Looking to enroll in an herbalism course?
In today’s world we are often bombarded with false information on what is good for us and what is safe to use. Cut through the overload of information by starting with one of our online herbal programs.
We set a foundation in the Introductory Herbal Course, explore herbs in greater depth in the Intermediate Herbal Course, prepare for business endeavors in the Entrepreneur Herbal Course, and delve into complex clinical topics in the Advanced Herbal Course.
Browse our herbal courses below, and choose the program that is best for you!
Need help choosing a course?
Download our Right Fit Assessment GuideThousands of students are enrolled in the Herbal Academy’s courses at any given time. Join our ever-growing community – there’s a program designed just for you, at any experience level! With your enrollment you will get immediate access into your course (even with a payment plan), an invitation to join our student-only Facebook community, the option to choose your start date, a certificate of completion with your graduation, and discounts to Mountain Rose Herbs, Bulk Herb Store, and other great herbal businesses!
This self study program gives students with little or no herbal experience a glimpse into the world of herbs, kindling an enthusiasm for a lifelong course of learning.
Have you laid the groundwork for your adventures in the boundless world of herbalism? This course is perfect for those ready for the next step.
This program is designed specifically to prepare students to run a small herbal products business in this unique and sometimes challenging field of herbalism.
The Advanced Herbal Course has been designed to prepare students working toward a career as professional herbal practitioners.
There are many ways to practice as an herbalist. You may strive to become a community herbalist –the one that people seek out when they have questions about how to use herbs in support of illness. Maybe you prefer to stay a little closer to home where you can put your herbal knowledge to good use by helping family and friends. You may choose to be a grower. Maybe your heart is leading you to open an herb shop, develop a natural product line, or become an herbal practitioner.
We know you desire an education that can bring you through to your unique place as an herbalist. We here at the Herbal Academy have had the same calling at one time in our lives. We understand the many steps that can help direct you on your individual quest.
Whether you are looking into herbalism as a hobby or personal endeavor or preparing for a career, we have designed herbalist program packages to suit your path and your educational needs!
Our Herbalist Path Packages bundle multiple programs together at a discount, saving you money on your enrollment. View the Paths below…
Which path best fits you and your career goals? These Herbalist Path Packages will help guide you through your course enrollment process!
By enrolling in multiple programs at once using a Path Package option, you will get a discount on your registration.
All packages include the same benefits of enrolling in individual herbal programs.
The Clinical Herbalist path is our most extensive package we offer, designed for those who want to study it all!
This path includes
Advanced Herbal Course
Introductory Herbal Course
Intermediate Herbal Course
This is an ambitious path designed for those who want to venture into product development and launching a business.
This path includes
Entrepreneur Herbal Course
Introductory Herbal Course
Intermediate Herbal Course
Already have the foundational education? Skip over the introductory topics and begin your studies at the intermediate level!
This path includes
Advanced Herbal Course
Intermediate Herbal Course
The Family Herbalist path is a great way to infuse your life with the benefits of an herbal education.
This path includes
Introductory Herbal Course
Intermediate Herbal Course
Welcoming the Herbal Academy’s newest addition, the Herbal Short Course Collection.
These programs are designed to dive in deep into specific herbal topics such as
foraging and wildcrafting, crafting herbal ferments, and creating an herbal materia medica.
There is artful beauty and science to crafting herbal formulations, and anyone can learn how to develop perfect herbal tea and tincture formulas with some practice and study! Let us coach you through the craft in our thoughtfully designed, brand new Mastering Herbal Formulation Course! Study under your trusted Herbal Academy teachers, and you’ll soon graduate from a recipe FOLLOWER to a recipe DEVELOPER!
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Join us in a remarkably rewarding maker’s quest to create your own good-for-the-body, sumptuous skin care products at home. This program includes over 200 well-loved and herbalist-approved body care recipes!
Explore the monumentally important and mysterious world of mushrooms! This course is your complete guide for learning all about the compelling world of fungi, from cap to stem: folklore, safe foraging and identification, wellness-promoting recipes, and more!
Empower yourself in your stress management quest with the herbal self-care approach! You’ll walk away with integrated nutritional, lifestyle, and herbal practices to strengthen, nourish, and support yourself!
Discover the science of botanical identification and the art of wildcrafting through this captivating voyage into wild edible and herbal botanicals! After completing this class, you will see nature through an entirely new lens!
Learn about the way that herbs are used and prepared for everyday use and begin making your own exciting, nourishing herbal recipes at home. This program is designed to be a first entry point into herbalism.
Get ready to inspire and deepen your herbal knowledge! For beginners and advanced herbalists alike, the Herbal Materia Medica Course is here to help you create (or add to) your own materia medica.
Discover the excitement and liberation that comes from creating herbal fermentations including herbal beer, herbal mead, herbal kombucha, herbal water kefir, and herbal lacto-fermented foods.
Are you eager to create wild plant-based, soul-soothing, immune-boosting recipes and fill your apothecary shelves with hand-harvested botanicals? Get started foraging wild edibles and herbs safely, ethically, and sustainably!
A true breath of fresh air, this program will empower you to form a new type of relationship with plants—a relationship that lets the plants speak for themselves with woodsy whispers, herbaceous harmonies, and smoky secrets. As the conductor of this olfactory orchestra, you will blend, infuse, tinker, and spritz your way to custom scent combinations for you, your herbal product line, and everyone on your gift list.
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