• 84 HOURS OF HERBAL LEARNING:

Creates your foundation in herbs with Materia Medica of 25 local herbs. Hands-on classes  familiarize you with herbs to safely use with family and friends, prevent common illness, treat injury, and boost nutrition.

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• FOCUS ON 25 LOCAL MEDICINALS:

Selected by our faculty for 1)safety, 2)ease of identification, and
3)usefulness, these plants will be studied in terms of scientific names/ common names, botanical identification, part of plant harvested and used, preparation/dosage, actions/indications, and safety/contraindications.

• HERBAL ENERGETICS:

We will visit the herb growing in its outdoor habitat, learn to connect with the plant’s energy, handle it, smell it, taste it, and prepare its medicine together.

• HANDS-ON MEDICINE MAKING:

Finish the course with your own home apothecary! You will take home samples of class-made herbal decoction, infusion, maceration tincture, infused oil, salve, lotion, syrup, and vinegar.

• WORLD HERBAL TRADITIONS:

Our professional staff presents these traditional herbalism introduction classes with respect and enthusiasm. We include  Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Native American traditional herbalism as well as Appalachian folk traditions

• BOTANY/ PLANT IDENTIFICATION:

An important herbalist skill for safety reasons, we cover botany and taxonomy as well as plant communities and relationships with other flora/fauna.

• WILDCRAFTING & STEWARDSHIP:

The art and ethics of plant harvesting guide us so that we protect at-risk species and live in right relationship with the natural world. How do we harvest safely, effectively, and in consideration of plant life and needs of other species?

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