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MEMBERSHIP

HANS Annual Membership runs from July 1 to June 30 each year.
HANS General Membership $25.00
HANS Practitioner Membership $100.00
Each member upon joining will receive a membership card and information brochure.


General Membership benefits include:

  • Belong to a like minded community
  • Support the flourishment of herbs and herbal medicine in Nova Scotia
  • Receive information about herbal-related offerings, upcoming events, & classes via HANS list-serve
  • Receive reduced rates on some HANS sponsored events, such as the Herb Fair and professional development seminars
  • Opportunity to advertise your business or services on the website, listserve and at various events (small fee).
  • May stand for nomination to the Board of Directors after 1 year in good standing
  • May volunteer for a HANS committee or project
  • Full voting rights at the Annual General Meeting
  • A portion of your membership fees include group membership with United Plant Savers. For more information contact www.unitedplantsavers.org

Professional Membership benefits include:

Practicioner Members are those members that offer clinical services to the general public as a Herbalist and choose to obtain membership with HANS as a Practicioner member. Benefits include those for all members plus...

  • May display services at HANS selected events
  • May participate in decision-making about standards, scope of practice, and disciplinary procedures for professional herbalists in Nova Scotia.
  • List service on the Practitioner listing on the website.

Discounts from participating businesses include:

Please be prepared to present your membership card.

  • Little Mysteries (Halifax) Regular Holistic Health Practitioner applies. 10% discount on items used in practice. Must demonstrate with use of HANS practitioner membership card or practitioner pamphlet.
  • Venus Envy (Halifax) offers a 10% discount on all in-store books and products
  • Herbal Dispensary and Clinic, Savayda Jarone, - 10% discount off preparations
  • Jeanette Poirier Herbal Dispensary - 10% discount off preparations  
  • Thai Yoga Body Work with Maryse Thuot - 10% off
  • lola doucet Barrister & Solicitor - $50 off legal fees on a property transaction
  • Michele Graveline, Master Herbalist & RHN - 10% of classes or workshops

If you would like to offer HANS members a discount on product or service please contact us at the address below or by email at admin@herbalns.org


To become a member: Download our Membership Brochure and send either a cheque or money order payable to The Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia and send to:

HANS, P.O. Box 31232, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 5Y1