Year-Long Herbalism Training Program
Learn Herbalism Live — One Year, One Group, One Dedicated Teacher
A 120-hour training program with clinical herbalist Feather Jones. Live weekly classes on Zoom. A hands-on field trip in Sedona. And a community of students learning right alongside you.
The Herbal Apprenticeship Program takes you from curious beginner to confident herbalist over 11 months. No prior experience needed. Just bring your love of plants and a willingness to show up each week.
We’ll email you once when enrollment opens — no spam.
Maybe you’ve been learning on your own for a while. You’ve read the books. Watched the videos. Made a few tinctures in your kitchen. But something is missing.
You have knowledge scattered in a dozen places and no clear path forward. You’re not sure which plants to trust for what. And you don’t have anyone to ask when you get stuck.
Or maybe you’ve always wanted to study herbalism but never knew where to start. You just need someone to walk you through it — step by step, from the ground up.
Either way, this program was built for you.
A Structured Year of Learning — From Your Home and in the Field
This is not a self-paced course you do alone. It’s a live, guided training program that runs from January through November.
Every Sunday morning, you’ll join Feather and your class on Zoom for a 2.5-hour class. You’ll study plant identification, herbal medicine-making, body systems, and clinical applications — building your skills week by week in a clear sequence.
In June, you’ll travel to Sedona, Arizona for a 4-day botanical field trip. You’ll identify plants in the wild, practice mindful harvesting, and spend a full day making herbal medicines in the kitchen together.
By the end of the year, you’ll have 120 hours of training, a library of herbal knowledge, hands-on field experience, and a community of fellow herbalists.
What You’ll Learn Across the Year
Plant Identification
Get to know the plants of the deserts, canyons, mountains, and waterways. Learn to identify them in the wild with confidence.
Materia Medica
Discover the stories of the plants — how ancient cultures used them, their folk remedies, their science, and how we use them in modern clinical practice.
Herbal Therapeutics
Learn how to apply herbal medicines to specific health concerns. Study formulas, simples, and when to use each one.
Constitutional Medicine
Understand how to read the body’s patterns of excess and deficiency, and choose herbs that fit the whole person.
Organ System Herbalism
Walk through each body system — digestive, respiratory, immune, nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, and more. Learn which herbs support each one.
Herbal Medicine Making
Spend time crafting tinctures, salves, elixirs, tisanes, herbal syrups, and more. Build your own herbal pharmacy at home.
Mindful Harvesting
Learn sustainable wildcrafting techniques — how to gather plants with care and gratitude, tending the wild garden rather than depleting it.
Herbal Energetics
Explore your deeper connection to plants through flower essences and intuitive practice. Where head knowledge meets heart knowledge.
Four Days in Sedona — Where the Classroom Meets the Canyon
In June, you’ll leave the screen behind and step into the desert.
The Sedona field trip is four days of hands-on learning in one of the most beautiful botanical regions in the country. You’ll hike through canyons and high desert terrain with Feather as your guide. You’ll identify plants growing in the wild — not in a textbook. You’ll harvest mindfully and sustainably. And you’ll spend a full day in the kitchen, turning what you’ve gathered into real herbal medicines.
This is the part of the program that students talk about for years. It’s where the plants stop being abstract and become something you can see, touch, smell, and work with.
“I received a deep connection with wild plants in their natural environment.”
— Julia“I cannot describe in words the value the time spent with the plants had for me. The sanctity of some of these spots in nature Feather showed us cannot be translated into language…”
— Jan
Meet Feather Jones
Feather Jones is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and has been in clinical practice since the early 1980s. That’s more than 40 years of working with plants and people.
She has served twice as president of the American Herbalists Guild. She has been a Botanical Field Guide for the Sonoran University of Health Sciences. And she has trained hundreds of students through her programs over the years.
Feather isn’t a content creator reading from a script. She’s a practicing clinical herbalist who teaches from decades of real experience — in the field, in the kitchen, and in the clinic.
Her colleagues in the herbal community respect her deeply, and her students tend to stay connected long after their studies end. When you learn with Feather, you’re learning from someone who has devoted her life to this work.
Read More About Feather →Hundreds of Students Have Walked This Path
Feather’s apprenticeship program has been such a wonderful experience. It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s positively changed how I see and experience the world around me. I went from knowing only the barest of basics about herbalism to confidently crafting tinctures, elixirs, vinegars, salves, butters, and more. I am so happy I found this program — so much that I signed up for year two!
Feather saved my life! This year of working with her and learning deep wisdom about plant medicine, nature, and humanity was one of the most important times in my life.
Feather’s herbalism program has opened my eyes to the abundance of Southwest flora. Learning about their healing properties has led me to understand spiritual, as well as, medicinal benefits.
Working with Feather is like working with Mother Earth with a twist! Get ready to learn from the roots up.
Tuition
Simple, Flexible Payment Options
The program is priced for the full year. Choose the option that works best for your budget. There are no hidden fees. Your tuition includes all weekly classes, recordings, and the Sedona field trip.
Frequently Asked Questions
Study Herbalism the Way It Was Meant to Be Learned
If you’ve been thinking about studying herbalism — really studying it, with a teacher, a community, and a plan — this is the program people come back to year after year.
Join the waitlist and we’ll email you when enrollment opens for 2027.
Get Notified When Enrollment Opens One email when enrollment opens. That’s it.Still have questions? Reach out to Feather directly →