Community Herbalist Certification Course

Session 1 of the 3-week, 330-hour training intensive The Heritage & Healing Herbal School is Monday June 23 - Tuesday July 1, excluding the weekend. (Session 2 options begin Wedneday July 2 or Wednesday September 17, including the weekend). This is a wonderful training program for those enamored with herbs and interested in learning the botany, history, culture, pharmacology & chemistry, and use of medicinal herbs.

In this intensive, you will be trained in the following:

• The botany and chemistry of medicinal herbs (with a focus on Western herbalism and an introduction to Ayurvedic, Eastern and other herbs);
• Gardening and harvest of key medicinal herbs; wildcrafting ethics, identification and harvest of wild herbs;
• How to process fresh and dried herbs into a wide variety of herbal remedies, including foods, wines, tinctures, salves, liniments, syrups, teas/infusions/decoctions, yogurts, milks, vinegars, powders, salts, compresses/fomentations, poultices, and more;
• How herbs are used for healing the body based on body system, including the digestive, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, mental, skin, reproductive and other systems, as well as specific pharmacology and chemistry and how these interact with human anatomy;
• The folklore and history of the world's cultures and many of the women instrumental in advancing herbal science;
• and much more. All in a supportive, enjoyable atmosphere of trust and companionship.

Successful completion culminates in a Certificate of Community Herbalist.

Early-bird Tuition (until March 1 2014): $2575

Normal Tuition (due by June 11): $2995

Registration deadline: June 1

Cancellations and Refunds:


Cancellations are accepted until June 1. Tuition is refunded in full until April 1, 50% is refunded if canceled by May 1, and 25% is refunded if canceled by June 1. No refunds after June 1.

Transfers: your registration may be transferred to another student instead of canceled.