than to create the world we want to see — a world with more love, more peace, more freedom — by letting our hearts lead the way.

This retreat will drop you right into your Heart through:
✨Ceremony with Sydney Batson and Meg Madden

🫀A special talk on The Heart as an Organ of Perception with beloved herbalist Kat Maier

🔮Astrological, tarot, and herbal themes for this winter and spring season with Sydney and Meg

🥘 A nourishing seasonal lunch (with gluten-free, vegan, and omnivore options)

🌬️A plant-spirit journey to anchor in your 2026 dreams and visions

Register at the link in our bio

Nina will join us on our first call, Monday, February 9th to share some of her mycology wisdom and answer your questions...
02/07/2026

Nina will join us on our first call, Monday, February 9th to share some of her mycology wisdom and answer your questions about Reishi.

There’s still time to join Herb of the Month Club and get access to our two live calls this month AND all of the recordings and monographs from the last 7 herbs we’ve covered.

Link in bio to join

More about NOURISH:NOURISH is based off of “Nourishing Traditions“ food ways, so it will discuss and promote animal prod...
02/02/2026

More about NOURISH:

NOURISH is based off of “Nourishing Traditions“ food ways, so it will discuss and promote animal products. That said, if you’re vegetarian or vegan, you can still benefit from this class. Natalie will discuss proper preparation of vegetables and grains, plus key principles that apply to anyone regardless of their specific diet.

The live class dates are subject to change with weather, but everyone will have access to the virtual live stream via zoom and the class recordings.

NOURISH is the first class in the Nourishment Class Series. Once a quarter, we’ll add to these foundational principles with topics like sleep, movement, and stress management.

This is a 2 part class: Class 1 is Monday, February 2nd. Class 2 is Monday the 9th.

Link in bio to register 🍽️

Closing early today because the roads have been icy at night, but we’ll be here til 4 for all of your herbal needs.
01/27/2026

Closing early today because the roads have been icy at night, but we’ll be here til 4 for all of your herbal needs.

Link above to redeem your soul 💀
10/31/2025

Link above to redeem your soul 💀

Meg as she prepares a shrub for one of the herbal mocktails we’re serving next weekend. This shrub is made from trifolia...
10/17/2025

Meg as she prepares a shrub for one of the herbal mocktails we’re serving next weekend.

This shrub is made from trifoliate orange, aka flying dragon, and it was gifted to us from the beautiful Mountain Run farm when we are at

Every aspect of this event is highly intentional, meant to serve as a microcosm of our mission and vision, a glimpse of the web we’ve been weaving behind the scenes 🕸️

There’s so much richness in just this one ingredient of this one mocktail. We could tell you a whole story about all the people, plants, and animals involved in getting this delicious citrus to us.

Next Saturday, we’re inviting you to step into our world, not just as an observer but as a participant. Each guest will bring a plant that will be transformed during the evening into a community hydrosol that we’ll all have as a physical reminder of the events’ liminal magic.

Link in bio to join us

This winter, when we get that annual 2 inches of snow that effectively shuts down the city…will your medicine cabinet be...
10/17/2025

This winter, when we get that annual 2 inches of snow that effectively shuts down the city…will your medicine cabinet be stocked and ready to go if you come down with case of the cold-weather blues?

Imagine opening your cabinet to a full shelf of herbal medicines:
🙅🏽‍♀️flu-fighting elderberry syrup
🍵 immune-boosting herbal tea
🍄‍🟫 dried mushrooms to simmer in your pot of bone broth
🫚 ginger for hot foot baths that’ll warm your whole body
💪🏽 warm salves to rub on cold, sore muscles.

Believe it or not, these remedies are pretty easy to make at home, and that’s exactly what you’ll learn in STOCKING YOUR WINTER APOTHECARY, a workshop by owner and herbalist Meg Madden.

She’ll show you how to stock your home apothecary with immune boosting preparations. You’ll learn how to make potent decoctions, delicious syrups, lung-opening steams, and topical oils and salves to stock up for the winter.

Expect detailed instruction so you can confidently make these medicines at home, plus several recipe sheets for inspiration.

Ready to register?

Well, with any donation to our current Fundraiser, you’ll get instant access to this class recording!

Head to the link above to donate and access the class.

Step into our world for an evening…Witness herbalism in action at the breathtaking Nautilus room at Farfields Farm. Head...
10/13/2025

Step into our world for an evening…
Witness herbalism in action at the breathtaking Nautilus room at Farfields Farm.

Head to the 🔗 for tickets and more info

🌬️

Late Summer is Goldenrod season.The saturated light distilled, spun, and wound around the stems of Solidago.As the summe...
09/03/2025

Late Summer is Goldenrod season.

The saturated light distilled, spun, and wound around the stems of Solidago.

As the summer progresses, we watch the blossoms’ colors deepen, become rich, bright, primary, and we can feel that as a harbinger of the turning of the season; things often intensify before change.

But also, before change, before the equinox, with the help of Virgo season and Goldenrod, we can organize, sort and file, boost our vital energy and tend our sore muscles for the transition into Autumn, into Libra season, and into the twilight of the year.

This month in Herb of the Month Club, we’re journeying with Goldenrod.

As usual, we’re learning by doing: sipping the tea, applying the infused oil to our skin, and observing it in nature.

There’s still time to join before our first live call this Monday, Sept. 8th. Link in bio to sign up.

Late Summer is Goldenrod season 🌼 The saturated light distilled, spun, and wound around the stems of Solidago ☀️ As the ...
09/03/2025

Late Summer is Goldenrod season 🌼

The saturated light distilled, spun, and wound around the stems of Solidago ☀️

As the summer progresses, we watch the blossoms’ colors deepen, become rich, bright, primary, and we can feel that as a harbinger of the turning of the season; things often intensify before change.

But also, before change, before the equinox, with the help of Virgo season and Goldenrod, we can organize, sort and file, boost our vital energy and tend our sore muscles for the transition into Autumn, into Libra season, and into the twilight of the year.

This month in Herb of the Month Club, we’re journeying with Goldenrod.

As usual, we’re learning by doing: sipping the tea, applying the infused oil to our skin, and observing it in nature.

There’s still time to join us. Our first live call is Monday, Sept. 8th. Link in bio to join us.

Herb of the Month Club prioritizes your unique relationship to plants. At the top of the month, you won’t receive much i...
06/27/2025

Herb of the Month Club prioritizes your unique relationship to plants. At the top of the month, you won’t receive much information about that month’s herb.

This is intentional, and encourages you to form your own understanding independent of what others – “experts“ or otherwise – have to say.

While you’ll receive plenty of information in the form of handouts about that month’s herb, we’ll release it at a slow drip.

Join Herb of the Month Club for as little as $12/month by heading to the link in our bio

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Charlottesville, VA
22901

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Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm

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The Elderberry is a community-based herbal apothecary where experienced herbalists will assist you in achieving better health and more vitality with one-on-one consultations, customized herbal preparations and interactive classes.

We’re here to help you feel more vibrant and connected to your life using the power of plant medicine. It can be confusing and overwhelming to figure out what would be helpful and appropriate for your situation. Consulting with an herbalist focuses on treating you, not a diagnosis, and yields an individualized formula based on the symptoms you’re experiencing. We create both internal and external preparations utilizing our extensive herbal apothecary including loose herbs, extracts and oils.

Wherever you are on that journey, we’ll be here to offer the support, guidance, and the empowerment you need to create a new balance in your life.