Not sure where to start on your journey with plants & herbal medicine but always suspected you have intuitive plant wisdom?

Already an herbalist, healer, or forager?

Want to become one? 

This course is for you. 

I'm Erin Vanhee. I’ve taught herbalism for 30 years in the Pacific Northwest.  My students have gone on to start their own herbal businesses, enhance culinary and healing careers, and enrich their well-being. 

Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest teaches plant identification and uses of an abundance of wild plants. You will learn about 50+ different species and their medicinal and edible uses through virtual plant walks, assignments, lectures, and more. 

Discover the plants of the Pacific Northwest & the World: Over 300 minutes of in-depth videos, presentations, and readings on plants like Nettle, Dandelion, Sheep Sorrel & Purslane, Oregon Grape, Willow, St. John's Wort, and more!

Study Plants for Food & Medicine: Embark on virtual plant walks and experiment with new recipes and medicine making.

Enrich your life & others: At-your-own-pace, on-demand study, built to bring awareness to senses and intuition when working with plants. Learn to be fully present with the plants, the world, and yourself.

Introducing...

Five Weeks to Herbal Wisdom

An online, at-your-own-pace course taught by Erin Vanhee, Herbalist, LMT, and founder of Trillium Medicine. Featuring over 300 minutes of virtual plant walks, instructional videos, presentations, readings, dozens of recipes, and more!
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Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome Video

    • Waiver & Release

    • Course Introduction

    • Intro to Plants: Ecology, Nomenclature, Botany

    • One Wild Food Every Day

    • General Herbal Medicine Terms Glossary
  2. 2

    • Nettle – Urtica dioica

    • Harvesting Nettle

    • Nettles in Spring

    • Plant Walk: Nettle Seed & Habitat

    • Nettle Omelette & Nettles in Broth Recipes

    • Nettle Cake & Douglas Fir Buttercream Recipes

    • Fresh Wild Greens Pesto Recipe

    • Nettle, Urtica sp., cont.

  3. 3

    • Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale

    • Plant Walk: Dandelion

    • Pickled Dandelion Buds

    • Plant Walk: False Dandelion

    • Herbal Essence Waters

    • Dandelion Recipe - Lentils on the Wild Side

    • Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, cont.

  4. 4

    • Week One Quiz

    • Nourish and Drain Diary

    • Plant Meditation
  5. 5

    • Wild Edibles: An Invitation

    • Sheep Sorrel & Cheese Dip Recipe

    • Purslane & Wilted Purslane Recipe

    • Salmonberry & Spring Greens Soup with Salmonberry Leaves

    • Feral Fruits: Salmonberry Video

    • Chickweed & Curried Chickweed Recipe

    • Chickweed Video

    • Peppergrass/Wild Mustard/Bittercress

    • Wild Mustard Video

    • Lambs Quarters & Pickled Wild Seed Recipe

    • Red Clover

    • Red Clover ID Video
  6. 6

    • Making Herb Salts

    • Why Vinegar?

    • Making Herbal Vinegars

    • Blue Elderberry
  7. 7

    • Making Herbal Shrubs

    • Herbal Essence Waters

    • Burdock Pickles

    • Immune Broth
  8. 8

    • Make a Recipe: Wild Foods Bring Wild Thoughts!

    • Week Two Quiz
  9. 9

    • Plant Families For Herbalists

    • The Six Steps of Healing

    • The Six Steps Observation: Dandelion and Oregon Grape Root Comparison
  10. 10

    • Oregon Grape– Mahonia sp.

    • Plant Walk: Oregon Grape Habitat

    • Plant Walk: Companion Plants of Oregon Grape & Red Huckleberry

    • Plant Walk: Oregon Grape Root & Bark

    • Mahonia Plant Walk #2

    • Oregon Grape, Mahonia nervosa, cont.

  11. 11

    • Willow– Salix sp

    • Intro to Willow

    • Plant Walk: Willow Habitat

    • Plant Walk: Harvesting Willow Bark

    • Plant Walk: Young Willow Along the Skagit

  12. 12

    • Saint John's Wort– Hypericum Perforatum

    • Plant Walk: In the Wild with Saint John’s Wort

    • Saint John's Wort Stages of Flower

    • Saint John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum

    • St. John's Wort Flower Stages
  13. 13

    • Home Study Project: Wild Plants in Daily Life

    • Week Three Quiz
  14. 14

    • Ethics & Safety of Harvesting

    • Harvest Site Log

    • Plant Walk: Entering Harvest Sites

    • Plant Walk: Choosing Harvest Sites

    • Plant Walk: Assessing Harvest Sites

    • Harvest Protocols

    • Harvest and Gathering Rituals

    • Spirit of the Plants - Song
  15. 15

    • Plant Walk: Botanicals at the Beach- Grindelia integrifolia

    • Plant Walk: More on Grindelia

    • Grindelia Honey

    • Plant Walk: Woodland Walk
  16. 16

    • Rumex sp., Yellow/Red/Curly Dock

    • Rumex sp. cont.
  17. 17

    • Home Study Week Four - Audio

    • Home Study Week Four- Text

    • Week Four Quiz
  18. 18

    • Guide to Harvesting

    • Plant Walk: Leaves and Flowers

    • Plant Walk: Root Harvest & Divisions

    • Plant Walk: Rumex Harvest

    • Plant Walk: Goldenrod

    • Goldenrod, cont.

    • Plant Walk: Conifer Medicine

  19. 19

    • Basalm Root– Balsamorhiza sagittata

    • Balsam Root, cont.

    • Beach Mugwort

    • Beach Mugwort and Desert Sage
  20. 20

    • Arnica

    • Arnica, cont.

    • Yarrow

    • Yarrow, cont.

  21. 21

    • Your Home Apothecary

    • Your Wildcrafting Tool Kit
  22. 22

    • Plant Meditation Part Two
  23. 23

    • Quiz: True or False?

    • Quiz #2: Plant Identification

    • Quiz #2 Answers

    • Quiz #3: Nomenclature

    • Quiz #3 Answers

    • Quiz #4: Plants Q & A

    • Quiz #4 Answers
  24. 24

    • Monographs

    • Moving Forward: Recommended Reading

Here's what people are saying...

Testimonial

by Jade Schutes, Founder of the School for Aromatic Studies

"A number of years ago I had the great honor to study with Erin Groh, NW herbalist extraordinare. Throughout the herbal training program I learned about and came into contact with over 50 different species that grew right outside my door and on the land around me. Plants I once admired but did not know became alive and in communication with me. I began seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching each plant, getting to know it (and me, more deeply.) Learning when to harvest it, how to make medicine from it, and most of all, how to respect the natural habitat it grew in by ensuring I honored ethical wild crafting. Learning herbal medicine along with aromatic medicine offers us an amazing journey and a great way to feel more empowered over our bodies and our medicine. What I realized most of all is the value of learning about the plants that grow right in your own back yard, so to speak"

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From previous students

  • E.M.

    “I always love how you describe the personality of plants. So relatable! "

  • Bryan L.

    “If you want old school wise woman herbalism, go and work with Erin. A wise wonderful and loving heart.”

  • Alicia O.

    “Attended a workshop taught by Erin…and learned so much! She has a wonderful energy and is a great educator!"

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