Saturday 1pm Plant Walk: Ethical Wildland Stewardship with Lauren Nichols-Sheffler
Saturday 1pm Plant Walk: Ethical Wildland Stewardship with Lauren Nichols-Sheffler
Ethical wildland stewardship invites us to move beyond using land and plants as resources and into thoughtful relationship with the places that sustain us. This workshop explores how cultivating respect, reciprocity, and awareness can guide both ecological care and the creation of meaningful herbal medicine.
We’ll discuss what it means to engage with wild and cultivated landscapes responsibly, including mindful harvesting, understanding plant communities, and working with season and place. Participants will also explore how intention, gratitude, and restraint shape ethical herbal practices, encouraging medicine-making that supports both human and ecological well-being.
This workshop is ideal for herbalists, gardeners, land stewards, and anyone seeking to develop deeper, more ethical relationships with land and plant allies.
Open to all levels.
Immersed in the verdant world of herbalism, Lauren Ann Nichols Sheffler blossomed at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism, where she earned her certificate in medical herbalism. Rooted in deep reverence for crafting herbal remedies with land and place, she champions bio-regional herbalism and reciprocal bonds between plants, people, and place. For seven years, Lauren has specialized in herbal distillation - hand crafting hydrosols from fresh plants and tending this ancestral art with precision and heart.
Her dedication to education and sustainability shines through guest teaching in community herbalism courses, teaching at CSCH, supporting the Sustainable Herbs Initiative, stewarding wild lands, and hosting community classes at her United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary in Denver, CO.
As Senior Sourcing & Purchasing Manager at WishGarden Herbs, she weaves her passion for ethical sourcing and botanical stewardship into every aspect of the supply network, cultivating a future where plants and people thrive together.