Whether this is your first time on the Herbal Academy of New England’s website or this is your first time being introduced to the wonderful world of herbalism, we want to extend a warm welcome to you! With so many herbal websites, resources, and schools of herbalism in Boston and beyond we understand that getting started in herbalism can be a bit daunting. You may be wondering, where do I begin? How do I become an herbalist? What is herbalism? 

We recommend reading these articles to get you started:

– About Herbalism, a letter.

– What is herbalism and how do I become an herbalist?

– Can you really become a certified herbalist and how do you find an accredited school?

– What careers are available for trained herbalists?

– How does one begin their herbalist training? What are my options?

– Where did herbalism come from? Herbal History.

And these books for herbal education:

– Common Herbs for Natural Health

– Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use

– The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification

– The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants

– Medicinal Herbalism

For a more complete guide to herbal books, check out the reading list we recommend to our introductory students. You can also follow along with our favorite blog and magazines in our Top Picks. We’re frequently posting book reviews in our Reviews tab on our website as well!

What’s next?

After looking over these articles and book lists, we hope you will dive into the rest of our website which is filled with free herbal resources and articles. We have a number of classes at our Boston herbal school, the Herbal Academy of New England, and if you aren’t in the area we invite you to join us for one of our online courses! We’re enrolling new students daily in the Online Introductory Herbal Course and Intermediate Herbal Course.

And for an advanced ongoing herbal educational resource, we invite you to join us in our membership website, The Herbarium. The Herbarium features some of the most complete herbal monographs to-date, forums for building community with herbalists, and advanced herbal articles, videos, podcasts, ebooks and media from some of the most brilliant minds across the world. Learn more about The Herbarium.

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So sit back with a cup of tea and get started! The wonderful world of herbs is just around the corner.

We wish you luck in your herbal adventures!