Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine
We welcome you to our newly improved website and new curriculum for 2025. You are cordially invited to join us for classes in person at our beautiful botanical sanctuary tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
This year we are offering Herbal Apothecary on Saturdays! We will continue to offer a Clinical Practicum for returning students who want to continue their herbal education after Foundations program.
Our Foundations is going on-line, check that out if you are looking for a virtual learning experience. The all time favorite, Herb Camp, a three days outdoor education for the nature lover, plant enthusiast, and budding herbalist, who really wants to learn about the plants all around us.
Whatever your herbal education level or interest, check out our offerings and reach out to Teresa for more information through email or phone if you want. We hope you will find a way on your green journey to connect with plants.
How Plants Called Teresa to Herbal Medicine
Teresa Boardwine, Registered Herbalist by the American Herbalist Guild (RH, (AHG)
Green Comfort, founded by Teresa in 1994 has been serving as a teaching facility for over 30 years! Plants are our passion and “Connecting people to plants” our motto. It is in teaching others about plants as medicine that has lead so many to become herbalists in their communities. Listen to Teresa’s Introduction of herself here: “It has been an absolute pleasure to have been called into herbal medicine by my ancestors and guides. It brings me joy and continues to bless me and all the folks taking the herbal knowledge and wisdom into their lives and homes. May the circle of life continue to evolve with what is real, plants!” Learn more…
Explore the following classes
Herbal Apothecary
Day Classes or Full Series
Second Saturdays,
January – December
Immerse yourself in the world of herbal medicine at Green Comfort, where you can learn hands-on and in person to create a variety natural of remedies.
Whether you’re interested in a single day of learning, a series of three or six classes, or the entire comprehensive series, there’s an option to suit every interest and schedule.
Foundations of Medicinal Herbalism
Virtual/Hybrid
March – February, 12 months
Now a virtual hybrid course for 12 months. Monthly meetings and review of protocols interactive class and videos to view and chapters to read as we go through this year long program together. This immersive course integrates holistic nutrition, clinical protocols, and the power of over 200 herbs to nourish body, mind, and spirit.
Clinic Practicum
March 20- May 22 Thursdays
Clinic Practicum is a wonderful interactive student clinic where we see clients for free. We work together to offer our herbal recommendations and make them a plan for their health and well being.
This program is a wonderful way for returning Foundations students to develop clinical skills; writing protocols, researching conditions and creating a plan of care specific to the individual’s needs.
Herb Camp – Nature Immersion Experience
July 18, 19 & 20 2025
Join us for three immersive days of plant identification and foraging for medicinal plants in our local area. You’ll learn how to recognize roadside plants such as Gravel Root, Butterfly Weed, Mimosa, Blue Vervain, Catnip, and Chicory, and gather wild Lobelia, St. John’s Wort, Yarrow, and Monarda for making medicine. We’ll may also dig roots of Teasel, Burdock and discover treasures like the Pawpaw patch, Cardinal Flower Lobelia, Horsetail, and Balmony along the water’s edge. I is a fun plant filled three days.
