Wildcraft & Medicine making Intensive/June—In this wild food and medicine intensive- we meet Thursdays 10:00-4:00 for 4 consecutive weeks.

Dates: Thursdays June 4, 11, 18, 25 , 2026

Location: Outdoor spaces within Skagit County- May 7 on Camano Island

Tuition: Early Bird Tuition- $595 Tuition includes all instruction, hand outs, all plant material used in class.

Class Policy

Sorry, no refunds, no transfers and no make up classes unless the school cancels a class. At that time, you will be fully refunded or offered a class voucher.

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 1:00-4:30 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

Designed to build a foundation of herbal knowledge using traditional and modern concepts of western and somatic herbalism.

Foundations meets the second weekend of every month - one weekend per month October 10, 2026- January 2027 at the Wild Valley Wellness Center in Burlington, Washington.

Training includes:

• Physiology for Herbalists

• Detailed materia medica for individual body systems.

• Introduction to Somatic Herbalism- the use of drop dose testing for specific remedies

• Hands on herbal applications of adjunct therapies for respiratory illness, musculoskeletal system and herbal first aid.
  
  An understanding of basic herbal medicine making is recommended or sign up for the October Herbal Medicine Making Class through Trillium.
  
  Tuition is $1200.00 includes all plants used in class, extensive hand outs.