Where the research becomes something you can make
Hands-on botanical science grounded in NRI's published clinical research. Olfactory flights. Custom aroma and herbal blending. Evidence-based classes and workshops.
Four ways to experience the Lab
Everything at the Botanical Lab connects to published research. The formulas you blend, the oils you smell, and the techniques you learn in class all come from the same evidence base that powers NRI's clinical trials.
Aroma Blend Lab
from $18Walk in. Choose a research-backed formula. Blend it yourself at the bench. No appointment needed.
Explore →Herbal Bar
from $22Slow-infused botanical oils blended into a body oil, scrub, or salve. Nine evidence-based formulas.
Explore →Olfactory Flights
from $28A guided scent experience presented like a tasting menu. Three flights, each with a take-home oil.
Explore →Classes and Workshops
from $55Hands-on sessions several times a month. Evidence-based and worth your Tuesday night.
See the schedule →
The formulas you make here come from real studies
The ASD anxiety blend. The pediatric respiratory trial. The clary sage pregnancy RCT. The stress response series. Dr. Cavanaugh has worked at the intersection of natural health and clinical science for over 25 years. The clinical trials that inform the Botanical Lab span most of that work.
This is not a wellness studio that gestures at science. It is a research institute that opened a lab so the public could experience what 30 publications actually smell like, feel like, and do.
Research-informed formulas
Every blend formula at the Lab is derived from or directly connected to NRI's published research. Not trend-based, not tradition-based. Evidence-based.
Single origin sourcing
Dr. Cavanaugh sources botanicals directly from origin: Provence, Tuscany, Okinawa, and beyond. You will know where every ingredient came from and why it was chosen.
No mythology
Therapeutic grade is not a thing. The Lab does not sell wellness theater. If something works, there is a study behind it. If there is not, we say so.
The same researcher who designed the world's largest elderberry RCT will also be behind the bench on Saturdays. That is not something you find anywhere else.
Dr. Jessie Cavanaugh, PhD
Dr. Cavanaugh has spent 25 years at the intersection of clinical research and botanical medicine. She holds a PhD focused on botanical clinical trials, completed post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School, and has published over 30 peer-reviewed studies. She is the PI on every trial NRI runs.
She is also an accomplished apothecary maker, a home cook who entertains at scale, and an international botanical sourcer who has spent years building direct relationships with growers in Provence, Tuscany, and Okinawa. The Botanical Lab is where those two sides of her work meet.
She will be at the Lab. Regularly. Behind the bench, teaching classes, answering questions that would make most wellness brands uncomfortable. That is the point.
Meet Dr. Cavanaugh →First access to classes, events, and collection drops before they sell out.
Visit the Lab at Stovehouse
Suite 330
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
Saturday · 10am to 3pm
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Classes and Workshops
from $55Evidence-based, hands-on, worth your Tuesday night.
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