Spring Wildcraft & Medicine Making 4 Week Intensive
Wildcraft & Medicine Making— Mondays March 24, March 31, April 7 and April 14
10:30-4:00 each day. Tuition $545, includes all in person instruction, plants used in class. Each date includes foraging and medicine making.
What to expect in this course of study:
Field Study
Plant identification in their native habitat, learning how to use observation, habitat awareness, and plant taxonomy as tools.
Wild-crafting and sustainable harvest techniques of root, berry, leaf, and seed.
Materia Medica of wild and cultivated plants
Maintaining harvest sites through re-populating wild plants through seed distribution, root and rhizome awareness and re-planting.
Harvest protocols, cultural practice
Medicine Making Skills:
Folk and standardized methods of creating herbal medicine
Internal and external practical applications of fresh and dried plants
Creating your own herbal medicine from fresh bio-regional plants
Process medicinal and nutritional plants in to tincture, elixir, honey and vinegar.
Location: Each week will build on the next for plant identification skills and observing plants in their growth pattern and medicine quality and energetic patterns.
Each week includes wild harvest and medicine making.
Please note: These locations are in public areas. If you are seeking more remote location- consider the 2025 Plant Medicine Apprenticeship.
March 24, 2025 10:30-4:00 Camano Island
March 31, 2025 10:30 - 4:00 Conway/Fir Island
April 7, 2025 10:30 - 4:00 Mount Vernon
April 14, 2025 10:30-4:00 Hamilton/Birdsview
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Q: How much do I need to know before about herbs? Do I have to apply?
A: No previous herbal experience is needed! This course is offered to beginners or advanced students of plants and plant medicine. Erin’s unique approach has something for everyone.
Q: How much physical activity is involved?
A: Students must be willing to hike moderate trails throughout program, but most physical activity is not strenuous in nature.
Q: What should I bring?
A: Water, a notebook (I recommend a “rite in rain” waterproof notebook in the event of rain!) pencil or pens, weather/protection (i.e. layers, rain gear as needed,) sturdy hiking shoes, pruners, knife. You will need a cutting board, knife, camp chair is helpful. Each student is required to bring supplies for medicine making. All plant medicines made in class are yours to keep. Supplies include apple cider vinegar, alcohol for tinctures (optional) honey, oil, jars.
“Attended a workshop taught by Erin…and learned so much! She has a wonderful energy and is a great educator!”
“I cannot say enough good things about my experience with Erin learning about herbal medicine! She’s crunchy, funny, and truly adores nature. You will come away with knowledge, remedies, and confidence in helping others.”
About Your Instructor:
Erin Vanhee, Herbalist, LMT, Founder of Trillium Herbal Medicine has been an advanced practitioner of herbal medicine in the Wise Woman tradition for almost 30 years. She grew up in the Upper Skagit area of the Pacific Northwest, and grew up foraging and connecting with the plants of the region with her grandmother. Her connection with healing plants began when she was adopted into the Tlingit tribe in southeast Alaska in her early 20’s and has continued to deepen with each layer of herbalism training.
Erin was the first certified Organic grower of herbs in Washington State. As a medicinal plant specialist, Erin has taught groups of apprentices since 1993, and has been a speaker and teacher at Bastyr University, Pacific Women’s Herbal Conference, Three Rivers Herbal Gathering, the Northwest Herb Fair, AHG WA Chapter Green Gathering, and Planthealer’s Good Medicine Confluence. She teaches groups of students plant medicine in Skagit Valley, Washington.