Our Herbal Empowerment Workshops are specifically designed to help you learn all-things-herbal, whether for your own personal health or herbal business. Reconnect with nature, community, and most importantly — yourself!
Nature has the solution…
We’ll teach you how! 🌿
Join Suzanne and Heather as they take you to their favorite wildcrafting sites in the Pacific and Inland Northwest to learn about plants hands on and in-person! 🌿
All About Our Workshops
In-Person Workshops
Based in Sandpoint Idaho and Seattle Washington, CMHS is one of the longest-running herbal schools in the Pacific Northwest. Community workshops are held at a variety of locations in Western and Central Washington and Sandpoint, Idaho, and will be plainly noted in the workshop descriptions.
Each workshop covers medicinal uses for the plants harvested, case study stories, anatomy and physiology, with best preparations for extracting and preserving the medicinal constituents and appropriate applications.
Online Herbal Fireside Chats
Regardless of where you live, we’ve got an amazing ONLINE lineup for everyone! Online workshops focus on HPA axis and how to reduce triggering, winter essentials, tea blending, uplifting herbs, botanical skin care, alcohol free medicine making, culinary herbs, eating with the seasons, creating your herb garden and tincture making using correct alcohol proof!
Check out the workshops, we’re confident that what we have on offer is exactly what YOU need! And best yet, you can learn in the comfort of your home.
Herbal Apprenticeship Program 2023
May - September 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
The herbal apprenticeship program here in Sandpoint is for those who have a strong desire to strengthen their skills and fill their herbal tool belts and apothecary with plant medicine from both the wild and garden. CMHS delivers intensive in-the-field plant identification with hands-on harvesting, formulation, medicine making and holistic health practices.
Wild Harvesting Adventure ~ Devil''s Club
June 17, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Devil's club's super powers of pain relief, immune modulation and respiratory health helper make it a must-have in any home apothecary. We’re heading into the mountains near Clark Fork to explore and harvest this prickly plant!
Hydrosol Distillation & Flower Remedies
June 24, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Discover the beauty of creating effective flower remedies and plant hydrosols for health and wellness as we look to the garden for inspiration.
Wild Medicinal Plant Ramble
July 8, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
3-mile ramble around Round Lake in Sagle, introducing medicinal plants in North Idaho, including identification, medicinal uses and applications.
Self Reliant Herbalism ~ Building YOUR Apothecary: Teas, Tinctures, Herbal Infused Vinegars & Honeys
July 15, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Whether you’re new to herbalism or are more experienced and want to add to your self-reliant herbal tool belt, you'll gain the skills needed to feel confident knowing when to pick plants at their strongest medicinal and nutritional value and how to process them into highly effective herbal remedies.
Self Reliant Herbalism ~ Building YOUR Apothecary: Medicinal Oils, Salves, Creams, Lip Balms
July 22, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Whether you’re new to herbalism or are more experienced and want to add to your self-reliant herbal tool belt, you'll gain the skills needed to feel confident knowing when to pick plants at their strongest medicinal and nutritional value and how to process them into highly effective herbal remedies.
Seattle Roots to Tips Wildcrafting Training Program 2023
March - July 2023
Location: Seattle, WA
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
The Roots to Tips Wildcrafting training Program in the Seattle area is an excellent weekend opportunity over a 5-month period, a perfect option for you to expand your herbal knowledge and skills and to go deeper in learning about the plants of our own unique bioregion!
Summer Botanical Primer 2023
June 16 - July 7, 2023
Location: Seattle, WA
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
This is the time to get out in nature! Summer is such a bountiful time of year-with so many plants at their peak! Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned herbalist desiring to go deeper in herbal studies with hands-on field work, the Summer Botanical Primer is for you!
Fall Botanical Primer 2023
September 22 - October 13, 2023
Location: Seattle, WA
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
Whether you are just getting started in the amazing world of herbalism, continuing with your studies, or a seasoned herbalist desiring to go deeper with hands-on field work, the Botanical Primer is an excellent opportunity for a deeply rooted exploration of wild plants, with a focus on ethical harvesting practices, understanding plant energetics, and the positive impacts plants have on our anatomy and physiology! We also cover plant constituents and why knowing them is vital to making effective medicine.
There’s something beautiful that happens when we make commitments – to our health, our growing wisdom and our community. We believe in YOU and are so happy to welcome you in!
