Who is this for?

Are you interested in deepening your connection to Plants and legacies of plant medicine in a way that honours Indigenous, Diasporic, and decolonial ways of knowing either at your own pace or in a guided virtual community experience? You’re in the right place. We are a school for Black, Indigenous, racialized & allied people who love plants and healing justice.

What can You expect?

Our courses are intended for people who want to learn through live online classes, recorded video modules, hands-on medicine making, and self-directed learning. We welcome all students into our intergenerational learning circle. Come as you are, with any level of knowledge. This is a space for herbalists who are just beginning to explore plant medicine to skilled herbalists who want to learn (and unlearn) from a decolonial perspective. Limited scholarships are available for Black, Indigenous, and other racialized folks for our Herbal Mentorship Program

The courses offer plant medicine knowledge based on ethnography and oral history, peer-reviewed research, folk medicine, traditional healing systems, and personal relationships developed with plants that take years of practice to come to understand.

Topics covered:

• Ancestors & Plantcestors: Connecting with our Lineages Through Plants

• Decolonizing Herbalism: Liberating the History of Herbal Medicine

• Seeds & Soil: Regenerative Agriculture

• Ethical & Culturally-Appropriate use of Traditional Knowledges

• Becoming EarthWorkers: Building Reciprocity and Ethical Harvesting 

• Energetics of Foods and Medicines

• Basic Anatomy & Physiology for Herbalists

• Basic Botany & Plant Identification

• In-depth Introduction to Over 25 Plants

• Harvesting and Preparing Medicines

There are two ways to join this program.

Self-Pace: Learn at your own pace

• 7-10 hours of monthly virtual course content

• Access to monthly recorded Q&A sessions

• Monthly medicine tasting with materials provided

• Receive a package of goodies (herbal remedies, tea tasting bundle, medicine making supplies, and other good stuff)

• Email support (for technical issues and account management) 

• Access to the material for 3 years

• Personalized email support

• Students can expect to spend 3-5 hours a week on the material (based on an 8-month schedule)

Cost: $1,400

Community learning: An 8-month guided program

• Small cohort of students to connect with

• 7-10 hours of monthly virtual course content

• Monthly medicine tasting with materials provided

• Monthly 2-hour live zoom call to connect about material and tea tasting

• Access to monthly recorded Q&A sessions

• Feedback on reflection homework

• Final Monograph project with mentorship from faculty

• Personalized email support

• Access to the material for 3 years

• Receive a package of goodies (herbal remedies, tea tasting bundle, medicine making supplies, and other good stuff)

• Students can expect to to spend 4-6 hours a week on the material over the course of 8-months

Cost: $1,850