Past Symposium Locations

Symposia History:

• 1st Annual: 1990. The Lloyd Library, Cincinnati, OH
• 2nd Annual: Herbalism – A Focus on Ecological Medicine May 31-June 6, 1991, Marriott Hotel, Boulder, CO
• 3rd Annual: May 1992, Mount Madonna, Watsonville, CA
• 4th Annual: Southwest Herbalism: A Growing Tradition August 27-29, 1993, Glorieta Baptist Retreat, NM
• 5th Annual: Contributions of Herbalism in American Health Care August 26-29, 1994, Buffalo Gap Camp for the Arts, Capon Bridge, WV
• 6th Annual: Rediscovering Our Roots Co-sponsored by Herb Fest August 18-20, 1995, Norway, IA
• 7th Annual: Envisioning a New Herbalism: Creating the Future. June 7-9, 1996, Boulder, CO
• 8th Annual: Integrating Herbal Medicine into American Health Care October 17-19, 1997, Cincinnati, OH
• 9th Annual: Clinical Herbalism – The Emerging Profession October 1-4, 1998, Seattle, WA
• 10th Annual: Back to the Future. August 4-8, 1999, Pocono, PA
• 11th Annual: Clinical Practice and Assessment Skills. October 20-22, 2000, Watsonville, CA
• 12th Annual: From Plants to Medicines: Honoring Our Relationship to Nature’s Pharmacy. November 9-11, 2001, Helen, GA
• 13th Annual: Comparative Medicine for Clinical Practice. October 11-13, 2002, Williams Bay, WI
• 14th Annual: Building Knowledge, Building Community. October 17-19, 2003, Albuquerque, NM
• 15th Annual: Herbal Medicine: Spirit and Science. October 8-10, 2004, Waterville Valley, NH
• 16th Annual: Treating Chronic Illness with Herbal Medicine. November 4-6, 2005, Portland, OR
• 17th Annual: Many Ways of Knowing: Evidence in Clinical Botanical Medicine. October 27-29, 2006, Boulder, CO
• 18th Annual: Beyond the Basics, Beyond the Books: Clinical Botanical Medicine in Real Life. October 26-28, 2007, Columbia, MD
• 19th Annual: Botanical Medicine in Oncology, Immunity, and Chronic Disease. October 24-26, 2008, Marriott Town Center; Redmond, WA.
• 20th Annual Oct 23-25, 2009: Herbal Medicine: New Possibilities for Primary Care: Hyatt Vineyard Creek, Santa Rosa, CA.  
• 21st Annual Oct 1-3, 2010 : The New American Herbalism: Exploring the Roots & Branches of our Herbal Heritage, Hyatt Regency; Austin, TX
• 22nd Annual Oct 21-23 2011: Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms can help save the world; Tradewinds Resort, Saint Petersburg, FL. 
• 23rd Annual: Synergy in Herbalism. The Herbs and the Herbalist. October 19-21, 2012. Seven Springs, PA. 
• 24th Annual: November 7th-10th, 2013 Celebrating the Abundance in Herbalism. River House, Bend, OR. 
• 25th Annual: Anniversary Symposium and Founders Reunion. Mental Health Track. November 6th-10th, 2014 Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA. 
• 26th Annual: Chronic Disease and Herbal Therapies Track. October 15-19, 2015. Granby, Colorado. 
• 27th Annual: Connecting to Our Roots: Infectious Disease Track. September 29-October 5th, 2016. Seven Springs, PA. 
• 28th Annual: Herbalism in Action. Action Based Herbalism Track. 2017. Virtual Symposium Track. Silverton, Oregon. 
• 29th Annual: Bioregional Herbalism. Bioregional Materia Medica in Clinical Practice Track. 2018. Virtual Symposium Track. Helen, GA
• 30th Annual: From Plants to People: The Art and Science of Clinical Herbalism. 2019. Virtual Symposium Track. Bethesda, MD
• 31st Annual: Stories that Heal: Narrative Herbalism in Practice. 2020. Online Symposium Experience
• 32nd Annual: Trauma-Informed Herbalism in Practice. 2021. Online Symposium Experience
• 33rd Annual: Energetic Principles in Herbal Medicine. 2022. In-Person and Online Symposium Experiences. Bethesda, MD
• 34th Annual: Preserving Herbal Legacies. 2023. In-Person and Online Symposium Experiences. Granby, CO
• 35th Annual: Medicinal Roots & Mushrooms. 2024. Online Symposium Experience.