Foundations of Herbalism
Four-Day Hands-On Herbalism Intensive
with Austin "Cash" Robertson
River Camp: Cardwell, Montana
Wednesday - Saturday April 8 - 11, 2026
Spend four immersive days learning how to safely identify, harvest, and prepare herbal remedies using the wild and cultivated plants that grow around you. This intensive blends western herbal traditions with practical, boots-on-the-ground experience so you leave confident using herbs to support everyday well-being.
What you'll learn
- Core herbal foundations: fundamental herbal language, introductory energetics, and a practical overview of the history of western herbalism and how to weave it into your practice working with herbs.
- Ethical wildcrafting: how to read a stand of plants for safety and abundance, harvest in ways that support plant communities, and build gratitude and reciprocity into your practice.
- Tincture making, two ways: hands-on practice making tinctures with both maceration and percolation, plus when, why, and how to use them.
- Water-based medicine: crafting strong infusions and decoctions, and using them as teas, poultices, fomentations, wound washes, soaks, and more.
- Oils and salves: creating herbal infused oils and turning them into salves and balms for everyday topical use.
- Herbal first-aid & home apothecary: which herbs and supplements earn a permanent spot in your home medicine cabinet, travel kit, car, or camping gear.
- Early spring plant walk: meet local native and cultivated plants as they reawaken from winter, explore a few key plant families, and get to know how plants show themselves in the shifting season between winter and spring, so you can start recognizing patterns and build relationships with the landscape.
- Kitchen apothecary: Learn the medicinal side of familiar herbs and spices so you can reach for what's already in your cupboard. Many everyday kitchen herbs not only improve the flavor of a meal, but can calm the nervous system, ease digestion, and help support immune resilience during the cold and flu season.
Throughout the class herbs as teas, tinctures, and fresh plant material, will be ingested and experienced using our senses and perceptions to explore how each plant moves in the body and shapes our overall felt experience.
Details: Please Bring
- Lunch each day
- A mug for tea
- Notebook and/or your favorite note-taking tools
No Drugs, Alcohol, or Tobacco
Green University®: LLC is a drug, alcohol and tobacco-free learning establishment. Our staff maintains a sober environment for individuals who are excited about nurturing a deeper nature connection. Anyone distracted with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or other drugs is not focused on learning or optimizing their experience at Green University® LLC. Therefore, we have a zero tolerance policy for drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in any form. Anyone violating this rule will be asked to leave. This is not a joke. Please read this paragraph again before signing up. Thank you.
Class time: 10am to 4pm with a 1 hour lunch break.
Camping: Participants are welcome to camp at River Camp.
Cost: $300. Register online here:
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