120 – A Rundown of Solidarity Apothecary Offerings in 2026

Welcome to the Frontline Herbalism Podcast with your host, Nicole Rose, from the

Solidarity Apothecary.

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Hello. Welcome back to the Frontline Herbalism Podcast.

I'm in the ******* car park again, aren't I?

Recording this podcast.

It's just how it's worked out this week.

But,

yeah, I hope wherever you are in the world where you're listening,

things are as quote, unquote, safe as can be.

Hell, man, it's all kicking off, isn't it? Like, I've been working so much in the

evenings, I haven't had much time to check the news or go on Instagram or whatever.

And.

Yeah, but just, you know, everything in Iran and Rajava and Syria and.

Yeah, all the places.

Yeah, I am,

yeah, just thinking of everyone and yeah, if I can do anything, like share things on my

networks or this podcast or anything, like, please hit me up.

Yeah.

Okay.

So this episode I'm just gonna do, as promised, like a rundown of Solidarity

Apothecary offerings.

I was hoping to do this like, earlier in the

month, but,

yeah, it's been.

It's been a little bit back to back.

I launched the applications for the Rooted in Struggle program and have just been like.

So there' been like 80 applications and application forms, like, quite detailed.

So every night I've just been like, reading them and just kind of like.

Yeah, trying to make a bit of a short list, but it's really hard because the demand is

like, so huge.

And yeah, pretty much everyone,

like,

give or take, like most.

A lot of people meet the criteria.

So it's like.

Yeah. And I've been supporting people with the Black Flag Herbal Clinic, which I'm going to

talk about in a second, and that's been awesome.

And trying to set up systems for that for, you know, how to work with other herbalists and

students.

And then I've been seeing like,

you know, my paying, like one to one clients as well, which I've really enjoyed.

Yeah. And then just being a single mom with a toddler.

So it's just been like lots of.

Yeah, lots of work, but love it.

Like, got four planets in Capricorn.

January is like,

good month for me.

Everyone else is like, oh, I hear January.

And I'm just like, let's go.

So anyway, I'm just gonna do a little overview of my offerings and the Soldier Apothecary

offerings this year.

And then, yeah, in future episodes, I'm just.

I need to ******* organize these interviews.

I Keep saying it, but I need to make it happen.

Okay. Anyway, let's dive in.

So I've put a link in the show notes to the

blog post where you can read this.

This is going to be a bit longer than the blog

posts of me just like ad libbing here and there.

But yeah, if you don't know.

The mission of the Solitary apothecary is to

materially support revolutionary struggles and communities with plant medicines to strengthen

collective autonomy, self defense and resilience to climate change, capitalism and

state violence.

Okay, so first category, herbal solidarity.

So one to one, herbal support.

So after having some, a bit of a break with

the having my baby and not that it's a ******* break, but you know what I mean.

Being on maternity leave and unfortunately being really sick through my pregnancy, I'm

now able to like actually take on new people.

Like I've been supporting a lot of people one

to one who were sort of people I was already supporting.

But I've like opened my doors officially.

So this is a sliding scale clinic where you can offer like where you can access, sorry in

depth personalized herbal support and medicines are sent to you in the post.

So I've got like a separate clinic website which I can link to.

Yeah, I'll do another podcast episode soon.

All about that.

But there's def.

There's basically like three different

packages.

There's like a kind of pay as you go package

and then the other two are like five month packages.

And I think that's really important.

If someone wants like an actual transformation

in their health then we often need like time to implement changes and time for herbs to

work, for tissues to heal, you know, to cultivate different nervous system states.

Like and I don't want to,

yeah, I don't want someone to just access a small thing because that's what they can

afford.

But actually it's just ineffective.

Like I'd much rather like hold it down of like.

No, I think this amount of time from my experience is like life ******* changing.

So yeah, I've unfortunately only got space for like two people a week.

But yeah, if you go on the clinic website you can read all about how that works and yeah,

it's just a ******* honor.

Like I just love it so much.

Like I love geeking out about people's health.

I love you know, preparing opposing different

herbs and working with someone and building that relationship and yeah, it's just, yeah,

you know, it's why I did my clinical training.

Like I've been in the maze of chronic illness and it's so hard to get out of on your own

when you have such limited energy.

So it's, yeah, it's a real privilege being

able to support people.

So the other one to one clinical work I'm doing is, you may have seen on the old

Instagram, but I announced this Black Flag Herbal Clinic.

So this is a explicitly anarchist free clinic and it's designed to support anarchist

comrades, people that are organizing for liberation in different ways.

And I was doing this work for a long time under the sold out apothecary.

And like a lot of people I was supporting, you know, were accessing support for free because

of experiencing state violence or different forms of marginalization.

But this clinic, I have,

you know, explicitly created a set, like a separate thing because I want it to become its

own project, like beyond the banner of the solar Apothecary.

And you know, want to make it a collective thing that is like distinct and separate and

autonomous.

And you know, where I'm organizing with other people, whether they're herbal students or

other herbalists or you know, people helping with admin and stuff, like the security level

stuff's like quite high.

So I've had to say to people like it will take time to build that trust.

And obviously as I've got my little one and everything, like things are just small and

slow for me in general.

But yeah, I've had my first couple of people,

two or three consultations now and no, four.

And it's just, yeah, it's just been like a

honor to support people and yeah, I'm stoked to see where it can go and yeah, it just means

a lot to me that,

yeah, I think just like literally having that black flag, like that line in the sand of just

like no, this is for anarchists and we're gonna try and run this in like an anarchist

way and create health infrastructure because like again the demand is so of like who can

access a hubless and who can.

So yeah, I'll put the link to that in the show notes too.

And yeah, if you're a student and you want to,

you know, get like clinical hours and you want to, you know,

observe one to one calls or take them yourself with support and guidance, like that's what

it's set up for.

But I did a little like intro video for people

interested in getting involved in the clinic.

And like, I just want to say for anyone seeking support, like student presence is like

completely ******* optional.

Like you don't have to have anyone else there,

like it can just be me and you,

you Know, completely anonymously or, you know, if you feel comfortable with other people kind

of observing with their cameras off and stuff, that's ******* rad.

But yeah, like, it's not a student clinic.

Like, it is a anarchist free clinic for anarchist comrades.

And if they're comfortable with students being present,

then that's ******* awesome.

But yeah, their needs come first.

So yeah, I'm ******* enjoying that.

And yeah, it's, you know, it's just one of

those things where I can only see a couple of people a week under that kind of banner.

But hopefully with like more like relationships with other herbalists, we can

like build that kind of container of support for folks.

And you know, like, as my little one gets bigger, like, I'll have more sort of time and

space for consultations and stuff.

Yeah. Okay. So the next thing is herbal care packages.

So these are like always a big part of my work.

So these care packages are for free.

And they go out to people who fill in a little

request form.

So they go to people experiencing repression.

So defendants, people with like ongoing kind of legal cases.

Prisoner family members or people that have a loved one in prison.

Grassroots groups of different kinds, you know, whether that's Earth First.

Or, you know, like housing, you know, super grassroots militant housing union, like might

request support or hunt sabs, for example.

And also so people living at like sites of resistance in different ways.

Like those are the different packs I have.

So I'll put the link.

Well, you'll see all these links from the

offerings post.

But yeah, they're still available to request.

I've got an amazing friend here at the moment who I'm paying to just like make shitloads of

medicine in the herb shed because I just ******* fly through it,

man.

Like, I need to get my fundraising *** in gear

because there's just endless requests.

And yeah, most packs contain like an immune

tonic and an herbal system blend and a tea blend and maybe some lavender oil with olive

oil from Palestine.

And yeah, so check that out if you're interested.

Okay. And the next thing, which I guess is like the newest piece other than Black Flag,

are group programs.

So last year I had this Hawthorne program

which was like kind of an experiment and it was, you know, it was great.

Like I learned from it.

There was definitely things I could have

improved.

But that model where there's like collective

care.

So basically it's structured as there's group

calls like every other week and there's a signal group for like mutual care and support.

And then there's like pre recorded content like links to videos and things that I've

created.

And then yeah, I also.

So there's like that collective element and then there's also you still get the one to one

support.

And I was thinking for ages about, you know, just offering more generic herbal things, but

it just sit right with me because like everyone's health is so different and people

have like high complex health needs, especially if they're like deep in burnout

with a lot of chronic illness.

So you get like a one to one call with me and I like with any other client, put together

comprehensive herbal recommendations for you.

We work together on those.

Once you're happy with them, I get everything in the post.

So these are like three month programs.

So the first one starting like soon, I'm still like a week or so behind on the process

because I was not expecting like so many ******* applications.

And that's amazing and it just highlights to me why it's important.

But it's called rooted in struggle.

So the applications have closed now, but it's

basically for grassroots organizers, anarchists, people involved in different like

community care things who are experiencing burnout long term, stress, exhaustion,

heartbreak, grief.

And yeah, it's just kind of similar to the Hawthorne of,

of the Hawthorne program of like, you know, group calls, medicine one to one support

signal chat, pre recorded content.

Yeah, so I'm hoping that, you know, I'll finish working through people's applications

hopefully this morning and then be able to confirm like who, who's in the group and then

yeah, hopefully get started soon.

So in April I'm doing a similar group program, but this is for people who have a loved one in

prison.

So it's called the Rose program.

So this for folks, you know, maybe it's like a close friend, maybe it's a comrade, maybe it's

your mom or your brother.

Like it's just for anyone who is affected by

incarceration because they have a loved one inside.

So yeah, that's April to June and then in September I'm going to do Hawthorne again.

So people experiencing state repression because of their work towards liberation.

And then in November, the plan is to do one exploration explicitly for former prisoners,

like a healing from incarceration container.

So yeah, I haven't made the kind of

information page for that yet, but I'm just putting in a little bit more sort of design

thinking around it of like how to make that a supportive space for people who you know,

are experiencing like particular kind of.

Yeah, it's kind of like a different ptsd.

I think people leaving Prison because it's so

chronic and the levels of trauma are like so high height that.

Yeah, it's just.

I just need to do a bit of thought, thinking

around it and maybe like support for myself like co facilitating it with someone maybe so

that I'm not like triggered by everyone else's triggers if that makes sense as someone.

You know, I did two years inside.

So anyway, but I'm super excited about these

group programs.

I think it's going to be,

yeah a long term pattern in the apothecary of holding that space for folks doing it

collectively.

Like it just feel, it just feels right.

Do you know what I mean?

So okay, and then we've got the herbalism courses.

So in March my herbalism PTSD and traumatic stress course is open for enrollment again.

So I've launched this several times now.

It's open twice a year, March and September.

And it's like my biggest body of work.

And no one is turned away for lack of funds.

So you're able to access it for free if needed

or a small donation otherwise you know, if you pay.

Basically this course is what funds every thing I do.

Pretty much like 95 of my income comes from this course.

And yeah, it's a completely self paced so there's no online calls or anything.

You can work through the content completely on your own time.

And it's super comprehensive.

Like eight modules all about how trauma

affects the body,

collective responses to traumatic stress, how we frame trauma, the politics of trauma and

then it's just like bash, bash, bash.

All about the herbalism.

So bunch of practical stuff about medicine making about where to start building

relationships with plants.

And then there's so many, there's like 32 plant profiles of different types of nervines,

so herbs that have an affinity with the nervous system.

And yeah, I've just had ******* hundreds of people around the world tell me how life

changing it has been for them.

And yeah, like you know, I'm not like,

you know, I am quite good at promotion I think compared to lots of people.

But like it's still hard to like say hey this thing is like ******* awesome, you need to do

it.

Do you know what I mean? And I'm getting to the place now where I'm

like actually like I've had enough people contact me telling me like how much it's made

a difference in their life or it's like led them to all sorts of things like learning

herbalism or getting involved in different stuff.

And yeah, I do think like if people really get Stuck into it then like it can be ******* life

changing for them.

So yeah, so please, please, please join the

waiting list for that.

The link is on the info page.

That's the best way to hear about it.

So my practical medicine making intensives, these are three day courses and I teach two of

them a year and they are so much ******* fun.

So basically we come together for three days

in Somerset.

You learn all the things, tinctures, glycerides, infused oils, ointments.

You get to taste those of samples.

You get to meet loads of plants that are

growing everywhere.

We make loads of medicine for Calais, for the

mobile herbal clinic, the refugee clinic in Calais.

And yeah, it's just tons of fun.

And yeah, I should say the end of this month

is the deadline to apply for a subsidized place.

So a third of the places on each course I've been set aside for free or for donation and

then everyone else pays and that just like enables the whole thing,

you know, Like I have to pay for like childcare help and I pay for an assistant now

because I used to just bash it all out myself but it's just not possible with a baby.

So yeah, it's like.

But I still run these courses even though they

don't make much money because they're so fantastic at getting people those amazing

skills.

Do you know what I mean?

So, yeah, so.

Or I haven't checked my online shop, but I.

There's definitely no places left in June and I think maybe there's like three places left

in April.

I'm tempted to try and organize another one, but I might be pushing it, I'm not sure.

Okay, so the other big thing you heard me talk about in my plans episode is I am launching

this frontline herbalism membership.

So this is going to come in the summer.

I'm not like committing to a date yet because it is so much work and I'm working on this

every single day like without fail.

But basically there's going to be different

pathways where you can work through content to help kind of skill yourself up.

But there'll also be like a forum,

regular calls, guest teachers once a month and yeah, just practical support for people

organizing like herbal mutual aid things.

So yeah, there's going to be like a focus on like herbal street medicine, like the stuff we

do in Calais, people uprisings and demos and things,

disaster and crisis response and then like community herbalism as like a real anchor for

the whole, for the whole membership.

And yeah, it's going to rad.

Like I've Been working on it for so long and

I'm just so excited about launching it.

And yeah, I'm just excited to create that

space for folks because like, you know, I get so many emails from people like seeking this

kind of informal support.

But I'm hoping to have this like structure and then to have people, you know, making a

contribution every month.

Like that will really stabilize things

financially and yeah, hopefully be quite sort of life changing.

So that's in the flow.

Okay. And then there's other online workshops which are like available to access now.

So I have my paid course which is making herbal medicine with glycerin.

You've probably heard me talk a lot about glycerin.

It's like a fantastic alternative to alcohol based medicines like tinctures and yeah, the

course goes into like what the is glycerin, you know, a bit about its chemistry, the

supply chains like, things to be wary of,

which herbs like ******* love glycerin and which don't.

How to make amazing glycerites like super quickly with slow cookers and which herbs are

fantastic in glycerin fresh.

I don't think there's anything else like it on the Internet.

I'm just saying, I'm just putting it out there.

It's how I make so much medicine for people all over the world, like fairly affordably and

in mass quantities.

So yeah, check that out.

If you need an access code, you can email supportolidritypothecary.org and my amazing

assistant Chantal will send you the code for that page.

There's also other work workshops which are like available on my website anytime day or

night, which are just like historic things I've done.

So there's a workshop about herbalism and state violence from like, oh, back in like

2020 I think.

State repression, trauma and the body.

So this is all about how state repression like

affects our health and our nervous systems.

Herbalism, incarceration and abolition.

So I talk a lot about like the trauma of

prison and imprisonment and yeah, the work I've been doing and stuff around the

prisoners, herbal and things.

And then yeah, herbalism and border violence.

So that's like more focusing on the work in Calais and also like Poland, Ukraine, border.

Yeah. Okay, so podcasts, you're already listening to this one Frontline Herbalism

podcast.

I've also got another private podcast which

offers a full audio version of, of the Overcoming Burnout book which you can get on

my website.

So you can listen to all 23 chapters of that book.

They're like it's very short.

Like my little, you know, they're kind of like

blog posts really, but I've also added in like journal prompts and yeah, it's kind of like an

I think I was like blogging when I was really sick.

So yeah.

So please check that out.

Books. So the Prisoner's Herbal is still available free to people in prison worldwide.

We've got like thousands of them in the so called US now.

We've got got a thousand more copies in the UK thanks to active distribution.

You can use the request form online and our amazing volunteers will pop one in the post.

So that's really exciting.

There's still some translations like in

progress, but you can also get the, you know, the ebook on my website and you know like

there's a link on my page to where you can get physical copies of books as well.

So yeah, the Prisoner's Herbal is available in Spanish, Italian and Romanian so far online.

There's also the Overcoming Burnout book that I've mentioned.

There's the medicinal herb coloring book which is like ******* beautiful with like 50

incredible illustrations drawn by my friend Imani with like little blurbs about their

medicinal qualities.

And then there's my tomb of a book, Herbalism and State Violence which just talks about all

of this work, like different forms of state violence, different forms of herbal

solidarity.

There's contributions from people all over the world.

And again these book sales like are a real like funding engine for the solidarity

pothecree.

So like all the money is like going back into

like solly stuff.

Do you know what I mean?

And then yeah, there's some other free resources like my herbal path planner which I

talked about last week.

There's an elderberry syrup recipe using

glycerin.

And then I've got a guide for herbal support

for panic attacks that you can check out.

And then finally if you're like wow, this is overwhelming, I intermittently send an email

out like promoting different offerings and different announcements and you know,

solidarity calls, merchandise, things like that.

So yeah, please, please, please join the newsletter because it is like, like the place

where everything goes first before I like attempt to put things on social media and

stuff.

So.

All right, I better leave this car park and go and get a posh coffee.

Thank you for listening and thank you for supporting the solar pottery.

Yeah, all of the donations and stuff that come through, you know, people that you know,

support like whether it's like three quid a month or ten quid a month.

Like it all just makes some massive difference.

And now, yeah, that this Black Flag Clinic is going.

It's like so nice to know that that in depth support is available for people too, with

their chronic illness.

You know, comrades who've been organizing for decades, who are really struggling and yet

being able to like post out herbal care packages.

Like, I'm getting a bunch of stuff out for the Earth first gathering in Wales this week.

I think it's next weekend.

But anyway, I'm just grateful for all the

support and all of this work has, you know, taken years and years and years to create over

time.

And yeah, I'm just.

Yeah, I'm just like living my anarch herbalist

dream life.

Do you know what I mean?

Anyway, I'm in a silly mood.

I think I need more caffeine.

Actually, maybe I don't need more caffeine.

Anyway, thank you for listening.

I will be back soon.

Okay, take care.

Bye.

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