Ursula Basch & Karine Gordineer

Teaches at New York Botanical Garden

Ursula Basch, BChE, is a practicing herbalist, aromatherapist, and environmental engineer. She is the founder of The Herbal Bear School of Botanical Medicine, a holistic center for herbal studies. Ursula was originally trained as a chemical engineer and works as an environmental engineer. She has been a practicing herbalist since 1988. She has studied Chinese, Western, and Cherokee Herbal Medicine.

Karine Gordineer is a practicing Native American herbalist with more than 25 years of experience. She is an educator and also the founder of Green Girl Herbs, an organic herbal products company. She is working toward a Certificate of Botany from the Botanical Garden.