Sunny Coast HerbFest –

June 15, 2025 | 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 – more coming!

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

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

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

Heidi Merika

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

Sally Taylor

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

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

Deanne Apostolou

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

Jandamarra Cadd

June 15, 2025. 9:30am – 2pm. Coolum

Putting the heart into community herbalism

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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!

 

Masterclasses announced in April

 

Heartfelt thanks to the 2025 Sponsors

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

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)