BIOREGIONAL HERBALISM PLANT WALK SERIES
A hands-on outdoor course exploring bioregional herbalism, botanical ecology, plant id, ethical wildcrafting, medicine making, ecological stewardship, & more!
Plants are also integral to reweaving the connection between land and people.
A place becomes a home when it sustains you, when it feeds you in body as well as spirit. To recreate a home, the plants must also return.
-Robin Wall Kimmerer
The medicines of this earth offer more than their medicinal actions: they offer a return to a knowing and kinship with who we truly are.
Herbalism is about much more than using plants medicinally it’s about embodying a deeper connection to nature, ecology, and the plants themselves. The plants are a bridge reweaving people back into relationship with the land. Humans have always been in relationship to the land and the ecology that supports them. It is only in the last few hundred years or so that we have become disconnected from this foundational relationship, severed from our roots.
This in-depth course will explore bioregional herbalism as a way to cultivate deeper relationship with ourselves, the land, our ancestral traditions, and the plants themselves. Bioregional Herbalism is rooted in the practice of working with the medicinal plants growing around you and I believe it to be the most effective and sustainable way to work with medicinal plants.
The medicine we often need most is growing right beneath our feet. After all, such plants are growing, adapting, & learning to thrive in the very environment we are.
The Rocky Mountains of Colorado are full of beauty, medicine, wildlife, and adventure. Despite being a harsher climate these mountains are home to a rich selection of medicinal plants. From the foothills to the high mountains and subalpine there is a wide range of medicinal wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and lichens.
We will spend our days in herb gardens, forests, and mountain meadows cultivating relationship with the flora of this land.
2026 Dates/Times: COMING SOON!
This course will comprise of four plant walks each exploring a different ecological zone and time of year with a bonus community St. John’s Wort Harvest!
HOW TO APPLY/REGISTER:
*This course can be taken as a full series or the above plant walks will be offered as stand-alone for those that cannot commit to all the dates.
*No refunds if you cancel less than five days before the class date.
This course will go over:
Identifying Ecological Zones
Botany and Plant ID
Ethical Wildcrafting
Sustainable Harvesting
Herbalism and Utilizing Plants as Medicine
Safety and Considerations when Harvesting Wild Plants
Plant Spirit Communication
Herbal Alchemy
Land Stewardship and Spiritual Ecology
Medicine Making
Logistics:
These courses will be in the field, and we will be exploring the great outdoors rain or shine! The locations will be within an hour of the front range. Attendees are required to be at the trailhead/meetup location at the designated time.
Once you register for the course a separate email will be sent with more logistics, alongside a gear list, waiver, and course handouts, and further resources to explore.
Each plant walk or intensive will have a capacity.
Who is your teacher?
Courtney was born and raised in the mountains of Colorado and has spent her whole life exploring them. In 2013 Courtney began her studies in the field of herbalism and natural medicine. Courtney is a Certified Clinical Herbalist through the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism and she has also completed a Rocky Mountain Field Botany Certificate Program where she spent a whole summer exploring the botanical ecology of the Rocky Mountains. She has been teaching and leading plant walks in Colorado ever since. Courtney is passionate about connecting others to the natural world through rekindling an appreciating of the beauty and medicine it provides.
“The land knows you even when you are lost”
