About

Founded On Quality

Our founder, Silena Heron, was a naturopathic physician who could not find botanical products that met her exacting standards. She started Heron Botanicals so that she could give her patients high quality, full-spectrum botanical medicines. Quality has been our foundation from the start and it continues to be the principle that powers us.

Fresh, local plants.

The herbal domestic supply chain is critically important to the long term sustainability of natural medicines. We source 90% of our herbs domestically and 10% from impeccable foreign suppliers. This is an inversion of industry trends; where the vast majority of herbs come from foreign sources of questionable quality. Over 75% of our herbal products are sourced in the Pacific Northwest!

Following in the foot-steps of the eclectic physicians, we believe that fresh plants are the most vital form of herbal medicine. We preserve this freshness using carefully considered solvent ratios; locking in the maximum range of therapeutic constituents. Herbs arrive to our facility within a day of harvest and are put under maceration that same day.

Full Spectrum Herbal Medicine

Fresh Herbs
Extracts made from fresh plants preserve heat sensitive compounds that are lost in the drying process. Fresh plant material aids in identification and allows for us to carefully assess the quality of the incoming material. Over 200 of our products are made from fresh plant materials which are sourced from skilled growers.
Plant medicine, not standardized extracts
We are focused on providing extracts that preserve the diversity of bioactive compounds present in the fresh plant material. We do not standardize our products to focus on single constituents. Instead, we celebrate the complexity of herbal products.
Properly identified and perfectly extracted
Each of our incoming plants undergoes an intake process using strict botanical identity criteria to ensure identity confirmation and that the plant material is free of adulterants. We use precise herb to menstruum ratios and solvent concentrations to extract desired constituents.
Harvested at the peak of potency
We work with our suppliers to ensure that every herb that we work with is picked at the peak of potency. We prioritize potency over crop yield.

The Quality Equation

Fresh Herbs

Our fresh plant material is never heated, preserving fragile compounds that are lost in the drying process.

Suppliers We Know

We ensure that the herbs used in our products are grown well from the moment the first seed germinates. We work with an array of skilled farmers and wild-crafters who have their sights set on quality and sustainability.

Dedication to Quality

Our team is trained to value quality above all else! Our dedicated Quality Control department demands that every batch meets strict standards for identity, purity, strength, and composition.

Processed Rapidly

Our raw herbal material typically arrives to us within 24 to 48 hours of harvest. We process plant material immediately after confirming that it has met our exacting standards.

Research Guided

We use the latest botanical research to inform how to optimally extract constituents, when to harvest plants, how to identify plant material, which plant parts to use, and how to ensure product safety. We use the guiding hand of research while keeping in mind long-standing herbal traditions.