Do You Need to Know Botany to Be a Great Herbalist?

Do You Need to Know Botany to Be a Great Herbalist?

From The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy by Sajah & Whitney Popham, founders of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism

May 27, 2026 · 26 min

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The episode discusses the relevance of botany in herbalism and when it is beneficial for herbalists to learn it.

Do you need to know botany to be a great herbalist? Since learning botany is like learning a new language, it's a fair question. After all, if you won't use it, is it worth becoming fluent in it? Being an herbalist means a lot of things: Working with people, plants, and being the bridge between the two. Although it might seem like studying botany is an important part of this process, the answer to this question might surprise you. In today's episode, you'll discover: The three layers of botany and how you can use them in your work with herbs When learning botany is helpful as an herbalist, and when it's not The #1 most important piece of botany every herbalist should know How knowing botany can help you prevent harming people and spot bad herbal products My top book recommendations that make learning botany easy for anyone ———————————— CONNECT WITH SAJAH AND WHITNEY ———————————— To get free in depth mini-courses and videos, visit our blog at: http://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com Get daily inspiration and plant wisdom on our Facebook and Instagram channels: http://www.facebook.com/EvolutionaryHerbalism https://www.instagram.com/evolutionary_herbalism/ Be sure to subscribe to our…

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Hosts: Sajah Popham, Whitney Popham

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