The Plant Teachings Collective
A seven month immersive experience of plant teachings and embodied learning.
For most of human history, plants weren't viewed simply as medicine. They were teachers, allies, and living beings with whom people formed deep relationships.
Many of us long to feel more connected to the natural world, yet we've never been taught how. We learn about plants as ingredients or supplements rather than as living beings we can know, observe, and build relationship with.
This is why we created The Plant Teachings Collective.
By combining modern scientific exploration with traditional herbal systems and embodied experiences, we offer a layered approach that empowers you to deepen your relationship with plants while providing key knowledge about how to work with them.
Each month we'll journey deeply with one medicinal plant. Rather than rushing through dozens of herbs, you'll spend time observing and learning directly from each plant. Alongside these experiential practices, we'll explore its history, traditional uses, modern research, clinical applications, energetics, and symbolism.
The Plant Teachings Collective will give you the frameworks, language, and cosmology to relate to plants as teachers, supporting you to live on this Earth in a good way.
Whether you are brand new to herbalism or someone seeking to deepen your herbal understanding, this journey is for you.
Imagine after seven months…
Walking in nature and recognizing plant allies
Having an orientation to nature that honors the wisdom of the body, the plants, and all living things
Feeling confident making your own herbal preparations and ethically source your medicine
Feeling rooted in your body and the living world around you
By the end of this course you will be enchanted with the living world of plants; you’ll gain an embodied understanding of the magic and medicine that they offer, and how to work with them in your everyday life.
The Plant Teachings Collective is for the person who:
Desires to form direct relationship with medicinal plants, learning from them as teachers
Craves a holistic framework for learning about herbs that includes traditional systems and modern scientific understanding
Wants to learn practical use for medicinal herbs in their everyday life
Is curious to learn about ethically sourcing herbs and medicine making
Prefers experiential learning over solely memorizing information
Enjoys group learning and collective sharing
The plants are calling.
What’s Included Inside The Collective
Seven live classes with recorded playbacks to revisit anytime
Monthly pre-recorded classes to build your herbal foundations
Detailed notes packages to revisit anytime
Ongoing access to all recorded content inside of your student portal
Community Telegram group to stay connected throughout the month
Optional: Add a herbal bundle that includes tinctures and tea for the six herbs we’ll cover (Canadian addresses only)
Why Only Six Herbs?
Many herbal programs teach dozens, even hundreds, of herbs. While breadth has value, we've found that depth creates lasting relationship and gives students the confidence to actually apply what they've learned. It also offers time and space to teach the foundations of herbalism, which can be widely applied to any medicinal plant once understood.
By spending an entire month with each plant, you'll remember it not because you memorized a chart, but because you've experienced it. You'll taste it, prepare it, observe it, and build a relationship over time.
Our hope isn't simply that you know more herbs. It's that you experience herbalism as a living practice that allows you to build meaningful relationships with any plant you encounter.
What You’ll Learn
Month 1: Animism, Plant Intelligence, How to Form Relationship with Plants, Vitalism & Herbal Energetics
Month 2: The Medicine of Hawthorn, Foundations of Taste & Herbal Pharmacology
Month 3: The Medicine of Yarrow, The Doctrine of Signatures
Month 4: The Medicine of Mullein, Plant Spirit Medicine
Month 5: The Medicine of Meadowsweet, Herbal Dosing & Preparations, Medicine Making: Oils & Salves
Month 6: The Medicine of Liquorice, Medicine Making: Tinctures, Teas & Decoctions
Month 7: The Medicine of Rosemary, Ethical Wildcrafting & Sourcing Your Herbs Sustainably
Live Call Times
The live classes will take place on Sundays from 10-12am PST over Zoom
All classes will be recorded and uploaded to the student portal within 48 hours.
The dates are as follows:
October 25, 2026
November 22, 2026
December 20, 2026
January 17, 2027
February 21, 2027
March 21, 2027
April 18, 2027
Meet the Facilitators & Teachers
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Marie Zak
SOMATIC THERAPIST & CLINICAL HERBALIST
CO-FOUNDER OF ALTHAEA HERBALS -
Travis Cartwright
CLINICAL HERBALIST
CO-FOUNDER OF ALTHAEA HERBALS -
Patrick Kooyman
ETHNOBOTANIST & CLINICAL HERBALIST
FOUNDER OF BLUE LOTUS ETHNO BOTANICALS
Student Testimonials
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"Your complimentary, gentle, and nourishing ways, have reminded me that herbs don't do the work for us. They may point the way, like chamomile did for me and help us along if we let them. I really opened up and felt connected. So thank you for these gentle nudges in the right direction and deep learning."
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"I love the format of the course (learning about the plant from direct experience; coming together at the end of the month to learn in depth)... I also love the opportunity to gathering with other plant enthusiasts and learn from clinical practitioners."
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"The Teachers are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about herbalism. They have studied for many years and the dedication and love for the plants truly shines through. I am SO grateful for their teachings and guidance over the training."
Join The Collective
Please note the herbal bundle is optional and sold separately and is only available in Canada
Please note that this purchase is not refundable.
FAQ’s
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The in person classes will take place on Sundays from 1-4pm at Sante Health Centre in Nelson, BC.
The dates are as follows:
Oct 25, 2026
Nov 22, 2026
Dec 20, 2026
Jan 17, 2027
Feb 21, 2027
March 21, 2027
April 18, 2027 -
No problem! All live classes will be recorded and uploaded to the student portal so you can watch from anywhere.
You can ask questions, and stay in touch with the collective through our shared Telegram group throughout the month.
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There is no experience needed. Whether you are brand new to herbalism or someone seeking to deepen your herbal understanding, this journey is for you.