Session 1 – 23rd June 2025: Online: Live & Recorded session: 2 hours
- Meet and Greet / Ceremony of Plants / Introduce: Botany, Plant structure, Family characteristics, ID’ing & field guides, Latin names
- Homework: Herb walk find 6 plants and ID / Choose and procure a book for your Herbal Recipe Book / Make a herbal bath or sitz bath or yoni steam– (take notes and photos for recipe book).
Session 2 – 7th July 2025: Live & Recorded session: 2 hours
- The art of harvesting and drying herbs / Tea vs Infusions vs Decoctions / Plant Actions / Plant Dedications Ceremony
- Homework: Harvest and dry roots or bark or aerial parts (take notes and photos for recipe book).
Session 3 – 21st July 2025: On-line: Live and Recorded session: 2 hours
- Contraindications – herb safety in pregnancy / Tincture making / Begin Plant Profiles – create a plant profile of your Plant Ally.
- Homework: Start Tincture: Alcohol or Glycerine or Vinegar (take notes & photos for recipe book).
Session 4 – 4th August 2025: On-line: Live and Recorded session: 2 hours.
- Herbs for 1st & 2nd Trimester: Support liver and kidneys / Nervines / Nausea / Sleep / Heartburn.
- Plant Profiles (Red Raspberry / Oatstraw / Alfalfa / Dandelion / Nettle / Ginger / Chamomile).
- Homework: Make an Herbal Syrup (take notes and photos for recipe book).
Session 5 – 18th August 2025: On-line: Live and Recorded session: 2 hours.
- Herbs for 3rd trimester: leg cramps / edema / sciatica / hemorrhoids / labor prep.
- Plant profiles (Mints / Marshmallow / Lavender / Garlic / Black cohosh / Blue cohosh).
- Homework: Start Infused Herbal Oil for external use (take notes and photos for recipe book).
Session 6 – 1st September 2025: On-line: Live and Recorded session: 2 hours.
- Labour & birth / Induction of labour; strengthen contractions / Hemorrhage / Afterbirth contractions.
- Plant profiles ( Motherwort / Cayenne / Crampbark / Angelica / Shepard’s Purse / Castor Oil / Yarrow).
- Homework: Strain tinctures (take notes and photos for recipe book).
Session 7 – 15th September 2025: On-line: Live and Recorded session: 2 hours
- Herbs for the Postpartum: Postpartum healing / baby blues and postpartum mood disorders.
- Plant profiles (Calendula / Plantain / Witch hazel / Skullcap / St John’s Wort / Lemon Balm).
- Lesson in Essential Oil distillation.
- Homework: Flower Essence (take notes and photos for recipe book).
Session 8 – 29th September 2025: On-line: Live and Recorded session: 2 hours.
- Lactation herbs / Galactagogues / Breast poultices for clogged ducts and mastitis / Protect the Nipples with Nipple Butter / Herbs to avoid during Lactation / Essential oils to avoid during Lactation / How to make Lactation cookies.
- Plant profiles (Valerian / Yarrow / Fennel / Blessed thistle / Echinacea).
- Homework: Strain Herbal Oils and Salve making (take notes and photos for recipe book).
Session 9 – 13th October 2025: On-line: Live and Recorded session: 2 hours
- Wrapping up our time together.
- What is in the Midwife’s Herbal bag.
- Honouring our Plant Ally journey.
- All students share their recipes and inspirations.
- Download all our Plant Profiles.
