Foraging Wild Herbs: 30 Healing Plants of the Coastal Carolinas

Author Biography

April Punsalan is a botanist, ethnobotanist, and herbalist. She is the owner of Wild Herb Academy, where she teaches subscription-based online courses in foraging (plant identification, gathering, and use) and medical botany, as well as in-person workshops. Through her Instagram account @wildherbacademy, she shares related content with 200k followers. Punsalan received an MS with an emphasis in botany from Western Carolina University and, before making WHA her full-time job, was a botanist with the US Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service for twelve years. She has published articles in The Island Connection and Aromaculture Magazine. She lives in Charleston, SC.