Intro to Herbalism Class Series Jan 2027

🌿✨ INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN HERBALISM ✨🌿

Discover the Ancient Wisdom and Everyday Magic of Herbalism

Have you ever wanted to learn how to work with herbs to care for yourself and your loved ones? Are you curious about the wisdom of traditional herbalism and how to bring plants into your everyday life?

Join us for a four-part exploration of Western Herbalism! We’ll explore the fascinating relationships between plants and people, learn how herbs interact with the body, and discover how to create your own herbal remedies.

Each class combines traditional herbal knowledge with practical applications, plant connection, and opportunities to explore herbs through your senses.

📍 Location: Blossomwood Farmstead (up Yachats River Rd. Exact address shared after purchase.)
📅 Dates & Times: January 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st; 11am – 2pm
🌸 Registration: Please see below!

*All herbs, ingredients, and supplies are included in the class fee.

🌱 CLASS 1: Foundations of Western Herbalism

January 10th, 11am – 2pm

Discover the ancient traditions of herbalism and learn the foundations of making your own herbal remedies.

• A brief history of Western Herbalism and its traditions
• What herbalists do and how we approach wellness
• Ethical harvesting, herb quality, and herbal safety
• An introduction to herbal preparations and extraction methods
• Connecting with plants through observation and meditation
• Featured herb: Rosemary

🌿 Herbal preparations: Overview of teas, cold infusions, decoctions, tinctures, glycerites, infused oils, salves, herbal vinegars, oxymels, and flower essences.

🌸 CLASS 2: Herbs for the Nervous System

January 17th, 11am – 2pm

Explore the wonderful world of nervine herbs and discover plant allies for stress, relaxation, and restful sleep.

• Understanding the nervous system and how it functions
• Herbal actions: understanding what herbs do
• Herbal dosage, safety, and individual sensitivity
• Herbs traditionally used for stress, anxiety, sleep, and nervous system nourishment
• Adaptogens, nervines, and their different applications
• Featured herb: Skullcap

🌿 Herbal preparations: Learn to make an herbal tincture and explore the use of nervine teas, infusions, and flower essences.

🌼 CLASS 3: Herbal Energetics & Digestive Wellness

January 24th, 11am – 2pm

Discover how herbalists match plants to people and explore traditional remedies for healthy digestion.

• Herbal energetics: warming, cooling, drying, and moistening
• Understanding individual constitution and tissue states
• How the digestive system works
• Herbs and foods traditionally used for digestive wellness
• Bitter herbs, carminatives, and digestive balance
• Featured herb: Angelica

🌿 Herbal preparations: Explore digestive bitters, create your own bitters and carminative blend, and learn about nourishing herbal infusions.

🌻 CLASS 4: Herbs for Immune Health

January 31st, 11am – 2pm

Explore the body’s natural defenses and discover traditional herbal remedies for seasonal wellness.

• Understanding the immune and lymphatic systems
• Herbs traditionally used for colds, coughs, and sore throats
• Herbal approaches to different types of coughs
• Deep immune nourishment and seasonal wellness
• Bringing herbal knowledge together through recipes and plant study
• Featured herb: Echinacea

🌿 Herbal preparations: Explore herbal steams, immune syrups, honey-fermented garlic, herbal vinegar preparations, and glycerites, with recipes and tasting opportunities.

✨ A DEEPER CONNECTION WITH PLANTS

Throughout the series, we’ll take time to connect with individual plants through quiet meditation and sensory exploration. Students will also have the opportunity to choose an herb to study more deeply, developing a personal relationship with that plant while learning to research its traditional uses.

Whether you’re completely new to herbalism or have already begun exploring herbal remedies on your own, this series will give you a wonderful foundation for continuing your herbal journey.

🌿 What You’ll Take Home After Each Class

• Digital course outlines for all four classes, filled with information you can revisit as you continue your herbal journey.
• Links to slides that correspond to the class information with photos.
• A curated reference list of recommended books and resources for further learning.
• Four handcrafted herbal preparations! During each class, you’ll make your own herbal remedy to take home, using herbs and materials provided as part of the course.

*All herbs, ingredients, and supplies are included in the class fee.

📍 Location: Blossomwood Farmstead (up Yachats River Rd. Exact address shared after purchase.)
📅 Dates & Times: January 10, 17, 24, 31; 11am – 2pm
🌸 Registration: Please see below. (Early bird price is $300, closer to the event the price will go up to $350.) Class limited to 10 participants.

Come discover the plants, the preparations, and the traditions that make herbalism such a beautiful lifelong practice! 🌿✨

🌿 Presented by L. Leland, Certified Clinical Herbalist
Blossomwood Botanicals