Yes, our courses offer in depth training in herbal medicine. After 2-3 years of training, depending on your previous experience and how much work and time you put into each course, you can begin practicing as a budding herbalist in your community. Know that it takes years of practice to build up the experience to serve others well with herbal medicine, so it’s important each student knows that through practicing herbalism you will continue to learn and increase experience over many years.

As soon as we set dates for any upcoming workshops, they will be listed on our website. If you don't see the course information listed, it means we do not have dates yet.

The best way to stay up to date is to join our mailing list and follow us on Instagram for course announcements.

We have teachers offering courses in Columbia, Sweden (outside of Stockholm), and Toronto, Canada.

We will also have workshops and retreats coming within the next few years in Hawaii, Ireland, and/or Costa Rica.

As soon as we have the course dates set we will have them posted here on our website! If you don't see courses listed on our website we don't have dates set yet. Please join our mailing list if you want updates as they are released.

The cost will vary depending on the course and location. Please visit the page of the course you are interested in, and scroll down until you see the tuition listed. If you put a deposit down for a course and fill out an application form, the course tuition will also be listed on the form.

As soon as a course is listed and registration opens, there will be a link to put down your deposit on the course you are interested in. You will then be asked to fill out an application form with your deposit, and this will register you for the course you've chosen. You are welcome to send us a deposit via our Paypal links, or by mail. Deposits are always non-refundable.

When a course becomes full you will be able to join the waitlist and be notified if any spaces open up!

Yes, we will post a notice on our website when we only have a few spaces left in a course. Once a course is full we will post a notice that registration has closed, and you can add your name to the waitlist.

For students who are commuting we offer rustic lodging in our yurts or camping on site. We have kitchen space with running water and have dry compost toilets. Please note we do not have showers at this time. We plan to build an outdoor shower in the coming year.

We can allow camping on site for free and rustic communal yurt sleeping by donation ($20 for the weekend). If you need additional comfort, you may seek nearby rental options.

If you would like to know more about lodging, please contact us.

We offer scholarships and work-trade for lower income students. For more information on scholarships and work-trade please fill out our application for assistance.

We work with VSAC to provide Vermont residents with full grants to our courses. Every year approximately 10 students receive free tuition through VSAC.

Yes, there are many overlapping plants in the Southern Hemisphere that we cover throughout the course. You will not have access to all of the plants, but you will be able to find many of them throughout the year. To view a full list of the plants we cover please scroll to the bottom of the course page where you can find the monthly syllabus.

There are 60 hours of live zoom classes, and approximately 30 hours of recorded video and audio lessons.

Students that are on the certificate track put many hours towards their certificate track submissions, which varies according to each person. Our in person apprenticeships are around 150-170 hours total yearly.

Yes, you can always join Year of Gaia after the start of the course since it is meant to be done at your own pace. You can watch recorded zoom classes on your own time as well! Do not feel you have to catch up with the class, just take your time moving through the material in your own flow since you have unlimited access to the course after purchase.

Visit this page to submit your information to us so we can help you gain access to our new member’s area!

The closest airport is Bradley International (BDL).