Apollo Herbs is a business dedicated to the art & science of herbal medicine. By growing, harvesting, & extracting healing plants, we seek to provide the community with the highest quality herbal products available. All of our products are made in small batches using the highest quality organically.

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Michael S. Ford, M.S., M.A.Founder & President, Michael Steven Ford, M.S., M.A., is an herbalist, botanist, natural product chemist, artist, and educator. He is the owner of Apollo Herbs®, the herb company that he founded in 1991, after completing an apprenticeship with master herbalist, Rosemary Gladstar. Previously, Michael studied painting & illustration at The Rhode Island School of Design, then he began learning about herbs.

Michael began teaching herb courses in 1993. He is a dynamic lecturer who teaches apprentice programs and conducts seminars at medical schools, pharmacy schools, symposia and herb conferences. He continues to offer the Essence of Herbalism Apprentice Program annually for aspiring herbalists. Michael is an adjunct instructor for both Massachusetts College of Pharmacy’s Natural Products Program and for University of Bridgeport’s College of Naturopathic Medicine in Connecticut. Michael holds five degrees from the University of RI- three bachelors degrees in Botany, Biology & Classics and two masters degrees - M.S. in Pharmacognosy/Natural Product Chemistry and M.A. in Education, as well as his Ph.D candidacy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (ABD). He is presently editing his first book about Rhode Island’s History & Colonial Ancestry, and has begun writing and illustrating his second book, a reference Encyclopedia of Plant Families & Their Medicinal Attributes. Michael continues to create, teach, and practice herbalism in his daily life.

Palisades waterfull -Apollo Herbs, 1080 Kingstown Road, Peace Dale, RI 02883Apollo Herbs® is located in the Palisades Mill building in the heart of Peace Dale, a village of the town of South Kingstown, RI. The attractive granite buildings are the legacy of the Hazard family, which established a woolen mill, the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company, in the early 19th century. It is believed this was the place where the first power looms were successfully operated in America, if not in the world.

Peace Dale borders the neighboring village of Wakefield, the “commercial center” of South Kingstown, just ten minutes from the South County beaches. Peace Dale and the surrounding areas are a representation of 18th and 19th century architecture and fine craftmanship, retaining much of its charm and history including the original Main Street sidewalks, granite stone walls, and bridges, offering character and historical presence with many fine restaurants, small businesses and shops conveniently located nearby. According to a redevelopment feasibility analysis by Newport Collaborative Architects Inc. in 2004, “the Peace Dale Mills, the largest industrial complex in South Kingstown, is significant architecturally and historically."

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Apollo Herbs®, 1080 Kingstown Road, Ste. 13, Peace Dale, RI 02879

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