Sunny Coast HerbFest –

June 14, 2026 | 9:30am – 2pm in Coolum.

Join us for the Sunshine Coast’s biggest herbal event of the year!

We’ll celebrate, be inspired by great speakers, see practical demonstrations and stock up on artisan, handcrafted/ grown herbal products.

Just $20 for a day of learning and connection; under 14s free.

community herbal education event where people come to learn herbal medicine. Picture of crowd of people listening to a herbal medicine education. Everyday Empowered.

HerbFest is a gathering place

a place to belong. a place to celebrate the plants. and everyone’s favourite part? YOU – our herbal community!

Speakers & Activities 2025

Image of Heidi Wedd with flower crown in herbs. Talk title for HerbFest 2025: Rewilding from the Inside Out: Herbs as Spiritual Teachers

Heidi Wedd

Get to know Heidi

Image of Pat Collins smiling holding her book about medicinal weeds and the words are her HerbFest talk title: Indigenous Plants and their uses

Pat Collins

Pat's also speaking at Post-HerbFest Masterclass on Monday- more info below

Get to know Pat

Image of Heidi Merika smiling. HerbFest 2025 talk title: Learn to make Wild Weed Insect Repellent using Fleabane and Lantana

Heidi Merika

Get to know Heidi

Image of Sally Taylor smiling. Words are her HerbFest Talk title: The Language of Plants and the 5 Elements

Sally Taylor

Get to know Sally

Image of Karen McElroy laughing in garden. Talk title for HerbFest 2025: Herbal Medicine and Anthroposophy: Tapping into the Wisdom of Nature and Human Intuition

Karen McElroy

Get to know Karen

Image of Deanne Apostolou smiling. Words are her HerbFest talk title: Rewilding your nervous system to stay grounded with nervine herbs

Deanne Apostolou

Get to know Deanne

Image of Jim and Julia smiling and hugging. Words are their HerbFest talk title: Creating a thriving food forest in your backyard and the role of herbs.

Jim and Julia

Get to know Jim and Julia

Image of Jandamarra holding clapping sticks. Words are his HerbFest talk: Connection to Land with Acknowledgement of Country.

Jandamarra Cadd

Get to know Jandamarra

I bumped into friends I haven’t seen for ages. I love how many people I see here.

2023

I love being surrounded by like-minded people, it feels so good.

2023

Thanks, I loved everything about today -the speakers were all top notch!

2023

“Can we do this more often!? I can’t wait for next year!” — heard again and again, said by many people to me, to the stallholders etc

2023

I love being around so many people who love the same things I do – it’s so refreshing

2023

I love the laid-back vibe.

You did a brilliant job organising such a successful buzzing festival day.

2023

I didn’t know what to expect, but it blew me away, it was all so good!!

2023

June 14, 2026. 9:30am – 2pm. Coolum

Putting the heart into community herbalism

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Info for HerbFest Stallholders

HerbFest Masterclasses – Monday June 16

The fun and learning continue – while we’ve got amazing interstate speakers on the Sunny Coast we’ve got to make the most of it!

Heartfelt thanks to the 2025 Sponsors

Great community events happen together. Thanks to these legends for their support.

Mudbrick Herb Cottage

MAJOR SPONSOR

The Health and Nutrition Summit

Health and Nutrition Summit

Major Sponsor

The Nutrition Academy

Nutrition Academy

Major Sponsor

Wildwood Organics Yandina

MAJOR Sponsor

Estuary Learning

Community Sponsor

Earthen Roots Collective

Community Sponsor

Yandina Market Garden. Sponsor for Sunny Coast HerbFest, June 18, 2023. community herbal event, herbal education and learning herbs.

Yandina Market Garden

Community Sponsor

Tewantin Market Garden Sponsor for Sunny Coast HerbFest, June 16, 2024 community herbal event, herbal education and learning herbs.

Tewantin Market Garden

Community Sponsor

The Wild and Her

The Wild and Her

Community Sponsor

Aurora School of Natural Healing

Community Sponsor

Get a glimpse of HerbFest

Imagine you were there – Pictures of just a few of the speakers and stall holders from previous years – check out more info about our previous HerbFest events (click here)

HerbFest stallholder 2024.

community herbal education event where people come to learn herbal medicine. Picture of crowd of people listening to a herbal medicine education. Everyday Empowered.

Image of woman smiling holding plants at HerbFest. HerbFest is the Sunshine Coast's annual herbal medicine community event. Everyday Empowered

community herbal education event where people come to learn herbal medicine. Picture of crowd of people listening to a herbal medicine education. Everyday Empowered.

community herbal education event where people come to learn herbal medicine. Picture of crowd of people listening to a herbal medicine education. Everyday Empowered.

HerbFest stall Alyson Maier. Image of woman standing in her herbal medicine market stall. HerbFest community herbal medicine event on the Sunshine Coast. Everyday Empowered

Herbest 2023 - happy kids, grassroots herbal medicine community event and gathering. Image of two boys smiling, one with his face painted like a tiger.

HerbFest-Herbal-Valley-stall-participant

Participants- smiling- HerbFest 2022

Speakers-Connie

heidi - demonstration-calendula oil

HerbFest attendees-seedlings

Image of man talking to smiling woman at herbal medicine stall at herbal medicine community gathering HerbFest on the Sunshine Coast in Coolum