THE WILD EDGE OF HERBALISM

Learn to work with plants as teachers to transform your herbal practice.

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Course Duration:

18 Weeks / 4 months

Next Sessions

LIVE CLASS: Thursday Evening
STARTS: 14th August 2025 
LIVE CLASS: Saturday Morning
STARTS: 16th August 2025 

Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

Create relationships with medicine plants for depth and potency in your herbal walk.

Wild-hearted herbalism needs to move beyond simply matching herbs to symptoms. The depth of healing needed in the world requires us to heal the human-earth connection and reclaim our connection with medicine plants as teachers and allies.

This 4 month herbal journey is designed to awaken your capacity to learn directly from the plants, and give you confidence and clarity in working with herbs in clinical practice, personal use and spiritual arts.

It is designed for herbalists, naturopaths, witches, plant walkers of all types and those on a wild path of healing.

BONUS: Your daily plant attunement homework is a moment of self-connection, reflection and stillness - bringing you not just plant wisdom but a meditative practice for plant folk.
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- Stephanie Hazel

Herbalist, teacher and deep lover of this wild earth

Sarah Sky

Medical Specialist

"Stephanie's approach to learning about herbs through Wild Edge of Herbalism is very unique and I retained much more information than I thought I would with her methods. It was wonderful to take each herb as tincture by itself without knowing what it was and tune in acutely to the subtle ways it worked on the body. The weekly lessons were informative and run in a relaxed friendly manner.

I have a great understanding of how to nurture my particular plant allies going forward and I look forward to learning from and consulting with Stephanie in the future."

Book a call with Stephanie to explore where you are on your plant path, and find out if you are right for this course.

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Here’s what you’ll get:

Module 1: Plant Allies

Live Sessions:

THURSDAY EVENING: 14th Aug - 13th Sept 2025

SATURDAY MORNING: 16th Aug - 15th Sept 2025

The first 5 weeks of this course is an introduction to Embodied Plant Listening.

You will take four different herbs blind for one week each, practicing tuning in and learning through observation & intuition. Each week we will gather live online where you will hear the experience and insight of the other students (very powerful!) and then be guided through the history, the myth, the science and practical application in clinic and home of each herb you have been meeting.

This module is available as a stand-alone course for $470.

Module 2: Animist Herbalist Retreat

Retreat Dates:

2nd - 6th October 2025

This retreat in beautiful Tamborine Mountain (45 mins from Gold Coast airport) is a powerful and transformative experience.

Extensive herb gardens, a creek, hot-tub, infrared sauna and a gorgeous temple space will inspire & relax you. Camping & all delicious meals included in the price, or you can upgrade to a cosy room.

We will sit in & with nature, do group deep ecology practices, get our hands dirty in the medicine garden and use ritual, ecstatic dance & guided trance and to go even deeper. You will awaken your eternal connection with the plant world, connect with your ancestral lineage of herbalists & integrate body, mind & soul.

* For those joining us from overseas, an at-home retreat option is available *

Module 3: Plant Teachers

Live Session:

SATURDAY MORNING: 18th Oct - 6th Dec 2025

Eight weeks of interactive group classes online & at-home practice enlivened by the retreat, connected to your cohort and excited by the wild depths possible in plant connection work, we will continue our journey...

In the advanced module, we will meet 4 new plants Each plant you will meet for one week without knowing what it is, and then have the opportunity to journey more deeply with them, exploring what it is like to work with them ‘aware’, to call for their support in our lives, and to grow them, plant them and prepare them in different ways.

Weekly medicine making videos & herb seeds support you to get dirty and hands-on. This module explores some ancient and subtle plants that will become indispensable in your clinical or home herbalist work.

Final Workshop: Walking with the Plants

Live Session:

SATURDAY MORNING: 13th Dec 2025

Full day at-home/online workshop to deepen the practice and consolidate the knowledge gained.

We will gather online one last time. Compare and contrast the herbs we have studied, examine clinical application of herbs, and revisit the animist practices from the retreat.

Bonus: Foundations of Ancient Herbalism

MINI-COURSE: Available on Enrolment

A self-study introduction module taking you through fun and engaging videos of core ideas and theory, covering:

  • Animism and the sentience of earth
  • The three ways of knowing (mind, body, heart)
  • How to listen to plants and ‘tune in’
  • Energetics of herbal medicine
  • Flavour theory for herbal insight
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Not ready for the full Wild Edge experience?

Enrol in - Module 1: Plant Allies

A 5 week introduction to Embodied Plant Listening.
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Janine DiBella Fernandes

Professional Herbalist

"I recently completed the 'finding your plant allies' online 6 week course with Stephanie. It was so enjoyable and so informative. Taking the time to learn each herb in a much deeper way, was enlightening in many ways. If you have the chance to be involved in this course, I cannot recommend it more highly. I am looking forward to any further learning I have with Stephanie."

Are you a Plant Allies Graduate, ready to complete the Wild Edge journey?

Continue your Journey with - Module 2, 3 & Final Workshop

3 month Course Duration: 18th Oct - 13th Dec 2025
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Who is this course for:

Practicing herbalists and naturopaths who want to rewild and en-soul their practice.
Students of herbalism and naturopathy who want to bring the plants and the enchantment into their studies.
Passionate home herbalists and plant folk who want to go straight for the heart of herbalism.
Witches, psychedelic plant folk, deep ecology folk and rewilders who want to know the spirit of plants.

Book a call with Stephanie to discover if this course is for you!

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Frequently Asked Questions:

Is this an online course?
Kind Of! Most of the classes are online in small groups, but I have worked hard to make this as interactive, dynamic and embodied as possible. You will have your physical journal and herbal learning kit, as well as the 4 day immersive retreat in the middle.
What do I get when I sign up?
You will receive two herbal learning kits in the post - the first valued at $150 and the second at $350. These include 8 bottles of tinctures, packets of tea and raw herbal material, plus a plant connection journal and medicine making supplies.< br/> You’ll also get instant access to the bonus mini-course “The Foundations of Ancient Herbalism”.
Are the classes recorded if I miss one?
There is a recorded class on each plant if you miss the live classes, or want to revisit the content (you will definitely want to do this!). The powerful experiences and observations of the group are key to the depth of this course, and are only available live. If you can’t commit to at least 70% of the live classes, I don’t recommend you join.
How many people are in the course at once?
I’m committed to dynamic, interactive classes, which means I cap each group at 15 people. This means I have to charge a little more than some online teachers, it’s beyond worth it!
What does this require of me?
Aside from the retreat, all you need is 10-15 minutes of your day for personal practice, plus 2 hours per week for the group calls. It works best when you are able to commit to the process (the plants like this better too!) and be fairly stable in your routine. Don’t sign up if you are planning on travelling a lot, are pregnant/postpartum or in a party-hard phase of life. You just won’t be able to tune in to the plant in the way the course requires.
What is your cancellation policy?
I offer a full refund up until 20 days before the first class. I take very small numbers of students, and pay for retreat venue, catering, herbal supplies and more for each student enrolled. Between 20 days and the first class, I offer a 50% refund for cancellations.
Once the course has started, if you need to drop out for personal hardship reasons then you can join in a future group to continue your journey.

Ready to Reawaken to the Potency of the Plant-Human Connection?

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