Sarah Olson
Born and raised in southeast Wisconsin, Sarah wasted no time in packing up her bags and migrating to the west coast just before her 21st birthday. With an Associate Degree in Electronics in one hand and a snowboard in the other, she spent the first few years enjoying life as a ski bum. Coping with digestive issues and frustrated with the lack of affordable healthcare, she sought ways to support her health with “alternative” methods, which eventually became the welcome mat onto her path of herbalism. Diet and supplements quickly became teas and tinctures as she cultivated her knowledge of the green realm. Thirsty for more, she decided to pack up her bags once more and moved to the woods of Maine to formally study herbalism at Greenwood Herbals. After her apprenticeship, she traveled around the U.S. and Ecuador studying region specific medicines in different climates while her understanding of the interconnectedness between plants and people began blossoming. Shortly after Covid shut the world down and made traveling difficult, Sarah returned to where she considered home in Bend, Oregon. She found herself an opportunity to continue working with herbs at The Peoples Apothecary in
December of 2021 and has been an integral part of the company since then. These days when she’s not formulating tinctures or creating a new tea, you’ll probably find her in the woods, foraging and feasting, helping to find ways to bring people, plants and medicine into balance to make the world a more mindful and connected place.