Midwest Women's Herbal Conference & Events

About Us

Midwest Women's Herbal Mission Statement

Midwest Women's Herbal provides herbal education and opportunities for transformation. Immersed in the tradition of the village herbalist, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters, and children gather in a co-created village. Through earth-centered healing and nourishment we ally with the plants that grow around us. From the ground up we connect to weave ourselves, our families, and our communities into the dynamic spiral of health.

Midwest Women's Herbal Vision Statement

We live in a world where the feminine is honored and respected; where women stand fully in their power, acknowledging their wisdom, skills and innate healing abilities.

It takes a village….Here are the talented, dedicated women who are already working behind the scenes to weave the container, holding the possibilities for your conference experience. Now we just need YOU! Anything is possible when you co-create women's spaces and learning opportunities with your sisters and friends.

Linda \| Core Team & Founder Linda Conroy, MSS, MLSP is a Bioregional Herbalist, Educator and Community Organizer. Inspired by the plants and the feminine, she is the founder of Moonwise Herbs, Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, & Mycelium Mysteries. Linda has apprenticed with and studied with world-renowned herbalists and is a life long learner. Her passion is herbal nourishment through Wild food/Wild medicine, Community and Women’s Mysteries.	Markie \| Website Designer Markie is honored to be supporting MWH with website design. Markie feels at home in the plant world, and has been on an herbal learning journey, including a transformative apprenticeship with Linda Conroy, since 2015 (Thanks, Linda!). She loves discovering wisdom and magic in the world via travel & communing with plants, creating whimsical gardens, and running her marketing company focused on supporting local & women-owned businesses, Good Land Creative.	Shari \| Programming Coordinator Shari grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Chicago at the age of 23. After 18 years in the construction industry, she opened Peaceful Parlour. Shari first attended the Conference in its 2nd year along with her then 5 year old son. She was inspired to become a vendor, sponsor and was inducted as a Green Witch by Susun Weed. She apprenticed with Linda Conroy for 3 years, fell in love with botany and developed a desire to support women's spaces. She loves to wildcraft, hike and travel.
Carrie \| Coordinator Carrie was born in Indiana and moved to Eastern Kentucky in 2002. Always loving nature and plants, it was just a matter of time before she started studying them. Becoming a member of the Kentucky Herbal Alliance forged relationships with other herbalists. She has worked on mushroom farms and taken some herbal classes to help her knowledge of nature. Living on 18 forested acres, she raises her food and medicine on her land. She loves to learn and teach.	Courtney \| Coordinator Courtney is a mother, aspiring herbalist, gardener and nature lover. She has a long history of working with animals and on farms. Through this, she has found a loving connection to herbal medicine and herbal cultivation. She feels most alive when dancing, creating, and crafting. She is so excited to join the MWHC team and be a part of this wonderful community.	Whin \| Coordinator I've had numerous and varied jobs throughout my working career from sales, teacher, wilderness instructor, cannery worker in Alaska, woodworker and nurse, just to name a few. But throughout my life, plants, gardening, being in the outdoors has been my sanctuary, my stabilizer, my nurturer. As I continue to explore and learn more about the living plant life around me, I'm in awe of their complexities and abundant purposes; from nutrition, crafting, spiritual and supporting the environment.
Andrea \| Coordinator Andrea Novotney, M.Ed. tends the Great Turning Catholic Worker Farm with her husband and their 3 boys. She strives to build community through song, clear communication, and enthusiasm for life. She is always exploring new ways to weave together music, education, activism, health, scientific knowledge, and nourishment.	Amanda \| Coordinator In the outer world, Amanda hugs trees, forages sustainably, practices/teaches Morning Altars, and hosts retreats/rituals in the Wheel of the Year tradition. In inner landscapes, she shares Trauma Informed Resilience Focused Somatics, Aerial Yoga and Ayurvedic practices to weave together a Holistic Esthetics practice she lovingly shares as Sacred Soma Selfcare, tending to the impacts of unresolved trauma by returning to the resonance of the natural world.	Stephanie \| Coordinator Stephanie Baumann is a plant-loving, gardening, and wild foraging Community herbalist. She leads plant walks, teaches medicine making classes, and is also the owner of Sweet Earth Botanicals in Milwaukee. She is a lifelong student of herbal medicine and is passionate about developing relationships with the plants that grow outside her door. Her journey began in 1996 studying Botany and Environmental Education and progressed to studying with 7Song at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine.
Miriah \| Photographer Miriah is an herbalist currently living in Southwest Colorado and owner of Gypsy Miriah Botanicals. Miriah has always had a close relationship with plants growing up on a farm and ranch in North Dakota. Miriah also teaches yoga, is an avid snowboarder, and a co-host for two different podcasts: Poppy's Field Podcast & Mystic Mamas. Miriah formerly was a core volunteer for Herbalists Without Borders as the newsletter editor for 9 years.	Barb \| Coordinator Barb is a hobby herbalist and aspiring homesteader from central WI. She has a 6-acre homestead that is ever changing with a perennial herb garden, raised beds for canning and freezing, raising her own poultry and rabbits to this year adding a permanent orchard. She loves to spend time doing anything fiber related. Through massage therapy, she was introduced to holistic living and continues to spend her time learning about plant regenerative farming and how it all works with the body systems.	Savannah \| Marketplace Coordinator I’m Savannah. I’m helping with Marketplace Coordinating this year. I first came to the Herbalist Conference when I was 12, and it’s been such a special part of my life ever since. I’m a beginner herbalist who loves plants, women-led spaces, and helping support this amazing community however I can.
Kathryn \| Coordinator Kate is an organic vegetable farmer trained at MSU’s Organic Farmer Training Program. She’s managed and owned farms in IL and MI, focused on healthy soil as the foundation of life. Since 2018, she’s explored herbalism, foraging, and native perennial systems. In 2023, she co-founded Nettle Curbside Compost in Rockford, IL, stewarding land with Jessie. She’s passionate about community, reciprocity, aligning with our plant and animal relatives, and the community and vision of the MWHC.	Sandy \| Moonwise Team Sandy is from Janesville, WI and has two sons. She is attending the Herbalist Apprenticeship program with Linda Conroy, and mushrooms have really caught her interest. She wants to learn more about how to use them and their health benefits. She is looking forward to learning how to identify them, forage them in the forest and grow them at home. Her journey has just begun and she looks forward to seeing where it leads her.	Nicole \| Coordinator Nicole Vielleux has been a student of the plants since 2012. She loves to travel to amazing places where she can be surrounded by breathtaking nature and be with the plants, animals, and insects. She also surrounds herself with plants in her home. She did an herbal apprenticeship with Linda Conroy, which led her to working for the MWHC in an apprenticeship for her MA in Women's Spirituality. She lives in Milwaukee, has 2 amazing children, and works at the downtown central library.
Kate \| Coordinator Kate is from NW IL. Her joy is tending the garden, cyclical and sustainable living, and dancing with the plants. She stays busy as owner and Director of Operations at Full Circle Cafe & Collective, a locavore themed, organic, sustainable minded cafe and education hub. Her mother business, Eclectic Kate LLC seeks to connect people with nature and cyclical living through somatic practices, workshops, food, natural self care products, and authored texts.	Veronica \| Coordinator Veronica is the founder of Gifting Grove, a nonprofit putting the gift economy into practice to create ways of living that are inherently sustainable and joyful. She holds a BS in User Experience and an MA in Sustainable Design from MCAD and is based in the Twin Cities, MN. Veronica is a gift-giver artist who enjoys working with plant-based pigments and secondhand materials to create meaningful gifts for others.	Mary \| Coordinator I was born and raised in Nebraska in a small town. My parents were raised on a farm. At a young age I was always outside and felt calm around nature, especially trees. I moved to Wisconsin with my family in my early thirties. I’m a Mother & Grandmother. I have done various jobs in my life. My passion is bringing light to others. As a triple Virgo, caretaking , cleanliness, nutrition and seeing others happy in life are what I am focused on these days. I am honored to be a part of this community.
Shelby \| Coordinator Shelby was born on the Gulf Coast of Florida and later moved to Wisconsin, where she began her healing journey at 25. During the pandemic, she turned to nature, studying herbalism along with wild mushroom and plant identification. She now runs Fun Guy Farm in Eau Claire, WI, crafting medicinal tinctures and mushroom-based products. Passionate about learning and growth, Shelby is excited to share her work and connect with others through this event.

Linda \| Core Team & Founder Linda Conroy, MSS, MLSP is a Bioregional Herbalist, Educator and Community Organizer. Inspired by the plants and the feminine, she is the founder of Moonwise Herbs, Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, & Mycelium Mysteries. Linda has apprenticed with and studied with world-renowned herbalists and is a life long learner. Her passion is herbal nourishment through Wild food/Wild medicine, Community and Women’s Mysteries.	Markie \| Website Designer Markie is honored to be supporting MWH with website design. Markie feels at home in the plant world, and has been on an herbal learning journey, including a transformative apprenticeship with Linda Conroy, since 2015 (Thanks, Linda!). She loves discovering wisdom and magic in the world via travel & communing with plants, creating whimsical gardens, and running her marketing company focused on supporting local & women-owned businesses, Good Land Creative.	Shari \| Programming Coordinator Shari grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Chicago at the age of 23. After 18 years in the construction industry, she opened Peaceful Parlour. Shari first attended the Conference in its 2nd year along with her then 5 year old son. She was inspired to become a vendor, sponsor and was inducted as a Green Witch by Susun Weed. She apprenticed with Linda Conroy for 3 years, fell in love with botany and developed a desire to support women's spaces. She loves to wildcraft, hike and travel.
Carrie \| Coordinator Carrie was born in Indiana and moved to Eastern Kentucky in 2002. Always loving nature and plants, it was just a matter of time before she started studying them. Becoming a member of the Kentucky Herbal Alliance forged relationships with other herbalists. She has worked on mushroom farms and taken some herbal classes to help her knowledge of nature. Living on 18 forested acres, she raises her food and medicine on her land. She loves to learn and teach.	Courtney \| Coordinator Courtney is a mother, aspiring herbalist, gardener and nature lover. She has a long history of working with animals and on farms. Through this, she has found a loving connection to herbal medicine and herbal cultivation. She feels most alive when dancing, creating, and crafting. She is so excited to join the MWHC team and be a part of this wonderful community.	Whin \| Coordinator I've had numerous and varied jobs throughout my working career from sales, teacher, wilderness instructor, cannery worker in Alaska, woodworker and nurse, just to name a few. But throughout my life, plants, gardening, being in the outdoors has been my sanctuary, my stabilizer, my nurturer. As I continue to explore and learn more about the living plant life around me, I'm in awe of their complexities and abundant purposes; from nutrition, crafting, spiritual and supporting the environment.
Andrea \| Coordinator Andrea Novotney, M.Ed. tends the Great Turning Catholic Worker Farm with her husband and their 3 boys. She strives to build community through song, clear communication, and enthusiasm for life. She is always exploring new ways to weave together music, education, activism, health, scientific knowledge, and nourishment.	Amanda \| Coordinator In the outer world, Amanda hugs trees, forages sustainably, practices/teaches Morning Altars, and hosts retreats/rituals in the Wheel of the Year tradition. In inner landscapes, she shares Trauma Informed Resilience Focused Somatics, Aerial Yoga and Ayurvedic practices to weave together a Holistic Esthetics practice she lovingly shares as Sacred Soma Selfcare, tending to the impacts of unresolved trauma by returning to the resonance of the natural world.	Stephanie \| Coordinator Stephanie Baumann is a plant-loving, gardening, and wild foraging Community herbalist. She leads plant walks, teaches medicine making classes, and is also the owner of Sweet Earth Botanicals in Milwaukee. She is a lifelong student of herbal medicine and is passionate about developing relationships with the plants that grow outside her door. Her journey began in 1996 studying Botany and Environmental Education and progressed to studying with 7Song at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine.
Miriah \| Photographer Miriah is an herbalist currently living in Southwest Colorado and owner of Gypsy Miriah Botanicals. Miriah has always had a close relationship with plants growing up on a farm and ranch in North Dakota. Miriah also teaches yoga, is an avid snowboarder, and a co-host for two different podcasts: Poppy's Field Podcast & Mystic Mamas. Miriah formerly was a core volunteer for Herbalists Without Borders as the newsletter editor for 9 years.	Barb \| Coordinator Barb is a hobby herbalist and aspiring homesteader from central WI. She has a 6-acre homestead that is ever changing with a perennial herb garden, raised beds for canning and freezing, raising her own poultry and rabbits to this year adding a permanent orchard. She loves to spend time doing anything fiber related. Through massage therapy, she was introduced to holistic living and continues to spend her time learning about plant regenerative farming and how it all works with the body systems.	Savannah \| Marketplace Coordinator I’m Savannah. I’m helping with Marketplace Coordinating this year. I first came to the Herbalist Conference when I was 12, and it’s been such a special part of my life ever since. I’m a beginner herbalist who loves plants, women-led spaces, and helping support this amazing community however I can.
Kathryn \| Coordinator Kate is an organic vegetable farmer trained at MSU’s Organic Farmer Training Program. She’s managed and owned farms in IL and MI, focused on healthy soil as the foundation of life. Since 2018, she’s explored herbalism, foraging, and native perennial systems. In 2023, she co-founded Nettle Curbside Compost in Rockford, IL, stewarding land with Jessie. She’s passionate about community, reciprocity, aligning with our plant and animal relatives, and the community and vision of the MWHC.	Sandy \| Moonwise Team Sandy is from Janesville, WI and has two sons. She is attending the Herbalist Apprenticeship program with Linda Conroy, and mushrooms have really caught her interest. She wants to learn more about how to use them and their health benefits. She is looking forward to learning how to identify them, forage them in the forest and grow them at home. Her journey has just begun and she looks forward to seeing where it leads her.	Nicole \| Coordinator Nicole Vielleux has been a student of the plants since 2012. She loves to travel to amazing places where she can be surrounded by breathtaking nature and be with the plants, animals, and insects. She also surrounds herself with plants in her home. She did an herbal apprenticeship with Linda Conroy, which led her to working for the MWHC in an apprenticeship for her MA in Women's Spirituality. She lives in Milwaukee, has 2 amazing children, and works at the downtown central library.
Kate \| Coordinator Kate is from NW IL. Her joy is tending the garden, cyclical and sustainable living, and dancing with the plants. She stays busy as owner and Director of Operations at Full Circle Cafe & Collective, a locavore themed, organic, sustainable minded cafe and education hub. Her mother business, Eclectic Kate LLC seeks to connect people with nature and cyclical living through somatic practices, workshops, food, natural self care products, and authored texts.	Veronica \| Coordinator Veronica is the founder of Gifting Grove, a nonprofit putting the gift economy into practice to create ways of living that are inherently sustainable and joyful. She holds a BS in User Experience and an MA in Sustainable Design from MCAD and is based in the Twin Cities, MN. Veronica is a gift-giver artist who enjoys working with plant-based pigments and secondhand materials to create meaningful gifts for others.	Mary \| Coordinator I was born and raised in Nebraska in a small town. My parents were raised on a farm. At a young age I was always outside and felt calm around nature, especially trees. I moved to Wisconsin with my family in my early thirties. I’m a Mother & Grandmother. I have done various jobs in my life. My passion is bringing light to others. As a triple Virgo, caretaking , cleanliness, nutrition and seeing others happy in life are what I am focused on these days. I am honored to be a part of this community.
Shelby \| Coordinator Shelby was born on the Gulf Coast of Florida and later moved to Wisconsin, where she began her healing journey at 25. During the pandemic, she turned to nature, studying herbalism along with wild mushroom and plant identification. She now runs Fun Guy Farm in Eau Claire, WI, crafting medicinal tinctures and mushroom-based products. Passionate about learning and growth, Shelby is excited to share her work and connect with others through this event.

Midwest Women's Herbal

About Us

Midwest Women's Herbal Mission Statement

Midwest Women's Herbal Vision Statement

Linda | Core Team & Founder

Markie | Website Designer

Shari | Programming Coordinator

Carrie | Coordinator

Courtney | Coordinator

Whin | Coordinator

Andrea | Coordinator

Amanda | Coordinator

Stephanie | Coordinator

Miriah | Photographer

Barb | Coordinator

Savannah | Marketplace Coordinator

Kathryn | Coordinator

Sandy | Moonwise Team

Nicole | Coordinator

Kate | Coordinator

Veronica | Coordinator

Mary | Coordinator

Shelby | Coordinator

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