Take a Private Herbal Medicine Making Class with Herbalist Erin Vanhee
Trillium Herbal Medicine Private Classes are available for people who wish for a small group workshop experience outside of our scheduled programming. We work with you to create a personalized, immersive herbal learning experience with advanced herbal practitioner and founder of Trillium Medicine, Erin Vanhee.
Learn how to capture the art and science of crafting plants into remedies. This fast-paced class covers how to make (and when to make) infusions, decoctions, vinegars, and tinctures. Medicine Making follows the ancient tradition of using plants as nourishment and medicine. Our explorations include traditional herbal remedies for the season, focusing on remedies that support rejuvenation (Spring and Summer) or immune system boosting (Fall and Winter.) We will learn how to integrate herbal medicine into not only our medicine cabinets but also our meals. Students will leave with skills to last a lifetime, as well as 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:
Types of Medicine Making covered (based upon seasonal availability):
Water based preparations: teas, infusions, decoctions, syrups
Herbal salts made from fresh plants
Herbal honeys
Using herbal-infused vinegars to make mineral-rich meals and mocktails.
Tincture making using the Folk Method
Class Details:
Date & Location: Private Group Medicine Making is offered at Erin’s Burlington clinic or your venue.
Four hours of in-person training on day & location of your choice—For local hire in the Pacific Northwest, including but not limited to Skagit, Whatcom, King, and Island counties.
Tuition: $300/class (covers tuition for up to 4 people, $75/person additional fee for groups larger than four.)
No previous experience with plants necessary; this class is appropriate for beginner to advanced herbal students.
Private Class Refund Policy: Refund policy is allowed within 14 days of the reserved date with a $100 processing fee. There are no refunds for cancelling 14 days or less before a workshop. Thank you for supporting women owned business.
Your Tuition includes: travel time for instructor Erin Vanhee, set up, in- person training, extensive hand outs, all plant material and samples of herbs as applicable to the course. A note on driving time— to value the time and distance traveled by our instructor, an additional travel stipend may be requested for locations beyond 45 miles from Concrete, WA.
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