2026 Winter/Spring Classes
Albuquerque Herbalism offers a variety of classes including both one-day specialty topics as well as in-depth series. Our classes fill up ahead of time, so please plan ahead and register early.
- Join our Herbalism Series as a semester enrollment that includes our core program + all one-day specialty courses.
- Or register for single-day specialty classes listed below.
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The Ecology of
Herbal Medicine:
Dara’s Book
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Featuring ecological/botanical story-telling,
a richly referenced materia medica,
and detailed color photographs
Semester Enrollment
7 Sacred Directions and Plant Allies Series – New Course!
March 3-May 12, 2026 (Weekly In-Person + 2 Live Online Sessions)
A 14-class series based in curanderismo traditions that includes spiritual aspects of herbal practice, ancestral work, and field trips
One Day Specialty Classes
Take any – or all – of these as single classes or as part of the full Herbalism Series. Semester enrollment students are automatically registered.
Food as Medicine
March 14, 2026 (Live Online)
Bring medicinal herbs into your daily diet and explore healing properties of common culinary spices
Forage Wild Mushrooms and Live To Tell
April 11, 2026 (Live Online)
Learn mushroom identification and how to make a spore print
Edible and Medicinal Weeds
May 5, 2026 (In-Person)
Identify and work with resilient local weeds that can nourish our own resilience as food and medicine
One Day Special Event
(Not included in Semester Enrollment)
Summer Solstice Medicinal Plant Walk in the Bosque
June 20, 2026 (In-Person)
Celebrate this time of transition with an evening stroll through our local Bosque wild lands.
Advanced Herbalist Group
Advanced Herbalist Group
12 Saturdays, once monthly (In-Person)
For continuing students, this yearlong course includes guided walks, independent study, and peer group discussion
Made by Students
Instructors
Meet this semester’s expert teachers
Dara Saville
Anna Marija Helt
Atava Garcia Swiecicki
Christiana Magdalena Hopkinson
Candace Qunitana
From Our Students
“I wanted to let you know how much the classes I have taken with you have meant to me. I now have the confidence to take what you’ve given me and continue my own home studies and to experiment on my own – something I never would have done before your classes. I am so grateful to have herbs and herbalism as a regular part of my life now and that has happened because of you and your very accessible way of teaching and the affordability of your classes. I am indebted to you more than I am to any book or online blog or website I’ve ever read or seen, because you made it real for me and gave me the tools to do this on my own.”
Ecological Herbalism Series photo credit: Bill Pentler
“I was so very moved this evening to hear your words around our beautiful Bosque. I can’t even describe to you how much your words meant, hearing from your perspective, its story, plant connections, relationships, and also its waning….I was so moved! I have heard about you a long time from mutual friends about taking your classes and was so excited I finally got in!…Truly, your words and data/information, but how your heart speaks to it, is mind-blowing and moving. Big hugs and thanks again for teaching our community your wonderful class…and doing the work you do!!”
Get In Touch
Want to be the first to hear about our 2021 classes?
OR: Want to request one of our classic classes – herbal cocktails, kitchen herbs, botanical drawing & more listed here? Just let us know!