Corinne Denomme (she/her) was born and raised in the greater Detroit area of the Great Lakes region. Shortly after Corinne's birth, her mother pursued a midwifery career which wove herbalism into her life forever after - a happenstance that has unequivocally inspired her life's trajectory toward working with people and plants. Her adolescent years were spent playing in the woodlands behind the little blue childhood rental home, hugged by a huge apple orchard & corn/pumpkin field just on the outskirts of town. This gracious land was where a deep reverence for the more-than-human world began as it parented her through uncertain times, setting foundational attributes for ecological activism, social liberation, and weaving reciprocal relationships for community and green spaces.
Taught primarily through self-led study and spending intimate time with the plants themselves, Corinne has also expanded her studies with Michigan herbalist jim mcdonald, Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program (online) at the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, nature connection & community building practices under Jon Young's 8Shields Institute, traditional natural dye art with Mel Streetman, and various other community teachers.
She found the handcraft of herbalism to be a calling, and is the owner and creator of White Pine Rising: a grassroots home business that has been providing quality small-batch herbal products for nearly a decade. She also teaches botanical dye workshops focusing on bioregional plants, local herbalism, and has facilitated nature connection events.