Sedona Field Trip
Walk the Desert. Learn the Plants. Make Your Own Medicine.
A four-day herbal field trip in Sedona, Arizona. You'll identify wild plants, harvest them by hand, and make remedies you can keep making at home.
June 2-5, 2026 | Sedona, AZ | $450 | Only 13 spots
No prior experience required | Packing list sent after registration
You’ve Read the Books. You’ve Watched the Videos. But You Still Hesitate in the Field.
You know what chamomile looks like in a textbook. But could you find it growing wild and feel sure enough to pick it?
Most herbal students hit the same wall. You study hard. You take notes. You memorize Latin names. But when you’re standing outside, looking at an actual plant, doubt creeps in.
Online courses can teach you concepts. They can’t teach you how a leaf feels between your fingers. They can’t show you where a plant chooses to grow — and what that tells you about its medicine.
That gap between knowing and doing is where confidence lives. And it’s hard to close it alone, from behind a screen.
Four Days in the Desert That Change How You See Plants Forever
The Sedona Herbal Field Trip is a four-day, camping-based immersion led by Feather Jones. She is a registered clinical herbalist with more than 40 years in the field. She served as president of the American Herbalists Guild. She has been leading this trip every June since 1994.
For three days, you’ll walk through some of the richest plant country in the Southwest. Sedona’s Verde Valley sits between the Mingus Mountains and the Mogollon Rim. It holds seven of Arizona’s nine plant zone communities in one compact area.
You won’t just look at plants. You’ll crouch beside them. Smell them. Learn to read the landscape they chose. Practice harvesting them with care and intention.
Throughout the trip, you’ll make real medicine with your own hands — tinctures, salves, and preparations you can keep making in your own kitchen long after you leave.
In the evenings, the group gathers. Stories are told. Songs are shared. The kind of learning happens that only happens when people slow down together in a beautiful place.
This is not a lecture series with a nice view. It’s a practice. And you’ll leave knowing how to keep practicing.
What Your Four Days Look Like
Arrive and Start Making Medicine
Get to camp, set up, and meet the group. The first afternoon goes straight into medicine making. Plants are in your hands from day one.
Field Study and Harvesting
Each day you’ll walk a different part of Sedona’s high desert and canyon country. Feather guides you through plant identification, scent, and habitat. You’ll practice ethical harvesting in real time. In the evenings: fresh preparations, storytelling, and songs.
Oak Creek Canyon and Closing Circle
A final harvesting walk through one of the most beautiful canyons in Arizona. Then a closing circle to bring it all together before you head home with your medicine and your notes.
Everything in Your Tuition
3 days guided field study. Hands-on medicine making from day one. Ethical harvesting training. Expert plant ID instruction. Evening community circles. A small, intentional group of 13 people.
What Past Participants Say
I came thinking I’d learn some plant names. I left knowing how to actually make medicine. That shift — from reading about plants to working with them — changed everything for me.
Feather doesn’t just teach you what a plant is. She teaches you how to pay attention. I’ve been back to the desert three times since, and I see it completely differently now.
I was nervous about camping and worried I didn’t know enough. By day two, I forgot both of those concerns. The group was warm, the pace was gentle, and I learned more in four days than I did in a full year of online study.
I’ve taken courses, read every book I could find, and watched hours of videos. Nothing compared to four days in the field with Feather. There is no substitute for being there.
In the Live Group Classes or Private Mentorship?
Your field trip is included in your tuition at no extra cost. Spots are first come, first served — and there are only 13 of them. If you haven’t registered yet, do it now. Waiting until the trip fills up means losing your spot.
Questions Before You Go
13 Spots. Four Days. A Practice You’ll Carry Home.
This trip has run every June since 1994. People come back year after year. People send their friends. The spots fill up.
Interested in studying with Feather beyond the field trip? Explore the Live Group Classes or self-paced online courses.