Samantha Grant
Samantha Grant (she/they) is a clinical herbalist, herbal educator, and medicine maker located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations, in so-called Loveland, CO. As a Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Bach Flower Essence Practitioner trained in the Vitalist Tradition, Sam is grateful for the community and the lineage of heart-centered herbalists and teachers who practice in the vitalist tradition, and is honored to study alongside them as a forever-student of the earth. Through maintaining her own continuing education and ancestral healing practices, Sam hopes to spread love and reverence for these traditions while also creating a safe and sacred space for her community to blossom and grow.
Sam supports clients in her private practice, Full Moon Medicinals, with holistic health and flower essence consultations. She also teaches classes on herbalism and medicine making, and provides apprenticeship opportunities for other budding herbalists embarking on their journey into learning herbalism and deepening their skills in the vitalist tradition. Sam is a Co-Steward for the Denver Herb Club, offering accessible workshops for the plant-curious community in Denver and beyond. Additionally, Sam is the co-founder of Streetside Care Collective, a mutual-aid organization in Denver offering harm reduction and a free herbal wound care clinic to the Denver community each Sunday.
Samantha has experience as the Clinic Director at Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism, where she was the principal case reviewer for the Clinical Herbalism program. She was also the program coordinator for the Fundamentals and Advanced Herbalism programs, where she was part of the teaching faculty and mentored students throughout their education with her expertise in clinical herbalism, advanced medicine-making skills, flower essences, formulation, research, and advanced clinical skills.
Samantha focuses on the ethics of anti-racism, trauma-informed care, harm reduction, gender-informed care, and anti-oppression in her mentorship and teaching, in an effort to meet each individual where they’re at in their healing journey and to provide students and practitioners with the skills to do the same for their communities.
Meghan Schardt
Meghan Schardt (she/they) is a certified clinical herbalist, flower essence practitioner, death & grief care worker, and writer located on Kalapuya land, in so called Eugene, Oregon. She studied under the lineage of Vitalist herbalism, with teachers Mary Barnes, Paul Bergner, Kat Mackinnon, Sheila Luna, and Lisa Ganora, amongst other skilled herbalists, and holds her certifications from Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism.
Meghan has extensive clinical training, study, and practice as a clinical herbalist. She actively engages in her own continuing education and runs her private practice and teachings through her business red fawkes apothecary. She is a forever student, humbled by the plants, her students, clients, and the Earth. As a clinical herbalist and teacher, she brings in her attention to detail, appreciation of each sense, curiosity, and deep listening.
Meghan loves to tend her garden, make medicines, regulate her nervous system with her sweet pups, and bathe in live music with her partner.
Her previous work was with the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism where she was the Flower Essence Clinic Program Director as well as a mentor and lead faculty within the Fundamentals, Advanced, and Clinic programs.