If you have found yourself here, you have a spark of curiosity about herbal medicine.
Or maybe it’s more like a fiery passion. Perhaps your curiosity feels like a tug on a golden thread and you know it’s time to go deeper.
You may be hoping to step into the tapestry of this knowledge which once had no name because it was simply a part of a well-woven life. You may wish to know the plants in a familial way, understanding when and how to harvest and be with them for delightful preparations as well as acute needs.
Perhaps you have already been deep in study for years but you want your learning to come to life, to be animated in a garden with bright and spicy flowers, bitter leaves and sweet roots, in the presence of others also walking this path because we are in love with a plant. Likely we are each in love with many and find something so dreamy, but also so solidly practical and supportive in reconnecting ourselves to the plants, their seasons, and their medicines.
If any of this rings true, then a very hearty welcome to you.
Or maybe it’s more like a fiery passion. Perhaps your curiosity feels like a tug on a golden thread and you know it’s time to go deeper.
You may be hoping to step into the tapestry of this knowledge which once had no name because it was simply a part of a well-woven life. You may wish to know the plants in a familial way, understanding when and how to harvest and be with them for delightful preparations as well as acute needs.
Perhaps you have already been deep in study for years but you want your learning to come to life, to be animated in a garden with bright and spicy flowers, bitter leaves and sweet roots, in the presence of others also walking this path because we are in love with a plant. Likely we are each in love with many and find something so dreamy, but also so solidly practical and supportive in reconnecting ourselves to the plants, their seasons, and their medicines.
If any of this rings true, then a very hearty welcome to you.
Rooted Home Herbalism is the class we wanted to take when we began our study.
This class celebrates the plants that grow, bloom, fruit and root in the light half of the year.
Our exploration of the green world during this eight-month series will blend plenty of hands-on learning in field, forest, and garden. We will harvest and taste, mix up medicines and study with plants that are growing within and around our outdoor classroom.
This class is designed to be an intimate gathering of plants and people, led by guides who have been walking the plant path for years and have a lot to share.
This class celebrates the plants that grow, bloom, fruit and root in the light half of the year.
Our exploration of the green world during this eight-month series will blend plenty of hands-on learning in field, forest, and garden. We will harvest and taste, mix up medicines and study with plants that are growing within and around our outdoor classroom.
This class is designed to be an intimate gathering of plants and people, led by guides who have been walking the plant path for years and have a lot to share.
Summertime classroom under the Linden tree.
This class is for you if:
- You love plants and want to gain fluency with the local flora, both the native species and the wild weedy ones.
- You are interested in taking steps to uncover and reclaim the herbal knowledge of your great-great grandmothers and grandfathers.
- You are open to following your curiosity and engaging new skills as we learn directly from plants and go beyond what is found in books or lectures.
- You seek a warm in-person community supporting each other in learning.
- You want a foundation of information and experience from which you can draw for years.
- You wish to incorporate your love of herbs and wild plants into your kitchen, your daily life, and your care for yourself and your family.
- You want to root into the wheel of the seasons; what an elder Pennsylvania Dutch healer called stepping into the hoop.
Greeting and tasting the mallow family Rose of Sharon while eating herbal popsicles
Class Structure
Each month during class you can look forward to:
- a tea-tasting to start your morning and tune your tastebuds to what the flavors of our herbs can tell us about their properties.
- a plant walk where we meet a whole cast of garden-growing and wild plants, from delicate annual herbs to mighty-trunked trees and dip into the language of botany as needed.
- a medicine-making session, including a demonstration and take-home recipes for your own experimentation
- a deep exploration of the energetics, actions, indications, harvesting methods, and preparations for two plants that are in their glory when we gather.
- a plant sit to allow our many senses to learn from plants directly.
- simple seasonal ritual drawing on our own Celtic & Germanic traditions as an invitation for you to connect with your own lineage as you work with our plant ancestors.
- a teaching introducing you to a foundational herbal tradition, set of concepts, or related field of study that will provide a richer framework in your herbalism (included will be vitalism, energetics, and mycology, among others).
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Shannon mixing wild green pesto for our group to taste and some Violet syrup spritzers with Dandelion and Violet ice cubes
What you receive with this class:
- A binder with thorough handouts for each class meeting, including materia medica on the featured plants of the month, recipes for each month, and deep dives into foundational herbal concepts that you can refer to for years.
- Your own herbal products to take home from our in-class recipe demonstrations, including a salve, a tincture, a flower essence, fire cider, and more.
- 48 hours of on-farm instruction time along with follow-ups to connect you to more resources. You'll also have access to us to answer the questions that pop up for you along the way.
- The invitation to harvest from our bountiful gardens and fields for your home apothecary. At each months’ class we will share what’s available for harvest, which could include holy basil, chamomile, and lemongrass in the summer and roots of dandelion, and elecampane in the fall.
- Treats and surprises! As the generous green world grows, blossoms and fruits around us, we get inspired to create and play, making all sorts of herbal treats to add sweetness and spice to our time together. We've enjoyed chamomile and hibiscus popsicles in June, a blueberry-rose cordial and rose-hip jelly in July, and reishi-chocolate truffles in August. We gifted motherwort plants, had spontaneous lunch-time swims in the pond, and decided to have a day of root-digging together in the fall after class was over.
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ingredients for Blueberry Rose Cordial and Elderflowers and other Solstice blooms on their way to becoming cordial
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Equinox to Equinox
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Our classes will be held from 9:00 to 4:00 one Saturday per month. Normally, we hold our first and last class very close to the spring and fall equinoxes in March and September. This season, we're extending class another month into October. We want to make more room for harvest time together and to go deeper with everything that we share.
Mark these dates on your calendar when you sign up: March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 July 20 August 17 September 21 October 19 We are planning to hold class 100% outside, though we do have a greenhouse to retreat into if needed. Bitter cold, heavy rains or high threat of thunderstorms may reschedule class, though this is unlikely. If necessary, we will plan to reschedule for the following Sunday or the following Saturday, depending on the weather forecast and everyone’s availability. |
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the Land
The land where we hold classes has been known as Poplar Bottom for all the Tulip Poplar trees standing guardian in the moist woods here. There are about 60 acres in mixed hardwood forest, a span that connects in rough patchwork to French Creek State Park. This land has been a farm in many different eras and incarnations, including a poultry operation more than 70 years ago and our dear friend and landlord’s sheep & homestead operation, and prior to this was a site of charcoal burning for Hopewell Furnace. And prior to that it was a home place of the Lenape people.
Annie & her husband own and operate Broad Wing Farm on this land; an endeavor which includes intensively managed organically-grown vegetables, herbs, a flock of sheep, chickens, a farm dog, cats and rabbits. We are devoted to building remineralized and living soil in our gardens and letting wildness flourish where we can.
Our classroom here is under the shade of a linden tree, planted by that same dear friend. Our monthly classes will include the ever-changing presence of the plants and the land: the dry stalks and tender new sprouts of early spring and the jungle-y profusion of flowers and vines of summer. Our students have told us that the land is as much a being in our class as anyone else and they feel a relationship with it after coming back throughout so many seasons to harvest, sit, and listen.
Annie & her husband own and operate Broad Wing Farm on this land; an endeavor which includes intensively managed organically-grown vegetables, herbs, a flock of sheep, chickens, a farm dog, cats and rabbits. We are devoted to building remineralized and living soil in our gardens and letting wildness flourish where we can.
Our classroom here is under the shade of a linden tree, planted by that same dear friend. Our monthly classes will include the ever-changing presence of the plants and the land: the dry stalks and tender new sprouts of early spring and the jungle-y profusion of flowers and vines of summer. Our students have told us that the land is as much a being in our class as anyone else and they feel a relationship with it after coming back throughout so many seasons to harvest, sit, and listen.
about your guides
We believe rooted herbalism serves the earth and is of the people and should be accessible and empowering.
We met about 6 years ago at a birth class when we were both 8 months pregnant. We soon found out we were both plant people and dove into rich conversations that have not ceased. Now we have 6-year-olds (turning 7!) who know how to pick Plantain for boo-boo's, can identify Violet leaves, and ask for Rose elixir when they’re upset. And their little siblings will soon follow in their green footsteps!
We met about 6 years ago at a birth class when we were both 8 months pregnant. We soon found out we were both plant people and dove into rich conversations that have not ceased. Now we have 6-year-olds (turning 7!) who know how to pick Plantain for boo-boo's, can identify Violet leaves, and ask for Rose elixir when they’re upset. And their little siblings will soon follow in their green footsteps!
Shannon Muldoon
My journey with herbalism started in 2012 when I studied with Juliet Blankespoor at the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine in Asheville, NC. For the past 10+ years I have continued to connect with plants through lots of exploration, self-study, herb cultivation, attending conferences, wildcrafting/foraging, and working as a community herbalist at Humboldt Herbals in Eureka, CA. As a humble student of plants and the healing arts, I enjoy continually finding new avenues of study and expansion for health and wellness. In addition to being a mama of 2 little ones, I am a postpartum care provider and a PA certified massage therapist, specializing in prenatal and postpartum bodywork. It is my hope that I can help inspire others to forge deep connections with the Earth, and cultivate a sense of bewilderment about the plants and our achingly beautiful dance together.
Annie Hasz
I've always been passionate about plants and I've lived this love as a vegetable farmer since I was a teenager. For me, just as essential as tending food crops is slipping off into the woods to forage wild salads and herbs for teas. In 2010 I took a life-changing Homestead Herbalism course with Susan Hess. The day we learned about comfrey, I badly sprained my ankle on a friend's farm, giving me the perfect opportunity to make a comfrey poultice and practice what I'd been learning. It worked, and added to the many powerful experiences I've had in the presence of plants. In 2012 I moved to Virginia to study with Kat Maier in Sacred Plant Traditions' Clinical Herbalism program. My partner and I started Broad Wing Farm in 2014, growing nutrient-dense food with organic practices for our community. Welcoming people onto the land and into our garden to meet and taste plants nourishes me on a deep level.
Reserve Your Space for Rooted Home Herbalism
Rooted Home Herbalism: Pay in Full
$1,200.00
Join our class for this season!
Class includes eight Saturdays (48 hours) of in-person instruction throughout the light half of the year, a binder of herbal reference materials, a plethora of medicine-making recipes, access to a variety of medicinal plants to harvest from the farm and so much more.
Rooted Home Herbalism: Pay Deposit
$200.00
Join our class for this season!
Make this deposit to hold your space.
A second installment of $500 is due by the start of class on March 23. The third installment of $500 is due by June 1st to continue class. Or, chose to pay $125 monthly due by the start of each class.
You may pay online right here, or use venmo @Annie-Hasz, or pay us in person at that month's class in cash or check made out to Broad Wing Farm.
Class includes eight Saturdays (48 hours) of in-person instruction throughout the light half of the year, a binder of herbal reference materials, a plethora of medicine-making recipes, access to a variety of medicinal plants to harvest from the farm and so much more.
Rooted Home Herbalism: Pay Second & Third Installment Here
$500.00
After your initial deposit, a second installment of $500 is due by the start of class March 23. The third installment of $500 is due by June 1st to continue class.
You may pay online right here, or use venmo @Annie-Hasz, or pay us in person at that month's class in cash or check made out to Broad Wing Farm. Payments are non-refundable.
Class includes eight Saturdays of in-person instruction throughout the light half of the year, a binder of herbal reference materials, and materials for recipe-making.
Rooted Home Herbalism: Pay Monthly Here
$125.00
After your initial deposit, pay monthly installments here! Your first monthly payment of $125 is due by the start of class March 23. Subsequent monthly payments are due by each month's class. There are 8 classes in total. Payments are non refundable.
You may pay online right here, or use venmo @Annie-Hasz, or pay us in person at that month's class in cash or check made out to Broad Wing Farm.
Payment Plan: Make a deposit of $200 to reserve your space. Your second installment of $500 is due by start of class March 23. A second installment of $500 is due by June 1st to continue class. Or, chose to pay $125 monthly by clicking the St John's Wort above. Pay through our site above, venmo @Annie-Hasz or make checks out to Broad Wing Farm LLC and send to 95 Mountz Rd/Morgantown, PA 19543. Please let us know if you are mailing a check so we can be sure to reserve your spot.
If you are 100% excited about this course, but these payment options do not work for you, please reach out to us! We are willing to be creative. Write to Annie and Shannon at [email protected].
We can offer a full refund up to March 1st. After that point, we are unable to refund you since we will be preparing materials for your class experience.
If you are 100% excited about this course, but these payment options do not work for you, please reach out to us! We are willing to be creative. Write to Annie and Shannon at [email protected].
We can offer a full refund up to March 1st. After that point, we are unable to refund you since we will be preparing materials for your class experience.
Other Class Details
Make sure you are able to attend all classes in person before signing up. If something comes up and you cannot attend one of the class dates, consider gifting your day to a friend or family member. This class is not recorded.
Though we have a lot to teach about plants and their preparations, none of what we share is meant to or able to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. We do not offer medical advice and we are not doctors. We encourage you to consult your own wise discernment about what is right for you, as well as your doctor or other health care professionals if needed.
In 2021, we donated 10% of our payments for class to SHARE Herbs a group of Black and NBPOC (non-black people of color) herbal medicine makers and plant workers crafting and distributing herbal care kits in Philadelphia. We also brought them a bundle of herbs from our garden for use in their herb kits. In 2022 we donated 5% of our payments for class to SHARE Herbs and 7% to students who needed scholarship assistance to attend class. Though we have no formal scholarship program we encourage you to reach out if you feel called to be part of our class but cannot afford it. From our 2023 class income we are donating to the Botanica Mobile Clinic in Charlottesville, Virginia; a free clinic providing access to herbal consultations and herbs for underserved people in their region. This clinic is stewarded by Annie's teacher Kat Maier and several other area herbalists. We love this model and hope it comes to our region one day!
Though we have a lot to teach about plants and their preparations, none of what we share is meant to or able to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. We do not offer medical advice and we are not doctors. We encourage you to consult your own wise discernment about what is right for you, as well as your doctor or other health care professionals if needed.
In 2021, we donated 10% of our payments for class to SHARE Herbs a group of Black and NBPOC (non-black people of color) herbal medicine makers and plant workers crafting and distributing herbal care kits in Philadelphia. We also brought them a bundle of herbs from our garden for use in their herb kits. In 2022 we donated 5% of our payments for class to SHARE Herbs and 7% to students who needed scholarship assistance to attend class. Though we have no formal scholarship program we encourage you to reach out if you feel called to be part of our class but cannot afford it. From our 2023 class income we are donating to the Botanica Mobile Clinic in Charlottesville, Virginia; a free clinic providing access to herbal consultations and herbs for underserved people in their region. This clinic is stewarded by Annie's teacher Kat Maier and several other area herbalists. We love this model and hope it comes to our region one day!
herb donation fall 2021
Testimonials
We have been blessed with amazing groups of students during our first three seasons of this class who brought so much life and heart to our gatherings. Here's what they had to say about their experience:
It is not an overstatement to say that this class fundamentally changed the way I relate to plants and life and the world around me. This class taught me that plants are our teachers, ancestors, healers, companions and beyond; they have intelligence and the same life force that is within each human and all other living things. Class was a monthly haven for me - being on the farm itself was magic, and the container you two created provided both practical knowledge and deep spiritual grounding. I feel better equipped for healing myself and my community, and feel like I have tools to respond to the inevitable and ongoing crisis of our times.
What I learned in this course also cracked me open to my own ancestral healing journey and was a companion to me as I explored my heritage in Ireland. I believe that connecting to the plant world holds one of the keys to our journey to wholeness as humans...
~Ash Hagerty
What I learned in this course also cracked me open to my own ancestral healing journey and was a companion to me as I explored my heritage in Ireland. I believe that connecting to the plant world holds one of the keys to our journey to wholeness as humans...
~Ash Hagerty
You stimulated curiosity, wonder, magic, community and appreciation for the land and I feel gratitude for the generous knowledge and for the bounty you share.
I would definitely recommend this class to everyone, it’s a beautiful journey.
At this moment I’m working on my reconciliation with autumn and winter: every year for me was unbearable to look outside and see nothing there, it was a lot of sadness and despair during those seasons. Now I’m re-learning about the cycles and accepting we need to rest and re-set and nature needs it too. ~Maria Gonzalez
I was pleasantly surprised with the parts of the class that weren’t directly about plant medicine but healing traditions and methodologies because it helped give framework and familiarity to the knowledge about plant medicine. Shannon and Annie do an amazing job at making everyone feel comfortable and welcome in the space to explore these topics that recent generations have been taught are hokey or ineffective. It felt like such a relief to be able to explore, share, and feel through this new but ancient knowledge. Thank you Shannon and Annie!
~Nate Wolfskill
Shannon and Annie’s Introduction to Herbalism course was a beautiful experience full of knowledge and spiritual connection to the natural world. I signed up for the course after having gleaned some skills in herbalism from various friends and self exploration. I am so glad that I chose to dive deeper through this class. It helped me to widen my understanding of botany and plant ID, medicine making, and form a community with other plant-medicine lovers! Annie and Shannon create such a special space for learning and connecting. Mornings spent under the magical Linden tree on Annie’s farm seamlessly melted into complex lessons and deep meditations. Getting to walk around the beautiful land of Broadwing Farm and meet plants firsthand brings a valuable level of depth to the class, and getting to go home with herbs that you harvested yourself truly brings everything full circle. It has been so satisfying to have my own little apothecary this winter, thanks to all of the medicines we made in class together and that I was able to make on my own with the knowledge that Annie and Shannon shared.
~ Chelsea Anan
~ Chelsea Anan
[I knew] that having in person classes would be the most beneficial since I am still very new to herbalism. Reading information is one thing but to be more hands on and being able to participate in live demonstrations really helps to reinforce the new information. The classes were everything I thought they would be and more. I learned so much over the 7 months and I will continue to build on the foundation that Annie and Shannon set. Annie and Shannon’s passion and knowledge for all the topics we covered shined through and it made the rest of us more open and receptive to this journey together as a group, in and outside the program. ~ Lindsey Heckman
What a great class! I’m so happy to be re-tuning to plant spirit medicine and practice. A part of me has been missing and I feel whole-r. I can tell all the preparations and sweet details that went into our experience. Honoring both you and Shannon for sharing your combined wealth of knowledge and lived practice. Brava! ~ Hillery Woods Siatkowski LMT http://www.hillerywoodswellness.com/
Taking a part in the Rooted Home Herbalism course with Shannon and Annie over the Summer of 2021 has been profound, healing and opening for me on so many levels, and has helped me to reorganize many aspects of my daily life. Transformational is just one word that comes to mind when reflecting on my experience in class.
During my time spent on the farm, I was truly able to slow down, listen, and become open to the teachings of these talented teachers and from the plants themselves. Annie and Shannon are not only skilled at the art & science of herbalism, but they hold a true understanding and gift for opening the doorways for students to craft their own experience and cultivate relationships with the plants.
This course has empowered me in my herbal studies and has helped me to believe in my own intuition, knowledge and ability to trust the plants and make medicines that can help me and my family. This is a truly rooted experience, with hands on demonstrations, plant walks, meditations, storytelling and ancestral connection - something that continues to impact my decision making in all aspects of life.
This course is perfect for those who are just starting to walk the plant path or those who have been walking this path for some time; there is medicine here for everyone. I would not hesitate to take this class again and again, as a new leaf, teaching or insight could unfurl in any moment within the container of magic, presence and openness that Annie and Shannon create together.
~Danielle Harley Crow
During my time spent on the farm, I was truly able to slow down, listen, and become open to the teachings of these talented teachers and from the plants themselves. Annie and Shannon are not only skilled at the art & science of herbalism, but they hold a true understanding and gift for opening the doorways for students to craft their own experience and cultivate relationships with the plants.
This course has empowered me in my herbal studies and has helped me to believe in my own intuition, knowledge and ability to trust the plants and make medicines that can help me and my family. This is a truly rooted experience, with hands on demonstrations, plant walks, meditations, storytelling and ancestral connection - something that continues to impact my decision making in all aspects of life.
This course is perfect for those who are just starting to walk the plant path or those who have been walking this path for some time; there is medicine here for everyone. I would not hesitate to take this class again and again, as a new leaf, teaching or insight could unfurl in any moment within the container of magic, presence and openness that Annie and Shannon create together.
~Danielle Harley Crow
This class is right for anyone who appreciates nature and community.
What I treasured most was the escape from my usual routine. My 72 mile commute was like portaling back in time to a place where cell phones aren't a thing, and the only demands on my attention come from the wonders of the earth begging to be witnessed.
The most challenging part, for me, was venturing out of my comfort zone as a natural introvert. Annie and Shannon are so welcoming, and built such a wonderful community, that this wasn't a challenge for long.
Entering the world of herbalism can feel incredibly daunting and overwhelming. I was surprised by how much information Annie and Shannon were able to present in a way that was easily digestible. But they also normalized the concept that it's ok to not know it all. That we're all always learning, and being curious is an important part of the process. ~Anna Lapp
What I treasured most was the escape from my usual routine. My 72 mile commute was like portaling back in time to a place where cell phones aren't a thing, and the only demands on my attention come from the wonders of the earth begging to be witnessed.
The most challenging part, for me, was venturing out of my comfort zone as a natural introvert. Annie and Shannon are so welcoming, and built such a wonderful community, that this wasn't a challenge for long.
Entering the world of herbalism can feel incredibly daunting and overwhelming. I was surprised by how much information Annie and Shannon were able to present in a way that was easily digestible. But they also normalized the concept that it's ok to not know it all. That we're all always learning, and being curious is an important part of the process. ~Anna Lapp
Still have questions? Reach out to us. E-mail us at [email protected] or call 610-334-3392
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