Herbalism :: Growing Top Medicinal Plants Certificate

Growing your own herbal medicine is easy and allows you to have quick access to medicinal plants when you need them

What you'll learn

Build confidence in working with highly beneficial plants

Grow the most common and useful medicinal plants

Harvest plants for the greatest effectiveness

Use plants for ultimate health and wellbeing

Enjoy the beauty of a medicinal garden

Requirements

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Description

Get quick and easy access to medicinal plants when you need them!Growing your own herbal medicine deepens that connection to your own health as well as to the healing plants. It allows you to truly get to know the plants. It also gives you the finest quality herbs. Whether using fresh or making your very own herbal medicine preparations, you will never find better.  Medicinal herbs are quite easy to grow, so no worries if this is your first try at growing plants. Your garden can be as large or small as you like. You can even grow medicinal plants in containers on a deck, patio or even a sunny windowsill.    Many of the medicinal herbs covered in this Herbalism :: Growing Medicinal Plants Course will be familiar to you. Some are the very culinary herbs you use in cooking such as basil, thyme, oregano and garlic. Some of them have been used as ornamentals in flower beds like calendula and purple cone flower.    These herbs in this course were selected primarily for their ease of growth and for their safety. Each of the herbs also have a multitude of medicinal uses so you will be well supplied for a wide variety of ailments. Grow a few or try them all!   While much of the course focuses on each of the plants preferred growing conditions and medicinal uses, a good portion of the course covers herbal gardening basics. This includes site selection, types of gardens, caring for the soil, purchasing seeds, growing tips, when to harvest and how to save seeds for the following year’s garden.   Here is what students are already saying about this brand new course:★★★★★ "I never thought I would get this much information from a course like this. Elizabeth is very thorough to the point and very well detailed information. I can't wait to get started. Thank you so much."★★★★★ "This course is exactly what I have been looking for. Very clearly explained and great to have photos; these really help to picture my herb garden. Loving it so far."★★★★★ "Lots of fantastic info. Enjoyed the section with great Info on so many plants."★★★★★ "Excellent! I'll be referring back to this course in the coming months many times."★★★★★ "This is a great, inspiring course. It introduces a range of herbs and provides key information about them, and how to create and care for a herb garden. I really enjoyed it."Your instructor, Elizabeth Heck has 25 years of experience in working with plant medicines. She is by far, Udemy’s most qualified herbal instructor. Rest assured, you’re in good hands. With an extensive teaching background, she knows how to guide you through your herbal learning journey with ease. Even better, she is there for you throughout the course to answer any of your questions. That is incredible value!Why is this course not Accredited?Nearly every online course (unless it is a large university) that claims to be accredited, actually is not. These are simply fake accreditations from real-looking websites used as a marketing scam in order to sell more courses. Elizabeth, as with any experienced herbalist, teaches with ethics and integrity and absolutely will not be deceitful for marketing sake. Rather, her students are sincerely respected and honored. Therefore none of her courses claim to be accredited.You have lifetime access to the course so you can take as long or short as you wish to go through the material. You can replay the videos at anytime using the course as an ongoing reference. You also have a 30 day money back guarantee.BE SURE TO ENROLL NOW!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Lecture 2 Helpful Course information

Section 2: Choosing What Type of Garden to Plant

Lecture 3 Gardening in Containers

Lecture 4 Gardening Out in Your Yard

Lecture 5 Planting a Theme Garden

Section 3: Planning the Garden

Lecture 6 Deciding Where to Locate Your Garden

Lecture 7 Discovering Your Favorite Plants

Lecture 8 How to Decide What to Plant

Lecture 9 Purchasing Seeds and Plants

Section 4: Medicinal Plants that are also Beautiful Ornamentals

Lecture 10 Echinacea - Well-known Immune Booster

Lecture 11 Calendula - A Cheery Plant for the Garden

Lecture 12 Lavender - The Most Aromatic Medicinal Plant

Lecture 13 Bee Balm - For Medicine and Pollinators

Section 5: Medicinal Plants that are also Great Culinary Herbs

Lecture 14 Rosemary - For Memory and Concentration

Lecture 15 Sage - For Cooking as Well as Medicine

Lecture 16 Thyme - Great Antibacterial and Antispetic

Lecture 17 Basil - More than a Culinary Herb

Lecture 18 Tulsi - The Historical Medicinal

Lecture 19 Garlic - An Herbalists Favorite

Lecture 20 Cayenne - The Firey Remedy

Lecture 21 Chamomile - Gentle Yet Effective

Section 6: Medicinal Plants that are Tolerant of Some Shade

Lecture 22 Lady's Mantle - Women's Herb

Lecture 23 Valerian - Excellent for Tension, Pain and Insomnia

Lecture 24 Hops - More than a Beer Ingredient

Lecture 25 Mint - Familiar Peppermint and Spearmint

Lecture 26 Lemon Balm - Delicious Taste and Aroma

Lecture 27 Marshmallow - The Soothing Herb

Section 7: Planting the Garden

Lecture 28 Laying Out the Garden

Lecture 29 Understanding Your Soil

Lecture 30 Preparing the Garden Bed

Lecture 31 Planting the Seeds and Plants

Lecture 32 Setting the Intension for the Garden

Lecture 33 Garden Ceremony Offering

Section 8: Maintaining Your Garden

Lecture 34 Maintaining Your Garden Overview

Lecture 35 Creating Beneficial Compost

Lecture 36 Watering Techniques

Lecture 37 The Basics of Weed Control

Lecture 38 Managing Pests in the Garden

Section 9: Resources

Lecture 39 Best Books on Growing Medicinal Plants

Lecture 40 Bonus Lecture

Anyone interested in health, nature or gardening.