Margi is a practicing clinical herbalist, whose study has included the three-year program at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism in Montpelier, Vermont where she accumulated over 170 supervised clinical hours.
Her herbal study also includes Wisdom of the Herbs with Annie McCleary, the Goldthread Apothecary and Farm Apprenticeship with William Siff in western Massachusetts, and continuing herbal education at regional, national and international conferences.
She is a member of the American Herbalist Guild.
Before turning in earnest to her lifelong fascination with the healing power of plants, she was a special educator, teaching and coaching children and adults.
Her life’s journey has included intensive Japanese Zen study, international and national work directing a peer-based, engaged Buddhist practice called the Zen Peacemaker Circles, and taichi.
She is the mother of two grown daughters and currently lives with her husband, Peter, and chocolate lab in Starksboro, VT.