Alumni

Angela Willard became a Clinical Herbalist through the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in 2005. She has since practised as an Herbalist through many avenues including consulting, growing herbs, wildcrafting, and co-creating Harmonic Arts Botanical Dispensary. She has a passion for growing herbs and has a special soft spot for our coastal seaweeds.

Blaine Andrusek was one of the earliest graduates of the Master Herbalist program at Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in Calgary, AB.

Colleen Emery is a graduate of the Master Herbalist Program at Wild Rose College of Natural Healing. Colleen commits to the pathway of lifelong learning, and has also studied with East West School of Planetary Herbology, the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy and School for Aromatic Studies and most currently with David Winston’s Centre for Herbal Studies.

Dr. Holly studied holistic nutrition at Wild Rose College. As Canada’s Ambassador of Sports Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Dr. Holly’s objective is to strengthen sports nutrition awareness worldwide and bridge the enormous gap that exists between nutrition and fitness.

Crystal Wilmot is a Certified Iridologist and Master Herbalist practicing in Lacombe, Alberta.

Dr. Tiffany Freeman graduated from the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in 2004 with a diploma in Clinical Herbology where she mentored under Dr. Terry Willard Ph.D and instructed at the college from 2004 to 2011.

After working in a hospital setting for 14 years, Flo obtained her Master Herbalist Diploma at the Wild Rose College in Calgary, Alberta. She is a certified Reflexologist, Sclerology, Rayid, Iridologist, Ear Candler and Kinesiologist.

Hélène Chenard is a retired teacher with B.A. and B.Ed. degrees from the University of Saskatchewan. After many years of passionate interest in herbalism and natural health therapies, Hélène began studies for a clinical herbalist diploma at Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in Calgary, Alberta in 2010.

Meet Wild Rose College Alumna Jeananne Laing, Cannabis Educator, Registered Herbalist (AHA), Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, & Executive Director at CannU.ca.

Katolen Yardley is a Medical Herbalist and a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, currently in private practice in Vancouver and Port Moody, BC. She specializes in women’s health issues, skin dis-ease, digestive and nervous system disorders.

Kristy Garnet is a Clinical Herbalist (Cl.H.) and Professional Biologist (P.Biol) in Alberta and British Columbia (R.P.Bio.). She completed her Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Biology from George Mason University in Arlington, VA, USA in 2004.

Lauren Mary is a Clinical Herbalist, Holistic Nutrition Practitioner, and a Birth + Post Partum Doula from Edmonton, Alberta. She is owner of Elle Wellness, a brand founded out a place to deeply nourish women in all stages of life.

Martha McCallum holds university degrees in biology and environmental science, and graduated as a Master Herbalist from Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in Calgary in 2000.

Maya is a Master Herbalist and a Registered Herbal Therapist with the Canadian Herbalist Association of British Columbia. She graduated from Wild Rose College in 2005, and with great passion for Ayurvedic medicine, she furthered her studies in Kerala, India under Dr. Hari.

In 2002, Nicola Biggs founded Kolya Naturals Apothecary in Edmonton, AB. Kolya is Edmonton’s original Apothecary, Herbal Learning Kitchen, Natural Skincare Boutique & Organic Day Spa.

Patrick Kooyman is an herbalist, ethnobotanist and wildcrafter living in Nelson, BC. He has studied traditional plant use as medicine and food in western Canada, as well as western and scientific approaches to herbal medicine.