Meet Maria Noël Groves
Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG), (she/her) clinical herbalist, runs Wintergreen Botanicals, nestled in the pine forests of Chichester, New Hampshire. Her business is devoted to education and empowerment via classes, health consultations, and writing with the foundational belief that good health grows in nature. Maria is a bestselling author of the award-winning, best-selling Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self Care as well as Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies, Herbal Remedies for Sleep, and additional forthcoming books.
Maria is a registered clinical herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild, graduate of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine and Sage Mountain herbal schools, and has approximately three decades of experience in herbal medicine.
Body into Balance is an a approachable guide for the everyday person on herbalism and holistic health, a recommended or required textbook in herbal and nutrition programs worldwide and is available in seven languages.
Maria teaches for beginner through advanced groups about herbs through her herb school as well as a guest lecturer nationally and internationally, including the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Maryland University of Integrative Health, the Herbal Academy, and elsewhere. She has also written extensively for several national magazines and sites on the topic of herbs.
Maria, mainly Western-trained, has an appreciation and respect for herbalism from all cultures and strives to create an environment in her classroom and consultation office where all feel welcome and respected.
Maria’s personal and herbal lineage is predominantly European-American/Western herbalism. She’s half Sicilian and Nova Scotian (mix of mostly UK/Irish/Scottish/Welch/French Settlers plus a few Mi’kmaq women). Her training and work as an herbalist focuses primarily on these Western Euro-American traditions.
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