Trillium’s herbal immersion program is in-depth, personal and experience based with the goal of providing enough practical, hands on training in the field and in the apothecary to allow you to begin or advance your herbal practice.
This immersion is based on the traditional herbal apprenticeship model and is not a series of power points and classroom learning. We study in the field, in forests, wetlands, beaches, and river beds to become fluent in plant identification, taxonomy, materia medica, herbs for body systems and, most importantly, medicine making excellence and confidence in application. Studying through three seasons allows you to view the plants in the Spring through Fall and learn how the cycles create different medicines and different applications depending on the plant and the season.
Professional and personal enrichment abounds in this weekend intensive on how herbs and massage resolve pain, increase quality of life and restore movement following injury, chronic or acute tension or overuse.
This curriculum is drawn from 20 years in the clinical treatment of pain and 30 years as herbalist and medicine maker.
CE’s for LMT’s. Open to all.
Choose from beginning to advanced herb classes
Day Classes for those seeking in person, hands on introduction into herbalism. Advanced classes in herbalism and bodywork can be found in the weekend course Herbal Bodywork Fundamentals.
Saturday August 22, 2026 11:00-4:00pm
As someone who cares for a companion animal- You have undoubtedly been in a situation where you wondered how best to care for your pets cuts, scrapes, itchy skin, hot spots, UTI or arthritis. Yes, pets can be helped with herbs, too!
Veterinary care with herbs is no secret or difficult- once you know the how’s, when’s and why’s. This class will help you gain the confidence needed to care for your 4 legged friends through lecture, medicine making and tips for applications. This class is designed around cats, dogs, rabbits and chickens but will have some basic first aid approaches that apply to horses, goats, cows and pigs.
Topics of discussion include:
Skin conditions from internal and external origins
Behavior issues/anxiety
Holistic approaches to parasites
Kidney/bladder support for dogs and cats
First aid care for cuts, abrasions, hot spots, everyday bumps for an active pet
Care for Senior Animals
Digestion issue prevention and care
Dental support
When to call the vet and when home care is adequate
Time for Q and A of your pets concerns
Hands on projects include:
Making a herbal poultice for external application
Make and take a skin soothing salve
Preparing water based infusions for nutritional support
Tuition includes all herbal training, plants used in class and make and take topical skin remedy.
Location : Wild Valley Wellness Center
320 East Fairhaven Avenue
Burlington, Wa
Herbs for the Menopausal Years
Sunday September 13, 2026 11:00-4:30
Location: Wild Valley Wellness Center 320 East Fairhaven, Burlington
Tuition $105
Is this menopause? Menopause can be a challenging time for some but can also be a powerful transformational journey. This day class is designed to offer botanical solutions to some of the physical and emotional changes that may arrive during the menopausal years.
About 75% of American women will experience some symptoms if change during menopause including hot flashes hot flashes; 15% will have severe hot flashes. They can be as quick as 10 seconds and can last for extended periods causing red flush to skin, rapid heartbeat, skin flush/sweating, followed by a chill as it rescinds.
The most common symptom is menstrual changes.
Other symptoms may include:
Memory difficulties can arrive with hormonal changes, and are elevated by lack of sleep and emotional stress.
Insomnia is also common and lack of sleep magnifies stress, memory loss, depression, and physical discomfort.
Heart palpitations accompany many symptoms- some aggravated by adrenal surges and may be a sign of thyroid or cardiac issues which causes stress until that’s ruled out
Vaginal dryness increases susceptibility to vaginal and urinary tract infections
Herbs can be effective allies for hormonal shifts, skin changes, hot flashes, emotional upheaval, menstrual irregularities and even headaches and shoulder pain. Explore simple solutions, nutritionally supportive plants and how you can integrate plant medicines into your daily wellness routine.
Tuition is $105 and includes all samples used in class, hand outs and in person training.
Herbal Bodywork Fundamentals: A two-day immersive learning experience from Erin Vanhee, Herbalist, LMT—For anyone who is feeling the call to learn more about their body, their practice, and the healing aspects of plants and plant medicine.
Tuition includes all materials used in class
No previous massage or herbal training necessary.
Location: Wild Valley Wellness, Burlington, WA
Herbal bodywork infuses massage with the healing energies of the land - plants, stones, and botanicals. Traditional plant medicines are blended in the treatment room, for self-care or community; herb infused warm and cold compresses, poultices, herbal pain relieving salves and body oils are integrated into treatment to soothe, relieve pain and create a general sense of well being.
Take the mystery out of applying herbal oils and plant compresses by learning Erin’s unique methods of massage treatment with demonstration and practice of herbal infused oils, liniments. Elevate your botanical offerings with traditional compress bundles or enhance topical herb infused oils. Time is allowed to practice these tools to enhance your herbs and massage practice immediately.
New to herbalism or a storied herbalist already?
Love to make things in the kitchen or apothecary?
I've been teaching this course for 30 years in person and am so excited to bring it to you again just in time for the Fall season. I'm honored to continue the tradition of teaching the art and science of plant medicine making in this engaging, hands-on class.
Herbal Medicine Making features hands on demos and lectures that lead you through exactly how to make your own herbal infusions, decoctions, syrups, oxymels, tinctures and herbal salts all in one day!
Class Schedule- Saturday October 3, 2026 10:00-4:30 Wild Valley Wellness Center, Burlington
Medicine Making follows the ancient tradition of using plants as nourishment and medicine. Our explorations include the crafting of traditional, seasonal herbal remedies. Students will leave with their own medicines to take home.
No previous experience with plants necessary; this class is appropriate for beginner to advanced herbal students.
Course outline:
Fundamentals of Medicine Making:
Assessing plant quality
Safety, ethics, and dosage of herbal medicine.
Step-by-step, interactive instruction on making different types of Herbal Medicines:
Water based preparations: teas, infusions, decoctions, syrups
Herbal salts made from fresh plants
Using herbal-infused vinegars to make mineral-rich meals and mocktails.
Tincture making using the Folk Method
Location: Apothecary Wellness Spa, Burlington, WA
Saturday October 17, 2026 11:00-4:30
Location:
Wild Valley Wellness Center
320 East Fairhaven Avenue Burlington
Tuition is $95 and includes extensive handouts, all plant materials used in class. You will make and take an aromatherapy Earth and Sea Salt blend
Stress and anxiety seem to be the new normal. Many of us are navigating through layers of trauma, fear, uncertainty on personal, community, global and even ancestral levels. Our nervous systems may be struggling to find calm and you may be wondering when or if you will ever be “normal” again.
Herbal allies offer nutrients and medicine to restore and strengthen our nervous system. Over time they help regulate our nervous system back to health.
This day class is designed to give you practical tools to use to reduce the symptoms of stress and anxiety- fear, panic attacks, racing heart, insomnia, depression and “limbo” feeling that sometimes accompanies stress and anxiety. You will be introduced to plants that provide relief and sometimes clarification on how stress and anxiety are affecting you physically, emotionally and even spiritually. Herbs and simple daily practices of self care and body awareness are part of the discussion and will leave you with tools to integrate in to your life immediately.
Students will gain an understanding of the basic physiology of the nervous system as well as how to work with nervine herbs for acute situations of stress, anxiety, trauma and sleep struggles. We will explore how herbal adaptogens can provide long term support to help recondition the nervous system following prolonged periods of living with stress and anxiety. Students will touch, smell and experience herbal remedies in class that re-set your awareness of the para sympathetic (rest and digest) state of being.
Herbal First Aid for Colds and Flu
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Time: 11:00am-3:00pm
Wild Valley Welness Center
320 East Fairhaven, Burlington, WA.
Tuition is $85 and includes all plant material used in class, samples and a take home make and take vapour aromatic balm.
Herbal First Aid for Cold and Flu—In this day workshop, expert Herbalist Erin Vanhee guides you on the who, what, when, where and how to’s of herbal first aid for cough, nasal congestion, fever, aches and pains, sinus and ear infection- and everything in between.
Seasons change and brings more time indoors, fluctuating temperatures which bring sniffly noses, congestion, sore throat, coughs, and body aches due to colds and flu. Learn what herbs to use for immune system support, cough remedies that target the type of cough you have instead of the-one size fits all approach of over the counter cough medicine, and herbal remedies that are easy to use and prepare for the whole family.
Herbal explorations include:
Making your own non-synthetic Herbal Vapor Rub to take home
Sample herbal teas, lozenges and throat sprays
Learning to use Herb-infused steams to open sinus congestion
Taking the mystery out of the debate of who is more efficient- Echinacea or Elderberry?
Topics of discussion are immune building herbal tonics, herbal steams for nasal congestion, how to differentiate cough and choose the right remedy. Hands on aspect of the class is a make and take vapor balm and how to apply a onion poultice for ear pain and infection.
All will be revealed on what’s good about a fever and when to suppress it- and did you know there are different plants for different types of fever?
