Description

Granny Mentor Online Herbalism Program is a subscription based, live learning program.  We will have weekly live sessions on Tuesday evenings that will be recorded for later review.  Deep dives into one herb per week.  This will be a live session, so questions are encouraged.

We have moved to patreon for easier access!

To join the granny mentor program, please go to www.patreon.com/simplehomesteadliving

The best way to learn herbalism is with a mentor.  Grannies would often take in a youngster to help her with harvesting, processing and preparing different plants for the family or community.  Careful details were handed down from generation to generation, with experience, trial and sometimes error. All these things are critical in the learning part of herbalism.  Tommie Bass, one of the last mountain medicine doctors, is a wonderful testament to the care and knowledge passed down from one experienced herbalist to the next.  Tommie mentored Darryl Patton for 13 years before he died, and Darryl continues to mentor many students today.  This knowledge continues to be passed along for deep immersion and understanding of the plants and how they work.  We’ll take advantage of that knowledge in this group class.

There are few opportunities these days to have a willing mentor to share this information in a hands-on way, with live, active instruction.  We might find a passing video, a book, or even a meme from a website to get us started, but we seldom get down to the bones of the plant to learn how to use it.  Now we have GrannyMentor!  From identifying the herb, to finding it in the wild or propagating/growing it, to harvest techniques and also uses of the herb.  We will focus on energetics of the plant, as well as properties, constituents, affinities for the body, and how best to use it.  It is a full immersion mentorship!

This limited opportunity will help you develop greater understanding of how plants can help us stay healthy and balanced through many health-related issues.

The classes start Tuesday, June 4 at 7 pm, with our first herb.  Videos on the herb; how to grow, how to harvest, will be on the website soon, as the plant is almost ready to begin blooming.  We will also discuss how to tincture, how to make teas, parts to use, and more.   This will be a weekly class participation.  A certificate of completion will be given at 52 weeks.

The video library is ever-growing, with plans for simple how-to videos for making tinctures, salves, ungents and more.  We we will review those and have a Q&A time during each class.  These videos will be available for repeated viewing for certain members, as well as class lecture and discussion.