Roots of Herbalism Orlando – January 11-12, 2025

Description

Roots of Herbalism explores the philosophies of ecological Herbalism, the practices of herbal nutrition, and the foundations of holistic health.  Students learn to make their own herbal preparations, including tisanes and tinctures, to apply the knowledge they learn about the plants.

• Discover your relationship to plants and the environment, and its impact on your personal health
• Explore the theory, philosophy, and history of ecological herbalism and ethnobotany
• Understand the role of the nervous system and emotional, mental, and spiritual health in our physical wellbeing
• Learn techniques to integrate herbal wellness into a daily lifestyle practice
• Discuss important foundational nutritional principles to nourish your body’s own healing capacity
• Learn the botanical classification, parts used, and prominent medicinal uses of over 20 herbs from subtropical western Materia Medica to begin building your knowledge of herbs
• Explore through hands-on experience, how to make your own herbal preparations to apply your herbal knowledge through practical application, including tisanes, tinctures, and topical applications
• Learn how to integrate these ancient teachings into our modern-day world

Roots of Herbalism is intended as an introduction for those who wish to help themselves and their families achieve radiant well-being through natural health. It is a practical course well-suited for laypeople and health professionals alike. The course seeks to marry ancient traditions with the scientific context of our modern world. Our goal is to reclaim our herbal heritage and empower students to apply these teachings for optimum wellbeing in balance with today’s society. We focus our study on plants that are common in the Native North American and Western European traditions, which grow native or can be easily cultivated. This course includes 16 class contact hours, handouts, herbal samples, and assignment feedback.  Students learn 25 herbs and their uses through hands-on interaction with the plants in their living and dried form.

Roots of Herbalism is the prerequisite course to our Family Herbalist Program, an intermediate course that empowers students to provide primary care of health for their family and friends. This program is a prerequisite to our professional training, the Community Herbalist Program, intended for those wishing to integrate these teachings into a professional or clinical setting. Learn more about our Core Herbal Curriculum at this link.

Space in each class is limited, and these courses fill quickly. This class is hosted at our Orlando location. This course is also offered as a self-paced Home Study Course featuring DVD, Book, and Plant Samples: Click Here to Learn More.

Please review this link for our school’s tuition and cancellation policies.

Tuition: $297.00 includes herbal materials and textbook, Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health

Early Bird Discount – Receive $20 off your tuition when you register and pay in full by December 14, 2025—otherwise, the full registration fee will apply.

Dates not convenient? Try our Home Study Course

Instructors: Maggie O’Halloran

Maggie is an herbalist and educator in Central Florida. She comes from a large family where chaos was the norm. She always found peace outside watching things grow or climbing magnolia trees. She learned in her mother’s kitchen that the things you put in your mouth impact your mind and your body.

In the early 90’s she first found her own inspiration to view health from a holistic perspective while working as a teacher assistant at a mental health hospital for children. From that experience, she decided that there had to be a better way to help kids beyond medicating them to a zombie state with pharmaceuticals. She started college studying education and psychology ultimately received a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Masters in Educational Leadership.

In 1999 she took her love of plants to Oakland, California where she worked with inner-city elementary students and teachers, learning and teaching about violence prevention and anger management through physical education and body awareness with Playworks. She explored working with food, exercise, breathing, and communication skills. She continued to study plants and their medicine by sharing with friends.

In 2006 she moved to Florida to find a slower pace in life. Though her love of teaching hasn’t waned, she took the opportunity to focus on deepening her plant knowledge in a more intentional way with Emily Ruff and The Florida School of Holistic Living. Since then she has found inspiration from teachers like Rosemary Gladstar and David Winston. She continues her passion for helping people find peace by sharing her knowledge with whoever will listen. She enjoys working with friends, family, and strangers seeking a more holistic way to be healthy.

These days she can be found hiking on trails, tending her garden, creating something good for you in her kitchen, teaching in her community about plant medicine, and learning from her six-year-old herbalist and his friends.

$297.00 Original price was: $297.00.$277.00Current price is: $277.00.Add to cart

Here’s more about all the additional materials you can now access online:

Enjoy our Basics of Herbal Medicine Making 5-part video series

• Tea Blending and Formulation
• Vinegars and Oxymels
• Syrups
• Tinctures
• Steams and Chest Packs

Making herbal medicines in our home kitchen is empowering, economical, and just plain fun. Learn hands-on how to create many of the most widely used herbal medicines. Recipes and handouts will be provided to complement the webinars. The Basics of Herbal Medicine Making Series is a new online video series and is a perfect companion to the Roots of Herbalism Home Study course, giving you the opportunity to roll up your sleeves and make herbal medicines under expert guidance of Emily, Shannon and Maggie.

This series is offered on its own for $50 tuition and included for free as part of our introductory Roots of Herbalism package.

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Plant Profiles aka Materia Medica 

Our friends in the garden –
Whether it’s a new friend or one you’ve known for a while, it’s always nice to revisit friends and give special attention to create a deeper more meaningful relationship.

What is it to develop a relationship with a plant?
Beyond the introduction of scientific names and common names, plants like people deserve some one-on-one time to really get to know them. You’ll learn attributes like appearance, taste, smell, touch, where it’s from, where it lives, what’s its character is like, energetics, medicinal benefits, and its history with humans.

These plant profiles are articulated both through a written, blog format as well as a short video class. They include the herbs that you will receive in your physically mailed package to support your hands-on learning.

Receive our entire catalog of Materia Medica classes and articles with your Roots of Herbalism Enrollment.

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Join us for our seasonal live, online sessions of fun and friendship with fellow
herbalists, plus teaching from our Community Herbalist students. Runs from October to April.

The Roots Roundtable Subscription includes:

• Virtual classes
• Discounts from herbal companies
• Curated collection of videos, PDFs and e-books
• And More!!

 

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The comprehensive
Roots of Herbalism
package includes:

Roots of Herbalism curriculum | $260 value
Basics of Herbal Medicine Making | $50 value
Materia Medica | $60 value
Roots Roundtable Season | $75 value
All components a $445+ value
All this for only $297
$15 additional fee for CEU credits