The Herbal Apothecary
Medicine Making & Mentorship Course
Learn to craft your own effective herbal remedies while building your home apothecary with this comprehensive hands-on make and take course.
The Herbal Apothecary is a practical herbal medicine making and mentorship course created by registered clinical herbalists. The 2024 session will be facilitated by Megan Kendrick, RH, clinical herbalist and owner of Wild Medicinals. To learn more about Megan, click here.
This in-person course will teach you how to prepare and use some of the most common herbal preparations. Each class will consist of hands-on instruction in the preparation of potent and effective herbal remedies. This is a make and take class, meaning you will leave each class with a portion of every preparation we made, allowing you to build your own home apothecary throughout the session.
As we learn practical herbal medicine preparation, we will also be taking exploratory plant walks and visiting my herbal garden so you can get to know the medicines in their natural and cultivated habitats, throughout the seasons. We will incorporate creative projects to help expand your perspective and understanding of plants and their spiritual and energetic attributes
By the end of the course you will have over 50 herbal preparations ready for use, along with the experience to feel confident in preparing and using these remedies on your own.
2024 Registration is now closed. To join the waitlist for the 2025 course, please contact us.
Who is this class for?
This class is designed to be accessible to folks who are just getting started on their herbalism journey and want to learn the skills to put their knowledge into practice as well as folks with more experience who would like an opportunity to deepen and refine their herbal medicine making skills while building their herbal community.
Class Topics
Teas, Infusions & Decoctions
Tinctures
Glycerites
Vinegars
Infused Oils & Salves
Syrups
Honeys
Oxymels
A full list of the preparations we will be making can be found below
Poultices & Compresses
Culinary Preparations
And more!
Along with hands-on instruction in preparing herbal medicines, these classes will also be an opportunity to discuss and explore the medicinal qualities of over 40 different herbs, considerations when working with fresh vs. dried plant material and equipment and materials considerations. We will be covering internal preparations including infusions, decoctions, tinctures and glycerites and external preparations including salves, oils, soap and lip balm as well as culinary preparations.
We will explore specific supports for the different body systems, how to support common minor ailments with herbs, herbal energetics and matching plants with people. Harvesting and drying techniques will be discussed and demonstrated. The Plants and Planets workshop, an introduction to herbal astrology, that I have run for the last several years will also be incorporated into this course. I presented this workshop most recently at the 2023 Canadian Herb Conference.
Some of the preparations we will be making include:
“Every home should have an herbalist.”
2024 Details
There will be a total of 6 weekend classes. Classes will be held one weekend per month from March - October with June and July off. There will be personal projects assigned to complete over the summer break.
Classes are held near downtown Peterborough, ON with outdoor plant walks in local parks.
2024 Registration is now closed. To join the waitlist for the 2025 course, please contact us.
All classes run Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 4pm with a 1 hour lunch break.
Session 1:
March 23rd & 24th
April 20th & 21st
May 11th & 12th
Session 2:
August 17th & 18th
September 21st & 22nd
October 19th & 20th
Participants are expected to attend every weekend class. Individual weekends/classes are not available.
What’s Included
50+ herbal preparations valued at over 700$:
20 x 30 ml herbal tinctures
3 x 30 ml mushroom tinctures
1 x 250 ml fire cider
1 x 250 ml elderberry syrup
2 x 30ml glycerite
1 x 60ml vinegar
1 x 60ml oxymel
12 x 15ml Flower essences
+ a workbook with recipes, tips, charts and templates
+ Plants & Planets ebook
+ ongoing support and assistance through a private Whatsapp group for the duration of the course
+ optional apprenticeship day working with me in the herbal clinic
Your investment - $2150
Payment plans are available. For policy information please click here.
If you are interested in attending but the cost is prohibitive, please reach out to me directly.
1 x 60ml herbal body oil
6 x herbal bar soap
5 x lip balm
50 g herbal tea
1 x 125ml herbal salt
1 x 125ml herbal sugar
1 x 250 ml fruit shrub
1 x 60 ml salve
