Spring and Summer Courses, Denver Area

Our classes are hands-on outdoor adventures. You will learn the skills of plant ID, ethical wildcrafting, herbalism, and medicine-making through direct personal experience. The program consists of field classes where we will travel to the different Rocky Mountain ecosystems within driving distance of Denver. The material learned in the field will be supported by evening lectures where we can cover herbal topics more suited to a classroom environment.

Graduates of our program will have the skills to identify, locate, harvest and process medicinal and edible plants of the Rocky Mountains.

We keep classes small and will accept 8-12 students per group each year. We believe in a collaborative teaching model, and will have 2 teachers on every field trip. No previous experience in herbalism or botany is required.

May 31-June 2, 2024

Early bird $325

Regular $375

This is a 3-day intensive course that dives into plant identification, herbal medicine making & outdoor skills and includes a 6-hour online module preceding the on-site course. There is an option for assignments and certification.

In this intensive, you’ll learn the fundamentals of plant identification, including botanical terminology, plant family pattern recognition, and ecology. We’ll also cover wild foods, medicinal plant uses, wild-crafting ethics, sustainable harvesting methods, in-the-field medicine making techniques and plant preservation.

As part of connecting to the plants and landscape, we’ll also be working with fire-making skills, including how to make fire by friction using materials from the land.

This hands-on workshop is designed to cultivate your connection and build your confidence in identifying and working with medicinal plants.

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