Go deeper with your herbal studies with our Botany course
The Course
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1.) Botany for Herbalists: Introduction, Naming, Evolution & Classification of Plants
Our first lesson will introduce botany, the scientific study of plants, and focus on its relevance to students
of herbal medicine. This discussion includes major evolutionary categories of plants, how they are
classified & their naming. The usefulness & importance of scientific names will be highlighted. -
2.) Plant Anatomy, Terminology & Identifying Characteristics
Plant identification is primarily 2 things: pattern recognition & attention to detail. This lesson brings our
attention to the details of plants that we observe and the language used to describe these observations.
Students can look forward to a richer understanding of the living world as well as a growing skill-set for
identifying and discussing the plants that they encounter. -
3.) Plant Families & other Groupings of Plants
Picking up where the first session left off, this class will further discuss classification of plants based on
their evolutionary history. Of most practical relevance for plant identification purposes and for herbal
practitioners is understanding these groupings at the family level. Plant family recognition skills will allow
students to more quickly identify common & medicinal plants as well as extrapolate medicinally useful
information about plants within those families.
Your Instructor
Cal Janae Wolfpack
Cal Janae Wolfpack, is an herbalist, botanist, farmer & plant educator located in their homeland of the Des Moines & Raccoon River watershed, currently called Iowa. Cal works as an herb grower, a clinical herbalist & botanist in their private practice. Cal offers sliding scale herbal consultations, provides herb kits to midwifery clients, makes herbal medicines under the label "Profound Existence," amongst other projects.