Instructor: Corrina Wainwright

Corrina Wainwright
 Corrina Wainwright, MPH, a public health practitioner and community herbalist, comes to this work through her Southern, Caribbean, and Gullah Geechee heritage. Trained in Green Medicine and Ecological Herbalism by Peeka Trenkle, she is also a graduate of the Art and Practice of Spiritual Herbalism apprenticeship with Karen M. Rose. Corrina's herbalism practice creates a space for the process and pace of growing and healing with plants.

Through her business, Harlem Roots, she centers her family's ancestral practices of fostering community care and joy with accessible plant medicine. When not facilitating or writing, Corrina can be found vending at the Good Food farmer's market in Harlem, immersed in plant studies, or enjoying YA Afrofuturism in her home in Connecticut.

Classes by this instructor


Herbal Saturday: Herbal Cocktail Mixes

Discover the boundless possibilities of working with seasonal ingredients such as garden mint and other botanicals to craft herbal cocktails for any occasion. Learn the fundamentals of building a botanical bar; including crafting bitters, syrups, shrubs, sugars, and salts, and more...
251WEL130C 08/10 Sa 12:30pm-2:00pm Wainwright
NYBG

Herbal Saturday: Wonderland Tea Party

Won't you join us for tea & tinctures? Embark on a hands-on journey into herbalism with a refreshing twist. Join expert herbalists—Arvolyn Hill, Corrina Wainwright, and Suhaly Bautista-Carolina—to learn how plants can be used for medicine, self-care, and relaxation. In more...
251WEL130A 08/10 Sa 10:00am-4:00pm Hill
Wainwright
Bautista-Carolina
NYBG