2025 Wild Medicine Conference
*Apply to Teach*
Presenter Overview
Thank you for your interest in supporting our conference as a presenter! We want you to get a feel for our event and understand how things work before applying to teach, so please read over this page and let us know if you have questions.
Application Deadline
For priority consideration, we encourage you to submit your proposal by October 1. We will continue to accept proposals on a case-by-case basis through November 1, 2024.
Presenter Benefits
Scroll down to learn more about each of these types of offerings.
All Presenters
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Registration with lodging and meals
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Complimentary Vending Booth
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50% off a second registration for assistant or partner
Additional Benefits
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Honorariums or stipends are available to presenters teaching multiple classes, teaching intensives, or traveling from far distances.
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Other arrangements are possible on a case-by-case basis; don't hesitate to ask!
2025 Conference Theme
For the Love of Wild Things
Our 2025 conference will weave together the themes of eco-herbalism, wild community, and the deep love that we have for plants, mushrooms, and nature.
We will be prioritizing proposals that reflect this theme.
Proposal Guidelines
To be considered, proposals must directly align with the goals of our conference and the categories outlined below. While there are many issues and topics that are very important to the herbal community and directly impact our lives and efforts, our conference is still too small to expand our workshop offerings to address many of these. Instead, personal and professional contacts we make at the conference will help us find others who are interested in being allies or partners in those efforts. Scheduled activities are reserved for offerings focused on the following topics:
Herbal Medicine Practices
Medicinal Mushrooms
Folk Medicine Practices
Foraging/Wildcrafting
Earth Care
Nature Connection
A basic schedule can be viewed on the Schedule webpage if you'd like to see how the conference will flow.
Program Schedule
Types of Proposals
Standard Workshops
Duration: 1 - 1.5 hours
Workshops include lectures, discussions, and hands-on classes. Proposals should clearly fit into one of the categories listed in the guidelines. Please indicate if you prefer 1 hour, 1.5 hours, or either.
Community Conversations
Duration: 1 hour
These facilitated conversations are intended to give participants the chance to brainstorm together about how to apply conference themes in their own lives and local communities. Group sizes will be 15-20 people and facilitators will guide the conversation with question prompts, redirection when needed, and insights of their own. Facilitators should have working knowledge of their conversation topic plus experience with group facilitation. Examples: Living Wild in a Tamed World, Eco-Herbalism in Everyday Life, Integration, etc.