Trained by science. Driven by spirit.
Student of plants. Land tender. Medicine Maker. Daughter. Sister. Auntie.
Gemini Sun – Taurus Moon – Leo Rising
Malerie’s work is a blend of folk herbalism, ancestral knowing, and clinical training. Most importantly, her work honors her ancestors who have tended land for generations as farmers and laborers as well as the magic that dwells in the natural world. She finds her inspiration through days spent in old growth forests with her dog, Sonny-boy and nights eating homecooked meals with good friends. She believes that food is the best medicine. Malerie came to a holistic approach for healing, herbalism, and energetics after suffering for many years from chronic migraines. She still works very hard every day to maintain balance in her body to ensure she doesn’t live in chronic pain.
Malerie carries a degree in sustainable and organic agriculture and a naturalist certification from Wenatchee Valley College (2014.2018), apprenticed in medicine making and wildcrafting with Suzanne Jordan of Cedar Mountain Herb School (2016), received her clinical certification studying vitalist western tradition with Sajah Popham at School of Evolutionary Herbalism (2019), and completed a Community Herbalist Certification program with Renée Camilla and Sam Roberts at Now and Then Herb School (2024). Malerie comes from a long line of farmers and humans who navigate this world through spirit. Her work is a blend of ancestral remembrance and scientific training.
Hopewell Herbs is an ode to Malerie’s ancestors and the land that has held them for generations in the lush backwoods on the red dirt of Hopewell Road in central Mississippi. These medicines are made slowly and intentionally by hand in small batches by Malerie in ways that our ancestors and our bodies recognize. These formulas are created by deep listening to the plants. Hopewell Herbs uses homegrown or locally sourced medicine and food plants and organic ingredients whenever possible.
Hopewell Herbs aims to inspire. To cultivate self-love. To educate and empower individuals to take every day healthcare into their own hands. To build relationship between humans and the plants growing around them. And to encourage positive change in order to dismantle harmful systems of oppression that have historically underserved black, brown, and low-income bodies and minds.