March 1 to 12, 2011

 Patagonia!! A place of vast and stunning vistas and wild untamed beauty.... An amazing diversity of climates and plants spanning the stark desert beauty to the highest Andes snow capped peaks, pristine glaciers to virgin forests. Our Plant Lovers journey to Patagonia has been designed to immerse oneself in the magic and power of this unique region of the earth.

Patagonia is not only one of the richest regions of the world in the biodiversity of plants, it is also rich in plant experts...naturalists, biologists, botanists, herbalists, ethnobotanists, agronomists live here to study, research and teach. We will have presentations and walks in the wild with people who will identify the medicinal, edible and useful plants of the region: endemic, indigenous and exotic. We will interact with the local indigenous people, the Mapuche and Huelches, to connect to the most ancient wisdom of our ancestors regarding useful plants and earth ceremonies

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After six years of nurturing United Plant Savers to a place of solidity in its finances and programs, Lynda LeMole is stepping aside as Executive Director.  Lynda will be handing over the day-to-day running of the organization so that she can focus on the projects that call to her particular passions and expertise.  We are looking to our UpS friends to help us in our search for a new Executive Director who will carry UpS's mission onward into the next green chapters.

United Plant Savers is Seeking a Full Time Executive Director.

Brief description of United Plant Savers (UpS):

 UpS is a non-profit 501.3(c) membership organization founded in 1994.  Our mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come.  Our current annual budget is approximately $150,000, exclusive of grant income.  We steward and own a 360-acre botanical sanctuary in the Appalachian Mts. of Rutland, Ohio.

Along with hosting the 23^rd Annual Women’s Herbal Conference at Sargent Camp and the 3rd Annual Sacred Teachings of the Plants Conference, we’re also offering several excellent classes at Sage Mountain this summer.  We invite you to join us for our 24th year of programs at Sage Mountain!

A film about the healing power of plants
by Film Makers Terry Youk and Ann Armbrecht.

 Numen is a 95 minute documentary focusing on the healing power of plants and the natural world.  Filmmakers Terrance Youk and Ann Armbrecht traveled the U.S. to speak with herbalists and doctors, ethnobotanists and others about how our disconnection with nature affects human and environmental health and to discover how healing is made possible by embracing our place in the wider web of life. Featuring stunning footage of medicinal plants and moving interviews, Numen provides viewers with a new vision of medicine and offers steps to improve individual health and well being that enhance the health of the earth.

By Betsy May

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived at Sage Mountain, herbal retreat and home of famous herbalist Rosemary Gladstar.

 I had traveled eight hours by myself from southern Pennsylvania to the mountains of Northern Vermont, following an inner voice that simply said I needed to go. Before I left, my husband asked me if I knew how to set up our tent as I was to camp out all week at Sage Mountain.  I looked at him as if he’d lost his mind and told him of course I knew how to set up the tent, slightly offended.

I had signed up for Rosemary’s Apprentice program, aka herbal boot camp, in the spring and could hardly believe I was finally here, at the home of this phenomenal herbalist and healer who speaks to the plants.  The week was to consist of herbal classes, field trips, 3 delicious vegetarian meals cooked for us each day, a Jacuzzi, available at any time of the day or night, and a cedar sauna that was to be fired up one night. Not to mention full access to Rosemary’s comprehensive, personal library of books and videos in our spare time. Of course, who am I kidding, there really wasn’t any spare time!

Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health, Guide to Living Life with Energy, Health and Vitality by Rosemary Gladstar Book Review

(Please note, this is paperback version of the Family Herbal; $16.95.  The Family Herbal, the hard back edition, is out of print)

© Angela England Mar 22, 2008

“This is a must~have reference for those interested in a healthy, herbal approach to daily life” ~ Joel M. Lerner, Washington Post

By Jesse Wolf Hardin

When we call people “angels” we usually mean somebody who goes out of their way to do good, individuals who are not only kind but driven to fulfill a mission of giving back to the world that has given so much to them. 

Interview with Rosemary Gladstar for Yankee Magazine

Winter solstice, and the woods around Sage Mountain are quiet under a sky gone dusky by mid-afternoon. There is no wind, little sound, few tracks among the snow-laden conifers.