Community Herbalist

The Community Herbalist Certificate program changed my life in such a positive way. It opened my eyes to the incredible world of plant medicine and encouraged growth within myself. I would recommend this program to anyone seeking to gain further knowledge of plant medicine to support their own health, the health of their loved ones and their community.

“I can’t stop thinking about all the amazing knowledge that I gained. I have been already able to use a lot of what I learned helping friends and even my family in Brazil ! It also motivated me to pursue more knowledge and go deeper into some of the contents.”

“The Community Herbalist Certificate program provided a strong foundation to grow my passion for herbal medicine. The wisdom and experience shared by the instructors, and the balance of scientific, traditional and spiritual knowledge is invaluable.”

“I wanted to continue my lifelong herbal education through a more formal and comprehensive program, and found all of the courses to be well put together and full of useful information! The instructors were all top notch, and they delivered the material in ways that facilitated learning too!”

“This program is thoughtfully and beautifully designed and I’m so grateful to be able to learn from it. There is a multitude of ways to practice herbalism and I love the variety of instructors to learn from. Loved the program guides and videos!”

“This program is absolutely amazing, and I love that you encourage experimental learning. I think this should be a part of public school, K-12 education. Loved the medicinal kitchen course; I’m super excited to add my new herbal knowledge to my recipes. Herbal Therapeutics; with every topic, I was like, “can we go into this more in-depth?” I just want to know MORE!!!”

“The Community Herbalist Program at Pacific Rim College truly nurtured my heart and soul. The program is well planned out with great resources, top-class instructors and support staff. I felt supported through my journey, which I am honoured and grateful for. I am now part of the Pacific Rim College Community and Alumni, amazing.”

“Exceeded expectations, I found Medicinal Mushrooms and Medicinal Kitchen courses most useful. I have never truly learnt how to use food as medicine. In the past, as a physician, I’ve only known to prescribe Big Pharma drugs.”

“A very supportive environment, even online, and the material is quite challenging at times and always interesting. Far exceeded my expectations and made me consider going further.”

“Beyond my expectations, outstanding job. I love the different teachers with the different areas of learning and their personal takes on herbology. Thus far, it is all beneficial, but I enjoy making beauty products, infused oils for medicine, and cooking products for my chef-partner. Hard to chose when you enjoy learning about it all.”

“I absolutely loved the Community Herbalism Program! It was very well done and beautifully curated. The teachers were very knowledgeable and engaging. I found a new love and appreciation for the natural world. I’ve always wanted to learn to make my herbal medicines, and this course gave me the foundation to do just that. I’m very excited to plant my first herb garden next spring! Thank you!”

“I love learning in this program. I never thought I’d be so excited about school every day.”

“Excellent learning experience! I love the rich library of information within every course because each built upon the next in terms of integration; I loved learning about the different pathologies; also the infusions; decoctions; medicinal herbal cooking; gift making.”

“Loving every moment, YES! I can’t pick which course I like the most; they all have been amazing.

“I found the content very informative, and the program beautifully presented and easy to follow. I know that I will use the herbal program guidebooks often in the future.”

“BEYOND EXPECTATIONS. Well structured yet, a varied mix of teaching styles and environments were all engaging. Most useful: Herbal Therapeutics, Holistic Nutrition + all Peter Conway lectures.”

“A big thank you for making this herbal course accessible! I am so excited about my future and making herbal medicine. I feel like there’s been a lot of time, effort, and love put into this program, especially in how the instructors show how happy they are guiding us! I am an RMT and can’t wait to make things like arthritis relieving cream for my clients.”

“The Community Herbalism Online Program is beautiful and well laid out. I also enjoy learning from the discussion boards. The herbalists that are responding to my questions are thorough, encouraging and kind. The quality of the education is superb.”

“Great! Love it! Such a fantastic course! It has helped me to gain a preliminary understanding of the herbal world! The instructors are invested, and the love for what they do is clearly expressed in their teaching! “

“The course is very high quality, informative, easy to maneuver, with incredible visuals(videos) and layout! During these different times and losing my job, the thought of retraining from online school wasn’t exciting for me until I came across this course. The fact that it’s filmed beautifully, full of herbs, gardens and life, is such a gift!”

“Thank you for making this course available online! I’ve wanted to study herbal medicine for ages now but could not find a course that didn’t require full-time study. I love the videos and guidebooks – the dual learning ability is very helpful. This course is perfect!”

“This is an excellent course, high-quality videos and support, scientifically based and outstanding instructors. The support of fellow students and the quality of the materials are outstanding. It has helped kickstart my community herbalist business.”

“The course was great; I appreciated the additional reading list, of which I am working my way through many of the titles. Peter Conway’s sessions had the most profound effect on me- he is inspirational in how he communicates and makes you think.”

“I loved this course and learning about traditional First Nation medicines. I wanted to take a course like this, so I had more knowledge and skills to give someone herbs with confidence.”

“I am delighted with this program thus far. Especially the cooking ideas! I enjoy learning how to utilize medicinal herbs for everyday normal/natural usage. The gift-making section was also very useful because making homemade products seems too daunting, but now it’s very easy.”

“Excellent. Herbal body products and gift-making videos are great. I have enjoyed making soaps and salves because I know exactly what is in them. Now there are more products I can make for myself and my family.”

“I am loving the Community Herbalist Program. It is stepping up my game in every aspect of my herbal journey – to build upon my medicine garden skillfully, the daily family uses, and effective formulas for those close to me. So happy I chose to enroll. Even with homeschooling 3 small children, the material is so accessible in bite-size portions and engaging that it is not a chore to turn on my laptop when all is quiet in the house and get studying – I look forward to each day to when I can tune into another class!”

“This is such an amazing program. I loved every minute of it, very well done and thorough. I highly recommend it. I loved the videos and textbooks—all the material—the instructors and staff are amazing.”

“The Community Herbalist Program really was amazing: very well done, professional, authentic, expansive, well-priced. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity. The most influential information I learned was that we don’t need a change in human nature but we need to remember what human nature is and it is through the wisdom of plants that we will find this to help our planet. It feels inherent, but the combination of this as the theme of the program and working directly with plants throughout the course was truly life-changing. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

“I long had a desire to receive some sort of formal herbal education. I researched for a long time for an online herbal school based in Canada. I think this program is a great starting point for anyone who intends on practicing herbalism—I’ve really tried to apply as much as possible of what I’ve learned. Most useful in the program first and foremost is probably the Materia Medica. That is the basis for all herbal work! Secondly, the recipes (with the video demonstrations).”

“Very organized. Very educational. The textbooks are beautiful. Very impressed. I have always wanted to study at PRC—it has been a dream, so I took advantage of this chance to learn from very grounded, practical, passionate teachers. Learning how to formulate products was very worthy for me. Thank you soo much. I’m looking forward to putting forth this wealth of knowledge into practice.”

“Very thorough and packed with lots of great information. The Community Herbalist Program is a great stepping stone to the world of herbal medicine.”

“Thoroughly have enjoyed the whole ride, I’m so excited to have found a school where I want to learn, in fact even look forward to each new lesson. I’m excited to watch all the videos again without stopping to take notes constantly.”

“This course has been life-altering in so many ways. I feel dramatically empowered in taking care of my own health and inspired to support others in theirs. It was soothing and beautiful to watch, informative and inspiring. Everything was very well covered. I loved the bonus live video lectures and the herbal hangout sessions, they made me feel a part of a community.”

“Fantastic. I signed up for the Community Herbalist Program because I was intrigued about the herbal path – that passion has been well and truly been ignited! I’ve loved every module for different reasons. I really enjoy the live virtual classrooms, too. Honestly, I feel like it has all been life-changing.”

“The Community Herbalist Program has been incredibly inspiring; it has expanded and deepened my understanding of our bodies, health and has made me feel so much more confident in treating ailments at home. It has also deepened my experience as a farmer, and my connection to plants, both native and cultivated.”

“I feel this course has so much information and I have learned so much—I continue to come back to what I have learned and learn something new each time. I love the flexibility, different perspectives, and knowledge from each teacher. I have been both humbled and reassured that I am on the right path. Coming in very “green” as someone who never gardened or harvested before, rather than feeling inadequate I am so truly grateful that I have learned there is a process, a bigger picture, a connection and balance to receive before taking.”

“Very enjoyable, easy-to-follow, and engaging. I learned the best when I was watching the instructors actually make the recipes alongside talking about the herbs that are going into the recipes. I’ve learned that you don’t have to perfect. Spending time with the plants and creating relationships with plants is very important as well.”

“I’m happy I decided to take the program. I really enjoyed Amanda and David—they made learning fun with simple terms to not scare people. I wish I had them both when I was in high school.”

“The Community Herbalist Program is a wealth of knowledge that transforms your everyday life, especially the harmonious balance of what it means to be a conscious herbalist: the relationship with the plants that enhances the willingness to give and receive. This program flowed gracefully into each subject, and I will likely go back and re-digest what calls to me.”

“It has been an excellent program thus far! A wonderful range of program material covered with very engaging teachers. From learning the medicinal qualities of each individual plant to how to prepare internal and external medicines with them, I am thoroughly enjoying it all.”

“Exceeded expectations. Very nicely put together with the best possible content. I appreciate all the hard work that was put into bringing this course online for us who are far away from Vancouver Island.”

“Very professional and well-designed. I have thoroughly enjoyed the program thus far. So much that I upgraded from the Home Herbalist to the Community Herbalist Program. The instructors are knowledgeable and passionate which makes me so excited to continue my learning journey.”

“I highly recommend this program to anyone wanting to learn more about herbalism. The instructors are fantastic, the online courses are high quality, and the included textbooks are full of knowledge that you’ll find yourself referring to on a day-to-day basis. I think that there is something for everyone in this program, no matter what your relationship is to plants and herbs.“

“I was enjoying the Home Herbalist Program and wanted to keep going—I’m happy with the Community Herbalist Program so far. Very well organized, easy to follow, loving learning more about our plant allies.”

“I love it. Each section has been so informative. I’m happy with what is included, and the instructors are varied and knowledgeable. Learning about each herb and its benefits has begun a never-ending journey for me. The Community Herbalist Program is a great stepping stone into the massive world of herbal medicine.”

“So thoughtful and well-designed. The variety of instructors were all so inspiring to impact my ongoing herbal studies. This course exceeded my expectations: from the content to the quality of instruction it was worth every penny!”

“Fantastic! Full of very knowledgeable instructors who covered a very comprehensive array of subjects. And doing it through PRCO was just amazing as well as the team there is just so helpful, approachable, and always there whenever I needed them!”

“My grandmother is Métis, but my family never taught my sister and me about our Indigenous roots. I’ve always felt drawn to it but never knew where to start. My grandma used to give us Rat Root and Echinacea when we were sick and tell us where to find them. This course for me symbolizes the beginning of learning about my heritage and my journey to finally connecting with something that’s felt in line with my soul since being a little girl. I’m very, very grateful.”

“This course is incredible. I recommend to anyone who will listen. I am loving it! I feel like it covers all the bases. The teachers are fun and knowledgable. Just wow! The materia medica was great! Even my mom followed along. I am enjoying learning about and trying the recipes too… I just wish I would have found this program when I was in high school and deciding where to attend college.”