Wildroot Botanicals – Herbal medicine, classes and consultations

We serve our community by producing a range of wildcrafted, carefully harvested and hand-crafted herbal medicines.

Additionally, we offer herbal classes and workshops taught by local and top-notch herbalists from across the USA and abroad.

We provide herbal consultations and doula services.

Our focus is on bioregional herbalism, land stewardship and fostering a personal connection with the plants and medicines made from them.

Wildroot Botanicals is located in the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people, including the Stillaguamish and Nuwhaha, in the Chuckanut Mountains approximately nine miles south of Bellingham, WA, on five acres of forested and medicinally cultivated land.

Classes + Workshops

Herbal Medicines + Store

Consultations + Doula Services

Since 2009, we have offered a variety of herbal medicine courses and workshops.

We have been honored to work with many herbalists who seek to deepen their connection with the earth, plant medicine and themselves.

Check back here for new offerings.

Inner Resilience: Herbal Medicine and Practices for Reinvigoration – July 30, 2022

Join us for a day of slowing down and inner listening in a vibrant forested landscape. This class is interactive and we will be tasting many herbal medicines that assist in releasing stress and promoting resilience and connection to the land and self. Additionally, we will be working with meditation, journaling, movement and breath to invite us into a more aligned and nourished place. More

Wildcrafting Intensive in Methow Valley – Sept. 10-11, 2022

The beautiful Methow Valley, located east of the Cascades, is an exciting place for herbalists to visit because it is home to many powerful herbal medicines that are not available on the west side of the Cascades. We will be discussing identification features, harvesting and processing techniques, and making medicines from many plants. More

Applications of Herbal Medicine 2022

Designed for herbalists interested in expanding their skills to support the wellness of individuals, friends, family or community members, each workshop has a focused topic and covers an informative range of considerations and skills for clinical practice and provides students with opportunities to deepen their work with the healing power of plants. May to August. More

Growing and Wildcrafting Apprenticeship Program 2022

This is a hands-on experiential program where we grow and process a wide array of medicinal plants over three seasons. Students become intimate with growing, medicinal uses, and processing techniques. Additionally, students learn how to make a variety of preparations including tinctures, teas, salves, lotions, and hydrosols. Wildcrafting excursions are woven throughout. More

Foundations of Herbalism 2023

This immersive nine-month program provides a foundation in bioregional and western herbalism. The focus is on experiential learning, spending time outside with the plants, combined with classroom-style learning. We believe that the best teachers are the plants themselves and we strive to guide the building of your relationship with them in a way that suits each student. More

Visiting Instructors

Wildroot Botanicals hosts many respected instructors from across the USA and abroad to share specialised skills and unique approaches to herbal medicine. Past instructors include 7Song, Matthew Wood, Thomas Easley, jim mcdonald, Dr. Tiffany Freeman, Sam Coffman, Rebecca Altman, Michael Pilarski, Angela and Yarrow Willard, Cathy Skipper, Dr. Florian Birkmayer, Sean Donahue, and others. Please check back for new offerings.

Frequently Asked Questions – Classes & Workshops