This add-on was specifically created for anyone who bought a single class from the series and has decided to take the full course after that initial class. This class is the add-on to access the whole 4-part Natural Nurse Herb Certification Course. The add-on price was determined by subtracting the cost of a single course from the price of the full series. Adding the rest of the series by registering here will save $25 over taking all of the classes individually.

Add-On Price: $125

Ignite your inspiration for improved health with the practical plant-based tools you’ll learn about in our Natural Nurse Herbal Certification Course!

Join The Natural Nurse® Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, in this 4-part series designed to offer flexibility for students from beginner to advanced levels. Become familiar with the basics of herbal medicine including the terminology and various methods. Discover the importance of the botanical names for plants when communicating with herbal practitioners and to ensure accuracy in your own practice. Learn common herbal “first-aid” for colds, flu, ear infections, stomach upsets, and other mild health issues that can be handled at home. And explore ways to integrate plants into your life, soul, and medicine, plus how to decide which remedy is the “right” one.

Natural Nurse Herbal Certification Course Schedule:

Natural Nurse: Basics of Herbal Medicine – Class 1 – March 8, 2026

Natural Nurse: Botany and Botanical Nomenclature – Class 2 – April 12, 2026

Natural Nurse: Using Herbs for Yourself and Your Family – Class 3 – May 10, 2026

Natural Nurse: Feeling the Consciousness of Plants – Class 4 – June 14, 2026

The class sessions are offered Live via Zoom on the scheduled dates below. All registrants will receive course recordings and handouts, with access to materials for one year. If you miss a class, you can make it up anytime via the archived class recording.

Assignments can be emailed to the instructor. Capstone Herbal Preparation Project will need to be ‘snail-mailed’ to the instructor. All attendees who complete the full series and submit all assignments will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Florida School of Holistic Living.

Participants can choose to take the full course, or any one of the modules, for their own personal learning, without paying the accreditation fee.

18 CEUs are available to Acupuncturists, Massage Therapists, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Acupuncture Physicians & Midwives in the state of Florida through CE Broker for students who successfully complete the entire course through attendance and submission of assignments. To add CEU credits to your enrollment, click here. An additional $15 educational credit processing fee will apply.

DESCRIPTION

THIS 4-PART SERIES COVERS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

Basics of Herbal Medicine – Class 1
Sun March 8, 2026 –  9:30 am – 11 am
Essential vocabulary, such as the difference between extracts, tinctures, capsules, infusions, decoctions, standardized, and holistic balance, as well as the safety and efficacy of herbal medicines.

Botany & Botanical Nomenclature – Class 2
Sun April 12, 2026  –  9:30 am – 11 am
This class covers the importance of Latin names when communicating with other herbalists, the Doctrine of Signatures, Identification of Plant Families, and edible, medicinal, and poisonous specific plants within several families.

Using Herbs for Yourself and Your Family – Class 3
Sun May 10, 2026  –   9:30 am – 11 am
This class covers common herbal “first aids” for colds and flu, ear infections, stomach upsets, and other mild health issues that can be handled at home, that can help cut down on the use of potentially problematic pharmaceutical interventions.

Feeling the Consciousness of Plants – Class 4
Sun June 14, 2026  –  9:30 am – 11 am
Since ancient times, people have experienced plant communication. We are now validating this reality with scientific investigation. Learn how to integrate plants into your life, soul, and medicine, and how to decide which remedy is the “right” one. Learn simple plant dowsing techniques and consider herb-drug interactions.

Students may register for a single class, or for the full four-part series. When you buy the entire series, you save $25 on the total price and have 18 CEUs available. The individual classes are $50 each. Each class has 3 CEUs available, with the Continuing Education fee required for each one. Should you decide you want the full series after trying a single class, that option is available with an add-on fee.

Florida School of Holistic Living Certificate available for any attendees who complete the requirements below (Recommended for all interested individuals, as well as natural health professionals.)

To receive CEU’s or a Certificate participants must:

• Add CEU credits to your enrollment at this link. An additional $15 educational credit processing fee will apply.
• Attend all four classes*
• Purchase course textbook, The Natural Medicine Chest, by Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN and Eugene Zampieron, ND
• Complete homework assignments

Participants will receive a certificate indicating the level of course work and hours of study completed.

Please review this link for our school’s tuition and cancellation policies.

SAVE THE DATE!

SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2026

Registration, please check here when the tickets become available: https://www.gilbertiesorganics.com/event-list

Edible & Medicinal Herb Walk and Medicine Making Funshop

Gilbertie’s Garden Center and Natural Alternatives presents:

A Medicine Making and Herbal Plant Identification Intensive Workshop

With Naturopathic physician and Herbal professor Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, RH(AHG), Dr. Z Naturally and

Dr. Lindsay Chimileski ND, L.Ac, RH(AHG), The Botanical Docta

WHEN: Saturday, September 19th  11AM – 3 PM

Where: Gilbertie’s Garden Center, 7 Sylvan Lane, Westport CT 06612

Back by popular demand, this is an event you don’t want to miss!

Join Dr Eugene Zampieron, ND, RH(AHG)  (DrZnaturally) and Dr. Lindsay Chimileski ND, L.Ac, RH(AHG) of Hawthorne Holistic Health, for an exciting herbal identification walk and medicine making workshop.

They will take participants on an herb walk to identify medicinal and edible plants through the Gilbertie’s property, discussing the folklore, chemistry, and traditional uses of herbs.

They will then harvest many herbs and lead a workshop teaching participants to transform the herbs into cough syrups, tinctures, salves and other herbal medicaments.

The duo have led many excursions to the Island of Jamaica for Ecotoursforcures.

All participants will leave the workshop with medicines to take home and use.

The cost of the workshop is $65

BRING TWO SMALL COVERED JARS TO TAKE HOME YOUR TINCTURE & SALVE!

Please check this event back when the tickets become available.