Online Classes

At-Your-Own-Pace & On-Demand

Taught by Clinical Herbalist Maria Noël Groves, RH AHG

Maria offers a variety of online classes that are pre-recorded and available any time. Each online class includes remedy making or webinar videos and detailed written course material (many also include audio recordings of the class material). This is designed to be flexible and can be completed at your own pace.  You'll receive all class materials upon completed registration that you may download and keep forever.

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Pre-Recorded Class Offerings

~ Available Any Time ~

Online Home Herbalist Series Try It!    Try one class before buying the rest of the series. This option includes course materials from Class One of the Home Herbalist Series.  Registration is $25.

Request any One Class from the Home Herbalist or Beyond Series $50 - scholarship discounts available

Home Herbalist Series    This nine class series teaches you core body systems, primary medicinal remedies, and key concepts in herbal medicine. Registration is $395.

Beyond the Home Herbalist Series    This series picks up where the Home Herbalist Series leaves off. You will learn about additional body systems and common health concerns, how to make unique medicinal remedies, and key concepts in herbal medicine. Registration is $395.

Advanced Herbalist Training Program Series.  This series deepens your learning of herbal medicine, in particular for training as a clinical or professional herbalist. Attendance in the Home Herbalist AND Beyond series (or comparable education elsewhere) is required before jumping into this series. More details here. Registration is $1800

Remedy Making Series Learn the basics of DIY plant medicine with Maria's first-ever series focused solely on remedy making! More than 20 different techniques covered with detailed videos and notes..$295 - scholarship discounts available

Advanced Gut Repair Mini Course    Digestive disorders such as heartburn, leaky gut, ulcers, gastritis, SIBO, dysbiosis, IBD, and IBS plague many Americans. We will explore underlying themes of these conditions and discuss soothing herbs and remedies such as fermented food and probiotics, the big picture, common patterns, formulation, protocols, and differentials. Three-part course encompasses 8+ hours of webinar videos, 40 pages of detailed notes, full color slides, and bonus materials. $100 - scholarship discounts available.

Beyond the Bottle: Fun, Yummy, Alcohol-Free & Foodie Herbal Recipes   Join Maria on a whirlwind kitchen witch tour of DIY food-based and alcohol-free herbalism treats. She’ll share some basic tips on drying and powdering herbs with regular home equipment as well as tips for fresh vs dry herbs and formats as well as simmer vs infusion/maceration techniques. Learn how to turn powders into honey nut butter balls and other goodies, make a simmered still glycerite (inspired by Steven Horne and Thomas Easley), simmered and raw herbal honeys, electuaries, sweet tart oxymels, pesto, pureed herb ice cubes (lookin’ at you, nettle!) for soup and smoothies, simmered syrup concentrates, and herb-mushroom broths. And of course there are alcohol-free herbal beverages: tea infusion, decoction, cold infusion, infused water, seltzer, and soda. She'll demonstrate several of these remedy techniques and discuss and share recipes for the rest. $100 - scholarship discounts available

Intro to Western Herbal Energetics  Understanding the energetics of herbs, people, and disease can help you be a more successful herbalist in matching the right herbs for the situation and the person. In this class Maria will introduce you to basic concepts of Energetics and focus on hot, cold, dry, damp, lax, and tense. Class materials include a 2 hr 40 minute video webinar, longer audio class recording, lengthy and detailed notes, full color slides, and suggested resources for further learning. $75 - scholarship discounts available

Sleep Support: A Holistic, Herbal & Thorough Approach   Trouble sleeping? You're not alone! Sleep is foundational to whole body health and vitality.  In this approximately three-hour class, Maria discusses common obstacles to quality sleep including causes of night-time waking and what you can do about them, how insufficient and low-quality sleep harm our health, practical tips to improve sleep quality,  favorite sleep-supportive herbs, strategies, and formulas. Webinar video, detailed and annotated notes, and full-color slides included. Registration is $50 - scholarship options available.

Herbs for Libido & Sexual Vitality Take a DEEP DIVE into the topic of sexual vitality and herbs with my on-demand online Sexual Vitality Class. This topic is semi-advanced, geared towards the intermediate herb student and for students pursuing clinical work. 14-pages of detailed notes discuss the bigger picture of supporting sex drive and function, highlighting key herbs, their tradition, and their scientific evidence, plus recipes. A nearly two-hour-long webinar video highlights the material. $40 - scholarship options available.

Cordials & Chocolate Bundle   Maria's popular holiday gifts-making class has been transformed into an online class e-bundle! Learn how to make delicious handmade chocolates and cordials to share and gift. The course materials include short remedy making videos for making cordial and oxymels, chocolate truffles, and homemade hot fudge, plus notes full of recipes and inspiration for various herbal chocolate and cordial creations. Registration is $25

Immune/Elder Syrup   Learn how to use herbs for winter health and make your own elderberry syrup. Elderberry syrup is traditionally used by herbalists to support the immune system and is excellent to have on hand for flu season. Registration is $25.

DIY Bodycare    Make your own lip balms and body cream plus discover herbal body care ingredients used in scrubs, massage oil, aromatherapy spray, and bath salts. You will also receive recipes and detailed ingredient information. Registration is $25.

Mood Webinar: Herbs to Lift the Spirits and Regulate Mood   Listen while Maria shares practical differentials and energetic tendencies on a range of herbs. Learn how to create a customized herbal protocol to address mood issues such as depression, seasonal affective disorder, and anxiety. Registration is $20.

This is not a complete list ~ 

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About Online Study

Online classes are perfect for students who live far from Chichester or those without the flexibility to commit to a set schedule of classes. You will receive all of the same course content as the classroom to be studied at your own pace. You may download all course materials to your computer and visit links to videos as often as you like.  All materials are yours to keep via download and/or link. Access to online classes and series will be emailed automatically after you order it.

Individual online classes include

Lengthy class notes with recipes and/or full-color slides

Remedy making and/or webinar video(s) (most classes) and/or audio recordings of class content (some classes)

 Full online SERIES - Home Herbalist, Beyond the Home Herbalist, and Advanced Series - include

All of the above PLUS

Homework assignments and feedback

Access materials via the Online Google Classroom or Dropbox

Access to the Wintergreen Botanicals online student Facebook community

Student membership to the American Herbalists Guild ($60-70 value)

Exclusive student discounts for herbal shops, farms, and books