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Pacific Northwest foraging and beginner herbalism

Hazel Whitaker

Wild plants of the PNW, identified and used from trailhead to kitchen and home apothecary.

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Start here — the book

Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants

Identify, Harvest, and Use 115 Wild Herbs for Herbal Remedies and Healing

Everything Hazel learned the slow way, gathered into one calm, beginner-first guide — so you can skip the trial and error and start with what actually works.

Published by The Almanac House · on Amazon

About Hazel

Hazel Whitaker has spent more than thirty years paying attention to Pacific Northwest woods, meadows, and empty lots, learning which plants help, which ones do not, and which ones demand real caution.

She writes practical beginner field guides for people who live in the Pacific Northwest and want to know what is growing around them and what to do with it responsibly.

Hazel lives on a small acreage outside Sequim with her husband, a chest freezer full of dried nettle and elderberry, and too many half-labeled tincture jars in the kitchen.

More from Hazel Whitaker

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Hazel Whitaker

The Forager's Home Remedies

Final package in production. Companion kit available now — get the starter kit →

Prefer to start free?

Foraging Starter Kit

A free, printable companion from Hazel — a low-key way to begin before the book.

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