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 \| Designer & Coordinator Markie is honored to be supporting MWH with graphic design, web design, and marketplace coordination! 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.	Grace Elizabeth \| Coordinator In Loving Memory of Grace Elizabeth Reinhart 2000-2024
Michelle \| Coordinator Michelle is a Crone who moved to the Northwoods to be closer to her Allyuh and the “Big Lake.” She is an Andean Mesa carrier, a Shamanic Practitioner, and an energy healer. She works closely with her plant allies at her Healing Center in Hayward, where she grows many of her own plants to supplement her in-home apothecary. She is eager to join this team of amazing plant medicine carriers and celebrates the Divine Feminine energy created in the powerful community.	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.	Lisa \| Coordinator Lisa is a lifelong resident of Wisconsin and a retired librarian. Since retiring, she has been following her passions which include gardening, traveling, researching, reading, and spending time with grandchildren. She spent many years cultivating a large garden and raising food for her family of five children. After becoming a Master Gardener in 2014, she has volunteered at many community gardens, including the Rotary Botanical Garden in Janesville and the Edgerton Hospital Healing Garden.	Brandi \| Coordinator Brandi is a nonprofit administrator dedicated to helping those in service of community and the environment succeed in their missions. She has led or supported dozens of organizations in identifying, procuring, and managing financial and operational resources for maximum mission impact. She attended the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference for the first time in 2024, and is proud to be a part of coordinating the 2025 conference.
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.	Veronica \| Coordinator Veronica is a hobbyist herbalist from the western Chicago suburbs. There she tends to her child, loved ones and backyard garden. She utilizes plant guilds along with suburban permaculture to grow a food forest along with healing herbs to support her family's health and wellbeing. She is a new mom and is working on becoming a medicaid-certified doula.
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.	Maja \| Coordinator Maja’s daily energies are centered around raising compassionate and honest teenage sons, advocating for individuals with Dyslexia, working as a Reading Interventionist, being involved with earth-based spiritual practices, and finding ways to be joyful and of service. You can find Maja in any nearby woods, swimming in Lake Michigan (even in winter), line dancing, climbing boulders, or happily gathering in a women’s circle.	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.
Mya \| Coordinator Mya is an Advanced EMT for the City of Stoughton and a business analyst with a creative edge. When she's not saving lives or analyzing data, she’s practicing yoga, weaving baskets and upcycling t-shirts and other textiles into beautiful knitted creations. At home, she’s surrounded by her three tuxedo cats and a 7-foot red-tailed boa.	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.

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 \| Designer & Coordinator Markie is honored to be supporting MWH with graphic design, web design, and marketplace coordination! 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.	Grace Elizabeth \| Coordinator In Loving Memory of Grace Elizabeth Reinhart 2000-2024
Michelle \| Coordinator Michelle is a Crone who moved to the Northwoods to be closer to her Allyuh and the “Big Lake.” She is an Andean Mesa carrier, a Shamanic Practitioner, and an energy healer. She works closely with her plant allies at her Healing Center in Hayward, where she grows many of her own plants to supplement her in-home apothecary. She is eager to join this team of amazing plant medicine carriers and celebrates the Divine Feminine energy created in the powerful community.	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.	Lisa \| Coordinator Lisa is a lifelong resident of Wisconsin and a retired librarian. Since retiring, she has been following her passions which include gardening, traveling, researching, reading, and spending time with grandchildren. She spent many years cultivating a large garden and raising food for her family of five children. After becoming a Master Gardener in 2014, she has volunteered at many community gardens, including the Rotary Botanical Garden in Janesville and the Edgerton Hospital Healing Garden.	Brandi \| Coordinator Brandi is a nonprofit administrator dedicated to helping those in service of community and the environment succeed in their missions. She has led or supported dozens of organizations in identifying, procuring, and managing financial and operational resources for maximum mission impact. She attended the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference for the first time in 2024, and is proud to be a part of coordinating the 2025 conference.
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.	Veronica \| Coordinator Veronica is a hobbyist herbalist from the western Chicago suburbs. There she tends to her child, loved ones and backyard garden. She utilizes plant guilds along with suburban permaculture to grow a food forest along with healing herbs to support her family's health and wellbeing. She is a new mom and is working on becoming a medicaid-certified doula.
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.	Maja \| Coordinator Maja’s daily energies are centered around raising compassionate and honest teenage sons, advocating for individuals with Dyslexia, working as a Reading Interventionist, being involved with earth-based spiritual practices, and finding ways to be joyful and of service. You can find Maja in any nearby woods, swimming in Lake Michigan (even in winter), line dancing, climbing boulders, or happily gathering in a women’s circle.	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.
Mya \| Coordinator Mya is an Advanced EMT for the City of Stoughton and a business analyst with a creative edge. When she's not saving lives or analyzing data, she’s practicing yoga, weaving baskets and upcycling t-shirts and other textiles into beautiful knitted creations. At home, she’s surrounded by her three tuxedo cats and a 7-foot red-tailed boa.	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.

Midwest Women's Herbal

About Us

Midwest Women's Herbal Mission Statement

Midwest Women's Herbal Vision Statement

Linda | Core Team & Founder

Markie | Designer & Coordinator

Grace Elizabeth | Coordinator

In Loving Memory of Grace Elizabeth Reinhart 2000-2024

Michelle | Coordinator

Shari | Programming Coordinator

Carrie | Coordinator

Courtney | Coordinator

Lisa | Coordinator

Brandi | Coordinator

Whin | Coordinator

Andrea | Coordinator

Veronica | Coordinator

Amanda | Coordinator

Maja | Coordinator

Stephanie | Coordinator

Mya | Coordinator

Miriah | Photographer

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