Welcome to the Cedar Mountain Herb School!
Our herbal workshops and programs 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! 🌿
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.
Tincture Making Basics: Why Alcohol Proof Matters
February 10, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
To make effective herbal tinctures, we need an understanding of constituent groups and their solubility. 80 proof. 100 proof. 151 proof. 190 proof. Does it matter which we use? Yes! Suzanne unpacks what the proofs mean and how to choose the correct one for powerful herbal medicine. Students will make an herbal tincture.
Herbal Powders – Deodorant & Toothpaste
March 4, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Let’s get natural! Much of what we put on our skin goes into our bloodstream. Given the choice between endocrine disrupting chemicals and natural ingredients, we’ll use the later to make an effective deodorant and tasty toothpaste without any sugars or sugar substitutes.
Get Cultured with Butter & Ferments
March 18, 2023
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Intestinal health depends on over 500 different strains of beneficial flora known collectively as probiotics. Probiotics’ many health benefits include strengthening the immune and nervous systems, stimulating digestion and protecting against the spread of harmful yeast overgrowth, lowering cholesterol and guarding against cancer. Learn how to make cultured butter and fermented curtido.
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!
Spring Botanical Primer 2023
May 12 - June 2, 2023
Location: Seattle, WA
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
Whether you are just getting started in the amazing world of herbal medicine or a seasoned herbalist desiring to go deeper in herbal studies 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, constituents and why knowing them is vital to making effective healing remedies, plant energetics, and the positive impacts plants have on our anatomy and physiology!
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.
Winter Wildcrafting: Cottonwood Buds!
January 27, 2023
Location: Seattle, WA
Setting: In-Person
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
Late winter and early spring may seem like a barren time with little to harvest, but it is actually the BEST time to harvest Cottonwood buds! These heavenly scented buds are incredibly medicinal!
Uplifting Herbs: To Alleviate Mid-Winter Blues
January 6, 2023
Location: Zoom Video
Setting: Online
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Uplifting Herbs: To Alleviate Mid-Winter Blues
Alcohol-Free Medicine Making Basics
January 20, 2023
Location: Zoom Video
Setting: Online
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
Alcohol-Free Medicine Making Basics
Culinary Herbs Are Medicinal: How To Get Them On The Table
February 3, 2023
Location: Zoom Video
Setting: Online
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Culinary Herbs Are Medicinal: How To Get Them On The Table
Eating With The Seasons: Healing with Polysaccharide Rich Plants
February 17, 2023
Location: Zoom Video
Setting: Online
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
Eating With The Seasons: Healing with Polysaccharide Rich Plants
Planting YOUR Herb Garden
March 3, 2023
Location: Zoom Video
Setting: Online
Instructor(s): Suzanne Tabert
Planting YOUR Herb Garden
Introduction to Herbal Tinctures
March 17, 2023
Location: Zoom Video
Setting: Online
Instructor(s): Heather Bruno
Introduction to Herbal Tinctures
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