California School of Herbal Studies

01/12/2026

Registration is filling fast for our two 8-month weekend courses, Handcrafted Herbalism and Body Systems & Herbal Wellness! 🌿

Looking to slow down, immerse yourself in herbs, and get your hands in the earth on our beautiful Sonoma County campus? Join us one weekend per month for each of these courses, and start building your relationship with the herbs through hands-on practice.

In Handcrafted Herbalism, we’ll gather to craft a variety of herbal preparations, such as tinctures, teas, oils, salves, syrups, and more, while learning why and how they work in the body. You’ll leave each weekend with remedies in hand, practical skills in your body, and the confidence to make medicine for yourself and your community.

In Body Systems, a rotating team of skilled teachers and practitioners explore a different body system through an herbal lens. We will learn how the body functions, how plants support balance and healing, and how to craft practical herbal remedies you can integrate into daily life.

Together, these programs will help create the foundation to use herbal medicine to support your friends, family, and community. This is a slow, steady, and relational way of learning that allows knowledge, skills, and community to deepen over time. 🌀

These programs are designed to build confidence, competence, and connection- with the body, the plants, and one another.

Interested in one or both of our programs? Click the link in our bio for more info, and schedule a tour or intro call! 💚

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01/08/2026

Come learn about Herbalism at the California School of Herbal Studies!

Registration for all programs is open for 2026, and our full time programs start in March!

Our mission is to help create sustainable communities by providing earth centered, community based herbal education, and to empower individuals with the skills and confidence needed to become community herbalists.

01/08/2026

11/13/2025

Join us on Monday the 17th as we celebrate the hard work of our 2nd year Community Herbalist Program students! 💛

They have been hard at work learning to support their communities using herbal medicine, and this showcase is a culmination of all of the amazing projects they have been working on all year.

Curious about the school? Come meet our students and some of our amazing teachers at this event! 💫

10/16/2025

Important moments in time captured by our 2025 Roots of Herbalism students. 💫

Our school year is slowly coming to an end as the weather cools and the rains begin here in Emerald Valley! The garden is becoming lush and green again, and we are beginning our final harvests as the garden prepares to slumber for the winter.

We are so lucky to have met and laughed, loved, camped, cried, made medicine, and connected with the plants with these amazing herbalists. 💚

Please wish them a big congratulations and a clear path as they take the next steps on their journey! 🌀

Interested in joining us for 2026? Click the link in our bio for more information. ✨

10/12/2025

It’s root harvesting time! Handcrafted Herbalism students harvesting Elecampane root. Great for infusing into honey or as tincture for lung support .

08/13/2025

Do you dream of starting your own at-home herbal apothecary but don't know where to begin?

Join us on September 27th and 28th for our Herbal Medicine Making for Beginners workshop!

Learn from Terri Jensen, a medicine maker with over 40 years of experience, how to make a variety of herbal preparations.

You will learn to make teas, infused oils, tinctures, glycerites, creams, and more, and will leave with a foundational knowledge to begin making medicine at home!

Hope to see you here! Visit our website to sign up. 🌿

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07/22/2025

Join teachers Gabrielle Doucette-Boisse and Claire Carlomagno for a journey into fall through the lens of the 5 senses. 🌀

Taste, view, smell, touch, and hear the language of the plants. Learn to incorporate herbs into your daily life to support health and wellness as we move through seasonal changes. 🍃

This 5 week series will include hands on medicine making, cooking demos, herbal inspiration, and plenty of goodies to bring home!

Class dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29, and October 6.

Gabrielle is a CSHS alumni, resident medicine maker, chef, as well as the Wellness + First Aid tent coordinator for the Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium. She loves sharing food as medicine and empowering students with approachable first aid for all of life’s bumps and bruises.

Claire is a q***r herbalist, teacher, artist, and threshold worker who is deeply committed to earth healing, community, homesteading, flowers, friends, and her family. She is currently co-director of Youth Programming at the Sonoma Community Center.

Click the link in our bio or go to our website to sign up! 🌿

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06/16/2025

Summer is here which means time to harvest St John's Wort! Autumn Summers, one of the CSHS teachers, is offering a St John's Wort harvest class at Pepperwood Preserve east of Santa Rosa. Come learn all about this amazing herb and harvest your own to make your own medicinal oil and tincture. Besides being known to support a good mood, St. John's Wort is wonderful for bruises and sprains, wound healing and nerve pain.

Take part in a great way to remove an invasive plant: turning it into medicine! Join herbalist Autumn Summers for an evening on the land where you will not only learn the uses of St. John's Wort, but also how to identify, harvest, and process it into a medicinal oil.
Sign up here: https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/?event=medicinal-plant-workshop-st-johns-wort

05/08/2025

Join us and our amazing guest teacher in our upcoming workshop, Menopause Metamorphosis. 🌀

Gain the knowledge and tools to navigate the physical, psychological, and emotional changes that occur from perimenopause through post-menopause.

The more you understand your body and its changes, the better equipped you’ll be to navigate the menopausal journey with confidence and agency—embracing a healthier, more vibrant, and pleasurable life.

Classes fill fast, so click the link in our bio to sign up! 💫