Beginning With Herbs

Description

Learn the foundations of making and using your own herbal medicine.
This class engages all your senses in a hands-on approach to learning:

• Medicine making techniques
• Herbal First Aid
• Identification and use of common wild herbs 
• Herbal remedies for common imbalances
• The art of creating herbal formulas
• How to enjoy wild foods

Our Syllabus
Tuition includes product samples

• January 12 – Introduction to the healing ways of plants + the art of tea preparation

• January 19 – Herbal Oils + Salves: preparation and use

• January 22 – Herb Walk at Dandelion Herbal Center, Kneeland

• January 26 – Tinctures + Liniments: preparation and use

• February 2 – Building Herbal Formulas

• February 9 – Herbal First Aid, Poultices, and Fomentations

• February 12 – Herb Walk in Trinidad

• February 16 – Herbal First Aid continued + Herbal Pill and “Goo” preparation

• March 2 – Herbs for common imbalances + Syrup preparation

• March 9 – Herbs for common imbalances continued + Herbal First Aid Kits

Ask Questions
Contact Allison: allison@dandelionherb.com, 707-407-5617

Registration Form
Please complete this quick form when you register so we can learn a bit more about you before class.

About Your Teachers

Allison Poklemba is a teacher, botanist, herbalist, environmental educator, founder of Backcountry Press, artist, mother, friend, and always curious student of nature. She has been concocting potions since childhood and teaching at Dandelion Herbal Center since 2002 — she also carries a special place in her heart just for seaweed.

Jessica Shepherd has been working as a Community Herbalist at Humboldt Herbals for 17 years while also teaching a myriad of classes and pursuing extensive studies and certifications in the field of Aromatherapy, including distillation. She has developed successful herbal product lines, top-selling tea blends, created an award-winning recipe published in the book Fire Cider, and has been teaching at Dandelion Herbal Center since 2015.