Hope Cooke is a Certified Master Herbalist from the Trinity School of Natural Health and has 33 years’ experience in education as a teacher and librarian. She combined her passion for teaching, natural healing and enthusiasm for gardening into a desired goal of inspiring others to love herbs. In hopes, that they would start their own journey of herbal knowledge. She teaches herbal classes at Blackacre Nature Preserve. Hope has spent many years gardening and growing plants/herbs. She enjoys cooking, gardening, teaching yoga, hiking, biking, and anything outdoors. She believes that learning and researching is the best offensive tool for self-care & wellness.