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4588-4610 Lakeshore Dr
Pine Lake, GA
United States

513-256-3969

How to be an herbalist every day and every night, living in the world.  Where to start , where to look and how to keep learning herbalism.  What is worth your time and investment.  How to  learn tree identification, how to lead a tree walk. make a tonic herbal formula or a simple herb tea from the tree you can see right now, build muscle or how pick your wild food are all part of the realm of herbalism.  Herbalism honors shamanic journeys as well as scientific research and the countless folk traditions from around the planet.  Local is important, no matter where plant of human origins. Living ordinary life as an herbalist involves physical, mental and spiritual discipline.  

 

 

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Community Herbalist Clinical Skills

  • 2025 February through October/ waiting list only

  • Currently class is FULL and taking waiting list only

  • Community Herbalist Skills Program - 2025 - 9 months, 9 Full Saturdays 9-5

  • Online resources, handouts, formulas and recipes, plant walks and medicine making

  • In person 9 month workshop with plant and tree ID walk every meeting, weather permitting - this will not be over rough terrain but may include mud, insects, and hot weather so dress accordingly

  • You will build your own herbal apothecary

  • Online technical handouts for teaching skills, charts, resources, access to video library

  • Limited class size allows for interactive hands-on learning

  • Grow your knowledge and first hand experience of our local herbal medicines and foods - including actions, energetics, safety, harvesting, preserving and safety

  • Learn to grow and forage food and medicinal herbs - visit gardens, plant herb seeds and root cuttings

  • Learn local mushroom identification for harvesting food and making medicines

  • Practice doing intake notes and applying assessment skills, constitutions, reading test results, notes and questions - whether you work with family, friends or wider community - so when anyone asks you for herbal advice you know where to begin

  • Understanding safe and effective dosage of herbs

  • Creating herbal formulas for specific conditions - herbal tea or tinctures or topicals - including Triunes

  • Sustainable harvesting and processing of bark, seeds, leaves, berries

  • Making medicine including syrups, alcohol tinctures, vinegars, oxymels, glycerins, salves, oils, lotions and more!

  • Hydrosols anyone can make at home - No large copper kettle required

  • Herbal first aid - make your own home and travel kits

  • Supervised practice decision making around timelines, herbs for supporting common conditions and making effective delivery systems and formulas

  • Safety and legal priorities for all herbal work / how to build your herbal business

  • Growing healthy gardens for food and medicine in our region and climate, all year!

  • Herbal medicine in the kitchen and the grocery store

  • Economic, emotional and cultural realities

  • Alcohol-free options, basic nutritional training, flower remedies

  • Foundations of Traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic herbal medicine

  • Flower/vibrational remedies, elixirs, lotions, creams

  • Herbal medicinal and nutritional support for canines

  • Personal herbal protocol

  • Visiting guest herbalists and farmers to be announced soon

  • All supplies will be provided for making products in classes

  • You will be expected to complete an herbal project

  • Certificate of completion

  • February 22

    March 22

    April 26

    May 

    June 28

    July 26

    August 30

    September 27

    October 11

IN Person in Decatur, GA, with frequent outdoor plant and tree walks.



$999 until Jan1 - $1200 after Jan 1 Non-refundable deposit $100 applies to total

Email Leslie at Herbalist.Williams@gmail.com for interview to apply

payment plans are available

You may bring your child or baby if needs be, sorry no dogs