Steph Zabel, MSc, is an herbalist and botanical educator who helps urban dwellers connect with the plant world. She teaches seasonally-oriented herbal classes that focus on local plants, herbal medicine-making techniques, and plant identification.

​Steph is also the creator of Herbstalk, Boston’s community herbal conference.

​Learn more about her past work and experience below...

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Study & Work:

• University of Kent at Canterbury: MSc Ethnobotany, with Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew​
• Harvard University Herbaria curatorial staff for 7 years

• The CommonWealth School of Herbal Medicine: 3-year clinical apprenticeship

• The Boston School of Herbal Studies: aromatherapy certification

• Gaia School Herbal Apprenticeship

• Sage Mountain Herbology Course

• Currently enrolled in Dr. Aviva Romm's Herbal Medicine for Women course
• Founder of HERBSTALK, Boston’s community-based herbal conference
• Vegetation surveyor for the
  National Park Service
• Researcher on local ethnobotanical uses of plant medicine in Dominica, West Indies & Mexico City