WOMANIST HERBALISM

Returning Women to Plant Wisdom

A 12-Week Journey into Herbal Healing, History, Community & Self-Love

For thousands of years, women have gathered roots, leaves, flowers, seeds, bark, fruits, and foods—not simply to prepare remedies, but to care for families, nourish communities, comfort the grieving, welcome new life, tend the sick, and celebrate the changing seasons.

Long before there were pharmacies, there were women.

Women who listened to the wind.

Women who understood the language of plants.

Women who knew that healing begins with observation, patience, nourishment, and love.

Womanist Herbalism is an invitation to remember that legacy.

This is not simply a class about herbs.

It is a return to the ancient relationship between women, the Earth, food, Spirit, and community.

Together, we will rediscover the wisdom carried by our grandmothers, aunties, neighbors, gardeners, midwives, cooks, healers, and everyday women whose quiet acts of care helped sustain generations. We will study plants not only for what they do chemically, but for what they teach us about resilience, reciprocity, intuition, and the rhythms of life.

As we learn to prepare herbal remedies and understand seasonal nourishment, we also begin another kind of healing—the healing that comes from slowing down, paying attention, trusting ourselves, and recognizing that caring for others and caring for ourselves are not opposing acts. They belong together.

Womanist Herbalism is rooted in the belief that healing is an expression of love.

Love for ourselves.

Love for our families.

Love for our communities.

Love for Creation.

Every cup of tea prepared with intention...

Every meal made from seasonal foods...

Every herb planted...

Every child comforted...

Every sister encouraged...

Every seed saved...

Becomes an act of healing.

This course is an opportunity to reconnect with that sacred work and to discover how your own gifts can become part of a living tradition that continues to grow through every generation.

Come home to yourself.

Come home to the garden.

Come home to the wisdom that has always been waiting for you.

Weekly Journey

Week 1

What Is Womanist Herbalism?

Discover the philosophy, history, ethics, and heart of Womanist Herbalism and explore why women have always stood at the center of community healing.

Week 2

Womanist Herbalism vs. Everybody

Examine what makes Womanist Herbalism distinctive—its emphasis on relationships, nourishment, justice, community, and whole-person wellness.

Week 3

Your Spirit Herbals

The Doctrine of Signatures

Learn how plants reveal their gifts through their colors, shapes, aromas, habitats, and energetic qualities.

Week 4

Midterm Reflection

Review, discussion, herbal observations, and practical exercises that deepen your confidence and understanding.

Week 5

Building Your Herbal Library & Apothecary

Create the foundation of your lifelong herbal practice with essential books, journals, tools, storage methods, and preparation equipment.

Week 6

The Philosophy of Herbal Blending

Discover how thoughtful herbal formulations are created through balance, synergy, energetics, and intention.

Week 7

Speaking the Language of Herbs

Learn the essential herbal actions—nervines, alteratives, adaptogens, carminatives, vulneraries, tonics, and more—and begin thinking like a practicing herbalist.

Week 8

Living With the Seasons

Explore seasonal nourishment, moon rhythms, garden wisdom, food as medicine, and the practice of observing Nature as your first teacher.

Week 9

Listening Before Mixing

Develop the Womanist Herbal Consultation by learning to see the whole person—their story, environment, relationships, emotions, stress, and hopes—before recommending herbs.

Week 10

Herbal Case Studies & Community Healing

Work through real-life scenarios, practice building herbal recommendations, and strengthen your confidence through discussion and collaboration.

Week 11

Becoming a Keeper of Plant Wisdom

Reflect on how to preserve, teach, and share herbal knowledge within your family and community while cultivating a legacy of stewardship and care.

Week 12

Living Womanist Herbalism

Bring together everything you've learned and create a personal vision for carrying this work into everyday life through home, garden, family, and community.

December 3, 2026

The Harvest Gathering

Following Thanksgiving, we return to celebrate, review, share our experiences, complete our final assessment, and honor each participant's journey with a Certificate of Completion.

What You'll Receive

• The Womanist Herbalism Life Journey Guide
• Weekly live online classes (90 minutes)
• Weekly "Herb of the Week" studies
• Seasonal recipes and food wisdom
• Herbal observation and garden assignments
• Guided journaling and reflection practices
• Case studies and blending exercises
• A supportive circle of women committed to learning and healing together
• Certificate of Completion

"Healing is Love made visible."

And when women experience that, they don't simply learn herbalism.

They become women who carry healing wherever they go. 🌿💚