Natural Medicine, Botanical & Environmental Health Programs
PROFESSIONAL BOTANICAL MEDICINE PROGRAMS
Beginner Herbalism
Level One
Students enjoy studying all aspects of Herbalism in one of two convenient formats, a weekend intensive course or online course that may be completed within 6 months. Courses are taught by Gigi Stafne, Master Herbalist and Naturopath, who has 3 decades of full time clinical and teaching experience. The weekend intensives are held either on Friday-Sunday or Saturday-Sunday in various locales at schools and centers around North America. To learn more about BOTANICA, the equivalent online course visit:
http://greenwisdom.weebly.com/online-ecourses.html Beginner Herbalism Apprentice is a prerequisite course for both Intermediate Herbalism Summer School Field Study Program (aka SUMMER HERB CAMP) and the advanced accelerated program, Clinical Botanical Medicine Program-Master Herbalism Program.
Beginner Herbalism Apprentice Course Content:
Introduction to Natural & Botanical Medicine
Naturopathic Principles
Philosophies, Foundations & History of Herbalism
Western Herbalism, Melting Pot Medicine
Art & Science of Herbalism
Cross Cultural & Indigenous Medicine Topics
Herbs for the Life Cycle, Pregnancy to Wisdom Years
Top Herbs in North America
Herbs for Contemporary Issues: Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma
Herbs for Environmental Health, Chronic Pain, Cancer
CAM Professional Practice Ethics, Legal Issues Seminar
Hands-on Green Medicine Making component that everyone loves
...with teas, botanical tincture making, herbal oils, flower essences
Students prepare sundry natural~botanical products to take home to use and enjoy
Intimate course sizes: 7-15
Tuition: Generally $275-$375 depending upon hours and host site tuition. (periodic discounts & early bird specials). Questions please reach: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
As mentioned above, Dr. Stafne teaches this course in numerous locations in North America.
Host this course, invite and register a minimum of 8 others, as host organizer you participate free of charge. Inquire directly: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Locate Beginner Herbalism Apprentice Near You...
2022 Options in Upper Midwest U.S. & Ontario, Canada
March 24-26, 2023 (full days), North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN, Lake Superior's North Shore. www.northhouse.org. Register directly through NHFS: info@northhouse.org
Course questions reach instructor: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Tuition: see North House site above
2023 dates TBA: Women's Environmental Institute, North Branch, MN--North of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Register directly via WEI: www.w-e-i.org
Times: 9:30am-3:30pm
May 25-26, 2023: Special Course Offering at Gigi's Home in the Northwoods of Northwest Wisconsin (50 miles north of Eau Claire, WI; 2 hours south of Duluth, MN, 2+ hours east of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Certificate level course open to 7-8 people only. Tuition: $200 (+ $25 materials fee)
Thursday, 3-7pm and Friday, 10am-4pm
Register directly through Gigi: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
June 2-3, 2023 Duluth Folk School, Duluth, MN, near Lake Superior
Friday, Noon-3pm & Saturday 9-3 (times may adjust slightly)
Register directly through Duluth Folk School: (218) 481-7888
info@duluthfolkschool.com Contact Folk School for tuition.
July 21-23, 2023 Golden Light Healing Center, near Green Bay, WI/Lake Michigan region.
Register directly via Golden Light with Amy: info@goldenlighthealing.net
Tuition and optional lodging visit: www.goldenlighthealing.net
Special Note: Friday 6-8:30pm, July 22nd is an optional guided herb identification walk with instructor Gigi Stafne, "Take a Walk on the Wild Side!"
Saturday-Sunday is the main course--9am-3pm Central both days.
July 28-30, 2023 Women's Environmental Institute, North Branch, MN-North of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. Friday: A plant ID walk, "Take a Walk on the Wild Side!" from 3:30-6pm ($40).
Intensive Certificate Program Saturday, 9:30-4pm and Sunday 9:30am-2pm. Certificate Program Tuition: $250, plus $40 materials fee. Register directly through WEI: www.w-e-i.org, 651-583-0705
August 5-6, 2023 Duluth Folk School, Duluth, Minnesota-Lake Superior region
Saturday, Noon-3pm & Sunday, 9:30am-3:30pm. Register directly via Duluth Folk School: 218.481.7888; www.duluthfolkschool.com; info@duluthfolkschool.com
Contact Folk School for tuition.
August 25-27, 2023 The SoulSource, West Bend, SE Wisconsin.
Friday, 3:30-6:30pm "Exploring Gaia's Path of Green Wisdom" a guided plant ID walk
Saturday-Sunday, 10-3:30 "Beginner Herbalism Apprentice Certificate Course" Contact Jen Martin to register: thesoulsource@att.net
September 22-24, 2023 (full days), North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN, North Shore of Lake Superior. Register directly via NHFS: info@northhouse.org www.northhouse.org
Tuition: see North House website
September 29, 30, October 1, 2023, Anchored Roots Minnesota, 18 Division Street, Buffalo, MN 55313. Friday's class is optional, but fun! "Take a Walk on the Wild Side!" Sept 29th, 3-5:50/6pm. Beginner Herbalism Apprentice Intensive Weekend Course is Sept 30 & Oct 1, 9:30am-3:30pm. Questions and registration reach: Amy Saylor at anchoredrootsmn@gmail.com
Other Spring & Fall 2023 Teaching Locations Dates/Times TBA as they are confirmed in North America
Check this site page regularly. Options added in various states all the time.
Email us to register early. Each of the above certificate level courses fills quickly and are small in course size to ensure a quality educational experience, as well as maintaining current health safety standards during COVID.
None of the above options work for you?
Consider BOTANICA! Our online equivalent eCourse with instructor, Gigi Stafne.
Email instructor Gigi Stafne, MH, ND directly first for any individual academic questions or help: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Check this list and Special Course Offerings Page frequently as new sessions are added.
Or consider hosting a course in your region! Questions? Email us: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Are Green Wisdom Certificate Courses for You?
If you are a student of life who is passionate about natural and botanical medicine,
Green Wisdom is for you. Our instructors are enthusiastic, committed to the plants, people and this precious planet. Lead instructor & advisor, Gigi Stafne, MH, ND will help guide you to the most aligned botanical program or course to fit your dreams and desires, helping you to fulfill your life's potential withing natural and botanical medicine. There's something for every plant medicine student, from 3-hour community workshops to our 1700-1900 hour professional Advanced Clinical Herbalism Program.
What Green Wisdom graduates have to say...
"Gigi brings all the elements together in her courses. I gained an understanding of botanicals, explored traditional rituals & celebrations, and picked up the tools to continue on my path of discovery, sharing botanical wisdom."
~Rachael Stanze, Duluth, Minnesota, now Alaska, USA
"The most valuable thing I learned in Clinical Herbalism class series was to just go outside and begin working with plants. The plant walk was very valuable to me when you had us "read" the land and try to determine what the plants were "doing" in that space. I remember you asking us for our interpretation about their potential medicinal qualities...
Thank you for playing an important role in my plant medicine journey...so many things tie together from that class to my journey now."
~Kerri Kiernan, Herb Pharm, Williams, Oregon--now River Prairie Herbs, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
"Here is what I discovered during the Materia Medica unit of our Master Herbalism Program:
A great deal more confidence, getting to know the herbs in a different more objective way gives a lot more confidence to me because I like to know how things work.
I discovered that I am really interested in the energy of herbs. I have taken classes on herbal energetics and was kind of ho-hum about it all until I dove deeper into the background and the system of TCM.
I like systems and seeing patterns.
I discovered how amazing and powerful herbs and herbal medicine is on SO many levels.
Levels that just employing my intuition wouldn't reach.
I learned my intuition about some herbs was right on the money and why.
I feel so much more ready for clinical work.
So much more confident."
~Donna Bass, MH, Owner-Operator, Mama Moon Herbals, Iowa
Who have Green Wisdom students been in the past 3 decades?
Students come from many different life and career pathways. They have been nurses, physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, chiropractors, pharmacists, massage therapists, midwives, doulas, acupuncturists, organic gardeners, farmers, parents, personal coaches, physical trainers, therapists, teachers and business people. Not to mention naturalists, environmentalists, community organizers and activists! Some of our most dedicated students engage in our natural medicine programs for their own individual and family's health and wellness.
Consider joining the powerful tribal circle of earth healers and community herbalists!
"My heart was in herbalism--without the knowledge! Taking classes with Gigi Stafne, Master Herbalist, gave me the substance and information needed in using herbs in the practice of herbalism. Identification and usage are extremely important. I finished the course with the knowledge of both. The classes were deliberate, intense, knowledgeable, fun and filled with information. Recommend it to anyone who is serious in staying the course, it is not for the weak-hearted. You must be motivated."
~Kathleen Miller, 5 Mile Herb of Chetek, Wisconsin
"Thank you for the Materia Medica...that was one of the best take aways from the class for me. I work so well by example, and I had not had as good an example for how to compile (herbal) information until taking your class...my scientific mind always wants the empirical aspects of the work--the research, the data, the results others have experienced. I like this way of collecting information and personalizing it for my own use!"
~Judith Liebart, Superior, Wisconsin, www.madgoddess.com
What do Green Wisdom students do after graduation?
Clinical Herbalists in Practice
Complementary Alternative Medicine Clinicians
Owners/Operators of Herb Product Companies
Organic Herb Gardeners & Growers
Herbal Managers & Workers at CSA's
Land Preservation Consultants
Food Co-op & Natural Medicine Shop Staff
Botanical Research & Development
Community Activists & Educators
Visit our CAREERS/JOBS page this site to learn more!
Our graduates frequently state that not only was this a powerful education...also that our programs transformed their lives:
"The Master's in Herbalism Program with Gigi Stafne was inspirational, uplifting, thought provoking and extremely informative. This program changed my life for the better. After attending Gigi's classes I would feel extremely good about myself. I highly recommend this program."
~Betsy Wacker, MH, PA-C in the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin
Our Instructors, Guest Lecturers and Internship Supervisors include inspiring teachers, assistants and interns whom are herbalists, healers, nurses, organic growers, alternative energy & sustainability specialists, wilderness medicine experts and outdoor educators. With new guest speakers each year!
Please visit our instructor page.
BOTANICAL MEDICINE LEVEL TWO
Intermediate Herbalism Summer School Field Study Program June 12-18, 2023
aka SUMMER HERB CAMP!
Experience nature immersion and passionate plant studies!
Dive into this nationally popular program offered during one full week each summer in the Upper Midwest United States--meanderings from Lake Superior to the Upper Mississippi River.
Do you have a passion for the plants?
This intermediate level certificate course has been taught for 3 decades years, evolving each year as new environmental and sustainability issues arise. Pack your medicine bags! Trek to exciting field sites for hands-on learning in herbal, environmental and sustainability issues. All outdoor courses, nature immersion so this program is happening safely in 2023.
Hike, paddle, plant...engage in wild nature studies from the boreal forest to wetlands, even from the vantage point of kayaks and canoes in the Glacial Rivers & Lakes region of Wisconsin.
Green Wisdom's summer program is much more than an herbalism class. Our past students at it is a hybrid of herb school, summer camp, a vacation and more, dubbing it SUMMER HERB CAMP.
Definitely an exciting adventure!
Explore native, medicinal and cultural plants, attune to your authentic wild self and our precious natural environment. This class is an essential experience for continuing herbalism apprentice students, too.
~Intermediate Summer Program & Beginner Herbal Apprenticeship are prerequisites for our Green Wisdom School of Natural and Botanical Medicine Advanced Clinical Herbalism Program~
Summer Experiences Include...
- Overview and field trips to ecosystems in the Upper Midwest and Lake Superior
- Earth ethics and ecological herbalism principles and practices
- Biodynamic Principles and Permaculture for Herbalists
- Herbalist's Botany Basics, Sketching and in Field
- Plant pharmacology, herbal actions
- The original "Plants & Paddling Kayak Eco Tours" in North America
- Wild Medicine First Aid with Plants; Homeopathic Summer First Aid
- Emergency Earth Shelter, Plant Materials
- 13 Daily herb, tree, shrub, fungi and lichen identification...70-100 in total this week!
- Wild edibles, food foraging
- Wild crafting and hands-on medicine making
- Flower essences, flowers for foods and medicines
- Endangered, At-Risk, To-Watch Herbs
- Climate change and emerging eco-herbalism topics
- Alternatives to 'invasive plants'
- Bio and Phyto-remediation with herbs and fungi
- Dermally toxic plants
- Lyme Disease and insect unit
- Plant Spirit Medicine and Magic
- Careers in Herbalism! Plus visits to regional herbalists including: Herbal CSA, Herb Apothecary, Organic Farm, Art Gardens, Cidery, plus other herb businesses and surprises!
Lead instructor is Gigi Stafne Master Herbalist, Naturopath, with 35 years of teaching and practicing in natural medicine and herbalism, director of Green Wisdom School of Natural and Botanical Medicine, former longtime Executive Director of Herbalists Without Borders International.
AND, 10+ other AMAZING plant guides, teachers, lecturers...
Danielle Decock, Naturalist, Anna Demers, Outdoor Educator, Ana Dotzler, CMI, CCH, MH and Homeopath, Jourdan Gailey, MH Native & Pollinator Friendly Landscape Designer, Mandy Granley, CHH, MH and Homeopath, Paige Haber, Community Herbalist-Healer, Megan Mastel, Permaculturist and Community Herbalist, LMT, GA Quinn, Seabhean, Writer, Empath, Gigi Stafne, Master Herbalist & Naturopath, Lissa Stelter, Admin Assistant, Sue Wille, Master Herbalist & Fungi Expert, Tammy and Brian Michelson of Maple Hill Farm, Wild Earth Eco Tours and others!
Tuition Structure for 2023: Early Bird by Jan 1st $550, Jan 2-April 30 $650, May 1st and after $750
Reach our school directly for updates: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
At times we have work study positions open for this program that may help offset your tuition with discount $$. Reach Gigi directly: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
This is through our Fireweed Scholarship Fund. Sorry, presently this fund was depleted during COVID--all scholarships distributed.
Limited seats in this inspiring nature immersion course.
A unique program in North America, spaces fill quickly.
We often must maintain a Waiting List.
With the possibility of COVID we reserve the right to have reduced enrollment at 50%.
All registrations and tuitions must be sent in no later than May 1-10, 2023.
This is an amazing one week intensive.
Times approximately 8/9am-5/7pm daily depending upon our field trips, tours and explorations.
Final Sunday, graduation day, we end early by noon to 1pm Central Time.
Tours/sessions times may vary slightly, students will know in advance.
Locations: Central hub in NW Wisconsin about 2 hours from Minneapolis, MN. All trips in WI & MN sometimes extending beyond for field study trips. Assistance is available with camping, lodging and other recreational opportunities such as kayaking, hiking, swimming and other recreational activities in the north country. Students/participants must have the physical stamina to do light hiking and kayaking (kayaking is optional during the one day we paddle). All participants are required to include health issues on their medical form, must sign a disclaimer and sign the portion related to WI State Recreational Statue.
If you have a special condition that would impact your ability to participate, please reach the school director below. There is another independent study option to accommodate students with special needs.
Questions? Contact our lead instructor about this program: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Request your registration form today: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Tuition Fee: PayPal, credit cards via PayPal, checks or cash accepted.
No refunds within this program after (date TBA for 2023) unless our school must cancel due to extreme changes with the pandemic or a natural disaster. You may find a replacement or substitute person to take your place in class and handle your tuition directly with that friend or colleague. If you withdraw from our summer program prior to May 1st, a $50 refund processing fee will be assessed due to our wait list and other factors. No tuition payment credits are granted for payments paid, this program. Also, visit our Q and A/Policy Page of this website.
Thank you! We hope you'll join us along the medicines trails in June!
Some special people...
Green Wisdom Master Herbalism Graduates, 2013
Advanced Clinical Herbalism Program
Level Three
Deep dive into botanical and natural medicine!
Our Advanced Herbalism Program* is an advanced botanical medicine program taught for 3 decades focusing on graduate level studies. Our newly revised program is redesigned for people who are very dedicating to their visions and goals, consisting of 9-10 months of academic work preparing graduates for a wide range of natural and botanical medicine professions. Our program has also been redesigned to accommodate health and safety needs during the COVID pandemic. We are accepting applications for program year Fall 2023-2024 presently.
Academic studies are a fusion design, flexible, and adapted for the pandemic: online and tele-seminars, independent work, monthly 1:1 student-advisor meetings, student clinical practicum participation in either community free clinics hosted by our school's official Chapter of Herbalists Without Borders or other community settings. We will also attempt to meet in-person if the pandemic lessens.
Beginner & Intermediate Herbalism courses (above) are prerequisites for the Advanced Herbalism Academic Program.
Some exceptions are made where sufficient previous experience has been accomplished.
During late August 2023 we begin with an orientation seminar. The program spans 9-10 months with average study time outside of class per week at an average of 10-20 hours, depending upon the particular unit. Our new accelerated program includes units of course work outlined below. If students do not complete work within the allotted time period, there is an additional monthly fee if an extension is needed. We require that all advanced level students complete their work within 12 months of their program start date. The following information details levels of progression through this nine month professional program.
ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
This is the first tier of our Advanced Botanical Medicine Program.
You may also register for this certificate program independent of the MH Program:
Holistic Health & Wellness Certificate Program
A convenient, accelerated professional training program for those who have a desire to integrate holistic health, prevention education and general Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) concepts within a variety of professions. This certificate program is eclectic in focus, not embracing one particular philosophy, instead inclusive of many diverse health and healing pathways. Foundations in wellness concepts, exploration of diverse natural modalities from ancient healing pathways to contemporary clinical settings are part of this exciting two months. An essential for all helping and health care professionals! Instruction by experienced CAM professionals working for decades within the field.
This is a free standing certificate program.
Program is one month in length.
This program is also a required foundational month of study early in our Clinical Botanical Medicine/Master Herbalism (MH) Program. MH students do not pay extra tuition for this program, as it is included in the total Clinical Master Herbalism Program tuition. This certificate is embedded within the larger MH program.
Advanced Clinical Botanical Medicine Program
Help Humanity Heal
Passionate about plants, people and this precious planet?
Becoming a Botanical Medicine professional is your calling?
Now more than ever, activists to clinicians, organic farmers to outdoor educators, are needed to help humanity heal. Our Advanced Clinical Botanical Medicine Program (Graduate Master's Certificate in Herbalism) has been serving and educating students from all walks of life for 3 decades in the United States, Canada and beyond. Formerly entitled the Master Herbalism Program*, this program includes similar content, yet is reformatted into an accelerated design to align with busy lives. Our program aligns with national standards and directives; in fact exceeds them, setting standards of best practices in the world of botanical medicine.
What are primary components of this program?
Holistic Health and Wellness Concepts
Foundations in Botanical Medicine and Naturopathic Principles
Cross Cultural Studies/Global Medicine/Diversity Issues
Western Herbalism History/Herstory
Herbal Apothecary
Herbal Applications & Product Making
Materia Medica 100+Herbal Monographs
CAM, Botanical Medicine, Clinical Herbalism Foundations
Clinical Practicum*
Professional Issues, Ethics
Natural Medicine Botanical Business
*Clinical Practicum includes a community service component of volunteer clinical hours with advisor/supervisor at our Herbalists Without Borders Free Peoples Clinic or other community settings. Presently the format is via tele-health consults during the pandemic. We plan to offer a hybrid of tele-seminar and in-person mobile clinics during 2023-24 Again, dependent upon pandemic or public health influences.
To graduate, each student designs a capstone project, seminar or thesis on an aligned subject of personal or professional interest.
This is a comprehensive certificate program that is an accelerated version of the Advanced Clinical Herbalism Program, hybrid in nature. Prerequisites are: Beginner Herbalism (or Botanica--online) and Intermediate Herbalism Summer School Field Study Program.
Students graduate after this additional 9-10 months of studies.
We strongly encourage students to apply early, as this program is limited to 7-9 students.
Clinical Botanical Medicine Program/Degree total tuition is $7000 if you pay full tuition by the first day of class in fall 2023. After that, tuition goes to the full amount of $8400 which can be made in four payments as follows: September 1, 2023, October 1, 2023, November 1, 2023, December 1, 2023.
Incoming advanced students may receive transfer credit discounts off the tuition above. Contact our school to learn more. Be prepared with your completed application, transcripts and certificates from other schools in this case.
If you have a special economic circumstance and would like to discuss an alternative tuition payment plan for this program, reach Gigi (School Director/Lead Instructor) and/or Erik (School Bookkeeper/Accountant): gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
No refunds on tuition after the first two weeks of the program.
Advanced Herbalism students may request one to three month extensions, granted due to personal circumstances. An extra monthly fee is charged for extensions; scroll down below.
Monthly 1:1 with instructor, weekly independent assignments, group classes and seminars.
Course Dates
Orientation
August 2023-Date TBA (11:30am-1pm Central) orientation via tele-seminar
Group In-Person Seminars
Rotating Locations TBA, Times Generally 10am-3/4pm Central
September 2023, date TBA (10am-3/4pm)
November 2023, date TBA (10am-3/4pm)
March 2024, date TBA (10am-3/4pm)
April 2024, date TBA (10am-3/4pm)
April 2024, date TBA (10am-3/4pm)
May 2024, Graduation, Date and Time TBA
Group Tele or Zoom Seminars
Start time 10am; wrap-up generally noon to 1pm
All dates TBA early 2023
October 2023
October 2023
November 2023
December 2023
December 2023
January 2024
January 2024
February 2024
February 2024
Course Locations: We rotate locations in accordance with where our students reside seeking central locations in the Upper Midwest.
Program Units:
1. Beginner Herbalism Course or Botanica Online
This is a required/prerequisite course for our Master Herbalism Program.
In some cases there may be a substitute. Reach program advisor about this.
The beginner course tuition is totally separate from the Master Herbalism Program tuition.
2. Intermediate Herbalism Summer School Field Study Program
Prerequisite 7 day field study course--view full description this page.
Summer 2023--specific dates to be announced. 2023 tuition listed above under that program heading.
NOTE: This Summer School tuition is totally separate from the Master Herbalism Program tuition.
Program is popular and offered only once annually.
With the Master Herbalism Program flow you will receive a syllabus that is more in-depth than what follows.
3. Advanced Herbalism Program Introduction
Holistic Health & Wellness Foundations
(this session will be via phone or online)
August tele-seminar orientation and September first seminar (in person) listed below.
Contact school advisor for specific dates, times and format (online, tele, in-person,).
4. Apotheca
5. Heart Centered, Hand Crafted Herbalism
6. Materia Medica
Intensive Unit
7. Clinicals
Intensive Unit
8. Botanical Business
9. Clinical Herbalism Practicum Continues
And Advanced Graduate Herbalism Thesis
~May 2024 is Graduation for our Advanced Herbalism Students~
Natural Botanical Medicine Business Certificate
There's so much to learn before you launch your botanical business, herbal CSA, healing center or clinical practice. Have you been struggling with understanding the requirements and regulations of herb product labels to which clinical forms cover informed consent? FDA regulations to commercial kitchens and local zoning...is your head swimming? What about marketing, finances? Let our experienced instructor team help you with these vital business matters. If you are dreaming on your vision, beginning to formulate your business plan or are well into your business looking to revamp, all of these and more are covered in this one of a kind CAM, Complementary Alternative Medicine business course.
This is also a free-standing certificate program that you may enroll in separately from the Advanced Herbalism Program.
The program is one month in length.
This is a required final month of studies within our Advanced Clinical Botanical Medicine Program.
Current enrolled Master Herbalism students have a reduced tuition for this course/unit (above).
Reach our school for current Botanical Medicine Business Certificate Program tuition.
This certificate is also embedded within the larger MH program.
Learn more about our unique Business Services here:
http://greenwisdom.weebly.com/business-services.html
Course Dates All Convenient Tele-Seminars: Once weekly all of March
Online readings and practical assignments follow each seminar.
1:1 calls with advisor available
Invitation to join all monthly lunchtime free business tele-call seminars
CAM/Botanical Medicine Alternative Educator Certificate
A leading edge program designed for natural and botanical medicine students and professionals who are at the point of sharing their gifts and experiences via the pathway of teaching in the world. Now is the time to take the step to enroll and engage in this important, inspiring, Alternative Educator Certificate Program. This is a one-of-a-kind program in North America. Everything from ethics to group facilitation within difficult teaching realms are presented. Educator-student styles, values clarification, teaching techniques, curricula design, educational contracts, and much more are part of this accelerated program.
Prerequisites for applicants to this program: Beginner Herbalism, Intermediate Herbalism Summer School Field Study Program and Clinical Botanical Medicine Program or an Advanced Herbalism Degree. This specialized Educator Certificate program is an additional two months of education and experiential applications in teaching setting.
CAM/Botanical Medicine Educator Certificate tuition: $1500
Course Dates: August 21, 28, September 18, 25, October 2, 9, 2023
First August course in person; remaining dates are online/ZOOM seminars every Monday.
Please reach our school directly with questions: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Registration Deadline: August 1-15, 2023
1:1 appointments with advisor invited throughout this certificate program
Please contact Gigi. This is a hybrid course.
More About Our Advanced Clinical Botanical Medicine Program
Fall 2024 Tuition
Total program tuition is $8400.
Pay full tuition by the first day of class for $1400 discount.
A deposit of $295 is required with your application.
This fee is applied directly to your tuition balance due, contingent upon being accepted into the program. Deposit is refundable if not accepted into program.
If you do not complete your academic requirements within the allotted 9 month time period, there is a limited Extension Request Program. Extension fee is $330 per month beyond the scope of the original program timeline. That fee of $330 is due on or by the first of each month. Maximum extension is 90-days.
Students accepted into this program are required to pay their deposit and full tuition up front before/by the first day of the program. We encourage students to: 1) Plan ahead and save money for this education; 2) Obtain financing loan from your lending institution; 3) Pay full tuition on your credit card; 4) Other creative means (request handout of ideas from school). Reach out to our school's director or bookkeeper/accountant with questions about financing.
Thank you.
REVIEW
If you are interested in one of the following single certificate programs:
BEGINNER HERBALISM PROGRAM
Weekend intensive courses
Tuition ranges: $275-$375 (depending upon host institution or organization)
SUMMER HERB CAMP
INTERMEDIATE HERBALISM SUMMER FIELD STUDY PROGRAM
Weeklong intensive
Tuition for Summer 2024 posted above
Early Bird Tuition Posted Above
HOLISTIC HEALTH & WELLNESS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
1-2 month program
Tuition: $1100
NATURAL-BOTANICAL BUSINESS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
1 month program
Tuition: $550
ADVANCED CLINICAL HERBALISM PROGRAM
Tuition: $8500
Note: This includes the Holistic Health Certificate and Business Certificate Programs.
You will not pay for these twice. They are portions of your Advanced Clinical Herbalism Studies
CAM-BOTANICAL MEDICINE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE
2 months educator training
Tuition: $2000
Students may be eligible for a partial scholarship or work study if in economic need.
This fund is fluid year-to-year.
Please visit www.fireweedfund.weebly.com
Contact our school directly with questions related to tuition, policies and procedures for our Advanced Herbalism Program. We are here to assist you.
Lead Instructors: Gigi Stafne, MH, ND, MI, Amy Shea, MH, and Phyllis Jaworkski, MH.
Numerous guest lecturers, herbalists, naturalists, specialists in their fields (see our Bio page).
Request application materials: gigigreenwisdom@gmail.com
Green Wisdom School of Natural and Botanical Medicine is a health and social justice school that practices diversity and inclusion; actively inviting presence, participation and mutual respect of people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
*The Advanced Clinical Herbalism Program (Level 3) was formerly known as the Master's of Herbalism Program. We are committed to sensitivity in designation and practice, therefore have made the decision to shift the title of this program and language to reduce inferred power differences or references. The content and quality of this program remains the same.
