Expand Your Knowledge
These free class notes and handouts are from my most popular classes as well as short/free classes where students got a handout with the option to download a lengthier version of the notes here. Click the linked title to download the PDF to your computer. Also enjoy selected videos below
These topics are generally covered in much greater detail
in my books and my herbal courses (hint hint). 😉
Also see my blog and YouTube channel and my guest podcast recordings.
Sleep Class Resources
Get Your Slides Here, also Several resources on sleep are available in this blog (see bottom of blog for resource links) and Maria's new book (with accompanying live streamed mini course)
Limited Time - Natural & Herbal Allergy Support
LIMITED TIME - Allergy Class Materials
Moultonborough + Hooksett Public Library 2024 Long Notes + Slides+ 2023 Longer Webinar Video
Quick Remedy Making Tips & Videos
Check out Maria's Kitchen Apothecary 101 Blog out, which includes links to even more detailed blogs, some videos, and extra resources on various remedy making topics and a printable quick handout.
For a much deeper dive, Maria offers an on-demand Remedy Making Course.- many of these remedy making tips and class materials are also included in Maria's Home Herbalist, Beyond the Home Herbalist, and Advanced series. (the Advanced and Seasonal Energetics series include access to the full Remedy Making Course)..
Backyard Medicine & Local Tea
This lengthy set of notes introduces you to the many great backyard herbs, how to grow and use them, a variety of remedy-making techniques, and tea-brewing tips and recipes.
Click here to download the regular Backyard Medicine (mostly cultivated herbs) notes.
Click here for the slides.
Click here for the Mega Grow Chart (from my book Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies)
Oh, and enjoy this lil' Lemony Herb Walk video!
Wildcrafting Tips & Common Wild Medicinal Herbs
Check out my Virtual Herb Walk page. Also see this sneak peek of my Herb Walk videos, which are a bonus component of the course materials for the Online Home Herbalist Series as well as the Beyond and Advanced series.
Herbs for Energy & Stress
Zen Herbs/Adaptogens/Peaceful Herbs
This is a favorite topic of mine! Extended (though older) notes on herbs for relaxation and energy (link above) including adaptogens and more calming/nervine and mood-boosting herbs. Also see the Adaptogen Chart (this will print on one page but is in tiny print so you may prefer opening on a laptop so you can zoom in and out), as well as the short Growing & Using Peaceful Herbs and Herbs for Energy and Stress handouts, this video on how to make my favorite sleep tea. and enjoy the radio show of me chatting up my favorite adaptogens.
Click here to download the main class notes.
Herbal Kitchen Recipes Quick Handout
Quick recipes for making herbal tinctures, oils, vinegar, honey, etc.
New & Expanded! Click here to download the notes
Percolation Tincture Directions
Borrow from old apothecaries with this medicine-making technique for tincturing dry herbs in just 24 hours. Click here to watch a video and above to get the notes with close up color pictures.
Click here to download the detailed notes, including worksheet and full color close-up photos of the process.
Listen & Learn
Guest Podcasts & Select Class Recordings
Enjoy these podcasts and interviews that I have done ~
Plus check out my YouTube Channel
- Coming in May - webinar with HerbRally, podcast/.video/recipe on lemon balm with Rosalee, podcast with Lana on Plant Love Radio, Tea Talks with Jiling (and Tesia!) on Mountain Rose Herbs Herbal Radio
- Herbs and Other Strategies to Support Sleep (on In the Clinic with Camille Freeman, 2024)
- Pt1: Sleep and Dementia on Resilience Radio 2024 (2023 recording)
- Pt2: Sleep, Pain and Night Terrors on Resilience Radio 2024 (2023 recording)
- Pt 3: Sleep Ergonomics Herbs and Diet on Resilience Radio 2024 (2023 recording)
- Pt4: Herbal Support for Sleep on Resilience Radio 2024 (2023 recording)
- Trusted Resources for Herbalists (on Herbology Talk podcast with Mary Colvin, 2024)
- The Herbal Journey of Maria Noel Groves (and favorite herbs to grow!) with Mel at The Herbalist's Path 2023
- Natural and Herbal for Cognition Support chat with Renée Camila at KPFA's Herbal Highway 2023
- Becoming an Herbalist VIDEO (or Podcast) Herbalist Hour chat with Mason at HerbRally 2023
- Herbs for Stress & Relaxation on Delivering Health Podcast 2023
- Tea Talk with Jiling Lin and Maria on the Mountain Rose Herbs Podcast 2023
- Motherwort Podcast with Maria Noel Groves & Rosalee de la Foret 2022
- Keynote ~ Deep Roots for Deep Work: How Herbalism Inspires and Strengthens Us, to open the NH Herb & Garden Day event 2021
- Herbs for Mental Clarity (That You Can Grow Easily!) on the Sage + Spirit Podcast hosted by Anna Claire Lotti Blog Post Here
- Differential Approaches to Heartburn and Reflux on HerbRally, also get the Slides Here
(recorded for the 2020 American Herbalists Guild Webinar) - Perky Calm & Alert - Herbs You Can Grow! on HerbRally, also get the Slides Here
(recorded at the 2020 NOFA-NH Winter Conference) - Herbal & Natural ADHD Support on the Nourished Brain Podcast
- A Breath of Fresh Air ~ Lung Herbs on HerbRally
(a Beyond the Home Herbalist Series class recording) - Lung Tonic Garden Part 1 and then Part 2 on Real Herbalism Radio 2019
- Cooling Herbal Energetics for Hot Weather on HerbRally (with Missy Rohs) 2019
- Natural & Herbal Blood Sugar Support on Plant Love Radio
- Grow Your Own Brain-Boosting Herbs on Plant Love Radio
- Backyard Herbs for Stress & Pain Support on HerbRally
(recorded at NH Master Gardener Symposium)
These podcasts may be unavailable on the Aromaculture website, but you MIGHT be able to find them in the future on the Floranella YouTube page.
- Allergy Support Herbs & Growing Herbs on AromaCulture Herbs & Oils Podcast Episode 66
- Herbs for Stress & Relaxation on AromaCulture Herbs & Oils Podcast Episode 19
You can also find a lot of great info in my selected past articles and blog posts listed here.
