Welcome to Blessed Maine Herb Farm and School of Ancestral Pathways—a place of deep listening, sacred work, and devotion to the healing green world.
For well over four decades, we’ve grown and gathered herbs on this land, guided by the wisdom of our ancestors, the natural regenerative cycles of the Earth, and the call to serve. Every root, leaf, flower and tree here is tended with deep reverence and love and the herbal products made with them are prepared in small, intentional batches to honor the spirit of the plant.
Our farm is a sanctuary - a place where the healing arts are alive and rooted in the old ways. Through our School of Ancestral Pathways, we’ve had the honor of teaching thousands of students to walk the healer’s path: to know the land, to trust their intuition, and to reclaim the knowledge that lives in their bones.
This is soul work. This is lineage work. And it is my life’s calling.
I welcome you to join us - in the gardens, in the classroom, and in the living tradition of plant remedies.
— Gail Faith Edwards
Community Herbalist, Benedetta, Teacher, and Founder
Blessed Maine Herb Farm and School of Ancestral Pathways
THE HEALING DREAM TEMPLE
Come dream with me! This is a call for the dreamers among us, the myth makers, the shape shifters, edge walkers, the intentionally creative, the architects of consciousness as well as all those in need of deep change or self healing, whether physical, emotional or spiritual, personal or ancestral.
Registration now open! This course begins November 30, 2025
Benedicaria Training
I'm thrilled to offer you this 24 week long in-depth exploration of Benedicaria, the Blessing Way of Southern Italian Folk Medicine. Indigenous European traditions not only still exist, they are thriving. It is my privilege to share what I know of them.
Registration now open! This course begins February 12, 2026
Reweaving Plant Wisdom, Medicine Stories and the Divine Feminine
This 13 week series of recorded classes presents a historical perspective on women’s spirituality, explores the roots of the Divine Feminine, devotion to Mary in the 21st century, and examines in-depth the herbs and foods long associated with the Divine Feminine, Mary and the Mysteries of the Rosary.
Open enrollment, begin any time!
Explore Our Southern 2026 Italian Journeys
Pilgrimage to the Sacred Waters of the Cilento
The springs of the Cilento are not only places of refreshment - they are the living voices of our ancestors. For countless thousands of years, women and men knelt at these waters, leaving offerings, whispering prayers, and trusting in the unseen powers that flowed from the earth.
Dreaming with the Ancestors
From the coastal sanctuaries of Paestum and Velia to the high mountains of Monte Cervati, this route follows the transformation of ancient incubation temples and healing shrines into Christian sanctuaries of vigil, vision, and prayer.
