The mission of the Solidarity Apothecary is to materially support revolutionary struggles and communities with plant medicines, strengthening collective autonomy, self-defence, and resilience in the face of climate change, capitalism, and state violence.
Each year I take time to reflect on the direction of the work and to name what I am committing to in the year ahead. You can read the 2025 review here.
In 2026, my focus is centered around depth, infrastructure, and collective support. My guiding phrase for the year is from urgency to infrastructure.
After decades shaped by cycles of stress, adrenaline, and reactivity as an organiser, this next phase is about building work with long term impact that strengthens collective resilience for survival.
1. Launching the Frontline Herbalism Membership
In 2026, the Solidarity Apothecary will be launching the Frontline Herbalism Membership
This project is being developed as a long term home for herbalists taking action, whether that is responding to acute needs on the streets, supporting communities navigating systemic violence, or building herbal infrastructure for a rapidly changing and increasingly unstable world.
The membership will include multiple learning pathways, including:
- Herbal Street Medicine
- Disaster and Crisis Response
- Community Herbalism
Alongside this, there will be a forum, regular calls, guest teachers and practical support for people organising herbal mutual aid and frontline projects.
The intention is to move beyond one off trainings and instead support ongoing skill building, confidence, and collective resilience.
2. Deepening Clinical Practice
Alongside this work, I will be deepening my clinical practice, with a particular focus on:
- 1:1 clinical support
- Group programmes
- The Black Flag Herbal Clinic
A key focus this year will be cultivating skills in mentoring and clinical supervision, as I begin to more formally support herbal students in their learning and practice.
I am also keen to get more involved in on the ground projects in Somerset as a herbalist. If you are working on something locally and would like to connect, please do get in touch.
See the offerings post for more detail on all of these!
3. Growing the Solidarity Apothecary Supporter Base
2026 will also be a year of intentionally growing the supporter base around the Solidarity Apothecary.
This is not about growth for its own sake or vanity metrics. A broader base of supporters allows this work to be more stable, accessible, and resilient, reducing precarity and making it possible to continue offering low cost and community focused projects over the long term.
Practically, this will include:
- Growing the Frontline Herbalism Podcast, including more interviews, solo episodes, and reach
- Podcast guesting and speaking engagements
- Writing articles and contributing to publications
- Exploring alternative social platforms such as Mastodon
- Strengthening the newsletter
- Increasing website traffic and visibility
In terms of collective support, my aims include:
- Hiring a dispensing assistant
- Working more effectively with existing admin and design support
- Hosting more collective medicine making sessions
- Developing the Black Flag Herbal Clinic into a fully collective project, separate from the Solidarity Apothecary
Personal and Learning Goals
These goals sit alongside a set of personal and learning intentions for the year.
Personal goals include:
- Feeling more integrated across my identities, particularly around motherhood and anarchism
- Expanding childcare support
- Building stronger local friendships and community, especially with other radical parents
- Finding a paddleboarding club or regular partner for the summer months
- Investing more energy into spiritual practice
Learning pathway goals include:
- Completing functional medicine training with the Institute of Functional Medicine
- Training in mentoring and clinical supervision
- Advanced herbal constituents training
- Engaging fully in the Deconstructing Motherhood programme
- Working through the Decolonisation in Ireland course
Word of the year: Devotion
My word for 2026 is devotion, a word I love as an alternative to discipline.
Devotion to the work, including the quiet, unseen hours it takes to sustain it. Devotion to my son, offering him my full and loving presence. And devotion to the land, sea, and sky through spiritual practice and relationship.
You can read the offerings post for a fuller overview of current and upcoming projects.
Thanks so much for your support and solidarity! I’m super excited for 2026!
