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

    • Waiver & Release

    • Welcome Video

    • About Erin Vanhee, Herbalist & this Course

    • Intro to Plants: Ecology, Nomenclature, Botany

    • Plant Families For Herbalists

    • General Herbal Medicine Terms Glossary
  2. 2

    • Nourish and Drain Diary

    • Quiz
  3. 3

    • Guide to Harvesting

    • Plant Walk: Entering Harvest Sites

    • Plant Walk: Choosing Harvest Sites

    • Plant Walk: Assessing Harvest Sites

    • Plant Walk: Leaves and Flowers

    • Plant Walk: Root Harvest & Divisions

    • Ethics & Safety of Harvesting

    • Harvest Site Log

    • Harvest Protocols

    • Harvest and Gathering Rituals

    • Spirit of the Plants - Song

    • Your Wildcrafting Tool Kit

    • Your Home Apothecary
  4. 4

    • Home Study Harvesting - Audio

    • Home Study Harvesting- Text

    • Harvesting Quiz
  5. 5

    • Nettles in Spring

    • Nettle

    • Nettle – Urtica dioica

    • Nettle, Urtica sp., cont.

    • Plant Walk: Nettle Seed & Habitat

    • Nettle Recipes
  6. 6

    • Plant Walk: Dandelion

    • Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale

    • Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, cont.

    • Pickled Dandelion Buds

    • Plant Walk: False Dandelion

    • Dandelion Recipe - Lentils on the Wild Side
  7. 7

    • Plant Meditation

    • Quiz
  8. 8

    • 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
  9. 9

    • Willow– Salix sp

    • Intro to Willow

    • Plant Walk: Willow Habitat

    • Plant Walk: Harvesting Willow Bark

    • Plant Walk: Young Willow Along the Skagit

  10. 10

    • Plant Meditation Part Two

    • Quiz
  11. 11

    • Oregon Grape– Mahonia sp.

    • Oregon Grape, Mahonia nervosa, cont.

    • Plant Walk: Oregon Grape Habitat

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

    • Plant Walk: Oregon Grape Root & Bark

    • Mahonia Plant Walk #2

    • Plant Walk: Woodland Walk

    • Plant Walk: Conifer Medicine

  12. 12

    • Basalm Root– Balsamorhiza sagittata

    • Balsam Root, cont.

    • Plant Walk: Rumex Harvest

    • Rumex sp., Yellow/Red/Curly Dock

    • Rumex sp. cont.

    • Plant Walk: Goldenrod

    • Goldenrod, cont.

  13. 13

    • Beach Mugwort and Desert Sage

    • Beach Mugwort

    • Plant Walk: Botanicals at the Beach- Grindelia integrifolia

    • Plant Walk: More on Grindelia

    • Grindelia Honey
  14. 14

    • Quiz
  15. 15

    • Wild Edibles: An Invitation

    • Red Clover ID Video

    • Red Clover

    • Salmonberry Video

    • Salmonberry

    • Chickweed Video

    • Chickweed

    • Wild Mustard Video

    • Peppergrass/Wild Mustard/Bittercress

    • Purslane

    • Lambs Quarters

    • Sheep Sorrel

    • Blue Elderberry
  16. 16

    • Why Vinegar?

    • Making Herbal Vinegars

    • Making Herbal Shrubs

    • Making Herb Salts

    • Herbal Essence Waters

    • Burdock Pickles

    • Immune Broth

    • Making Aqua Fresca with Fresh Wild Greens
  17. 17

    • Make a Recipe: Wild Foods Bring Wild Thoughts!

    • Quiz
  18. 18

    • Arnica

    • Arnica, cont.

    • Yarrow

    • Yarrow, cont.

  19. 19

    • The Six Steps of Healing

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

    • Monographs

    • Moving Forward: Recommended Reading
  20. 20

    • Home Study Project: Wild Plants in Daily Life
  21. 21

    • 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

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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