Apprentice Year 1 & 2 Reading List and Supply List 2013

 

Required Texts for Beginner Apprentieship:

Making Plant Medicine by Richo Chec

Backyard Medicine: Harvest and Make Your Own Herbal Remedies  by Julie Bruton-Seal

Healing Wise (Wise Woman Herbal Series)Susun Weed

The Complete Herbal Tutor: A Structured Course to Achieve Professional Expertise  by Anne McIntyre

 

Required Texts for Second Year Program :

The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification  by Matthew Wood

The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants by Matthew Wood

The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants  by Matthew Wood

 The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs: A Contemporary Introduction and Useful Manual for the World's Oldest Healing System by Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa and Michael Tierra

 

 

Everyone will need a local plant fieldguide. If you do not already have one I recommend this

A Field Guide to Wildflowers : Northeastern and North-Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)

 

All apprentices must pick 4 of the following books to read and write a book report on.(Guidelines will be given in class) 

 

The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature by Stephen Harrod Buhner

The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth by Stephen Harrod Buhner

 Partner Earth Pam Montgomery

 The Language of Plants- Julia Graves 

Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness by Pam Montgomery

Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives by Timothey Smith

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World -Paul Stamets

 Medicinal Mushrooms by Christopher Hobbs

Women as Healer by Jeanne Achterberg 

 Creative Visualization Shakti Gawain

 

 

 

Other supplies required for Apprenticeships:

Garden Supplies:

- EZ digger

- Hori Hori

- Pruner 

- Trowl

(If you are not sure what these are you can find them here and at your local garden store)

- Pocket Knife (I love high carbon Opinels)

- Start collecting glass jars with lids all sizes!