Farm Based Herbal Education
Tincture making workshop, introducing the medicinal plants pictured here: milky oat (Avena sativa), catnip (Nepeta cataria), motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), and yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Come Experience the Plants!
At Kern Farm, we are now offering community educational workshops in herbal medicine making, therapeutic herbalism, organic medicinal herb growing, and essential oil distillation. We are thrilled with how our 2021, 2022, and 2023 programs went, and are grateful to all the students and for all the wonderful plants that we got to know. Our 9-month “Mountain Medicine Herbalism Program” is now open for registration for the 2024 season. Please check our registration page to enroll. Below you’ll find helpful information about our current programs.
Handfuls of Calendula (Calendula officinalis)
Preparing spearmint (Mentha piperita) for distillation
Courses are taught by Becca Kern, MS. Becca is an herbalist, organic herb grower, and distiller who also teaches a two year graduate level program in herbal medicine at Bastyr University in Washington State. Prior to moving to California, she owned and operated an organic medicinal herb farm and herbal education program in Washington, and served her community as a practicing midwife who specialized in botanical medicine and nutrition for women’s health. Becca brings her passion for herb growing, holistic health, herbal medicine making, and community based education to life in these interactive hands-on workshops.
We have a crew of 2-3 herbalism interns who also help with classes. They help Becca with herb cultivation, harvesting, making our herbal products, and preparing for our herbal classes.
We are excited to welcome Amy Wilkins as a teacher in training for our herbalism program this year. Amy has a background in both herbalism and holistic nutrition and will be sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm for holistic wellness with our students this year.