Become a Practicing Herbalist

Advanced Series

This intensive herbalist training program is taught by

Clinical Herbalist Maria Noël Groves, RH AHG with Special Guest Instructors

Develop your skills as a professional herbalist!

*PREREQUISITES REQUIRED

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(minor changes year to year)

“I can confidently say I’m walking away a different practitioner and am still blown away by all you managed to cover. So grateful!”

– Deanna Sweeney
2022 Online/Live Stream Advanced Series Graduate

The FULL Advanced Course IS Available On-Demand NOW

This is NOT live streamed – Everything is pre-recorded and on-demand online, and you’ll have forever access to the materials to go through at your own pace. (We do not plan to run a full advanced live stream nor in person series at this time; perhaps in future years.) We currently use Google Classroom as our course platform.

*Pre-requisites Required

These series are for intermediate and advanced students only.

The course assumes you already have STRONG training in the body systems, materia medica, and remedy techniques covered in the Home Herbalist Series and Beyond the Home Herbalist Series. (These pre-reqs are very similar to the content of Maria’s book Body into Balance.) If you did not take these programs from Maria, please double check this link to ensure you have covered these topics. There are NO REFUNDS on course registrations, and we want you to be sure you’re ready to jump to this level.

Course Overview

100+ hours of core webinar videos!
Plus additional core and optional/bonus pre-recorded online classes and materials .

Hundreds of pages of class notes and full color slides

Materials are organized by topic in an online classroom that you can go through at your own pace and in any order.

Medicine Making & Apothecary Skills

Botany, Plant Identification, Plant Families, Sourcing Quality Herbs, Quality Control, Adulteration Awareness and Prevention, Basic Phytochemistry, Introduction to Product-Making Regulations including FDA Good Manufacturing Practices, Labeling, Percolation Tincture Method, Double Extraction Tincture Method, Simmered Still Glycerite Method, Compound Bitters, Flower Essences, Gut Healing Tea Formulation

Clinical Training

Constitutional and Herbal Energetics in Clinical Practice from a Western Perspective; Taste-Based Energetics; Assessment of Herb Quality, Tongue Assessment of Clients, Clinical Skills, Case Studies, Custom Formulation, Setting Up an Herb Practice, Regulations and Ethics of Clinical Practice

Advanced Clinical Topics

Herb-Drug Interactions, Advanced Gut Repair, Thyroid Support, Lyme, Autoimmune Disease, Endocrine Health, Cancer Support, Herbs for Sleep and Mood Support, Working with Elder Clients, Common Disease Patterns, Big Picture Peri/Post Menopause Support, Nutrient Deficiencies, and More

All content is taught by Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG), except…

Special Guest Teachers & Topics

- - - Ayurveda Energetics in Clinical Practice with Tesia Love, Recorded 2023
    - Seasonal Rhythms: Chinese Five Elements Lifestyle Medicine & Energetics with Jiling Lin, L.Ac., Recorded 2023
    - Tongue Assessment with Larken Bunce, MS, Recorded 2023
    - Intro to Functional Labs with Dr. Keren Dolan,,DCN, RH(AHG), CNS, FACN, Recorded 2023
    - Holistic & Herbal Lyme Disease Support with Debbie Mercier, Recorded 2023
    - Herbal Support for Clients with Cancer with Ember Peters, RHP – Recorded 2021

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What Does Full Course Registration Include?

ALL FULL Advanced Course Series students will receive…

Exclusive Access to

• Lengthly class notes and full color slides

• Webinar videos of live classes
(not only video replays of our 2023 classes but also additional class recording materials)

• Advanced remedy making videos

• Bonus class access to selected class recordings from the Home Herbalist and Beyond the Home Herbalist Series, the full Remedy Making Series, and the Herb Walk Video Collection

• In-depth and hands-on homework assignments and feedback/ There is no time limit/no deadline for your access to course materials and completing homework and the series

• One year student membership to the American Herbalists Guild ($60-70 value)
(AHG membership includes discount for Mountain Rose Herbs and other companies, hundreds of free webinars and conference recordings, and other benefits)

• 2025 student discounts for Mountain Rose Herbs, Societe Healing Teas & Apothecary, Alchemy & Herbs Shop, Terra Basics, Oshala Farm, Misty Meadow Herbal Center & Botanical Sanctuary, Learning Herbs and others. (Discounts are subject to changes.)

• Discounted access to focused live stream advanced modules (vary by year; 2025 has passed)

• Access to an online Wintergreen Botanicals student Facebook community

• Certificate upon completion (all homework, watching/listening to all core class content, reading all core notes)*

Classes are affordably priced and include lifetime access to all course materials.

*There is no deadline to access materials, complete homework, and get your certificate of completion. Certificate requirements vary depending on course format/year started.

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Making Herbalism More Accessible

Customize-able payment plans available by request with no extra fee (email our team at support@wintergreenbotanicals.com with the best schedule of payments – $ amount and due dates – that works for you). It’s preferred that all of the course price (or at least half) is paid before the live series or online access begins. To request and set up your payment plan, please fill out this form.

Limited half priced scholarships available by request to BIPOC students (reparations), folks with financial need, and other traditionally marginalized groups. Please fill out this form if you’re interested in a series scholarship.