Botanica Obscura 2026

March 6th to 8th 2026

2026 will be the 5th annual virtual gathering!

Tickets on sale 12/21 visit the Shop Tab to purchase your tickets.

All presentations are live and recorded and recordings will be stored on the cloud for one year.

Botanica Obscura is a space to appreciate and explore our fascination with strange and unusual plants and fungi. Hosted by Eimi OstaraMoon of Poison and Bee, and Coby Michael of Poisoner's Apothecary. Our goal is to facilitate learning and a sense of community between people and plants. We are a collection of herbalists, educators, alchemists, and spiritual practitioners from a wide variety of backgrounds . Plant Spirit medicine spans across cultures and time periods, and through each of our unique areas of expertise, we can provide a uniquely magical perspective to the study of integrative plant medicine and plant-based magical practice. Botanica Obscura was created to help create space for the growing community of practitioners interested in working with our green allies. The event will host a variety of presentations including topics on ethnobotany, phytochemistry, mycology, wortcunning, plant alchemy, the poison path, plant spirit medicine, phytognosis and much more!

2026 Schedule

Full Descriptions of Each Presentation at botanicaobscuraconference.com

 Pre-recorded

Ness Bosch - Andalusian Herbal Magic An Introduction to the Magical Herbal Legacy of Al Andalus

Sian Sibley - Fungi and Soil: Sacred Landscapes

Eimi OstaraMoon – Bee-Witched: A Meditation on Honey Bees and Their Magic

Coby Michael - Pierce the Veil with a Poisoned Blade       

Friday March 6th

10AM

Emma Fitchett- Initiated by the Yew Tree

Jezmina Von Thiele - Deep Roots: Weeds and Resistance in Romani Family Folk Herbalism

12PM

Stephanie Hardie - Hexenwald: The Poison Path in Black Forest Magic

Wouter Bijdendijk - Amanita muscaria: The Most Iconic and Culturally Significant Fungi in Human History

2PM

Micah Abraxas Nilsson - Chronos & Kairos: Time and Timing in the Alchemical Laboratory

Petra Sovcov - Toxic Botanicals and Inflammatory Disease: A Clinical Perspective

4PM

Devana Pourroy - Ancient Mysteries of the Rainforest: Master Plant Dietas and Amazonian Shamanism

6PM

Irene Glaase - Luck, Landvaettir and Land-connectedness

Saturday March 7th

10AM

Laurie Bianciotto - Painkiller Weeds

Ben Stimpson – The Other Eden: Plant Materia and Amulets of Britain

12PM

Kamden Cornell - Las Flores del Campo Santo: Plants in the Deadly Garden of La Llorona

2PM

Isaac Hill- Understanding Astrological-Botanical Correspondences

Cyndi Brannen & Christen Bennett - Medea: Witch of Shadows

4PM Vex Blodsjarna - By Wilt and Wealth: Folklore and Practice of Plant Spirits for Hearth and Home

6PM

Kathi Bonnabel & Elie Barnes - Numina locorum et Florae Locorum: Spirits and Plants of Place

Emily Ividja- Sailing the Élivágar: Musings on the Primordial Poison in the Norse Tradition

8PM

Amber Haase - Arcane Alchemy: The evolution of self through the elusive magick of scent

Brenna Lilly - Herbal Practices for Resurrecting Sensuality

10PM

Bella Donna - Traditional Herbalism: Reuniting Modalities for a Return to Holistic Healing

Josh Williams – Ritual Tisane: Remedies of the Tea Ritual

Sunday March 8th    TIME CHANGE IN EFFECT

10AM Harriet Cummins - Wreathed with Victory: How to make Bay Laurel work for you from Crown to Boot

Todd Elliott - Beyond Moon Signs: Traditional Astrology, Magic, and the Art of Agriculture

12PM

Amanda Voinier - Roots and Remedies: Ancestral Plant Medicine and Second Sight in Mediterranean Tradition

PD Newman – Pharmakon of Transformation: Theurgy & Flying Ointments

2PM

Aerik Arkadian - The Harmonic Herbarium: Songs, Spirits and the Music of Plants

Neïs Yolopahtli Seshen - Sacred Art of Alchemical Death Through the Path of the Perfumer

4PM

Al Cummins - Adam in the Garden: On Edenic Plant Magic

Natalia Lopez - Whispers of the Obscured Self: Re-awakening the Elemental Witch 

6PM

Debora Greer - Gardens of Death and Despair: Plant Magic with Grandmother Nana

Magi Rivera - The Hymns of Descent and Ascent

8PM

Dr. Finch - Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust The Perils & The Pleasures of Powders

For full descriptions you can also visit our website botanicaobscuraconference.com and follow us on instagram @botanicaobscuraconference and check our facebook event page.