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 that used to simply be part of a well-woven life. You may wish to know the plants in a familial way, understanding how to work with them to create delightful preparations and tend to 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. Likely we each 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 that used to simply be part of a well-woven life. You may wish to know the plants in a familial way, understanding how to work with them to create delightful preparations and tend to 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. Likely we each 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!
A plant walk in June with abundant blooming Yarrow in the foreground.
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 include 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 include 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.
- are interested in taking steps to uncover and reclaim the herbal knowledge of your ancestral grandmothers and grandfathers.
- 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.
- seek a warm in-person community supporting each other in learning.
- want a foundation of information and experience from which you can draw for years.
- wish to incorporate your love of herbs and wild plants into your kitchen, your daily life, and your care for yourself and your family.
- want to root into the wheel of the seasons; what an elder Pennsylvania Dutch healer called stepping into the hoop.
Greeting and admiring the Greek Mullein flowers in the herb garden.
Class Structure
Each month during class you can look forward to:
- a morning tea-tasting where we experience that just sipping a cup of tea with presence can reveal the properties of the plant.
- 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.
- 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 about a foundational herbal tradition, set of concepts, or related field of study that will provide a richer framework in your herbalism. Included will be thorough introductions to Ethical Wildcrafting, Herbal Actions, Vitalism, Energetics, Mycology, Heart Perception, Ayurvedic Doshas, PA Dutch Healing Traditions, and Herbal First Aid.
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Some summertime class treats, including herbal tea & honey popsicles and Hibiscus-Raspberry jello.
What you receive with this class:
- A binder with detailed 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, Elderberry syrup 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 in season and available for harvest, such as 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 have 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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Top: Shannon completing a batch of fire cider in our class demonstration.
Bottom: ingredients for Blueberry Rose Cordial and Elderflowers and other Solstice blooms on their way to becoming cordial. |
Equinox to Equinox
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Our classes will be held from 9:00 to 4:00 one Saturday per month.
Mark these dates on your calendar when you sign up: March 22 April 26 May 17 June 21 July 19 August 16 September 20 October 18 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. |
Holding flowering Blue Vervain from the garden.
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the Land
Our 2023 group ending a fall plant walk down by the pond as the leaves begin to blaze.
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 before 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 jungly profusion of flowers and vines in 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 jungly profusion of flowers and vines in 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
Shannon and Annie surrounded by beloved Goldenrod.
We believe rooted herbalism serves the earth and is of the people and should be accessible and empowering.
We met about 8 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 7-year-olds (turning 8!) who know how to poultice their cuts with Plantain and Yarrow and turn to favorite flower essences and elixirs when they’re upset. And their little siblings are following in their green footsteps!
We met about 8 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 7-year-olds (turning 8!) who know how to poultice their cuts with Plantain and Yarrow and turn to favorite flower essences and elixirs when they’re upset. And their little siblings are following 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 12+ years I have continued to connect with plants through lots of exploration, self-study, herb cultivation, attending conferences, wildcrafting and 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 two little ones, I am a postpartum care provider and a Pennsylvania 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.
Shannon digging Dandelion in early spring.
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 poultice and practice what I'd been learning. It worked and became one of many powerful experiences I've had with 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.
Annie kneeling in front of Turkey Tail Mushroom with a Mushroom guidebook to show how to use it and check for lookalikes.
Reserve Your Space for Rooted Home Herbalism:
Early Bird registration period open until February 14!
Through Valentine's Day, you can sign up for class at a $1200 (either in full or through payment plans!). Make us your Valentine for the whole season by purchasing before or on this date! After that, our price increases to $1400.
Through Valentine's Day, you can sign up for class at a $1200 (either in full or through payment plans!). Make us your Valentine for the whole season by purchasing before or on this date! After that, our price increases to $1400.
Rooted Home Herbalism: Pay Deposit (Early Bird!)
$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 22. 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.
By making this deposit you are agreeing to pay us in full by one of the above payment plans by the last class in 2025 on October 18.
Rooted Home Herbalism: Pay in Full (Early Bird!)
$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 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 22. 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 pay us in person at that month's class in cash or check made out to Broad Wing Farm. Finally, if none of those options work you may Venmo your payment @Annie-Hasz.
Early Bird Payment Plan: Make a deposit of $200 to reserve your space by February 14th. Your first 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 photo 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.
Cash Option: This year we're offering a cash option because it's pleasant for all of us to avoid the credit card and venmo fees of this modern world. Let’s keep more of our money circulating locally! Our pay-in-full cash price is $1160. Send us a message at [email protected] to arrange payment.
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].
Cash Option: This year we're offering a cash option because it's pleasant for all of us to avoid the credit card and venmo fees of this modern world. Let’s keep more of our money circulating locally! Our pay-in-full cash price is $1160. Send us a message at [email protected] to arrange payment.
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].
Other Class Details
Our class is limited to 15 students. If class fills and you are still looking for an experience with the plants, make sure you are signed up for our newsletter (below!) and you will receive an invitation to our other offerings.
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. If illness of your instructors or bad weather reschedules class, we are unable to offer any refund if you cannot attend the new date. This class is not recorded.
Though we have a lot to teach about plants and their preparations, none of what we share on our website, in our newsletters, e-mails, social media communications or during class 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.
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. If illness of your instructors or bad weather reschedules class, we are unable to offer any refund if you cannot attend the new date. This class is not recorded.
Though we have a lot to teach about plants and their preparations, none of what we share on our website, in our newsletters, e-mails, social media communications or during class 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.
herb donation fall 2021
In 2024, we donated to the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine's Herbal Relief Fund, to support their efforts to rebuild and offer herbal support to their community in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The Chestnut School was founded by Shannon's teacher Juliet Blankespoor.
In 2023 we donated 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. In 2022 we donated 5% of our payments for class to SHARE Herbs and 7% to students who needed scholarship assistance to attend class. In 2021, we donated 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. 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.
In 2023 we donated 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. In 2022 we donated 5% of our payments for class to SHARE Herbs and 7% to students who needed scholarship assistance to attend class. In 2021, we donated 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. 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.
Testimonials
We have been blessed with amazing groups of students during our first four seasons of this class who brought so much life and heart to our gatherings. Here's what they had to say about their experience:
The Rooted Home Herbalism class served as a special grounding sanctuary for me over the 8 months.
Annie and Shannon eloquently held space under the magical linden tree for all of us to connect deeply with the land, with the plants and with each other.
The days flowed seamlessly from tea tasting, discussion, learning and meditation.
It proved to be so different from other herb classes I had taken and this program in particular shines in its focus on botany, a subject that I could never wrap my head around until now!
~Annmarie Cantrell, 2024
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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 , 2023
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, 2023
~ Chelsea Anan, 2023
[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, 2022
So much of this class [was]...about using our senses and our own intuition to feel our way into a relationship with plants that’s very different than just looking at what a plant can “do for me”. It really opened me up to how connected everything really is when I slowed down and took the time to be with nature in a more intimate way.
Annie and Shannon are endlessly giving, open hearted and so deeply knowledgeable in their field. The learning environment they create is like nothing I’ve ever experienced, it’s so free, encouraging and peaks such curiosity and wonder...
And the farm itself… it’s a sanctuary.
This class nourishes something we all need right now. I am so grateful for having joined it.
~Keiko Niwa, 2024
Annie and Shannon are endlessly giving, open hearted and so deeply knowledgeable in their field. The learning environment they create is like nothing I’ve ever experienced, it’s so free, encouraging and peaks such curiosity and wonder...
And the farm itself… it’s a sanctuary.
This class nourishes something we all need right now. I am so grateful for having joined it.
~Keiko Niwa, 2024
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 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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
Still have questions? Reach out to us. E-mail us at [email protected] or call 610-334-3392
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Our fall closing fire October 2023