The Community Herbalism Apprenticeship Program is back this year and better than ever! This 6-month, hands-on introductory learning opportunity meets for 150 hours, which includes weekly in-person classes, 50 hours of practicum work and independent readings and assignments offered between weeks.

Participants will gain the confidence and skills to identify and make herbal remedies and/or wild foods from the locally and seasonally abundant healing plants of our region.

For 2026, we’ve shifted the hours of our weekly gatherings to accommodate a wider range of work schedules and take advantage of the daylight hours. We will be meeting each Wednesday from 2-6 pm!

In our 10th year of offering this apprenticeship, programming will feature a 4-week rotation of gatherings, which include gardening at Rooted Heart Rising Garden in Burlington, Remedy making, Field trips, and Wildcrafting adventures in our network of community green spaces and food forests.  Each week you can anticipate a variety of guest teachers to join us for lessons in their area of expertise. We are proud to point out that many of them are our talented alumni!

Learn more and apply here: https://www.spoonfulherbals.org/apprenticeship