Wild Rose Alumni

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Angela Willard, Cl.H.

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.

Joan Sarro, Master Herbalist

Joan Sarro began her formal herbal medicine studies in 2011 and graduated from the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in Calgary, Canada. She is a Registered Herbalist certified by the Canadian Association of Medical Herbalists and Alberta Herbalist Association. She became an educator for Wild Rose Products in 2016 and continues to work as […]

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Blaine Andrusek, Master Herbalist

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

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Chad Cornell, MH

Chad Cornell graduated from The Wild Rose College of Natural Healing as a Master Herbalist in 2003. For the past 15 years, he’s worked alongside his clients to restore them to their natural state of health and happiness using diet, herbal remedies, nutraceuticals, lifestyle adjustments, and additional therapies such as meditation when required.

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Cheyenne Caza, Practical Herbalist

Cheyenne graduated as a Practical Herbalist through Wild Rose College in 2014, when she went on to found Wisewood Apothecary in Calgary, AB. She is currently completing her Master Herbalist Diploma Program.

Colleen Emery, Cl.H., RHT (CHAofBC), Clinical Aromatherapist

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.

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Cory Holly, ND

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.

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Crystal Wilmot, MH

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

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Flo Lavallie, MH

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.

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Hélène Chenard, Cl.H.

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.

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Jeananne Laing, MH, Cl.H.

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

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Kalyn Kodiak, Cl.H.

A proud Femme Michif, Kalyn is descended from a lineage of healers, teachers, & artists. Kalyn began working with plant medicine at Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in 2006 under the tutelage of Dr. Terry Willard and became his personal assistant and Herbalist at Wild Rose Clinic.

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Katolen Yardley, MNIMH

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.

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Kristy Garnet, Cl.H.

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.

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Lauren Mary, Cl.H.

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.

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Martha McCallum, MH

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.

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Maya Skalinska, MH

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.

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Nicola Biggs

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.

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Patrick Kooyman, MH

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.

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Samantha Orthlieb, MH

Samantha Orthlieb is a Master Herbalist, Vibrational Medicine practitioner, Evolutionary Oracle and Contemporary Medicine Woman. A graduate of Wild Rose College and the Academy of International BioEnergetic Sciences, she has also trained with Pacific Essences, Wild Earth Animal Essences, and Star Essences.

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Sandy Freeman, Herbalist

Sandy Freeman studied Herbology at the beginning when Terry Willard first started Wild Rose College of Natural healing. Later on in the 90s and 2000s Sandy worked alongside of Terry with Wild Rose Herbal products and Trophic for 14 years as an herbalist and mycologist in a large territory.

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Sarah Orlowski, MH

Sarah Orlowski is a Master Herbalist in clinical practice for over 20 years. She has taught extensively, including for UBC Farm, Simon Fraser University, the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, Douglas College, the Canadian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Van Dusen Gardens, Van Dusen Gardens and Squamish First Nations, as well as 10 years instructing in the Alternative Health Program at Douglas College.

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Tiffany Freeman, Dr. TCM, RA, Cl.H.

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.

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Vitalia Daza, B.F.A Cl.H, DOMP, RMO

After completing her 4 program as a Master Herbalist, an accident causing chronic pain propelled Vitalia to register and graduate from the National Academy of Osteopathy in the Fall of 2018.

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Yarrow Willard, Cl.H.

After graduating from Wild Rose College as Master Herbalist and Clinical Herbalist, Yarrow Willard moved to Vancouver Island where he started his Herbal Jedi Youtube channel. He co-founded Harmonic Arts Botanical Dispensary with fellow WRC Alumni & wife Angela Willard in 2008.