Wild Rose College of Herbal Medicine

The Village Circle - Community Discussion Group
2026-01-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Wild Rose Herbal Village
The Village Circle – Bitters, Integration, and Digestive Fire
The Village Circle is a bi-monthly facilitated community discussion space for reflection, conversation, and connection within the Herbal Village.
In this January Circle, we’ll explore digestion as more than a physical process. Using the lens of Bitters, Integration, and Digestive Fire, we’ll reflect on how we take in food, information, relationships, and experience, and how our systems discern, assimilate, and release over time. Drawing on holistic and energetic perspectives, including the concept of inner fire, this conversation invites participants to think broadly about nourishment, boundaries, and integration.
This is not a technical class or lesson on digestive herbs. Instead, it is a shared inquiry into patterns, rhythms, and ways of being that shape how we meet the world.
A reflection workbook will be shared in advance to support the conversation, though preparation is not required.

Case Study Roundtable: Herbal Support for Neurodivergence
2026-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Wild Rose College of Herbal Medicine
We’re excited to offer FREE access for our whole community to our live Case Study Roundtable in January!
Join Dr. Terry Willard for an immersive, practice-focused session exploring how herbalists can support neurodivergent patterns through an energetic, whole-person lens.
In this live case study roundtable, you’ll learn how to identify key nervous-system patterns, choose appropriate herbal actions, and think clinically without diagnosing or treating conditions.
Dr. Terry will walk you through real-world scenarios that highlight the diverse experiences of neurodivergent individuals and the plant allies that can gently support regulation, focus, grounding, and resilience.
Case Study Roundtables are part of our Practical Herbalist and Master Herbalist programs. As part of the program, students gain exclusive access to 6 Case Study Roundtables each year. This is the perfect opportunity to learn directly from a practicing clinical herbalist how they approach formulation for their clients and experience the heart of our community.
Date: January 22, 2026
Time: 12 pm PT
A replay will be offered for 7 days only for registered participants so make sure to register if you’d like to catch the replay!
Register here: https://discover.wildrosecollege.com/webinars/herbal-strategies-for-neurodivergent-patterns-live-case-study/

Chaga Video Mongraph
2026-01-28 16:00 - 17:00 | Wild Rose Herbal Village
Settle in with Chaga, one of the great forest allies of the north, with Megan Kendrick, Registered Herbalist and Herbal Village Coordinator, in this Video Monograph. In this session, we explore the medicine, mythology, and modern understanding of Chaga (Inonotus obliquus), from its role as a grounding immune tonic to its deep relationship with birch and the boreal forest. You’ll learn about traditional uses, energetics, key actions, ethical sourcing, and practical ways to work with Chaga through teas and extractions, with space to reflect on what it means to work with slow, generous medicines in long seasons of cold and dark.

Herbal Village Book Club – A Shamanic Herbal
2026-02-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Wild Rose Herbal Village
Join us for our next Herbal Village Book Club gathering as we explore A Shamanic Herbal by Matthew Wood on Wednesday February 11th at 4pm PST/7pm EST.
This session will focus on the themes woven throughout the book, including spiritual ecology, plant intelligence, symbolism, and the deeper patterns that connect human experience with the natural world. Matthew Wood’s work invites us to move beyond reductionist views of herbal medicine and into relationship, story, and meaning.
To support your reading and reflection, an exclusive Book Club workbook will be shared inside the Herbal Village ahead of our gathering. The workbook includes guided reflection questions, key themes to sit with, and space to note passages or insights you’d like to bring into the conversation.
Together, we’ll reflect on the text, share perspectives, and hold space for thoughtful discussion with fellow plant people. Whether you’ve read the entire book or are just beginning, you’re welcome in the circle.
Come ready to listen, reflect, and explore how plants speak through more than chemistry alone.

Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine Q&A with Amber Lynn Vitale
2026-02-18 11:00 - 12:00
Join us on February 18th for a live Q&A with Amber Lynn Vitale on Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine course questions. Email your questions on this topic to info@wildrosecollege.com by midnight February 16th and we’ll prioritize answering them during the live session.
Date: February 18, 2026
Time: 11 am Pacific Time
Students must register to join the live Zoom session. The link to register will be emailed to eligible students. Please contact Student Services if you did not receive this.
The Q&A session will be recorded and a replay will be available afterwards.

Damiana Video Monograph
2026-02-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Wild Rose Herbal Village
Join Megan Kendrick, Registered Herbalist and Herbal Village Coordinator, for an in-depth video monograph exploring Damiana (Turnera diffusa), a plant long associated with warmth, vitality, and embodied presence.
In this session, we’ll look beyond Damiana’s modern reputation to explore its traditional use as a daily tea, its role as a nervine and digestive bitter, and its deeper relationship with the nervous system, pelvic circulation, and sensual awareness. This video weaves together historical context, clinical insights, and energetic perspectives to help you understand when Damiana is truly supportive, and when it may not be the right fit.
This monograph is ideal for herbalists and plant people seeking a nuanced, grounded understanding of Damiana as a gentle tonic that supports mood, digestion, reproductive health, and reconnection with the body.

Village Circle: Tending the Garden
2026-02-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Wild Rose Herbal Village
The Village Circle is a live, discussion-based gathering space within the Herbal Village where members come together to explore timely themes in herbalism, seasonal living, and personal practice. These conversations are reflective, participatory, and rooted in shared experience rather than presentation or lecture.
This month’s theme, Tending the Garden, explores care, pacing, responsibility, and seasonal awareness. In gardens and in herbal work, tending often means maintenance, boundaries, and attention to timing rather than visible growth. Together, we’ll reflect on what it means to sustain what’s already in motion and how this season is shaping your practice.
This event is live only and is available at no additional cost to members of the Wild Rose Herbal Village. It will not be recorded and replays are not available.
The link to join will be posted in the Herbal Village on the morning of March 11.

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) – Video Monograph
2026-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Wild Rose Herbal Village
Those bright yellow flowers pushing through late winter soil before the leaves even appear — “the son before the father.” Coltsfoot has long been known as a classic lung remedy, its name literally meaning cough dispeller.
Join us for this month’s video monograph, where we explore coltsfoot in depth — from its traditional role as a soothing demulcent and pectoral for dry, irritated coughs, to its energetics, key actions, phytochemistry, and the important modern safety conversation surrounding pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
We’ll look at how this historic respiratory herb fits into contemporary herbal practice with clarity and discernment.
The Coltsfoot Video Monograph will be available in the Wild Rose Herbal Village on Wednesday, March 25th at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.
Available to members of the Wild Rose Herbal Village
