The Botanical Lab at NRI · Stovehouse · Suite 330
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Opening July 11. Mark your calendar.

Huntsville just got something it has never had before.

A Harvard-trained clinical researcher with Alabama roots opens her botanical lab to the public. Be among the first to experience it.

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Imagine a researcher who spent 25 years proving what plants actually do in the body. Then imagine she built a place where you could experience it.

That is what you just discovered. Dr. Jessie Cavanaugh completed post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School, built one of the country's leading natural health research institutes, and has spent her career conducting clinical trials that are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Her elderberry study is the largest ever conducted. Her menopause research is enrolling women right now.

On July 11, she opens a public lab at Stovehouse. Not a supplement store. Not a spa. Not a candle shop. This is a working research lab where the science comes off the page and into your hands.

Calendula botanical infusion
Every formula at the Botanical Lab comes from a published study. The science literally comes alive in your hands.

A combination of activities you won't find anywhere else.


A working copper alembic still
Running every other Saturday. Steam distillation of indigenous Alabama botanicals, such as goldenrod, magnolia, wax myrtle, or loblolly pine, into hydrosols you can take home. This is one of the oldest extraction methods in human history, and you can watch it happen at Stovehouse.

Aroma Blend Bar
Walk in and blend a custom formula at the bench. Create your own or use our formulas. Every formula is backed by published research. Custom inhaler, roll-on, or lotion. No appointment. Walk in and create something that actually works.

Herbal Blend Bar
Calendula, German chamomile, rose petal, lavender, rosemary, and more. Slow-infused in-house using double maceration. Blend your own body oil, scrub, or salve. Unctuous, concentrated, and unlike anything you can create anywhere else.

Olfactory Flights
A guided scent experience that takes you somewhere completely new. Three options: the research, the origin, the rare. Learn what the literature says about each one and leave with a vial of your favorite.

Classes and workshops
Evidence-based formulas, real technique, taught by the researcher who ran the trials. The Distillation Lab, the Stress Reset Lab, the Handmade Apothecary Lab, and more. Small groups, taught directly by Dr. Cavanaugh personally.

Clinical trials you can actually join
NRI is always enrolling for clinical studies on natural products from some of the world's leading brands. Contribute to published research, receive your own data at the end, and participate directly in peer-reviewed science.
Handmade botanical balms
Made from the same formulas used in clinical research. By the researcher who ran the trials.

The most published researcher in modern aromatherapy grew up right here in Hsv.

Dr. Jessie Cavanaugh built Nutraceuticals Research Institute over 25 years ago, when her children were still toddlers. She is the Scientific Director for the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy, travels the world delivering natural health education to medical professionals, and sources specialty botanicals for the Lab personally from small farms in France, Italy, and Iceland. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed studies. Her elderberry trial, with 362 participants, is the largest randomized controlled trial ever conducted on the subject.

She is a mother of five who built a career around knowing exactly what works, because when you have littles with a crisis at 2am, you need to be sure. When she is not in the Lab she is perfecting a new macaron flavor, trying new restaurants, reading Jane Austen, doing pilates, or exploring somewhere new with either a well-worn passport or her new puppy in tow.

The PI from one of the world's leading natural health research institutions has come back to her hometown, and is showing you how to get the same benefit from her clinical trials in your own home.

Dr. Jessie Cavanaugh, PhD · Founder, NRI
Opens July 11, 2026 · Stovehouse · Suites 330 and 335

Come see it on opening day.

Free mini-workshops. The alembic running all day. Walk-in experiences at the Blend Bar, Herbal Bar, and Olfactory Flights. Dr. Cavanaugh will be here all day.