APPRENTICESHIP

WILD EDIBLES & MEDICINAL HERBS

cultivating resiliency, relationship, rituals and connection with the cycles of nature

Join me on my homestead in the hilltowns of Western Massachusetts to intensively study local medicine and wild edibles. We'll discover how each season correlates with the plants available for holistic health and eating what nature provides.

Beginning early spring we'll meet each month to learn about seasonally available plants and how to incorporate them into our home kitchens. Each class we’ll spend time as a group grounding into the sacred space of plants, wander the woods and gardens, and make medicines with what we forage on the land. Over the course of the eight months, apprentices will build their own apothecaries and fill their kitchen cabinets with tinctures, salves, salt scrubs, syrups, vinegars, oxymels, teas, medicinal ghee, fermented foods, wild mushrooms, elixirs and more.

This is a great opportunity to sink your feet into the Earth’s wisdom, slow down with a group of plants lovers in all the elements, and empower one another with the foundations of wild edibles and herbal medicine.

WHAT THIS APPRENTICESHIP INCLUDES:

Seasonal Eating + Cooking with Herbs / Wild Edibles
Cultivating Herbs for Home Use
Sustainable Wildcrafting
Creating Relationships with the Plant World
Materia Medica + Plant Identification
Plant Spirit Medicine Journeys
Flower & Water Essence Making
Building a Home Apothecary
Attuning our Bodies with Nature’s Cycles
Developing Intuition + Capacity to Listen to the Plant Spirits
In Depth Study of the Five Elements - Earth, Air, Water, Fire, Wood
Resiliency during Personal and Planetary Transformations
Field Trips to nearby farms & foraging locations
Certificate of Completion for the Wild Edibles & Medicinal Herbs Program

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Choose from three levels

1) TULSI YEAR 1 CREATING YOUR HOME APOTHECARY - beginners (no prior experience necessary)

March-October

*8 classes. Cost: $1,200
* Space is limited to 12 apprentices
* Material fee + binder full of information included (jars and ingredients to take home products)
* $25 off herbal consultations and shamanic sessions

full for 2026 - apply for wait list

Dates:

March 29

May 3
June 7
July 5
August 2
August 30
October 4

November 1

2) BURDOCK YEAR 2 COMMUNITY HERBALISM - for those who have completed the first year or comparable experience.

March-October

2 spots left!

Dates:

March 22
April 26
May 31
June 28
July 26
August 23
September 20
October 25

3) HAWTHORN YEAR 3 PRACTICING HERBALISM- for those who have apprenticed two years previously or comparable study elsewhere and want to learn how to have an herbal practice offering their services and/or products.

* Cost: $1200 for 8 classes

* Access to Hannah's apothecary to fill your own orders and formulas
* $25 off herbal consultations, shamanic sessions
* Learn hands on experience offering consultations and making custom formulas for clients
* Business support on how to grow and manage an herbalism company
* Learn the daily operations of running a small herbal business.

Dates:

March 15

April 12

May 17

June 14

July 19

August 9

Sept 13

Oct 18

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Registration details:

Material fees included (jars and ingredients to take home products)

Sunday classes are from 10:30am-3:30pm at Sweet Birch Herbals unless a field trip is planned for the day.

Cancellation policy: if your cancellation is within 60 days prior to the class start date, you will receive a full refund. Receive 50% 30 days prior. No refunds within 30 days prior to the program's first date. This policy applies to the full cost of the program regardless of whether a payment plan has been agreed upon, you are expected to pay the full amount of $1200. Refund requests must be sent in writing to: sweetbirchherbals@gmail.com. When you register for a class, you agree to these terms. There are no refunds for missed classes.

Inclement Weather: If class is canceled due to inclement weather, a notification will be sent via email with the new date.

No prior experience necessary for Year 1 Program. This apprenticeship is open to beginners, intermediates, and advanced students who desire more connection with the plants and building community with other plant lovers. Please note which program you are applying for (Tulsi, Burdock or Hawthorn).

This program is a great addition to any wellness practitioner's toolbox.

Classes take place outside in the garden, fields, and woods, so please dress appropriately for all weather. There is an outdoor privy.

Bring you own lunch, snacks to share are always welcome, last day is a potluck.

What to bring for harvesting? A basket, clippers, scissors, small trowel and a fixed blade knife.

For more information, contact Hannah at sweetbirchherbals@gmail.com or 413-268-4473

Farm Apothecary Store is open for browsing herbal items, ghee, and farm artwork after class

" The Apprenticeship with Hannah bridged the huge gap I felt between book learning and doing and creating. It showed me an embodied example of how to relate to plants, and how to work with them respectfully and intentionally for healing. It helped hone my intuition for harvesting, which is in itself an art. It created a space for slowing down and tuning in." AC, Sheffield, MA

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