Our Story
Althea Herb Farm was created to solve a simple problem.
We are herbalists. Just like a chef, a foodie or a gourmet, we are always searching for the best ingredients, the best plants. Always wanting the highest quality, most nutritious and flavourful ingredients.
Over the seasons, we had difficulty finding these quality ingredients, so we decided to grow our own. Enough just for ourselves and our yearly supply. It was challenging.
As we grew more and more plants, mastered ways of growing, drying and processing these ingredients, experimented with different recipes and blends, we realized we had something special. We had herbal teas unlike any other.
We created Althea Herbal Teas to offer you some of our own homegrown herbs, handmade and processed into our herbal tea blends. These teas have no caffeine, preservatives or additives; they are just the herbs. Raw and Real, like nature intended.
Scott Reid, C.H., Farm Manager
Scott Reid has been the farm manager at Althea Herb Farm, since its conception in 2007. Scott has completed programs at the Dominion Herbal College, the North East School of Botanical Medicine and the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism. He has been studying herbalism and the human body since 2003. He teaches workshops and leads field walks on the virtues of local plants, herbal preparations and basic botany.
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Scott brings his deep knowledge of plants to Althea Herbal Teas everyday. The recipes behind our herbal tea blends are all created by Scott, each for their own purpose. Please click 'Our Ingredients' for more information on each plant.