2012 Classes in Herbal Medicine
with Brittany
Winter Solstice Open House
Thyme Herbal at Misty Meadow Farm
1069 N. Pleasant St. Amherst MA
Sunday December 18th from 1 to 5 pm.
Bring your friends and Family to share tea, treats and good conversation. Visit with the school, learn about our classes and programs, connect with your former classmates and meet new herb loving, nature worshiping, do-it-yourself folks who want to share community medicine all through the winter months! This is an open house so you can stop by anytime to be with us. If you want to you can bring treats to share, or you can just bring yourself, your loved ones and the rest will be here waiting for you. Hope to see you there!
Immune Strengthening, Winter Health Chai Workshop!
Sunday December 11th from 4 to 6 pm
Acadia Herbals, Northampton MA
$5 Donation (this is a suggested donation only, NO ONE will be turned away, if the donation poses a financial difficulty for you, come anyways! All the donations will go to the Northampton/Amherst Herbal Meet-up group to help us cover administrative costs.)
Winter is the perfect time to add the warming herbs and spices found in chai tea into your daily routine. Herbal chai tea is warming, stimulates circulation, improves digestive fire and is delicious! We will share our favorite chai blends/recipes and talk about a variety of nourishing, immune strengthening tonic herbs that can be added into your chai to strengthen your constitution and support vibrant health during the winter season. Afterwards you can stock up on supplies to make your own personalized chai. Home-made tea blends make great winter gifts for friends and family too!
Minus the immune strengthening materia medica, here I am, making chai on 22 news!
Make Your Weeds Work for You!
Saturday January 21st from 10 to 11 am.
Annie's Garden Store
515 Sunderland RD, Amherst
We spend a lot of time dealing with the weeds in our garden. Mulching, hoeing and of course weeding to keep them under control and away from our other more intentional garden plants, herbs and perennials. But what would happen if you knew that many of the weeds that you work so hard to keep out are important and powerful medicines. Dandelion, yellow dock, burdock, purslane, lambs quarters, plantain, ground ivy and galinsoga (just to name a few) are all great foods and medicines. Learn how to transform your relationship with the weeds in your garden, how to appreciate them and give them a use as you do your peppers and tomatoes and how to turn them into delicious foods and powerful healing medicines.
2012 Apprenticeship Programs with Brittany
All classes are held at Misty Meadow Farm in North Amherst.
All classes are held at Misty Meadow Farm in North Amherst.
The Art of Home Herbalism
This apprenticeship is designed to introduce you to the world of western herbalism and give you the tools to be an effective and empowered home herbalist. It will strengthen your relationship with your environment and your health through plant identification, growing, wild-crafting, gathering and storing of medicinal plants. We will also explore introductory body system therapeutics, medicine making techniques and the rich cultural heritage of using seasonal and local foods as medicine for health and well-being.
These all day classes are intensive, fun and exciting, hands on and interactive. You will meet the plants in their environment and learn the art of herbal medicine as a relationship with your own health and the earth.
Topics include:
- Medicine Making
- Plant Identification
- Harvesting, Drying, Storing
- Body system Therapeutics: digestive system, nervous system, immune system, lymphatic system, skin.
- Nutrient dense foods and food preparation and nutritional support for vibrant health
- Seasonal eating
- Fermentation
This year I will be offering a Spring and Fall Intensive. Intensives meet for a total of 9 classes (almost weekly) over the course of 3 1/2 months.
Spring Session: Sundays, 10 – 4 pm, March through early June.
Fall Session: Tuesdays, 9:30 – 3:30 pm, September through early December.
Classes include potluck lunches and herbs for medicine making!
Cost: $675, payment plans available.
Space is limited, please register early.
Please call or email to register.
Foundations of Herbal Medicine
This year, instead of offering an advanced course of study, I will be offering a more in depth and advanced version of my introductory course. This class will meet for 14 classes over 7 months and include all of the topics and content covered in The Art of Home Herbalism, in addition to more in depth and detailed materia medica development, medicine making techniques, herbal energetics, herbal formulation, constituents of medicinal plants, and anatomy and physiology of the body. Emphasis will be placed on practice and study outside of class time and each student will complete a project relevant to their herbal passions. If you at any point plan to take your knowledge of herbal medicine outside of the home or wish to apply your skills in a community setting (or are just a real herb/plant lover!) this course is a good fit for you. It will be your most important first step toward building a strong, healthy foundation for study and practice to come.
Because this course will meet over the entire growing season there will be a greater emphasis on plant identification during the different seasons of the year, as well as in depth coverage of herbs and foods for seasonal wellness.
7 month Apprenticeship: 2 Mondays/month 9:30 – 3:30 pm, April through October.
Classes include potluck lunches and herbs for medicine making!
Cost: $1,050, payment plans available.
Space is limited, please register early.
Please call or email to register.
Not sure which class is right for you? Call or email Brittany!
THE GOOD EARTH GATHERING
155 Hemenway Rd, LeverettHalf class, half community dinner we will prepare and enjoy a wild and local foods feast together. It is a time to share in local food resources, cook and eat together, learn about foods and herbs for health and wellbeing and collect inspiration to bring home to our own lives. Please join us in celebration of the earth and her bounty.
$45 - 25 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Our feasts are ongoing, please contact for the next date and time.
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To register for classes by mail please email: thyme.herbal@gmail.com, or email us through our "contact" page.
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Would you like to host a class?
In this arrangement we work together to specially design a class that meets your needs and the demands of your community. I will plan the class based around the goals and cooking or healing aspirations of your group, bring all necessary supplies and teach to the group for a flat rate. 8 - 10 student limit depending on the topic and the size of the space. Transportation fees may apply for hosting locations further than 25 miles.
6 hr. class: $ 400, plus $10 materials fee per person.
3 hr. class: $ 250, plus $10 materials fee per person.
Many arrangements are possible, please call or email with inquiries.
~The information on this site is not meant to diagnose or treat any illnesses, conditions or diseases and should not be used in place of medical advice.