CREATING YOUR HOME APOTHECARY
You’re invited…
to join this herbal adventure,
following the rhythm of the plants,
building season by season an herbal apothecary that will bring
vitality, beauty and connection to your home and community.
Wander through the medicine gardens, walk softly through the sun-dappled forest with a harvesting basket on your arm and a pocketful of gifts for the green ones ... spend time in the world of the plants and animals, and feel yourself at home.
WHAT TO EXPECT
🌿 Comprehensive Study of 40 medicinal plants, detailing the habitats, harvests, uses & preparations of locally abundant and occasionally exotic herbs, and of each of the systems of the body, including how things go wrong and how to cultivate + return to health + vitality
🌿 Herbal Medicine Making: Learn how to make, store, and use herbal preparations like tinctures, tea blends, fresh herbal infusions, elixirs, salves, oxymels, infused oils + honeys, cordials, cough syrups, bath soaks, flower essences, compresses, fire cider, and more...
🌿 Wildcrafting, Plant Attunement + Gardens: Learn from the plants first-hand: touching, smelling, tasting, and observing them, learning the mysteries of root, blossom, leaf, and seed.
... and more, as determined and inspired by the seasons, the plants, the students, and the teacher!
Your apothecary is a place to truly welcome the plants into your home. Together we'll fill it with glass bottles, jars, handcrafted labels, rows of herbs hanging to dry; everything you need to create a beautiful and functional home apothecary.
You’ll be notified when this course re-opens 💚
“Emily is a delightful teacher who holds a seemingly unending amount of knowledge and experience with plant medicine. She has a beautiful way of imparting her wisdom and sharing in the magic of medicine making. I would take her class over and over again!”
WHAT’S INCLUDED
🌿 All Materials to create your apothecary, including medicinal herbs, glass jars and bottles, alcohol for tincture making, oils for infusing, beeswax for salves, honey for oxymels and elixirs, vegetable glycerine for glycerites, labels, boxes, in-depth materia medica worksheets, and more.
🌿 36+ Hours of small group class time, wildcrafting, making plant medicines, learning about the medicinal herbs and about personal and family health, creating your apothecary, etc.
🌿Gaining the Knowledge (and the take-home apothecary!) to take care of yourself, your family, and your friends with safe, local, lovingly prepared medicinal plants.
By its nature, this class can only be taught in person. 🪴
Classes are held in Bristol + Lincoln, Vermont.
If you’re considering coming in from out of town, don’t hesitate to reach out! There are many incredible, affordable, beautiful places to stay here in the Green Mountains. (Not to mention world-class river swimming holes + restaurants + art + music + so much more!)
“Emily is amicable and knowledgeable. She provides a comfortable atmosphere where learning is enjoyable and pressure is nonexistent. Emily’s courses are a total package of vital knowledge promoting self-sufficiency and community, but her inherent capacity to embody these values is something that makes the courses extraordinarily captivating. The skills learned and the wisdom attained are empowering and an integral part of a sustainable and intentional lifestyle.”
❀ “Emily has an amazing way of teaching about plants like they are friends, and of telling the stories of how they heal and nourish the body. This makes it easy to learn, remember, and feel more connected to them.”
❀ “I highly recommend this class. It’s so wonderful for both beginners and experienced people. There is so much knowledge to be shared by Emily and nothing is ever too trivial. I so enjoyed this experience. It’s made me know my love and belief in herbal medicine on many levels. ”
❀“Emily is so dynamic, kind, knowledgeable, and humble. She presents information beautifully and clearly, and with humor. I felt like a sponge in this class! My love and appreciation for the plant folk grew and deepened quite a bit over the last nine months, AND my counter space lessened quite a bit. It was a great balance between intellectual knowledge and new muscle memories. ”
❀ “Creating Your Home Apothecary is an amazing year of study that deepened my personal relationship with plant medicine and the potential to share with others. It is encouraging to know and be reminded that Mother Earth is always providing for us.”
❀ “This class was fabulous. Very informative and Emily is a great speaker whose passion is clearly conveyed. I have spent time this year trying to learn everything about plants that I can, coming from a total novice having never tried tea to a full-on herbal enthusiast with help from Emily’s guidance through this class, which has created a great foundation for me to build on.”