Intro to Herbalism Apprenticeship

Intro to Herbalism Apprenticeship

Become an herbalist! This hands-on class will teach you the foundations of herbalism, holistic healing and how to create your own remedies.

By Nurture

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Wednesday, June 4 · 7 - 9pm EDT

Location

Grand Street Healing Project

105 Grand Street Brooklyn, NY 11249

Refund Policy

No Refunds

Agenda

April 23rd - Foundations of Herbalism

Class Intros + connections. Ground into the foundations of herbalism with ancestral herbalism, traditional healing systems including Western Folk Herbalism, TCM and Ayurveda. Learn the Doctrine of Si...

April 30th - Hands on Learning with Herbs

Experiment with fresh CSA herbs from the female-founded Sawmill Herb farm! Learn about herbal energetics, intro to medicine making, herbs and our body systems.

May 7th - Romance the Plants + Eco Art Therapy

Activate your connection to herbal allies, enjoy a guided eco art therapy activity, co-lead by Juanita Viera, Licensed Creative Art Therapist.

Bonus Event - Medicinal Plant Walk in Prospect Park

Learn how to identify healing plants in NYC's very own parks! We'll practice a plant meditation so you can tune into the abundant messages that they have to share, then ask for consent and leave offe...

May 21st - Gut Health and the Microbiome

Unlock the top herbs for gut health and the microbiome: healing digestive disorders like IBS, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and Diverticulitis. Learn with fresh herbs from the CSA.

May 28th - Soothing the Nervous System

An integrated class where you'll enjoy breathwork and sound healing with a guest teacher! We'll weave in herbs for stress, anxiety, depression, mood enhancers and euphoric plants.

June 4th - Skincare and Beauty from Within

Explore beauty from within as we review herbs for skincare, eczema, psoriasis and other skin-related issues. You'll get to work with fresh herbs from the CSA and learn recipes for botanical bath salt...

June 11th - Sensuality, Fertility, Reproductive Health, Flower Essences

Dive into herbalism and how it can support women’s reproductive health and fertility, co-lead by an incredible Acupuncturist and TCM practitioner. Activate your heart center with herbal aphrodisiacs ...

June 18th - Class Celebration

Class celebration and presentations. Live recipe demo for herbal syrups and mocktails.

About this event

Forge your path as an herbalist and create plant magic in community!

This apprenticeship is perfect for the curious beginner, the self-taught herbalist, or anyone seeking natural ways to support wellness for themselves and their loved ones.

Gain confidence to start your journey as an herbalist.

Learn with certified Clinical Herbalist and holistic gut health coach, Laura Rubin.


What You'll Experience in the Apprenticeship

This interactive course fosters a truly holistic and dynamic approach to wellness. You'll learn about herbalism by activating all of the senses, with expert guest teachers in the healing arts. Throughout the course, you'll

🌿 Gain experience about how to formulate tea blends, make tinctures, botanical skincare products, herbal syrups and botanical mocktails

🌿 Enjoy sustainable foraging and ethical wildcrafting techniques with a guided medicinal plant walk in Brooklyn

🌿 Work directly with fresh medicinal plants from a local organic herb farm - Sawmill Herb Farm - run by a female-founder.

🌿 Connect to a higher vibrational energy with ancestral herbalism and astro-herbalism

🌿 Make yummy nourishing recipes like a turmeric lavender hummus

🌿 Activate your creativity with eco art therapy

🌿 Flow through sound healing and breathwork, as we weave in herbs for the nervous system

🌿 Receive dozens of guidebook resources, reading materials, and videos.

🌿 At the end of the course, you’ll earn an Intro to Herbalism Certificate that honors your work!


April 23rd - June 18th, 2025

9 immersive classes including an urban medicinal plant walk

Wednesday nights 7pm-9pm + a bonus weekend session

Live at Grand Street Healing Project on Lenape land

Brooklyn, New York City

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Nurture

Nurture is an herbal apothecary, empowering you to reconnect with your body and the Eartht through the healing power of plants! Nurture is founded by Laura Rubin, a Certified Clinical Herbalist and Flower Essence Practitioner with a background in trauma-informed care.