The Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference

Healer’s Market

Spaces for Vendors, Practitioners & Advocacy Groups

The 2010 Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference is a weekend gathering of world-class healing practitioners and teachers, in interaction with a highly focused and motivated audience. Included will be pre-conference Herbal Intensives, Featured Presentations, Hands-on Workshops, Live Music... and a special Healer’s Market with both vendors and practitioners.

Healer’s Market is housed in a large and well lit building at the conference site, the truly beautiful Ghost Ranch, New Mexico... 65 miles N.W. of Santa Fe on U.S. 84., 130 miles N.W. of the Albuquerque airport. It is host to a mix of 40 vendor tables, information tables and practitioner spaces. The crowd will tend to gravitate to network and shop during workshop breaks, before and after the major presentations.

If you feel your focus is related to ours, visibility at this conference could do a lot to boost your sales or cause, and you could also be a big help in ensuring the success of this exciting new annual event. You are invited to fill out the TWHC Vendor Application, while spaces are still available. Those who rent a table from us this first year, will be given first opportunity to receive one of the limited numbers of tables at the following 2011 event.

Your TWHC Audience:

The TWHC audience will be made up of people with a creative, alternative or self-sufficient bent, of usually higher intelligence and greater discernment than the general public, with interests in issues and products related to herbal and alternative healing, self care and nourishment, healthy eating and exercise, gardening and permaculture, ecology and environmentalism, community building and home schooling, home building and home care, green lifestyles, outdoor sports and nature related activities.

For NonProfits, Projects and Groups:

NonProfits and advocacy groups are invited to table information, set up visual displays, hand out brochures and offer demonstrations as appropriate. The TWHC will be an ideal venue for health advocates, environmental and conservation groups, herbal associations and plant societies, alternative and healing schools, outdoor programs, indigenous culture advocacy, and your promotion of future related events.

For On-Site Practitioners:

Qualified Health Practitioners are encouraged to use their space to offer consultations or on-site services. Possibilities include herbal consultations, massage, acupuncture treatments etc.

For Sellers and Other Services:

We are open to vendors from a wide range of businesses, though the more closely related your items are to to health, wholeness and nature, the better chance you will have of winning a space. Crafts will be allowed, for example, though we’re most likely to find room for them if they are nature related or geared towards use by practicing herbalists or self-healers. TWHC will be ideal for enterprises featuring herbal remedies and any other respected natural health products, local or organic foods, the tools of herbalism, instructional books and videos, body care, green lifestyle products and so forth. You may also promote services such as events, whole foods stores, health spas, retreat centers, solar retrofitting and so forth.

Caveat:

Given the limited number of tables and spaces, priority will be given to the businesses and groups most aligned with the focus and principles of this conference, with no space left available for products we consider misrepresentative, unhealthful or inappropriate.

Tables, SetUp & Cost:

Tables and Practitioner Sites are available for $200 each, on top of the $250 (“early bird”) or $275 standard Registration costs. Your table or Practice area must be fully set by Friday afternoon and no earlier than Friday morning, with everything taken down and cleaned up by Sunday at 5pm. Vendors are responsible for keeping their own goods secure, and are responsible for anything left on their tables unattended or after hours. We will work on getting electrical access for those who could use it.

The earlier you place your deposit, the more likely that all the spaces won’t already be taken.

To Apply, download and then completely fill out the Please fill out the attached Vendor/Practitioner Application and return it along with a $100 Deposit (refundable until June 1st). You can pay via check or PayPal.

Click here to Download the

TWHC Vendor & Practitioner Application

Please send your completed Application to:

TWHC <Kiva@TraditionsInWesternHerbalism.org>

Your check or M.O. can be sent to:

Shannon Bell, PO Box 688, Reserve, NM 87830

Or you can pay via PayPal (coming soon):

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