Pursue the herb path with us
If you have a calling to work with herbal medicine, we offer comprehensive diploma programs, herbal courses, apprenticeships, events, and a thriving herbal village–all flexible and self-paced.
Step on the Plant Path and become your community’s Herbalist today.
Explore Our Programs
Wild Rose College of Herbal Medicine has been training herbalists since 1975.
Our passion: connecting you with ancestral knowledge to support yourself and your community with plant medicine.
Foundation
If you’re new to the herbal path, this is where to start.
Become a certified Practical Herbalist with 1,000+ hours of herbal learning.
Advanced
Deepen your herbal studies and train as a certified Master Herbalist
Continuing Education
Earn your Clinical Herbalist certification with our expert mentors
Join Your Herbal Village
Follow your herb path in community and with the support of fellow esteemed herbalists, students, and Wild Rose College teachers and instructors.
Plant Monographs
Archived Webinars
Seasonal Intensives
Live Master Classes
Browse Individual Courses
For the curious to the serious: browse our collection of online courses on herbalism, nutrition, botany, harvesting, cultivation and more.
Meet Our Faculty
The faculty at Wild Rose Herbal College brings together some of the most respected and influential herbal educators today.
Learn from renowned Clinical Herbalists, Herbal Entrepreneurs, Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Practitioners, Functional Nutritionists, Community Herbalists and experienced Herbal Practitioners.
We have curated a team of educators specializing in the various niches of herbology to guide your herbal studies–with an ever-growing number of contributors continually expanding both our community and our offerings.
Meet our experts in all things herbal: medicine making, botany, fermentation, medicinal mushrooms, natural pregnancy, seaweed medicine, seaweed herbal gardening & cultivation, and much more.
Dr. Terry Willard
PhD
Dr. Terry Willard PhD, Cl.H. is the founder & former director of Wild Rose Herbal College, and has been in clinical practice for almost 40 years.
Colleen Emery
Cl.H, RHT (BCHA)
Colleen Emery has a private practice & runs a dispensary & apprenticeship program out of Emery Herbals & Healing Suites in Winlaw, BC.
Malcolm Saunders
Malcolm Saunders is a Nutrition, Superfoods & Fermentation Educator. He’s owner & creative visionary of the Light Cellar, Calgary, AB.
Petra Sovcov
DNM, CH
Petra is a Clinical Herbal Therapist (CHT), holds a Doctorate in Natural Medicine (DNM) and is a Certified DNA/SNP Analysis Consultant.
Learn from renowned Clinical Herbalists, Herbal Entrepreneurs, Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Practitioners, Functional Nutritionists, Community Herbalists and experienced Herbal Practitioners.
We have curated a team of educators specializing in the various niches of herbology to guide your herbal studies–with an ever-growing number of contributors continually expanding both our community and our offerings.
Meet our experts in all things herbal: medicine making, botany, fermentation, medicinal mushrooms, natural pregnancy, seaweed medicine, seaweed herbal gardening & cultivation, and much more.
Still not sure where to start?
Want further details about our programs, courses or transfer credits?
Get in touch with our dedicated college coordinators for detailed guidance on your herbal journey. We look forward to hearing from you.
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