Meet The Southern Herbalist
Back to the Roots of Natural Health
Darryl Patton
Darryl Patton has been hunting, gathering and working with medicinal plants for the past twenty-five years on Lookout Mountain in the Southern Appalachians. Darryl is an ND (Naturopathic Doctor) as well as a Master Herbalist and brings many years of experience to the field of alternative medicine. Known for his easy-going approach towards teaching the identification and uses of medicinal plants, Darryl has been called a walking encyclopedia of herbal folklore.
For 12 years, Darryl was privileged to spend thousands of hours studying under the late A. L. “Tommie” Bass, one of the last of the old mountain herb doctors. Known internationally among herbalists as well as the common folk living near Lookout Mountain, Alabama, Tommie Bass used his God-given ability and vast knowledge of medical herbs to help thousands of people from all walks of life.
Our Legacy
Preserving the "Old Way" of Healing
During his apprenticeship with Tommie Bass, Darryl was taught the identification and medicinal uses for thousands of plants found in the hills and hollows of the South. His passion is to pass this ancient wisdom to a new generation.
As the author of “Mountain Medicine, The Herbal Remedies of Tommie Bass” and an Adjunct faculty member of Clayton College of Natural Health, Darryl has taken the tradition from the forest to the national stage—appearing on Alabama Public Television and even the Comedy Channel.
Wilderness Survival
Training school in North Alabama mountains teaching outdoor discovery and survival.
Medicinal Walks
One-on-one apprenticeships and plant identification walks for deep herbal knowledge.
Publications
Editor of "The Southern Herbalist" and "Stalking The Wild... Magazine."
National Speaker
Lectured in New York, Las Vegas, and DC on alternative medicine.
Continue Your Herbal Journey Year Round
Stay connected with ongoing herbal education, seasonal wellness guidance, and continued support designed to help you maintain balance throughout the year.
Darryl Patton — Editor, Survival Expert & Founder of The Southern Herbalist
A past publisher of Wilderness Way Magazine, Darryl is the editor and publisher of Stalking The Wild…The Magazine of Outdoor Discovery, The Southern Herbalist, and co-founder of Wild Alabama, a nationally recognized environmental magazine. Primitive and wilderness survival expert, outdoorsman, adventure traveler, herbalist—you name it and Darryl does it.
He is a member of Randall’s Adventure Training and is a veteran of many trips to the Peruvian Amazon, where he graduated from the Peruvian Air Force’s Jungle Operations and Survival School. He has instructed classes and training seminars on primitive and wilderness survival skills. Living with his wife, Jane, on Lookout Mountain, not far from Tommie’s shack.
Darryl operates The Deep South Center for Herbal Studies, a wilderness and herbal training school in the mountains of north Alabama. He can be reached by writing to:
Darryl Patton P.O. Box 8481 Gadsden, AL 35902.
