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Become a Community Herbalist - online with optional days on our farm in NW Edinburgh
Enquire via email to Grass Roots Remedies .
Grass Roots Herbal Foundations is aimed at anyone with an interest in connecting plants with people and will offer additional insights to current or aspiring herbalists. From a professional perspective, we think that the course will be of particular interest to people working in or wanting to work in community engagement in the outdoors in either an urban or rural setting. The course covers: Community Herbalism; developing projects, running workshops or walks and putting community herbalism into practice Focus on 45 plants which can be foraged, grown or easily sourced in the UK, including ecological cultivation & ethical sourcing Comprehensive remedy making guides, including trouble-shooting and matching remedies to situations Deep delve into herbal therapeutics, energetics, foundational actions & constituents Sensory herbalism and how we might form a deeper connection with ourselves, the plants and our environment With all of our deep-delve courses, we offer a combination of online learning tools, discussion space and in-person options along with curated plant profiles and comprehensive additional resources. We are offering the course on a sliding scale and are able to offer 2 spaces at the bottom of the scale on each version of the course. Please note that the 2 spaces at the bottom of the scale are eligible to be paid in 6 instalments in May and June. Online Course: £600 (2 spaces); £800; £1000 Blended Course: £800 (2 spaces); £1250; £1500 Optional Formal Assessment: £150 Applications Open: 1st May 2025, course runs October 2025 - June 2026 For more information: https://grassrootsremedies.podia.com/foundation-course
Grass Roots Remedies is a community workers co-operative based in Edinburgh and Glasgow. We work to support community herbalism across Scotland. To support this work, we offer beginner and novice courses to help you to discover the joy of edible and medicinal plants. Courses cover how to use medicinal and edlibe herbs, foraging and plant identification, sustainable growing and harvesting and making and choosing the best plants for your own home remedies.
The Next Generation Practical Training Fund has been established by Scottish Government with an aim to support those relatively new to agriculture, by providing the opportunity for skills development and training on the practicalities of agricultural practice as well as wider business and sustainability skills, in order to help them secure, sustain and progress their careers.
Enquire via email to Grass Roots Remedies .