Folk Methodology

What do punk rock, radical environmentalism, vintage baseball cards, and one of the herbal world's most influential companies have in common?

Shawn Donnille.

In this episode of Herbalists After Hours, we sit down with the owner of Mountain Rose Herbs for a wide-ranging conversation about activism, entrepreneurship, childhood joy, and the sometimes unexpected path to building a business that can genuinely change the world.

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We traveled to Palm Springs, California, for the Grand Opening of the new Mountain Rose Herbs Mercantile, where we had the opportunity to chat with owner Shawn Donnille, Vice President Steven Yeager, and Special Projects Coordinator D'Ann Hawkes.

While we were there, our conversation expanded far beyond the Palm Springs location. 

We explored the history of Mountain Rose Herbs' mercantiles, why the company continues to invest ...

In this episode of Herbalists After Hours, we spend time with Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski on his two-acre medicinal agroforestry property in the Methow valley (north-central Washington) — a place that started as a bare field and is now a thriving, self-mulching, multi-story forest of over 10,000 trees and shrubs. 

The conversation moves from plant walks and wildcrafting to community building, ceremony, music, and the long...

In this episode of Herbalists After Hours, we sit down with Lottie Spady of Earthseed Detroit for a conversation about what it looks like to follow an herbalist's path — not the polished version, but the real one.

We talk about the long arc of building something over sixteen years, from a blog post about dryer balls to keynote speaker, tarot collaborator, and community builder in the historic Black town of Idlewild, Michigan....

Nettle has a reputation… 🌿 and like many beloved herbs, it's picked up a few myths along the way.

In this short episode, we gently untangle some of the most common misunderstandings about this deeply nourishing plant.

Whether you're brand new to nettle or already working with it, this is a great place to refine your understanding and deepen your relationship with this powerful ally.

Go Deeper with Nettle 🌱

If you're feelin...

In this episode of Herbalists After Hours, we sit down with Sajah Popham for a conversation that moves between the real-life demands of being an herbalist, the evolution of building something over time, and the quieter forces that shape the path along the way.

We talk about burnout, family, and the tension between meaningful work and the day-to-day realities of running a growing herbal business. 

There's also a thread of mento...

We're so excited to share something we've been working on behind the scenes…

The Nettle Immersion

What started as a simple 20-minute class turned into something much bigger. Over 100 minutes of video, a 30-day nettle challenge, a 30+ page recipe ebook, a community space, a live call, and more.

In this video, we walk you through how it all came together and what you can expect inside the experience.

This isn't just about lear...

In this episode of Herbalists After Hours, we spend time with herbalist Kyle Denton for a conversation that moves fluidly between formulation, creativity, and the deeper questions of how we each find our place within herbalism.

Kyle shares his love of crafting formulas, not just as a technical skill, but as an intuitive and expressive practice. From playful "knuckle measurements" to five-part formulas, we explore how structure and ...

In this episode of Herbalists After Hours, we spend an evening with herbalist Erika Galentin for a conversation that moves from music and creativity to the deeper questions facing modern herbalism. Along the way we explore the tension between tradition and professionalization, what it means to build a clinical practice in today's world, and the personal journeys that shape how each herbalist shows up for the plants and their client...

In this episode of Herbalists After Hours, we are settled inside Bloodroot Herb Shop in Ypsilanti, Michigan for a conversation with herbalist Alex Crofoot that moves from ancestral midwives in Appalachia to mutual aid in the streets of Michigan. 

We wander through burnout and obsession, pelvic floor care and pole dancing, the intensity of herbal first at Rainbow Gatherings with 7Song, and the tender question of how to build sp...

In our very first episode of Herbalists After Hours, we hang out in a forest with jim mcdonald for a wide-ranging conversation about the virtues of herbalists, how a near-death experience affected his life, and why herbalism falls flat when we force it into tidy binaries.

jim mcdonald is a Michigan-based herbalist known for his creative energetics approach to plant medicine. He teaches widely respected classes online and in person,...

Welcome to Episode 0 of Herbalists After Hours — our origin story. In this kickoff conversation, we share how a small spark of an idea grew into a full-blown project dedicated to celebrating the herbal community.

What began as a possible book concept quickly evolved into something more alive: traveling together, visiting herb shops and conferences, and recording raw, unfiltered conversations with the eclectic, brilliant human...

🌿 Welcome to Folk Methodology!

We're Rosalee de la Forêt and Mason Hutchison, and we're officially introducing our new creative studio and production company: Folk Methodology. This is the home for all of our collaborative herbal projects — present and future.

We didn't even plan on starting a full production company at first.

It began as a simple idea for an interview show… and that show became Herbalists After Hours...