Northeast School of Botanical Medicine Herbal Homepage

Welcome to the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine

Within this website you can find current information about the herbal medicine programs, as well as associated handouts, syllabus, application and calendar of events. There is a photo section where there are numerous photos of the school, wildcrafting trips, animals, plants, places, and other nature aspects.                                          Northeast School of Botanical Medicine 2011

There is also information on other areas where I am involved such as the Ithaca Free Clinic and teaching abroad.  If you are interested in a more ongoing discussion, see my blog or Facebook pages (7Song and School page)

 

 

Community Herbalism Intensive 2011

 Northeast School of Botanical Medicine Programs

Please Note
No programs in 2012. I will be not running the school in 2012. The school will be open again in 2013. If you are interested please let me know, as it now January 2012 and program is already beginning to fill.

Visiting the School. As the school year has finished, there are no classes to visit until the next program in 2013. However, I invite all prospective students to visit me at the school when your schedule allows. It is much easier to conduct an interview (for both of us) in person, and you can see the school grounds as well.

Please call or email at least a few weeks in advance to be sure that I will be home.

Northeast School of Botanical Medicine

Northeast School of Botanical Medicine-School grounds in September

 

Apprenticeship Program

Applications are being accepted for 2013. There are two positions still open and I am currently interviewing applicants. Please read full description before applying.

 Overview of Programs

This page is a good place to learn about the emphasis and focus of the school for potential students get an idea of why you would choose to attend the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine

Community Herbalism Intensive (450 hour 7 month course)
This is a comprehensive and hands-on program. It meets 3 days weekly with extended field trips and is geared to give students an in-depth training about materia medicia, physiology, clinical skills and well as a practical hands-on education. Students move to the Ithaca area for this program.

Weekend Herbal Program (One weekend per month)

This is a one weekend per month class meets from May-November (except September) where NSBM Weekend Program 2011students gain a practical understading of clinical herbalism, plant identification, wildcrafting, medicine making, and the other aspects of herbalism.

  • Please note-There are no extended field trips though we visit local enviornments 

 

Weekend Herbalism Progam 2011 debarking Willow

 Upcoming Classes Abroad with 7Song

7Song teaches at a number of schools, conferences and other venues around the country, please see here for his teaching schedule
 

PhotosWhite-faced Meadowhawk

One of my favorite pastimes is taking photos of plants, with a focus on medicinal plants. The plants here are accurately labeled and can be used for help in identification.
As a naturalist, there are also many photos of animals, insects and landscapes. There are also photographs of previous classes and the places we've been. It is searchable, and a good place to get a sense of the different programs

 

Applications, Handouts and Syllabus
This section contains handouts used in classes, the school's application and other informative material. There is a wide variety of topics here, so please browse for any information you may find helpful. 

Herb Articles

Here are a number of articles relating to herbs, books, or any subject that did not make it to the handouts or blog sections. These include a number of book reviews on the plant guides I use to identify plants in my travels.

NSBM 2010-Medicine Making in the Adirondacks

 NSBM 2007 in the Adirondacks