My name is Corinne Denomme and I am the sole owner & operator at White Pine Rising. I would say my origin story into herbalism truly started organically from birth. My mother pursued a midwifery career right after I was born which wove the approach to natural "alternative" healing into my life forever after. She would often have us kids gargle goldenseal and drink fire cider to remedy our cold ailments, among other herbs known by the common kitchen herbalist. This foundation of herbal healing being considered normal in our family absolutely inspired my life's trajectory toward working with plants, though I also do not exclude modern pharmaceutical medicine either and believe there is a place for both. My adolescent years were spent playing in the woodlands behind our little blue rental home just on the edge of a small country town in SE Michigan. We didn't have much and were pretty isolated back there, but this rich land was where my deep reverence for the more-than-human world began. My regular engagement with the outdoors as a child, and then as an adult, were my first building blocks toward ecological activism, collective liberation, and weaving reciprocal relationships within my community and green spaces. I always like to say spending time in the woods taught me how to be in community.

I’ve been providing quality small-batch herbal products since 2015. I see my business more like an evolving project than just a seller of handmade products. The practice of herbalism, to me, is when people feel empowered to effectively work with herbs and have accessibility to the remedies they need. This especially involves community-based approaches to healthcare that draw upon the long lineage of herbal knowledge, which belongs to everyone. With that notion I layer my business with additional options such as sliding-scale pricing, teaching and providing herbal mutual aid during crisis and emergencies, and redistributing profit sales into local organizations.

I also hosts botanical dye workshops, private plant walks, have facilitated nature connection events, and am the cofounder and previous owner of a brick and mortar herb shop in Ypsilanti, MI.

I love to collaborate and uplift other projects and business, so please reach out if you’d like to work together!

Coursework and community engagements:

• Nature & village connection programs with Jon Young’s 8 Shields Institute (2017-2018)

• Children’s nature educator with Hawthorn Wilderness Connection (2017-2018)

• Volunteer camp director for Girls Rule Our World youth week via The Chalfonte Foundation (2015)

• Coordinator & facilitator for Woman’s Nature Renewal Weekend retreat at Strawbale Studios (2018)

• Kitchen Coordinator at Great Lakes Herb Faire (2020)

• Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program from the School of Evolutionary Herbalism (2018 ongoing)

• Lindera Energetic Western Folk Herbalism course with Michigan herbalist Jim McDonald (once as a student, again as a helper. 2020 and 2022)

• Traditional natural dye practices with Mel Streetman of Mamie's Schoolhouse

• Herbal First Aid with Dana Aronson of Wild Kin Botanicals along with many other classes with beloved community teachers who have enriched my herbalism education path forward

• Ongoing coordinator of herbal mutual aid medicine making days for activists, organizers, underserved populations, and other locals in need

• Coordinator of makers markets