This is a communally-generated list of public-facing, free or sliding-scale NOTAFLOF herbalism and mental health projects!
I am not vouching for or endorsing any project in this directory. Please vet projects for yourself. If you find any broken links or incorrect/outdated information, please email mildewamyx(at)protonmail(dot)com (with updated info if possible).
!! This directory is a work in progress !! Please help out by adding a project or spreading the word!
Online
Nonmonogamy Chat (also IRL in Atlanta, GA) (Peer support group)
a virtual (and sometimes irl) peer-support group for people interested in, curious about, or practicing nonmonogamy.
Connect: Meetings second monday of each month. linktr.ee/nonmonogamy_chat for zoom link and email list!
More information: @nonmonogamy_chat on instagram
So-called United States
Mid-Atlantic
D.C
DC Mutual Aid Apothecary (Herb distro + clinic, education, community support & resources)
The DC Mutual Aid Apothecary (DCMA) is a community-based project that provides herbal products, education and healthcare access to an intergenerational community in Washington DC. Our mission is to connect our community to accessible plant medicine and education, reconnect to our ancestral plant knowledge while sharing herbal traditions and distributing free herbal products. We primarily do this through our community medicine making workshops and distribution pop ups as well as our cohort program training community herbalists.
Mailing list / Donate / follow on instagram @dcmutualaidapothecary
Southeast
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Herb Collective (Co-op, peer support, other: We coordinate and amplify local educational offering but don’t exclusively offer them)
Atlanta Herb Collective is a collective of herbalists, growers, and herb enthusiasts with values rooted in accessibility, mutual aid, and non -hierarchy. AHC formed with the goal of establishing a network of resources to address gaps in supply chains, strengthen local herbal infrastructure and in turn heal ourselves alongside the land. We have monthly meet ups that range from skill shares to planning meetings to medicine making.
Find events: @atlantaherbcollective on Instagram
Contact: Atlantaherbcollective@gmail.com
Additional info: We have no brick and mortar. Only language spoken is English. Our meetup locations, days of week and times vary and we try to include virtual options as well as accessible locations to the best of our ability.
Fleur + Forage Free Clinic (Herb clinic)
At the Fleur + Forage Mobile Herbal Clinic we believe that holistic healthcare is a basic need that needs to be accessible to everyone.
Through our monthly herbal clinic and additional pop-ups, we focus on providing care for marginalized populations in Atlanta and its surrounding neighborhoods. Our remedies consist of a mix of herbal preparations, supplements and foods. All the herbal remedies are made in house by several local herbalists, including apprentices and practicing herbalists. Alongside the herbal portion of the clinic, there is an acupuncturist, a massage therapist, a mental health practitioner (who offers mindfulness meditation and art therapy sessions) and Reiki practitioner. All services are offered free of charge to all participants.
Visit: Clinics every last Thursday of the month at Mercy Community Church (off of Ponce de Leon Ave and Charles Ave) from 10AM to 12:30PM, except for July. For more pop-ups look at website: www.fleurandforage.com/events
Additional info: We set-up outside, rain or shine (except if it is thundering than we cancel), there are a couple of volunteers who are fluent in Spanish and 1 person is fluent in French. There is plenty of parking in the parking lot or on adjacent streets.
Website / Donate / follow @fleurandforageatl
Pacific Northwest
Portland, OR
CALL BUBBIE (Peer support/resource network)
Call Bubbie is a community visit program in Portland, OR whose folks we work with are usually pre-crisis and post-crisis. We aim to help stabilize the person who is seeking our help through connecting them to appropriate forms of community support. The support types we focus on are primarily peer, non-carceral resources and assistance in navigating the disability system.
linktr.ee/bubbie_pdx