Our Home Herbalist Program provides a hands-on educational opportunity to learn directly from the plants as Rachel introduces you to them in the gardens and wild areas of Red Road Herbs Retreat & Learning Center. Each program is a series of monthly classes (6 months) that teaches you the fundamentals of herbalism with activities and lessons to complete throughout the month.

Year 1 is an introduction to herbalism, providing foundational information and basic medicine-making skills to get you started. In Year 2 you will continue on your herbalism journey and expand your knowledge of individual herbs and body systems. It also introduces you to ethnobotany, herbs for ceremony and the health benefits of mushrooms.

Registration is open for either option based on your current skill level and interests.

Our Home Herbalist Program will:

• Engage your mind, body and soul in the learning process

• Spark your passion and respect for plants

• Empower you with confidence in creating your own herbal apothecary

• Encourage you to feel the connection we all have to Nature

• Allow for hands on learning about the abundance of gifts offered by plants

• Offer fresh herb harvest each month from the gardens at Red Road Herbs

** Classes meet in person once a month for four hours. Payment for class fee is required even if you miss the class. Printed information will be sent to you and products made in class will be available for you at the next class.

Year 1 Home Herbalist Program - Meets 3rd Saturday of each month from 1:00 - 5:00 pm

(May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18)

Month 1 - 12 easy-to-grow herbs, herbal actions, herbal resources, history of herbal medicine

Month 2 - 12 wild herbs, spring wildcrafting, infusions/decoctions, hydrotherapy, herbal constituents

Month 3 - Tinctures/liniments, herbs for the liver, herbs for the nervous system

Month 4 - Oils/salves, herbs for beauty, aromatherapy, summer wildcrafting

Month 5 - Herbs for women, herbs for men, herbs for stages of life, herbs for digestive system

Month 6 - Herbs for winter health, herbs for the immune system, herbs for respiratory system, fall wildcrafting

Year 2 Home Herbalist Program - Meets 4th Friday of each month from 1:00 - 5:00 pm

(May 23, June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24)

Month 1 - 12 more easy-to-grow herbs, herbs for the heart/circulatory system, review actions/constituents

Month 2 - 12 more wild herbs, ethnobotany, herbarium specimens, spring wildcrafting

Month 3 - Herbs for pets, flower essences, herbs for the urinary system, herbs for the lymph system,

Month 4 - Herbs for the musculoskeletal system, herbs for the skin, poultices/compresses, summer wildcrafting

Month 5 - Herbs for ceremony, sacred plants/trees, nature journaling, tree bathing

Month 6 - Edible/medicinal mushrooms, mushroom foray, ethics and the law of herbalism, fall wildcrafting

Registration: $300 - covers materials and supplies - must be paid by April 1, 2025

Class fee per month - $80 paid per month at each class

Please note: class fees are due even if you are not able to attend the class (see above description.)