Process
The Visionary Herbalism Diploma Process
To receive the Visionary Herbalism Educator’s Diploma, the following pre-requisites must be completed:
Completion of four of our Herbalism Correspondence Courses
Completion of four of our Herbalism, Nutrition or Forest Gardening Mentorship Programs (check our Calendar for dates)
Completion of Thesis Papers & Research Projects
The visionary Herbalism Diploma Process is divided into three parts:
Part 1: Correspondence Courses
Each herbal correspondence course comes with course material or Adobe DVD Reader and textbooks, the essential material to provide you with the information and instructions needed to become a Visionary Herbalism Educator.
Also, you will receive reference textbooks on herbalism and ecology from leaders as essential parts of your study. After completing each section, you will be asked to submit the lesson for examination and feedback.
Upon completing the correspondence course material, you will be asked to complete a thesis and a research project for examination to evaluate your competence and the practices and principles of Visionary Herbalism. The estimated time for completion of this diploma course is two to three years. We offer five distinctive Herbalism Correspondence Courses.
Part 2: Completion of the Leadership Program
Completion of Four of our Online Courses & our Foundational Workshop:
Local Wild Living Design: Foundational Workshop
Practical Herbalism
Nutritional Herbalism
Energetic Herbalism
Forest Gardening, Biointensive & Rewilding Design
This course mentorship ensures that you get hands-on experience, clearly understand and integrate the course material into your life, and are ready to share this information with others. Qualified participants will receive intense instruction, practice, and evaluation in Herbalism, Nutritional, Energetic Herbalism: Edible Wild Plants, Regenerative Ecological Design Practices, and Forest Gardening. Speaking skills will be reviewed. Support is given to developing the expertise needed to facilitate the Visionary Herbalism course.
The mentorship programs can be completed in two to three years; there are usually two to four mentorship programs each year.
Part 3: The Completion of a Thesis & Research Project
This includes 12 One-to-One Tutorials Sessions.
The One-to-One Tutorial Sessions are an essential aspect of this course to support and guide you in deepening your advanced herbal studies. You pick a specific topic/aspect of plant medicine you want to understand and articulate as a written thesis and a research project you can offer to your community.
You can become a Visionary Herbalism Educator upon completing this uniquely designed educational process.
Course Hours
This 1,550-hour diploma course will instruct core herbal subjects such as materia medica, herbal therapeutics, pharmacology, pharmacy, plant medicine history and philosophy, nutritional chemistry, herbal energetics, botany, field studies, plant identification, and ecosystem ecology.
600 Mentorship Online Interactive Learning (12 days per mentorship)
450 Correspondence Course Study Hours
450 Thesis and Research Hours
38 Field Study Hours
12 One-on-One Tutorial Hours
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1550 Total Hours
“By learning, you will teach; by teaching, you will understand.” ~Latin Proverb
