Course Timings
Our Herbalism School's Wheel of the Year
Awaken Herbal Wisdom is a living herbal apprenticeship - one that gently weaves the study of herbal medicine into your daily life, whilst rooting you within a real and supportive community.
Our teaching is grounded in traditional ways of learning, thoughtfully adapted for modern life. This means you can grow into herbal practice with confidence, without needing to step away from your work, your family, or your existing commitments. An apprenticeship is, at its heart, learning through doing - and for the home herbalist, the ‘doing’ is simply the rhythm of everyday life.
This journey draws on a blend of time-honoured approaches:
- Dedicated, in-person teaching days spent learning directly with an experienced practitioner
- Oral transmission through guided 1:1 audio teachings you can return to in your own time
- A written record held in your heirloom coursebooks
- Shared experience and connection through our community gatherings
Together, these strands create a way of learning that is not separate from your life, but lived within it.
Our herbalism apprenticeship follow the cycles of nature, rather than a traditional academic school year. Our teaching season begins with the greening of the land in Spring and concludes as the earth prepares to slumber the Winter of each calendar year.
The rhythm of each year of our apprenticeship is as follows:
Spring - Opening the Cycle
We lay the foundations for the season ahead - rooting into the teachings, the plants and the shared space you’ll be held within.
Integration - Learning through Living
Summer - Deepening and Exploring
Autumn - Turning Inward
In-Person Gathering · 10am–4pm
We begin the second half of the year together.
As the season shifts, so does the focus - drawing your attention inward, deepening your listening and expanding your ability to work with the body and the plants in a more nuanced way.
Integration - Deepening the Practice
Self-Paced Audio · Live Online Sessions · Community Weekend
The work continues in your own time, supported by guided audio teachings and shared online integration sessions.
This phase offers space to absorb, reflect and apply what you are learning - allowing your confidence and clarity to grow steadily, within a consistent and supportive container.
We also gather again as a wider community during this season for another weekend of connection and expansion.
Winter - Closing the Cycle
In-Person Gathering & Ceremony · 10am–7pm
We gather to bring the year together.
This is a space for integration, reflection and recognition - of what you’ve learned, how you’ve changed and what you’re carrying forward.
The cycle completes and the ground is prepared for what comes next.
Year One
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Join our waiting list to be notified when applications open for our 2027 cohorts.
2027 dates announcing soon
In-Person Gatherings
10am-4pm
Live Online Integration Sessions
Mid-Season Community Gatherings
Saturdays 10am-4pm
Year Two
Our second-year cohort is open to continuing students only.
2027 dates announcing soon
In-Person Gatherings
10am-4pm
Live Online Integration Sessions
Mid-Season Community Gatherings
Saturdays 10am-4pm
Year Three
Our third-year cohort is open to continuing students only.
In-Person Gatherings
10am-4pm
Live Online Integration Sessions
Mid-Season Community Gatherings
Saturdays 10am-4pm
Heritage School of Herbal Medicine
Founded by
Meghan Rhodes
MAMH MAPA
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