Course Timings

Our Herbalism School's Wheel of the Year

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Each year of the course includes 75 live teaching hours across:

  • Four full day immersive in-person sessions at our beautiful yurt in rural East Yorkshire, just an hour's drive from York - one per season
  • Two 12-week seasons of hourly deep-dive sessions live online Tuesdays and Thursdays each week​ - a total of 48 sessions
  • A closing ceremony and celebration in-person at our yurt​

Our herbalism courses follow the cycles of nature, rather than a traditional academic school year. Our teaching season begins with the greening of the land in Spring and concludes as the earth prepares to slumber the Winter of each calendar year.

The rhythm of each year of our courses is as follows:

Spring Gathering

in-person
late March/April
one full day
10am-4pm

Spring/Summer Live Zoom Sessions

live online (recorded for reference)
every Tuesday and Thursday
1 hr per session
12 weeks

Summer Gathering

in-person
June/July
one full day
10am-4pm

Summer Break

mid-July - August
no gatherings or online sessions

Autumn Gathering

in-person

September
one full day
10am-4pm

Autumn/Winter Live Zoom Sessions

live online (recorded for reference)

every Tuesday and Thursday
1 hr per session
12 weeks

Winter Gathering

in-person

November/early December
one full day
10am-4pm

Closing Ceremony

in-person

early December
one morning or afternoon

All sessions are recorded (audio for in-person gatherings, audio/video for online sessions) and shared on the student portal for review, with lifetime access for future reference.

Depending on the cohort, we occasionally have a few live online sessions before our autumn gathering or after our winter gathering, but we always reconvene for the second term after 1st September and conclude at our closing ceremony.


You can find the specific dates and timings for upcoming cohorts below.

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Year One

There will be two cohorts of first-year students in 2025.


The Plantain Cohort
*ONE PLACE AVAILABLE*
In-person session dates:
Spring - Saturday, 29 March 2025 - 10am-4pm
Summer - Saturday, 21 June 2025 - 10am-4pm
Autumn - Saturday, 13 September 2025 - 10am-4pm
Winter - Saturday, 22 November 2025 - 10am-4pm

Live online sessions:
Tuesdays and Thursdays each week from 10am-11am​:
1 April - 19 June
9 September - 27 November

Closing ceremony and celebration​:
Saturday, 6 December 2025 - 9am-12 noon
The Yarrow Cohort
*Places available*
In-person session dates:
Spring - Saturday, 12 April  2025 - 10am-4pm
Summer - Saturday, 5 July 2025 - 10am-4pm
Autumn - Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 10am-4pm
Winter - Saturday, 29 November 2025 - 10am-4pm

Live online sessions:
Tuesdays and Thursdays each week from 2pm-3pm​:
15 April - 3 July
16 September - 4 December

Closing ceremony and celebration​:
Saturday, 6 December 2025 - 1pm-4pm

Year Two

There will be one second-year cohort offered for continuing students in 2025.

The Cleavers Cohort
In-person session dates:
Spring - Saturday, 5 April 2025 - 10am-4pm
Summer - Saturday, 28 June 2025 - 10am-4pm
Autumn - Saturday, 6 September 2025 - 10am-4pm
Winter - Saturday, 15 November 2025 - 10am-4pm

Live online sessions:
Tuesdays and Thursdays each week from 11.15am-12.15pm​:
8 April - 26 June
9 September - 27 November

Closing ceremony and celebration​:
Sunday, 7 December 2025 - 2pm-5pm

Year Three

There will be one third-year cohort offered for continuing students in 2025.

In-person session dates:
Spring - Sunday, 6 April 2025 - 10am-4pm
Summer - Sunday, 29 June 2025 - 10am-4pm
Autumn - Sunday, 14 September 2025 - 10am-4pm
Winter - Sunday, 30 November 2025 - 10am-4pm

Live online sessions:
Tuesdays and Thursdays each week from 12.30pm-1.30pm​:
8 April - 26 June
16 September - 4 December

Closing ceremony and celebration​:
Sunday, 7 December 2025 - 10am-1pm
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