About us
Our Story
Tendril Apothecary and Healing Center was born from the perfectly unexpected convergence of three life paths, and Laura is at the center of it all.
Hank was traveling for work in early 2020 when he came down with a serious respiratory virus. He found himself bedridden for nearly 2 weeks and his lungs were severely compromised. After the initial infection cleared up he began driving home to Sandpoint, when he caught pneumonia. Hank barely made it home before illness once again consumed him. His body became increasingly starved of oxygen, and between coughing fits and struggling to breathe, his heart was feeling the strain.
One morning, after a fitful night he stood looking out the window as the blue pre-dawn light of morning spread across his yard, and realized that he was dying. Later that day he got his affairs in order, and prepared Caroline, his daughter who was there caring for him, for what was to come.
That evening Caroline called her brother, Henry. Choked with tears she told Henry, “Dad is dying, and there is nothing I can do to help him…” Henry reassured her that it would be alright, hung up with Caroline and then asked Laura, his wife, “Will you please go out to Idaho and save my dad.” Laura agreed, always ready to come to the rescue of anyone in need, and flew out the following morning from Denver.
Under Laura’s care Hank’s condition rapidly improved, and not only did he make a full recovery but within a couple weeks he was actually feeling better than he had in years. Despite his protests, Laura had to return to Henry and their children, and being so close to death’s door Hank had come to a few conclusions. First, he knew that he wanted to have his grandchildren living nearby, next, he realized that he needed some help with his journey back to living a healthy life, and finally, he knew that Laura’s dream was to have a healing center with an apothecary and his gratitude for what she had done inspired him to invest in her dream, hoping to repay her as well as benefit the greater Sandpoint community by bringing her [back] here.
Thus Tendril Apothecary and Healing Center was born, out of a life saved, gratitude and the desire to spread and share that benefit with all.riou


TENDRIL
HERBAL APOTHECARY & HEALING CENTER
Practitioners

Laura Clemmons
Practitioner/ Co-owner
Laura Clemmons, CH, MNIMH is a medical herbalist who has been a long-time student of integrative therapies.

Laura Clemmons
Practitioner/ Co-owner

Mary Johnson
Folk Herbalist
Mary is one of our certified awesome people who helps our community thrive daily!

Mary Johnson
Folk Herbalist

Henry Clemmons
Health Coach / Co-owner
Henry has been a lifelong student of health and medicine, and has studied a number of healing modalities including …

Henry Clemmons
Health Coach / Co-owner

Hank Clemmons
Practitioner
Dr. Hank Clemmons is a true master of A&P, with over 40 years of expertise in injury recovery and pain management.

Hank Clemmons
Practitioner

Meryl Kastin
Clinical Herbalist
Clinical Herbalist, of Alive & Wild Herbals, Meryl has been working & playing with plants for over 40 years.

Meryl Kastin
Clinical Herbalist