Teen Spiral
15th Annual Midwest Women's Herbal Conference
Honoring Deep Roots & Tending New Shoots
Featuring:
The Nature of Plants with Linda Conroy and Pam Montgomery
and Keynote Addresses by:
Robin Rose Bennett and Jiling Lin
May 22-24, 2026 • Almond, WI
Teen Spiral offers unique workshops for teen girls while their parent/guardian attends workshops during the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference.
Teens are also welcome to attend any main conference workshops they find interesting.
The teen spiral coordinators will be holding a mindful, supported space throughout the weekend. Teens are welcome to attend meals and evening events with the Teen Spiral, or they may spend these times with their parent/guardian.
Teen girls age 12-17 are welcome to register for the Teen Spiral. (Scholarships available for teens younger than age 18.)
Teen Spiral
We are a circle within a circle.
Young One, how beautiful you are! Come and dance in the moonlight, feel the soil beneath your feet, feel the breeze, breath of the plants; come sit by the waters, feel how they flow within you; look at the stars, watch the moon wane and wax, know that you are also changing and growing; see the flower, feel your own heart and purpose unfurl. You are a gift to this Earth. A gift she gave Herself, knowing exactly what she would need. Feel how all things belong. It is through the plants that we focus our communion and it is through the plants that the cosmos directly supports our Becoming. We will learn how to apply this practice of plant listening to guide our steps.
We will gather together in this time out of time, a circle within the protective shelter of the Midwest Women's Conference, to celebrate the unique beauty of being young women! Sharing our hopes and dreams we may arrive as strangers but we will leave as sisters. Through art and song, through medicine making and listening, we weave the cloak of healing around ourselves, reclaiming the perfect wholeness we were born to enjoy. Pulling this protection tight we return to our communities as allies of the Earth and as peaceful warriors creating the better world we know is possible.
Meet Teen Spiral
Coordinator Crystal Stevens
Crystal Stevens lives along the bluffs of the Mighty Mississippi River in Godfrey, Illinois with her husband, and 2 children. Stevens is an Author, an Artist/Art Teacher, a Folk Herbalist, a Regenerative Farmer, and a Permaculturist. Stevens has written 3 books published by New Society Publishers: Grow Create Inspire, Worms at Work, and Your Edible Yard. Stevens speaks at conferences and Mother Earth News Fairs across the United States. She has been teaching a Resilient Living workshop series for over a decade. She and her husband, Eric Stevens, co-founded FLOURISH which encompasses a farm, a plant nursery, an apothecary, design services, and educational programming. Stevens runs a CSA collective with Rona Leah of Celeste Farm. They are the primary producers and then purchase from other women and BIPOC farmers. Stevens Co-founded Tend & Flourish School of Botanicals with Alex Queathem.
For Teens: A Special Pre-Conference Workshop!
NEW This year, a special Pre-Conference Workshop is being offered for teen girls age 12-17. This is an optional workshop that will take place before the main Herbal Conference begins & Teen Spiral opens. Join us for this special learning opportunity!
Thursday, May 21 | 10am-3pm
Herbal Self Care and Magical Rituals: The Green Witch Way For Teens with Robin Rose Bennett
Join me and other young Green Witches as we gather together in a circle to awaken and tune into our true selves! Teen participants will learn fun self care practices utilizing herbs and Green Witch rituals. In deepening your connection with the plants, the Earth and the elements, you deepen your connection with yourself. In learning to support yourself in practical and magical ways, your unique gifts will blossom! Plants help you remember that you matter and that your unique gifts are needed in this world.
During this one day immersion, we will explore:
🌀Rituals - Moon, Sun, and just for Fun!
🌀Teachings of the Elements - Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit
🌀Natural Skin Care Recipes - Scrubs, Masks, and more
🌀Plant Meditation - Meeting an herbal ally
🌀Journaling
This workshop is for teens, ages 12-17.
