Peregrine Bermas

Teaching Artist & Community Herbalist

2022 3Arts Awards

Teaching Arts

Peregrine is a pinay teaching artist and herbalist; descended from mountains, ocean, and raspberries, and humans whose creative inclinations led them to be teachers, caregivers, land tenders, and excellent cooks.

As their name alludes, they are also a wanderer. In 2024 they are spending time with the land in so-called durham, nc - meeting more mushrooms and holding virtual herbal care consultations through their practice, Dirt & Free Herbal Arts.

Peregrine's work encourages adaptation, engages land-based relationships, and embraces collective care. She has a longtime love of our plant companions, and find great pleasure in sharing about locally abundant and kitchen-accessible herbal remedies.

Profile image by: Atoi Glennette

Peregrine Bermas's Website

Featured Artworks

Collage image featuring people assembling colorful care packages of candles and herbal remedies

Freedom Fighter Herbs Spring Digital collage

Collage of images forming a grassy background with three figures seated together picking flowers

Freedom Fighter Herbs Summer Digital collage

“A Weed Among Weeds” coloring zine.

Image of woven strands of lemongrass and dried orange slices set upon a white table

Rings of lemongrass and oranges.

An overhead image of a curious black kitten sniffing at pink zines that read "Wild Satisfaction" set upon a table with small aloe plants nearby

“Wild Satisfaction” zines for Freedom Fighter Herbs, Spring 2022 care packages.

Two figures wearing face masks and gloves, seen sanitizing tools for a post-lesson clean up

Teaching artists Peregrine Bermas and Veronica Casado Hernandez. Photo by Irina Zadov.

A closeup of four mason jars filled with varying colorful substances, softly backlit by the outdoor sun.

Jars filled with plant materials for extracting natural dyes.