Herbalism Course Offerings
Montpelier, Vermont area—2008
Core Faculty: Betzy Bancroft RH(AHG), Larken Bunce MS, Guido Masé RH(AHG)
Call (802) 224-7100 or write to info@vtherbcenter.org for more information or to join our student group!

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Click here for a 2010 course catalog.(.pdf format, requires Adobe Reader)

 

Community Classes at VCIH

Join us for Summer Commuinty Classes! Pre-registration is required. Call 802-224-7100 or email info@vtherbcenter.org. Cost is $12 per class for non-members or $10 per class for members.

The Perfect Cup of Tea - Monday August 4th, 6-8pm
with Danielle Charles, Clinical Herbalist and VCIH graduate
Explore the soulful art of brewing and formulating your own medicinal tea blends. Learn how to formulate herbs for flavor and medicinal properties, what extraction methods work best for various plants, and how to recognize basic plant constituents through taste and smell. Recipes both for pleasure and medicine
will be shared and sampled.

Healing Gardens: Medicinal Herb Garden Tours and Workshops

A benefit for the community herbal clinic
Tickets $30 /$25 VCIH members
Or pre-register for all three tours for $75
224-7100 or info@vtherbcenter.org
Rain or shine

**Tour three of Central Vermont's premiere herb gardens
**Connect with plants, from common perennials to rare species
**Attend in-depth workshops
**Enjoy herbal tea in flowering settings with a few sweet & savory treats

Sunday July 25th 12:30-4 pm Medicine Garden Design with Larken Bunce
Meet at VCIH (250 Main St. in Montpelier) to caravan to the site

Learn about various approaches to designing a new medicinal garden--based on color and aesthetics, medicinal use or energetic qualities, garden traffic, companion planting, use of annual vs. perennial plants, and earth energies. Learn plants for different types of theme gardens, as well as how to dowse for lay lines (earth's acupuncture meridians) in the garden that might effect your plants. See a garden in its first year that has been created with some of all of these elements in mind, while learning the basics of building soil fertility and beds. Many resources for further study, seed and plant sources, and ample Q&A time will be provided.

Sunday August 1st, 1-4 pm Tea Making: Garden to Teacup with Betzy Bancroft
Meet at Gardens of Seven Gables on 546 Anderson Road in Barre

Herbal teas can be much more exciting, yummy and potent when we make them ourselves! We’ll begin with an herb walk in Joann’s beautiful gardens, and then demonstrate tea-making methods, harvesting, drying and storing herbs. In particular we will discuss the flavors and medicinal virtues of herbs and how to combine them for extraordinary, delicious blends.

Sunday August 8th, 12:30-4 pm Tincture Making with Guido Mase´
Meet at VCIH (250 Main St. in Montpelier) to caravan to the site

3-Year Clinical Herbalist training program

VCIH offers beginning herbal students a comprehensive 3-year Clinical Herbalist training program that prepares them for work in the community clinic and with their own personal clients. The first year of classes offers a thorough introduction to the herbal arts and sciences, and can be taken by itself as our Family Herbalist course. Those interested in developing clinical skills can then continue through Years 2 & 3.

Year 1 ~ This year is a combination of hands-on apprenticeship and didactic time in the classroom, providing both direct experience with the plants and medicine-making and foundational knowledge in holistic physiology, energetic systems, and materia medica.
Year 2 ~ This year will focus on understanding system dysfunctions (both energetically and physiologically), developing critical thinking and clinical strategies, and grounding in the skills of a practitioner.
Year 3 ~ This year brings the learning from the first two years to the clinical relationship. Primarily, the student will see clients under supervision in the community clinic, while also developing a business plan for their future work as an herbalist, and practice sharing their knowledge with the community.

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1-Year Family Herbalist training program

A stand-alone program for the beginning or intermediate herbal student, with almost 300 hours of training in the basic sciences and the art of understanding the energetics of plants and people. During the summer months, we will spend as much time as possible outdoors, visiting diverse Vermont ecosystems, working in the woods and fields, and preparing herbal medicines. By the end of the year, the student will have a solid foundation in traditional herbalism, both theoretical and practical, along with a background in plant chemistry and human physiology.

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