The Pollen Patch
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The Pollen Patch is a native ethnobotanical garden dedicated to growing medicinal plants and preserving the wisdom of Indigenous Herbalism through skill-building workshops and natural, botanical products. We craft garden-gathered alternative products such as herbal teas, herbal prerolls (substance-free smoking alternative), shower steamers, bath bombs, botanical soy candles, salt/sugar scrubs, hand-rolled incense, salves, balms, floral milk baths, crochet bees filled with herbs and more! We offer workshops to connect our community with native medicinal plants and demonstrate how to be in relationship with them by transforming them into every day self-care.
Sheena Hanscel
Sheena Hanscel is an herbalist, educator, and wellness practitioner based in Columbus, Ohio. She is the founder of The Pollen Patch, a project rooted in plant medicine, environmental care, and accessible community education.
Sheena holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and spent eight years practicing as a mental health therapist. Her background in clinical care strongly informs her current work, shaping an approach to wellness that is trauma-aware, practical, and grounded in real-life application. Over time, her therapy practice evolved into wellness coaching as she deepened her studies in herbalism and began integrating plant-based support into her work.
Her work is also deeply informed by her Native heritage and connection to natural remedies passed down through her Cherokee grandmother. This ancestral knowledge fuels her passion for plant medicine as a form of care, resilience, and relationship with the land. She received a City of Columbus Department of Water and Soil grant in 2025 to support a native pollinator garden project focused on medicinal plant education, pollinator health, and ecological resilience.
Through The Pollen Patch, Sheena creates thoughtfully formulated herbal products and leads hands-on workshops that make plant knowledge approachable, responsible, and rooted in connection—to people, place, and the natural world.
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