Flower Power Herbs & Roots

What they do

A working herbal apothecary on East 9th Street, open daily 12–7. Carries organic herbs, roots, tinctures, flower essences, and remedies — “grown in local backyard gardens, imported from India, or sourced from trusted brands.” Apprentices at the shop are “trained in holistic care and might suggest products like maca for sexual energy or [[ashwagandha|ashwagandha]] for anxiety and depression.”

Founder Lata Chettri-Kennedy has practiced astrology and herbalism in NYC for over three decades. Her training is in three principal Western herbalism lineages:

• [[susun-weed|Susun Weed]] — Wise Woman Tradition (Ash Tree Publishing; same teacher as [[red-moon-herbs|Red Moon Herbs]] founders)
• Robin Rose Bennett — Wise Woman Tradition lineage; Healing Magic (2014)
• [[david-hoffmann|David Hoffmann]] — clinical / scientific Western herbalism; the Holistic Herbal author and a foundational figure in modern Western practice

Flower Power also runs the Green Witches apprenticeship program, training the next generation of NYC herbalists out of the same shop.

Why it’s listed

Three things:

1. Continuous lineage transmission in NYC. 1993 → 2026 in the same [[east-village|East Village]] storefront, with active apprenticeship — [[san-francisco|the city]]‘s longest-running independent herbal apothecary. Kept alive through every pressure that closed every comparable storefront.

2. The “green witch” framing is honest. Lata’s practice integrates astrology and herbalism [[daoism|the way]] the European folk-medicine and Indian Ayurvedic traditions actually did, rather than separating them into “wellness” and “metaphysical” silos. That integration is structurally aligned with [[directory|the directory]]‘s substrate-aware framing.

3. The [[susun-weed|Susun Weed]] lineage cross-link. Together with [[red-moon-herbs]] in Asheville (also Susun Weed–trained founders), Flower Power gives the directory two studios across two bioregions tracing to the same teacher — making the lineage legible across the graph.

Bioregional fit

Anchors the [[new-york-city]] bioregion’s herbalism tier. Pairs across the river with [[the-shala-yoga]] (Pattabhi Jois lineage Ashtanga, Union Square + Fort Greene) and [[integral-yoga-institute-nyc]] (Sivananda lineage, West 13th) — three independent contemplative- and plant-medicine institutions, each holding a continuous lineage in the densest U.S. urban environment.

See also

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• Instance of: [[herbalism]]
• Member of: [[business]]
• Contained by: [[east-village]] · [[manhattan]] · [[new-york-city]]
• Founded on: [[david-hoffmann]] · [[susun-weed]]

Sources

• Flower Power — about + hours
• Flower Power — about Lata
• Flower Power — Green Witches apprenticeship
• Bedford + Bowery — 24 years of Flower Power
• Making It | Lata Chettri-Kennedy of Flower Power — NYTimes Local [[east-village|East Village]]

Related concepts: [[herbalism]].

A listing in the 0mn1.one [[directory]]. Filed under [[new-york-city]] in [[directory|the directory]].