HILLSIDE BOTANICALS
ABOUT
Hillside Botanicals is a certified organic herb farm and apothecary rooted in the rolling hills of Central Vermont, the unceded ancestral territory of the Abenaki People. Founded in 2018, we cultivate dozens of varieties of medicinal herbs and perennials utilizing regenerative organic practices on the land we gratefully steward.
Our wellness products are handcrafted in house with plants sourced from our farm, half of which is situated on a quintessential Vermont hillside and the other in the valley below. Each formula has been developed by our co-founder and Clinical Herbalist, Sarah Shaw. Combining traditional knowledge and modern science, great care is taken to ensure the purity, potency, and integrity of each herbal ingredient is honored and used with purpose.
Since 2019, our farm has been proudly certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF). In 2020, we also became Real Organic Certified and Bee Friendly Farming Certified as means to deepen our commitments to building soil and creating habitat for our beloved pollinators.
We are land stewards, herbalists, growers, community members, builders, formulators, life long students and, most importantly, we're grateful to be here.
Our mission is simple: To cultivate medicine for people and planet.
HILLSIDE BOTANICALS
TEAM
Sarah
(she/her)
Co-Founder. Clinical Herbalist. Grounded Catalyzer of all the things.
Sarah is a Vermont transplant, originating from the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Vermont with a BA in Global Studies, Community Development, and Food Systems, and has received two Permaculture Design Certifications.
Sarah received her Clinical Herbalist training at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism and currently runs Humble Hummingbird L3C, a private sliding-scale herbal practice in parallel to the farm and Hillside brand. She also works as consultant to a nonprofit in the natural products industry that serves purpose-driven founders and leaders.
When not juggling farm work, product formulations, and business operations, Sarah can usually be found barefoot in a garden, practicing yoga, grooving to live music, or plugging into social and environmental justice work.
Nathan
(he/him)
Co-Founder. Farmer. Engineer & Builder of literally everything.
Nathan is a third generation Vermonter from Randolph, VT. He holds a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Norwich University where he also played on the men's soccer team. After graduation, Nathan spent two years as a design and development engineer before leaving to apprentice with Ben Falk, an ecological designer in Central Vermont. Upon completion of the apprenticeship Nathan worked full-time gaining substantial experience in broad-acre crop implementation and management. Nathan also holds many years experience in the specialty food manufacturing industry as both a production assistant and facility engineer, which has given him a unique perspective on the nuances of food and wellness certifications and safety.
After a brief stint working for Green Leaf Organics, a medical cannabis grower in California, he returned to Vermont to begin establishing the Hillside Botanicals farm on the land that raised him. In his spare time (what's that?), Nathan enjoys skiing, jumping into some pick-up soccer, and live music.