We open enrolments for the course usually around December of the year before the course starts in March.

We close enrolments at the end of April each year so folks coming across the course later in the spring won't miss out. We close bookings at the end of April as we feel if folks join later than this they will get more out of the course by signing up for the following year.

If bookings are closed when you read this and you'd like to be notified of when enrolment is available for the next year, email us at hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk.

You can study the Wild Things online course at your own pace - taking breaks when you need to & returning at your leisure. Sessions are released roughly fortnightly with a midsummer break in the middle. Sessions will differ in length a little but in general if all resources are worked through in a lesson, digital classroom sessions require roughly 3-5 hours & digital herb walks require roughly 2 hours.

You will continue to have access to the course after the course ends. Once the course finishes we will no longer be answering your queries, but you will have all the course material at your fingertips for years to come, so you can revisit our lessons again and again. We have done this as we feel that you will get the most out of the course material this way & trust that you will respect this & not share our Wild Things resources with others (even your bestest of friends). The educational arm of our co-op allows our community herbal medicine clinics to exist & we are trusting everyone to respect this model to sustain them & provide this health service to folks in the future. Thank you for playing your part in sustainable community herbalism!

Yes. We give the option of paying in one go when booking or to select payment in 3 monthly instalments. We increase the price to account for the bank charges & admin fees for paying in 3 instalments.

For example if you book onto the course on December 1st choosing to pay £700 you can either pay:

1 instalment: £700 on Dec 1st

3 instalments: £240 on Dec 1st, £240 on January 1st, £240 on February 1st totalling £720.

We have 5 subsidised places at £250. When these are allocated the option to purchase the course at this price is no longer available. We will then review course sales fortnightly & release more subsidised places if we have had people purchase places at the solidarity price.

If you are trying to purchase a subsidised place and they are not available please email jillian@grassrootsremedies.co.uk to put you on a waiting list. If a place becomes available you will be notified by email. If a place does not become available you will be emailed when course bookings open for the following year.

We aim to keep Wild Things as affordable as possible through the use of a sliding scale, however, we know cost will still be a barrier for some folk. Wild Things may be eligible for funding from other sources, particularly vocational training funding.

Foundation Scotland www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available have offered some funding in specific instances in the past - please contact them to find out more. You may also want to find out if your local authority offers vocational funding, or if you are available through any state benefits that you receive or from your employer.

Please note that Grass Roots Remedies Co-op is not involved in the administration or allocation of any of these funds, so please enquire directly to the funder.

If you have booked onto the course but have changed your mind we can fully refund minus a 5% transaction fee up until 28th February 2025. No refunds can be given after this date.

One key component of the course is our guided sensory herbal tea tastings - we will post out 16 mystery herbs at the start of the course and provide you with guidance on meeting them with all of your senses. For each herb we will provide any contraindications in advance so you can decide for yourself if it is suitable for you to taste them or not. If you have any questions about this, you'll be able to check in with us, & there's no pressure to taste any of them. You can always sit with the herb & just smell it instead if that's what feels right. We provide full monographs on each herb to be downloaded after your tasting.

The plants that are covered on this course are those that are common and abundant in the Northern British Isles. While the theoretical elements and practical remedy making sessions will be applicable wherever you are, we suggest this course will fit best for people living in the British Isles or in a similar climate.
Outside the British Isles, depending on where you live we may not be able to post the 16 Mystery Herbs to you. You are welcome to join this course and explore these in your own way, and we will send the mystery teas to you if we can.

No. The Wild Things year 1 course brings together a diverse range of subjects (you can find the booking & information page here). The course also focuses on wild plants only (rather than commonly grown herbal medicines such as chamomile, calendula, lemon balm etc), many of which may be new to you. The herbs covered are in Year 1 are:

nettle, dandelion, garlic mustard, sticky willie, few flowered leek, wild garlic, chickweed, coltsfoot, birch, pine, white dead nettle, hawthorn, elder, comfrey, meadowsweet, horsetail, plantain, daisy, st john's wort, lime flower, sweet cicely, raspberry leaf, rose, yarrow, self heal, mugwort, sea buckthorn, burdock, blackberry, valerian, marsh mallow, wild cherry bark, cramp bark, willow, oak, birch polypore fungus, turkey tail fungus, old man's beard lichen.

For Wild Things 2 we visit places a little harder to get to on public transport & stay there for the day. If you don't have a car & would like to book on to the course get in touch with us to arrange lift sharing.

Wherever possible we will look to reschedule herb walks if they are disrupted by unforeseen circumstances such as severe weather conditions. If you are unwell & miss a herb walk you can catch up with the digital version & we will see you in person at the next one.

We are happy to answer any questions you might have. Send us an email at hello@grassrootsremedies.co.uk.