Meet Our Amazing Team​

Alicia has been fascinated with plants since childhood where she first encountered nettles in the pasture of her family’s Connecticut farm. Mother of two grown men, her youngest was born with a rare condition that ignited her herbal quest. Finding Rosemary’s Science & Art of Herbalism course in the early 1990s, she founded North Star Botanicals and blends her love of plants and astrology. Attending practically every East Coast herbal conference over the past three decades, she learned from the diversity of Herbal Elders and worked behind the scenes for many years. A supporter of United Plant Savers, past Vice President of NEHA and editor of Northeast Herbal Association’s journal 2005-2012, Alicia continues to learn from the plants, loves sharing her experience, and is honored to be part of Rosemary’s team. Inspired by working with the students, she continues her life-long passion of all things herbal!

Charmaine is on a journey in search of wellness and the joy of living. Along the way her study of nutrition, Ayurveda, whole foods, herbs, and the aging process opened her eyes to the transformation diet, exercise, and stress management can make to the quality of life. She is a graduate from The Science & Art of Herbalism course, a Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguisitic Programming and has a Diploma in Gemmology from Gem-A, The Gemmological Association of Great Britain. She enjoys exploring spices and flavors of traditional cooking from around the world. The teachings from Rosemary’s course not only enhanced her access to the healing powers of plants, but also led her to consider what we can do for the plant world. She delights in forest bathing, foraging, walking lightly on the earth and sharing good food with the community.

Janet has been a massage therapist for nearly 25 years and is well known for her expertise in therapeutic body work. She is also an Herbalist, Reiki Master and Asian Holistic Health Practitioner. Janet is a graduate of Rosemary’s Apprentice program and has attended many other courses and programs at Sage Mountain over the years. She is an avid traveler and has joined Rosemary on several of her Plant Lover’s Journeys to various parts of the globe and is currently leading her own travel adventures. Janet loves traveling, teaching, plants, animals, shamanism and meeting people. Check out her recipe in Rosemary’s Fire Cider book.

Katrina Denovich is a Gardener and Herbalist with Unfolding Moon Botanicals. Katrina’s love of plants and nature came at an early age. Her favorite spots as a child were to play in the untouched woods in the back yard and her neighbor’s massive elephant ear and daffodil patch. Attending her first of many Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposiums in 2015, she found her teacher in Jane Bothwell (Dandelion Herbal Center). Katrina received her Permaculture Design Certification in 2019 while living in Freshwater creek watershed on Wiyot land and now lives on the Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding watershed on Creek (Muskogee) land. She is honored and elated to share her love and knowledge of her plant allies with Rosemary’s students.

Kelly is an herbalist and massage therapist working in New England and New York. She is a graduate of The Science & Art of Herbalism course, The Advanced Herbal Training program, and has learned from many other respected herbalists. She spent over 5 years working at an herbal apothecary in New York’s Lower East Side. Growing up in New Hampshire, she was deeply connected to the spirit of the land and plants, and pursued other avenues of education, taking her as far as an herbal medicine clinic in the Mekong Delta, to a medicinal garden in the mountains of Peru. Kelly has also been the photographer for the Women’s Herbal Conference and The International Herb Symposium for the past several years. Her interests have taken her all over the world, and introduced her to a variety of cultures and environments but one of her favorite places is to sit high above her family’s hop field and listen to the coyotes sing in the valley.

Lesley is the sole owner of The Herb Wyfe located in Wakefield, RI. She was a board member for Northeast Herbal Association for 10 years, acting as the President in her last 4 years. She was a founding member of Ocean State Herbal Association, a Registered Aromatherapist through the Aromatherapy Registration Council and is a Regional Director for National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy. She received her aromatherapy training at The Center for Holistic Botanical Studies as well as studying with Valerie Ann Worwood to become an Aroma Genera practitioner. She took her flower essence training with David Dalton from Delta Gardens to become a flower essence practitioner. Lesley was an herbal practitioner for 16 years at a monthly community clinic, mentored by Kay Parent. She has maintained her own landscape/gardening business for over 20 years and has a BSc. in Horticulture from the University of Rhode Island. Lesley apprenticed with Susan Clements, then with Michael Ford and also Chris Marano as well as attending the WHC and the IHS for over 25 years.

Lora began studying herbalism over 20 years ago after being inspired by one of her patients. Working as a registered nurse at the time, she kept her plant relationships close to her heart. She took the opportunity to follow a dream and attended Rosemary’s “Ecstasy of Teaching” class. Committed to sharing the wisdom she gathered from Rosemary, and sharing the benefits of working with plants as partners, Lora joined the Science & Art of Herbalism team as a Nurse Herbalist in 2015. In addition to reviewing student assignments as a course teacher, Lora moderates and manages the online Student Forum. She has taught at various local and national herb conferences, has written for a variety of publications, and cares for her community in the Driftless region of Southeast Minnesota.

Sheilagh is an urban herbalist, teacher, small-space gardener and free-lance writer who has been learning from the plants for over 20 years. During that time, she studied with Rosemary, completing The Science & Art of Herbalism Apprenticeship, Advanced Herbal Training and Ecstasy of Teaching programs. An herbal educator on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Sheilagh taught at The Green Witch School of Herbalism, offered workshops at The International Herb Symposium, The New England Women’s Herbal Conference and Herbstalk before instructing The Science & Art of Herbalism in-person course. A regular contributor and columnist with The Herb Quarterly she has also written for various blogs. Sheilagh enjoys living with her family in their quaint seacoast city and volunteering at the local community food farm where she holds classes and tends their medicinal herb garden.