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UNICOI – Would you like to make your own Elderberry Syrup or Dandelion Skin Salve to ease the ailments of friends and family?

Students in HERBalachia’s Herbalist Lifestyle Program will learn to create their own herbal

apothecary from plants they find in nature when classes begin April 20!

Since 2016, this east Tennessee herbal school has offered classes and workshops to the

growing population of people choosing a more natural approach to health. The Lifestyle

Program meets one weekend per month April through September and students learn plant

identification, wild food foraging, ethical harvesting, and how to make herbal salves, tinctures,

syrups, lotions, and other products.

School founder Dr. Michelle Bouton feels the popularity of their programs is partly due to the

history of herbal medicine in the area, and many people remember their grandparents

harvesting herbs for medicine.

Dr. Bouton shares that over 70% of herbs used in medicines in the 1920s and 1930s (such as

ginseng, cohosh, lobelia, etc.) came from plants harvested in the east Tennessee/western North

Carolina area. One of the reasons Dr. Bouton started the school was to preserve the herbal

knowledge of the southern Appalachian area.

Registration is now open for the Herbalist Lifestyle Program which begins classes April 20.

REGISTRATION: https://www.herbalachia.com/lifestyle-program

CONTACT INFO: Michelle Bouton, HERBalachia Director

michelle@HERBalachia.com

(423) 612-7494

ABOUT HERBALACHIA:

HERBalachia, the first herbal training school in east Tennessee, nourishes traditions and herbal

community in Appalachia. The faculty of 13 professionals have connected herbalists, growers,

and educators by promoting safe usage of herbs since 2016.

Information on programs and the annual Sassafras Moon Herbal Festival in Erwin can be

found at HERBalachia.com