Bonnie Rose Weaver, Clinical Herbalist + Medicinal Landscaper, San Francisco, CA (2025)

12/10/2022

I’m currently shipping herbs, books and pins from the online shop for the next 3 weeks. Put your orders in now, while I’m on winter break from school! 💌 bonnieroseweaver dot com for all your physical and energetic needs. 🌧️ 🌈 💧 i ship on Fridays.

11/17/2022

Hello, from Burton High School. Where today in staff meeting we spent time attempting to understand the errors in our paychecks. Where I facilitated two cooking class’ about methods to prepare vegetables. And during advisory we compared screen time averages, for which the teens clocked 6-15 hrs/day. From this epic bay-view I can confirm that we are not alright although most of us make it through most days, there are students on my roster who I haven’t seen since August. There are teachers who have left due to payroll issues and while I spend 7 hrs/day teaching about health, I do not myself have health care coverage yet. There is a sub shortage too so don’t dare call in sick while COVID and flu cases rise. The heat does not turn on in my classroom and I have personally walked three mice out of the building (two living, one deceased). As I leave school to join an overly crowded bus as the sunsets at 4:30, I think, it’s about time for an update from the front line of public education. There are two days till fall break which means a month out from winter break and in the words of my mentor back in September, “I am living for winter break.”🐶 PS. There are bright spots too I promise.

07/15/2022

CLEARANCE SALE 🌻 40% off all products in my online shop, now through Saturday 7/23! Help me slim down inventory in preparation for my transition into a full time health teacher.

Pins, tinctures, books, everything is 40% off. Use code SFUSD at check out.

Stock up for the fall 💨 🔥 with Mullein tincture, replenish the apothecary next to your bed with catnip and chamomile. Be prepared for long days of work with milky oats and tulsi.

Also, if you’re local, you can also use code LOCAL if you want free shipping. Then email me to coordinate a pick up time and location. Please only choose this option if you are easily able to pick up your order within 1-3 days.

Thanks all for the love!

07/13/2022

Re: Closing Up Shop
Dear Fans,

With a full heart, I must share that most of my herbal offerings will end this month, July 2022. It has been a joyful 8+ years of creating digital, physical, interactive and educational plant medicine offerings for you. Thank you as always, for your continued support of this work.

This decision is bittersweet. I will begin a full time job as a Health Science teacher at a SFUSD high school next month.

I am ecstatic to step into a new role and continue to offer herbalism within our local public schools. It does mean however that many of my other projects must scale back including my Patreon, online shop, herbal and gardening classes, newsletter, blog, social media and maintenance of the Medicine Garden at Alemany Farm.

I do expect some portion of these offerings to return at some point in some capacity. I do not know when that will be or what form the offering will take.

I know my top priority upon return to work as an herbalist will be working 1:1 with clients. Until then, into the cocoon I go.

Your support has meant the world to me. I hope the plants continue to guide and inspire you.

Very truly yours,
Bonnie Rose Weaver

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The last photo is of my bro bro and me with a sunflower, taken at Alemany Farm by .

07/13/2022

Re: Closing Up Shop
Dear Fans,

With a full heart, I must share that most of my herbal offerings will end this month, July 2022. It has been a joyful 8+ years of creating digital, physical, interactive and educational plant medicine offerings for you. Thank you as always, for your continued support of this work.

This decision is bittersweet. I will begin a full time job as a Health Science teacher at a SFUSD high school next month.

I am ecstatic to step into a new role and continue to offer herbalism within our local public schools. It does mean however that many of my other projects must scale back including my Patreon, online shop, herbal and gardening classes, newsletter, blog, social media and maintenance of the Medicine Garden at Alemany Farm.

I do expect some portion of these offerings to return at some point in some capacity. I do not know when that will be or what form the offering will take. I know my top priority will be to continue to work with clients. Until then…

Your support has meant the world to me. I hope the plants continue to guide and inspire you.

Very truly yours,
Bonnie Rose Weaver

🐋 ❤️

✨

🌊

Last photo is of my bro bro and me at Alemany Farm last week, taken by

05/23/2022

🌿 I cannot stop creating herbs for people to use in their everyday lives.

✨Kami McBride has this book called The Herbal Kitchen. She writes about how our kitchens are the first place to start using herbs. In soups, stocks, sprinkles, honeys, vinegars. So here are some fresh ass herbs for my loyal patrons. Rosemary, Oregano and Chamomile. Blessings!

💫Want regular herb boxes delivered seasonally with locally grown herbs? Sign up on my Patreon, link in profile. It’s only $20/mo. And it’s totally rad and worth it. Why? Because its local, sustainable and consciously sourced. Because I’m constantly listening to the plants to create east-to-use products in small batches. Because they make great gifts and self care items. Because local herbalism is radical.

05/06/2022

Yes, we have the ability to learn about our bodies and support them to build or release life. That is our choice and our power to decide for each one of ourselves.

Yes there are herbs and foods and lifestyle choices to reduce or expel a pregnancy. We have known how to regulate this for 1000s of years. Laws will not define this for us, it will merely make it less safe and more difficult to do what we have always done.

Emmenagogues or abortifacients are herbs that help release our uterine linings, are a part of an herbalists apothecary. Yes, we have the knowledge to encourage an “herbal abortion” yet medical abortions are safer and more reliable. Which is what I recommend to anyone wanting or needing to release a pregnancy for any reason. As much of a devout herbalist I am, certain care is best done in a western setting. Abortion is a great example.

I want to say that this fight over bodies is about control. And about controlling pleasure and about outdated ways of thinking that are less ancient than the wisdom of the plants and our wise bodies.

I want to say it’s disgusting and appalling and infuriating. I know you know this. I want to share my feelings with you in hopes to validate and connect with the feelings in your body. We are never going back to unsafe abortions. We are not allowing racist, classist, hateful, laws on our bodies. No.

05/06/2022

Here’s a little note to say yes, we have the ability to learn about our bodies and support them to build or release life. That is our choice and our power to decide for each one of ourselves.

Yes there are herbs and foods and lifestyle choices to reduce or expel a pregnancy. We have known how to regulate this for 1000s of years. Laws will not define this for us, it will merely make it less safe and more difficult to do what we have always done.

Emmenagogues or abortifacients are herbs that help release our uterine linings, are a part of an herbalists apothecary. Yes, we have the knowledge to encourage an “herbal abortion” yet medical abortions are safer and more reliable. Which is what I recommend to anyone wanting or needing to release a pregnancy for any reason. As much of a devout herbalist I am, certain care is best done in a western setting. Abortion is a great example.

I want to say that this fight over bodies is about control. And about controlling pleasure and about outdated ways of thinking that are less ancient than the wisdom of the plants and our wise bodies.

I want to say it’s disgusting and appalling and infuriating. I know you know this. I want to share my feelings with you in hopes to validate and connect with the feelings in your body. We are never going back to unsafe abortions. We are not allowing racist, classist, hateful, laws on our bodies. No.

04/27/2022

Isn’t it strange and beautiful how we can witness how much we have changed in the last two years? A container of sorts we have all bore witness to as individuals and an international collective. For a long time I have marked the micro seasons of spring with the blooming of each flower. Daffodils, tulips, wisteria, roses. Here we are in the season of roses, hearts wide open. Two years of this pandemic reality, the bloom of each flower pierces me with the truth that we are never going back. The last time I saw my therapist irl she told me “this may be the new normal” and that might be the most revealing topic we ever discussed. Sorry dad.

I read this book called “ain’t burned all the bright” by Jason Reynolds and this phrase came to me. Like the silver linings of a peri-pandemic, post-George Floyd world. How we keep praying for freedom and how like healing, it is non linear and not always beautiful.

I struggle with the numbers at the bottom of my tax forms to sustain my life. I hear weigh the pros and cons of this herbal life. I wake up at dawn to pray and I sit with the plants to learn. After eight years in biz I must ask, is this my life’s work? I know I am here to serve the plants and I’m just wondering if this is precisely the path they want me to be on?

I sit with the reality that my main money making job, working for SFUSD has been cut from the budget. Perhaps Newsom will sign something to bring it back or I will find other work in the district. I came to teaching as a more stable career to herbalism. And here I am in the face of deep uncertainty. I lie in bed wondering if this what 33 feels like or is it long-haul sx?

The best thing that soothes my nerves after the break up is listening to Brené Brown, pretty much on repeat. She said in an interview w a priest, “everyone wants transformation but no one wants to change” and I think yes indeed. So perhaps this big change has truly been our transformation?

I dream of pianos and whales. I practice making art everyday. I make nourishing food for my self and I even vacuum. Talking to friends on zoom has become the new normal. As they say on The Daily, an audio file, “see you tomorrow.”

04/22/2022

Just announced 🌿 I’ll be leading a plant walk at McLaren Park on 5/7 in SF. This is a great way to get to know some of our local plant neighbors. I’ll be diving into flowers and trees and all the things we find on our journey together. This is a secret gem in SF, so if you’re local or if you’re curious about this corner of the city come out and play with us! All the flowers are out! Let’s explore this urban oasis together. Tix are on sale and link in bio.

04/19/2022

Come party with us! June Jordan School for Equity presents our Career Technical Education showcase event THIS Friday. We’d love for you to be there to see and hear from our youth!

I teach an herbalism class at a local public high school. My students have been working hard all year to learn about everything from materia medica to remedy making. They will be selling hand-made remedies they designed themselves. Come out to this free event, there will be music, food and student work showcase.

04/05/2022

Want to get your head, heart and hands in the medicine garden at Alemany Farm in SF? We have our first workday of the year coming up on Saturday April 16th. Sign up link in profile. There’s a few spots left and you know what? It’s free 💵 💣 💵

04/01/2022

Let’s take a walk in the shoes of the ancestors. Join local herbalists Rosi Bustamante and Bonnie Rose Weaver on the slopes of Bernal Heights. Together we will explore the botanical bounty of Bernal’s secret stairways, and share our knowledge of plant medicine.

We will discuss traditional and modern use, folklore, and herbal preparation techniques of Mexican, European, and California native plants. A fun and sensory class for tactile learners, open to all levels and people 10 years and older.

The walk will start and end outside of the Precita Park Cafe, 500 Precita Ave in SF, CA. We recommend that participants wear a sunhat, good walking shoes, bring a notebook, pen/pencil, an extra layer, and a water bottle.

Sunday April 10, 2022, 10am - 1pm

Note: Sign up soon and bring a friend! We can only offer this program if we have 10 people signed up by 4/8.

04/01/2022

There are millions and millions of flowers blooming right now. Can you hear them? Can you feel them?

I got to spend a day in an orchard in bloom and I want to offer to you a moment to stop what you are doing and feel this beauty all around you.

Also - in case you missed it, my bi-moonthly newsletter comes out tomorrow. Are you in my list?! If not, head over to bonnieroseweaver.com and sign up! Many new offerings there. 🌸

01/28/2022

🌷GROW YOUR MEDICINE ~ a six part virtual series on medicinal plant cultivation ~ starts Thursday Feb 3! 🌷

Grow Your Medicine is a compilation of all my experience tending and cultivating medicinal herbs for the past 11 years. Join us for this interactive online course held on select Thursday nights over the season of Spring.

We will discuss multi cycle germination, cultivating wild quality medicine, asexual propagation, and garden planning!

I am so excited to offer an in-depth course on cultivating medicinal herbs, building off my work in . For the first time this course is accessible to people all over the world! We have a friend in Australia who will be joining this first online cohort! Will you be there?

Photo credits, in order- 1. Hello Algorithm, my smiling face as I witness the cancer full moon rise from Mt. Tamalpais, photo by . 2. Wild roses growing at Herons Head Park in SF in January! 3. A turkey tail mushroom growing on Mt. Tam. 4. Manzanita flowers growing on a southern exposure of Mt. Tam. 5. The Medicine Garden at Alemany Farm in SF in July 21 with !

🌿 There is medicine everywhere, we just have to open our hearts to it.

01/25/2022

Grow Your Medicine ~ A six part series on medicinal plant cultivation is now available online. We will go live on Thursday February 3rd for our first meeting.

All meetings will be recorded and available to participants for later viewing. This online course will be available for people all over this planet, anywhere with internet access!

If you have wanted to join my cultivation courses in the past, this is your chance! Link in bio for full set of dates and details.

I look forward to connecting with folks from far and wide! Happy medicinal plant growing!

01/18/2022

🌰 Seed to Bottle is back! 🍼We will kick off this six part series of medicinal plant cultivation the Medicine Garden at Alemany Farm on Sunday February 6th. There is one spot left at the Marigold level. Please join us to to work and learn in the garden if you are called.

There is a chance we may add a second cohort of Seed to Bottle this year. If it is sold out when you read this and you would still like to join, please email us at brw.herbalist at gmail dot com. No DMs please.

Link in profile. See you in the garden 🌻

Bonnie Rose Weaver, Clinical Herbalist + Medicinal Landscaper

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