Co-Founders Crystal Stevens & Alex Queathem
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Crystal Stevens Alex Queathem
Crystal Stevens co-owns Flourish Farmstead and runs Flourish Folk School with her husband. She is an author, folk herbalist, organic herb farmer, and multidisciplinary artist. Stevens lives along the bluffs of the Mighty Mississippi River in Godfrey, Ilinois with her husband and 2 children. She is the author of Grow Create Inspire and Your Edible Yard. She 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. Stevens is a permaculture educator with the Permaculture Women’s Guild. She and her husband, Eric Stevens, co-founded FLOURISH FARMSTEAD which encompasses a folk school, botanical sanctuary, plant nursery, and apothecary. They host wild foods dinners, workshops, agritourism events, and festivals.
Alex Queathem is a bioregional herbalist, botanist, gardener, and educator. She studied with the Columbines School of Botanical Studies in Eugene, Oregon with a deep focus on sustainable wildcrafting, botany, and clinical herbalism. She became the administrator in 2016, began teaching in 2018, and continues to teach online lectures. Upon returning back to her roots in the Midwest, She is now the lead herbalist at Cheryl's Herb Shop in Maplewood, MO. She currently offers various workshops and programs at Cheryl's Herbs Lifestyle as well as other venues around the area. Alex and her husband, John are now land tenders of 5 acres in the foothills of the Ozark in Missouri. They grow a variety of heirlooms, herbs, native plants, and at risk/endangered medicinal plants.
Alex Queathem is a bioregional herbalist, botanist, gardener, and educator. She studied with the Columbines School of Botanical Studies in Eugene, Oregon with a deep focus on sustainable wildcrafting, botany, and clinical herbalism. She became the administrator in 2016, began teaching in 2018, and continues to teach online lectures. Upon returning back to her roots in the Midwest, She is now the lead herbalist at Cheryl's Herb Shop in Maplewood, MO. She currently offers various workshops and programs at Cheryl's Herbs Lifestyle as well as other venues around the area. Alex and her husband, John are now land tenders of 5 acres in the foothills of the Ozark in Missouri. They grow a variety of heirlooms, herbs, native plants, and at risk/endangered medicinal plants.
Instructors
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Monique Nicole also known as The Citrine Goddess is an Intuitive Alchemist & Yogi. What that means is that she loves to transform everything she touches with her favorite being herbs! She is an herbalist, author, Intuitive Conversations podcast creator, and offers intuitive guidance and coaching. With a combined background of self study, bio-chemistry & is a graduate of the Herbal Foundations course with Tend & Flourish school, Monique offers various classes and services and is an instructor of the Herbal Foundations Program.
You’ll find her creating kitchen magic making herbal infusions, body butters, elixirs and tinctures that promote self love, mental clarity & spiritual harmony! Monique believes in the magic of speaking intention into every action that one makes and she shares that with her clients. 
Rona LeahRona Leah is the founding owner of Celeste Farm, a small farm focusing on culinary and medicinal herbs as well as heirloom vegetables in the meadows of the Midwest. Rona is a folk herbalist as well as an accomplished cook with a focus on medicinal wild foods and farm to table recipes. An advocate for preserving food traditions and ending food deserts. Portrait artist. Writer. Environmentalist. Curious always. Rona offers Farm to Table Catering.
Rona teaches our Food as Medicine and Cooking with Herbs sessions. |
