The Herbalist’s Path is a 7-month herbal wisdom mentorship, seasonally based herbal apprenticeship for students who want to think, perceive, and practice as herbalists in relationship with plants, land, and the human body. Rather than isolating herbs into body systems alone, this program follows the arc of the herbal year teaching students how physiology, energetics, and ecology move together through the seasons. This is a mentorship in discernment, pattern recognition, and embodied practice not a memorization-based course. 

 

The Herbalist's Path: A Seasonal Apprenticeship

This 7-month mentorship follows the natural rhythm of the herbal year from spring emergence through autumn harvest and winter integration offering students a grounded, embodied approach to herbal medicine that honors both tradition and experience.

 

Rather than teaching herbs solely through isolated body systems, this program weaves physiology, energetics, plant relationships, and seasonal intelligence into a cohesive way of practicing. Students learn how to think like herbalists, not just how to apply protocols.

 

Through seven in-person weekends (April–November), we explore how the body, the land, and the plants speak to one another across the seasons and how to listen.

This mentorship emphasizes:

• seasonal energetics and constitutional assessment

• herbal actions within the context of ecology and human physiology

• nervous system awareness, stress, and long-term vitality

• ethical, sustainable, and realistic herbal practice

• cultivating trust in observation, intuition, and clinical reasoning.

• building resiliency by learning to make plant medicine based products (tincture, skin care, syrups) and foraging and plant identification skills.

 

Psychic and intuitive perception are acknowledged as natural aspects of herbal practice and are woven organically into the teaching without spectacle, pressure, or performance.

 

By the end of the program, students leave with:

• a coherent framework for understanding herbal medicine seasonally

• increased confidence in observation and decision-making

• the ability to synthesize information rather than rely on recipes

• a deeper relationship with plants, land, and their own authority

• A Certificate of Completion

 

This is a mentorship for those who feel called to herbalism as a way of seeing and engaging with the world, not just a set of remedies.

 

This program IS:

• for committed students willing to engage over time

• relational, thoughtful, and rigorous

• rooted in seasonal cycles and embodied learning

• designed to cultivate discernment and independence

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The Herbalist’s Path: A Seasonal Herbal Mentorship is a 7-month, immersive journey into herbal medicine grounded in relationship, observation, and seasonal practice. Meeting one weekend per month, we will study the plants growing in our local New Hampshire landscape and explore how they support the body across its systems and cycles. Rather than rushing toward memorization, this mentorship emphasizes learning how to think like an herbalist; how to observe imbalance, choose appropriate plants, and work with them respectfully and effectively.

 

Each weekend blends lecture, discussion, and extensive hands-on practice. Students will learn a wide range of traditional medicine-making skills, including tea blending, tincture and extract preparation, infused oils for skincare, syrups, fire cider, salves, balms, and more. You will also learn ethical harvesting, drying, and storage methods so you can confidently work with plants from field to apothecary.

 

Most weekends include time spent outdoors in fields and forests, cultivating plant identification skills and direct relationship with the plants themselves. Over the course of the mentorship, students create their own materia medica / herbarium, a living, cross-referenced record of plants studied, their actions, uses, energetics, and personal observations to serve as a foundation for ongoing practice. This mentorship is designed for those who feel called to walk the long path of herbalism with curiosity, humility, and dedication, and who value learning that unfolds in rhythm with the seasons.

 

All class attendance is required to get a certificate as well as 25 additional hours with me learning how to harvest, store and process herbs. Call or email me to sign up. 
 

Weekend Dates: 2026 dates to be posted by December but should reflect similar weekends as noted below.  Usually the third weekend of the month unless its a holiday. 

 

New Apprentice Gathering - April 19 (Friday Zoom Call Introduction) so we can all meet each other and go over any details.

 

CLASS DATES: 2026

April 25th/26th,

May 16th/17th,

June 27th/28th,

July 18th/19th,

August 22nd/23rd,

September 19th/20th,

October 17th/18th.

November 7th is Graduation. 

 

$600 non-refundable deposit is due to reserve your spot by MARCH 15TH.

Payment plans available for the balance upon request. (Due monthly)

 

All sales final and commencement of the first weekend of class commits you for payment for all classes if choosing to use the payment plan. Full payment once classes start is non-refundable.

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Requirements for Certification include:

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Attendance at ALL weekend dates (unless extenuating circumstances arise)

Completed Materia Medica/ Herbarium due on last weekend of class (OCTOBER)

25 Hours extra time in the shop or harvesting with me

End of the year personal projects presented on Graduation Day. 

 

Each weekend plan ahead for rain or sun. Class times are 9 am - 4 pm each weekend day (Sat/Sun). Outside time is required as we will explore the fields and forests during foraging expeditions each weekend. Bring sun-screen, bug-juice, extra clothes as needed. Bring water, lunch and snacks. We will go on field trips some weekends and the full weekend agenda will be emailed to you prior to the weekend. The weekend will also be a mixture of hands-on activities and lectures, so please bring a notebook and pen to take notes. More details will be sent via email once you confirm your registration. Handouts for all class material are included at no extra cost. There are many books recommended for you to start out your herbal journey, but none are required for class. This list will be provided in your confirmation email once you sign up by emailing me your interest and paying the $600 deposit. During this class you will find about 150 plants and learn how to identify, harvest, store, and use as medicine. A full plant list will be provided to you prior to our first class so you can get started finding plants. The Materia Medica you create will also include dis-ease and actions so you can easily explore plants, dis-eases and actions separately.  

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions. My direct email is sara@sarasherbs.com

Now Taking Registrations for 2026!