Rare Herbs, Seeds and Botanicals

River's Source Botanicals offers rare, hard-to-find botanical herbs, natural extracts, medicinal herb seeds, and a variety of cactus cuttings. The San Pedro cactus is one of our most sought after items.

Buy with confidence. We strive to locate suppliers who can provide us with goods of the highest quality for resale to you. Many of our products are organically grown or wild harvested. River's Source Botanicals is your source for quality botanicals at the best price.

Herbs | Seeds | Extracts | Cacti | Teas | Resins | Incense

Don't see what you’re looking for? Use the search function in the upper right corner to search for our complete line botanical goods.

“You can’t go wrong ordering from RSB, quality seeds, prices, & customer service”.
—B. Morgan, FL

Interested in shamanism and healing plants, owner Phillip Hambly set out to create an online botanical company offering rare seeds, sacred plants, and medical herbs. Since 1993 River's Source Botanicals has been selling retail and wholesale botanicals at affordable prices to customers around the globe.

Located in the high-country of Taos, New Mexico, our warehouse includes a storage facility, herb milling area, packaging space, and mail order office where we ship our products. Seasonally, River's Source Botanicals hires between 5 and 20 employees to help wildcraft herbs.

About Our Products

• Plants are grown under prime conditions.
• Only the healthiest specimens are shipped to you.
• We test all our products for quality.
• Seeds are checked periodically for good germination.
• Most seeds and dried herbs are untreated, either organically grown or wild harvested; however, some live plants are treated with Neem oil, an organic insecticide to control pests.
• Live cacti may at times have some skin scab. This is normal, especially with plants rooted from cuttings and Ariocarpus fissuratus plants. After some years of T.L.C. the scab will heal.
• We try to include in the product text when material was harvested.

When can I expect my order to arrive?

Order arrival timelines are dependent upon product, inventory status and delivery method. Most orders are shipped within 2 business days after the payment is received. Generally, you can expect to receive your order within 5-7 days from placing it. This does not include weekends or holidays.

45% of all orders are shipped the same day received, but we ask that you wait at least 10 business days before contacting us, and 21 days if sent to an address in a foreign country. Most orders going to Canada take about the same time as orders sent inside the US.

Can I track my order online?

You will be notified by electronic mail of your shipments details and tracking number. Tracking notification is sent by an automated email and will at times end up in the Spam or Junk folder of your inbox. If your Spam settings are set high, then you may not receive the notice at all. Not to worry. We have copies of tracking details for all sent parcels.

Also, occasionally the USPS neglects to leave a notice in a customer’s box telling the recipient to pick up a package at the local post office. If you think this has happened, simply take the tracking number to the local PO and ask for the parcel there.

What payment methods do you accept?

MasterCard, Visa, and Discovery credit cards are accepted. Sorry, we don’t take American Express.

• Orders paid for by credit card must be sent to the billing address.
• We also accept money orders or cash by mail. We don’t accept personal checks.
• Orders paid for by money order or cash can be sent to any address you want.

Important: Unless you order online, please include a written copy of your order with payment, even if you've submitted it via email. Write your address on the same sheet of paper that includes your order details. When an address is included only on the outside of the delivery envelope, an order may get lost. Once we receive your payment we will mail out your order and email you to let you know it is on the way.

All monetary transactions are secure and confidential.

Is there a minimum order requirement?

Yes, orders must be a minimum of $15.00 for domestic shipment or $50.00 for international shipment.

Do you offer discounts on large quantities?

Prices for bulk quantities are posted for many items. If no posting is made, we can't offer it at any lower cost. Visit our wholesale page for more information about wholesale/bulk prices and who may buy for re-sale purposes.

Shipping Fees

We ship only by USPS. Visit our shipping page for a list of shipping costs.

Orders outside the US

Unless otherwise noted we can ship seeds and dried herbs anywhere in the world, no special import permit is necessary. However, we cannot ship live plants outside the US.

Shipping during different seasons

The United States Postal Service, we discovered, is the best-hot-and-cold protected shipping service. Plants that aren't listed as being available seasonally can be ordered and shipped year-round.

Confidentiality

Whatever business you do with us will stay between us only. We don't sell or give our mailing list to anyone. Anyone requesting not to be on our mailing list, won't be. Unless you've actually ordered something, you aren't on our mailing list. Receiving a catalog doesn't count as an order.

Unmarked packages

Occasionally someone will request to have his or her order shipped in an unmarked package. We don't send goods unmarked. RSB firmly believes that some of our products should only be purchased by persons old enough to make an informed decision about them. All our products are shipped with a self adhesive address label with a return address which reads: RSB, 730A Camino Del Medio, Taos, NM 87571, USA. No exceptions can be made.

Refund and exchange policy

Refunds are given if something arrives damaged, if we've incorrectly identified something, or if we're out of what you ordered. If your goods don't arrive in satisfactory condition, please return them immediately upon arrival for a refund or exchange. In most cases we’ll send you a return shipping label.

We warranty only accurate identification of each species, and that all seeds can germinate. If you submitted an order and afterwards change your mind before submitting payment by credit card online or snail mail, then your order is canceled. No need to write requesting cancellation, but your thoughtfulness is appreciated. All incoming orders are carefully screened. A submission without payment is the same as a non-existent order: therefore, there's no need to cancel it. If for some reason you are curious about the status of an order you submitted, we encourage you to check your credit card records to be sure the order payment went through before writing us. Occasionally customers don't notice that payment was declined after going through the check out process. Payment may be declined because of: address verification mismatch, misspellings on the order form, or the online card service doesn't have your correct data on file. Sometimes a cardholder’s bank will put a hold on online payments for any number of reasons, including lack of funds.

Buy bulk herbs, rare plants, sacred seeds, and botanical based extracts at wholesale prices. Items listed as Bulk in our online store are wholesale prices and are available to all our customers. We don't have a separate wholesale price list or catalog. New Mexico law allows wholesalers to sell goods to anyone. And because of the unique nature of our products, we can competitively offer high–quality goods at lower prices. River's Sources Botanicals carries a variety of exotic botanicals and rare seeds you won't find anywhere else. Shop our secure online store and save on shipping costs. For ordering and shipping questions, please visit our customer service page.