Horticulturist and Herbalist

Originally from the Midwest, Sarah was in search of a more wild place! She came to MT in 1999 and graduated from the University of MT in 2001. Montana quickly showed her the diversity of the plant world and she was hooked. Fast forward two decades and she is now creating new programing for Missoula County and MSU Extension as the new Horticulture Extension Agent! “I love connecting people to plants and seeing the inspiration that a good harvest can bring! Herbal concoctions and medicinal plants are her specialty, and she loves to spend a lot of time roaming around in the woods! She is one of the founders of the MT Herbal Festival. Hiking, skiing, and hot springs soaking are some activities I enjoy doing with my two girls!!”

Herbalist

Kelly has been on an herbal-inspired path since 2000 when she moved from West Yellowstone to a beautiful 10-acre homestead in Yaak, MT. What started as a hobby getting to know native plants soon snowballed into a farmers market booth, bottles of tinctures everywhere and herbs hanging from the roof rafters. After attending the East/West School of Herbology, Kelly opened her own clinic in Bonners Ferry, ID and taught local plant identification & medicine making classes. Moving to Missoula in 2013 presented the opportunity to work at Meadowsweet Herbs! Between working at Meadowsweet and seeing clients locally, Kelly decided that owning Meadowsweet would be her dream job: an opportunity to serve the Missoula community with herbalism and create jobs for fellow herbalists, all while promoting a return to natural health & healing. Some of Kelly's favorite things are her amazing husband and three beautiful sons, gardening & wild-crafting, learning new things about plants & the wonderful community that is Meadowsweet.

Herbalist

Cat’s love for plants began early as she grew up alongside thousands of trees at her family’s ornamental plant farm and nursery. While in college, studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Georgia, she tended a large historic garden on campus. This is where her devotion to plants really began to blossom. She first became herb-curious in 2014 as she looked for alternatives to allopathic medicine and started cultivating more medicinal plants in her home garden. In 2018 she attended her first herbal gathering, the Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium, a wonderfully transformative experience for her. She later attended the California School of Herbal Studies in 2022 and moved to Missoula shortly after. She is now furthering her herbal education through her work at Meadowsweet and is sharing her passion for plants with the Missoula community through volunteering with Garden City Harvest and the Montana Herbal Festival. Cat is also a graphic designer, fine woodworker, and textile tinkerer. She loves getting “lost” in the woods, fire tending, and so much more.