Herbal Medicine and Women's Health

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Herbal Medicine and Women's Health

IN-PERSON Wellbeing Class
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Dates & Prices

Thursday, May 1, 2025
6:00–7:15 pm

Fee: $39

Fee for Innovators, Gardens Preferred, and Gardens Premium Members: $35

Registrations may be cancelled up to two weeks before the event, and your registration fee, less a $30 processing fee, will be refunded.

To notify us of your cancellation, email us or call 610-388-5454.

Register by April 27, 2025

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Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members and Innovators save on Continuing Education Courses

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Join founder of Herbal Roots Consulting Services Melissa Gansz to learn how to navigate women’s wellness in a holistic, ayurvedic way—with adaptogenic and phytoestrogenic herbs that help to support a healthy lifestyle. 

Explore the herbal actions and medicinal properties of women's wellness herbs and how—through an herbal, nutritional, and lifestyle approach and daily routine—women can maximize their energy levels and live vibrantly. 

Location

The Grove Studio 104 & 105, Throughout the Gardens

Instructor

Melissa Gansz

Melissa Gansz is a nature-loving herbalist, triathlete, and ultra runner. She holds a master’s in clinical herbal medicine from Maryland University of Integrative Health, and is the founder of Herbal Roots Consulting Services. She also is a running and triathlon coach with YogiTriathlete and offers athletes at any age and level both training plans and herbal medicine support throughout their endurance journey. Gansz specializes in the use of herbal adaptogens, a stress-reducing category of herbs, to support balancing emotional and physical stress in the body.

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