Intro Offer: $100 OFF thru 10/31
Our family has been walking the green path for many generations, following in the footsteps of our elders who came before, who always reached a hand behind them to lead the next in line. We feel it is our turn to reach out a hand, not only to the next generation, but to members of our greater community who are ready to place their own feet on the green path. Walk with us.
The Green Path Academy: School of Herbalism started with the earnest desire to share the art of natural healing. Our family has maintained a deep connection with the natural world through more than ten generations of learning with our eyes, hearts, minds and spirits open, as well as our hands in the soil and our feet grounded upon mother earth. The creators of Woodland Herbal, Brandon Elijah Scott & Jenni Parsons, have decided to recognize the need in our community to share a common sense approach to health care and wellness. They take a down-to-earth approach, employing methods and techniques of western herbalism with their Scottish heritage and Appalachian roots, with the ultimate goal being to return the power of self healing and plant knowledge back to the people.
About Green Path Academy's Online Classes
A rare door opens to lead you back to the inheritance of your ancestors, where healing grew from harmony with the natural world. Green Path Academy is proud to announce a new educational experience, where Brandon Elijah Scott & Jenni Parsons offer a complete 10-course herbalism journey live online for the first time ever. For ten enchanted weeks, gather with fellow seekers to learn the art and soul of herbal medicine: how to listen to the plants, make potent remedies, and restore balance in the body. Space is limited to protect the intimacy of our circle. Walk with us along the green path.
Our 10-class online program offers a complete foundation in the art and science of herbalism. Students will explore the principles of plant medicine, how herbs support the body’s systems, and how to prepare and use remedies safely and effectively. This course blends traditional herbal wisdom with practical applications for modern life, covering every step from seed to medicine.
There are four packages and two add-on options for our online classes. Each package includes the full curriculum with handouts, resources and 7 day recordings. Scroll down to choose which package best fits your goals.
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• Foundations of Herbalism — Understanding the relationship between humans and the plant world through story, history, and sensory experience. Overview of herbal actions, terminology, and how to begin identifying and working with medicinal plants.
• Medicine Making — Step-by-step instruction in creating herbal remedies for home use. Basic methods of preparation: teas, infusions, decoctions, poultices, tinctures, salves, aromatherapy and more. Safety considerations for children, adults, and pets, along with stewardship, sustainability, and intention in herbal practice. Understanding extraction methods and the differences between water, alcohol, and oil-based preparations.
• Herbal First Aid — Building your own herbal first aid kit, including salves, liniments, and soothing blends for common ailments.
• Foraging — Foraging ethics, identification basics, and how to harvest, dry, and store herbs.
• Formulation — Recipe formulation and blending for teas, tinctures, topical preparations and more. Learn how herbs interact with each body system, how imbalance presents, and which plants can help restore harmony.
• Brain & Nervous System — The brain, spinal cord, and nerves kept calm and healthy equals good health for your entire self. Nervine and adaptogen materia medica, covering pain, stress, anxiety, and sleep disorders.
• Respiratory & Immune System — Learn the importance of a healthy immune system and the plant allies that help keep us in balance. Aromatherapy and soothing the lungs during flu season and beyond.
• Heart & Cardiovascular System — Herbs to support the overall health and function of the heart and vascular system, lifestyle ideas and plant allies to help longevity and wellness, with materia medica.
• Liver & Lymphatic System — If the body isn’t cycling out toxins, imbalances are soon to follow. Learn what detox really means, how to do spring cleaning for the body, why liver imbalance can be the cause of countless ailments, and how Mother Nature gives us what we need. Materia medica with focus on healthful tonics, local alteratives for skin eruptions, seasonal allergies, overall wellness, and much more.
• Gastrointestinal & Urinary System — Materia medica with focus on diuretic and carminative plants, learn to sooth heartburn, indigestion, kidney infections. Study eating with the seasons for wellness and maintaining healthy weight.
• Reproductive, Endocrine & Hormones — Learn how to live in balance, how plants affect the systems of the body, and materia medica. Class focus on the reproductive system and endocrine system, and hormones for women and men.
• Whole Body Health & Skin Care — Lifestyle ideas and plant allies to help longevity and wellness for everyone, from head to toe. Learn to create a full protocol for maintaining balance and good health, addressing mind, body, and spirit.
• Aromatherapy — Learn why using your olfactory senses are so powerful for emotions, memory and self-healing. Aroma therapeutics, dosing, and how to make the most of your essential oils.
• Natural Beauty & Body Care — Leave the chemical filled beauty products behind and learn to pamper yourself the natural way. Herbal secrets for hair care, skin care for all ages, cosmetics and sunblock you can easily make for your family at home.
• From Seed to Medicine — How to design a useful herb garden, tips for plant identification, when and how to harvest, dry, and store your herbs, and learn to create your own tea, extract, and salve recipes. Skills and approaches to getting to the bottom of the problem. Creating protocols for balance and wellness for those in need.
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Schedule & Replays
2026 Class Dates are February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 19, 26, and April 2, 9, 16.
Classes are hosted via Zoom on Thursday evenings at 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EST).
Replays will be available for 7 days following each class.
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Online Classes: Packages
Herbal Foundations = $399
Standard Package - Learn the art of herbalism.
• Access to 10 live classes [core curriculum] ($399 value)
• Digital handouts, resources, and recordings viewable up to 7 days after the class.
Essential Herbalist = $499 ($619 value)
Hands-On Package - Make medicine as you learn.
• Access to 10 live classes [core curriculum] ($399 value)
• Digital handouts, resources, and recordings viewable up to 7 days after the class.
• Supplies & Goodies shipped to you for a more hands on, tactile experience. ($200 value)
• $20 credit toward products and supplies at WoodlandHerbal.com ($20 value)
Budding Apothecary = $799 ($1349 value)
Herbalist Starter Package - Kickstart your apothecary.
• Access to 10 live classes [core curriculum] ($399 value)
• Digital handouts, resources, and recordings viewable up to 7 days after the class.
• Supplies & Goodies shipped to you for a more hands on, tactile experience. ($200 value)
• Herbalist Starter Kit: mortar & pestle, double boiler, tea mug, tea strainer, more herbs, more oils, advanced tools, dedicated “Herbal Starter Library” of Recipes, Materia Medica starter ($500 value)
• One 1/2-hour session of one-on-one coaching which can be used for deeper study, goal setting, and business coaching. ($150 value)
• $100 credit toward products and supplies at WoodlandHerbal.com ($100 value)
The Healer’s Journey = $999 ($2499 value)
Mentorship/Premium Package - Guided mentorship toward herbal mastery.
• Access to 10 live classes [core curriculum] ($399 value)
• Digital handouts, resources, and recordings viewable up to 7 days after the class.
• Supplies & Goodies shipped to you for a more hands on, tactile experience. ($200 value)
• One year of monthly 1/2-hour sessions of mentoring with Brandon and/or Jenni. If scheduling difficulties occur, only one teacher may attend. One-on-one coaching which can be used for deeper study, goal setting, and business coaching. ($1800 value)
• $100 credit toward products and supplies at WoodlandHerbal.com ($100 value)
+ ADD-ONS:
Herbalist Starter Kit Add-On = $399 ($500 value)
• Includes: mortar & pestle, double boiler, tea mug, tea strainer, herbs, oils, advanced tools, dedicated “Herbal Starter Library” of Recipes, Materia Medica starter.
Mentorship Add-On = $599 ($1800 value)
• One year of monthly 1/2-hour sessions of mentoring with Brandon and/or Jenni. If scheduling difficulties occur, only one teacher may attend. One-on-one coaching can be used for deeper study, goal setting, and business coaching.
Payment plans are available upon request. Please email Brandon here to explore options. No discounts offered for payment plans.
About Green Path Academy: School of Herbalism
Imagine a world where nature handed you what you needed, when you needed it. No cost to you. No trip to the store. Did you know the “weeds” around you had value to your health and could feed and nourish you and your family? What if we told you right out your back door are plants that can do all this and more. What if these plants were your pharmacy, grocery store, beauty parlor, spa, and pain clinic? What if when you looked at your garden, you saw friends instead of weeds that need pulled, you knew them by name and you understood their value?
This imagined world is our family’s reality, and it’s a beautiful way of life. While we’ll never stop walking the path and learning more, we recognize the responsibility to reach a hand behind to the next in line. We’re eager to teach what we know and to learn new things from our students. [Jenni just called all this word salad… Writers take a break. "Do you realize how difficult it is to pull multiple lifetime’s of hard work, passion, and experience, as well as sensory, emotional, and spirituality input into a few concise paragraphs? This is ridiculous, but I digress. Back with the spiel!”]
The Green Path online class structure is a practical course made up of 10 class sessions, designed to introduce you to the world of herbs, taking you along the whole process from seed to harvest to medicine. This transformative experience will put the power of your health back in your hands. All classes will be held online via Zoom, hosted on Thursday evenings. If you miss a class, you will have 7 days to watch the recording.
Everyone is welcome from beginner to intermediate to elder, who want to share time with people who are passionate about plants. In these classes, you can expect to learn cultivation to preparation, recipe making to how herbs effect the systems of the body, and how to invite plants into your life to keep your body in balance. You will learn just enough to get excited and want to go play, and to learn more. The green path is never ending, and we are still ever learning, and we believe this is an art that can never be mastered. It’s ever changing and there’s a world of knowledge constantly growing… isn't that awesome?
Meet Your Instructors
Brandon Elijah Scott
Brandon is a herbalist, photographer, adventurer, and artist. Plants called to him over a decade ago when life’s lows felt all too consuming. The fire the plants and fungi lit has grown ever since. He founded Woodland Herbal and Green Path Academy with Jenni in 2018/2019. His biggest influence was his family’s generational knowledge, their view and respect for the plants, and how they follow the old ways.
Jennifer Parsons
Jenni is the result of hundreds of years of tonic inventing, apothecary owning, plant loving, healer ancestors. Her feet were set on the green path before she could walk. She is an artist, instructor at the Green Path Academy, and herbalist humbly serving her community alongside her family, both in-person and through the family business, Woodland Herbal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What can I expect to experience?
A: Our family is lucky, as we have generations of herbalists to lean on for ideas, insight and wisdom. When we get excited about learning something new, we have our plant loving family members on speed dial to get excited with us! We are comfortable with herbalism because we have a network of knowledge to lean on. We know this is something special and rare. We believe it is our responsibility to pay it forward to our community. We wish to create a circle of friends to share what we have learned, challenge each other, and build a network of wisdom to lean on together.
"My dream is an herbalist in every family, in every community, on every corner!" –Rosemary Gladstar
Classes with the Green Path Academy are inclusive, friendly, and kind. You can expect a round table of friends from beginner to elder, and a chance to learn the language of the plants. We will host discussions, sharing, and storytelling, however, most of our online classes will be teaching and demonstration based, without informational slides. You can expect to be inspired and challenged by a welcoming family with generous hearts.
The green path is calling, won't you walk with us?
Q: What if I miss a class?
A: Following each class, you will be provided a replay link which will expire after 7-days. No further replays will be allowed. No video downloads will be allowed.
Q: How are online classes hosted?
A: Online classes are hosted via the Zoom application. You can download the Zoom app free for your computer, tablet or smart phone device on your device's App Store or Zoom.com. Prior to each class, we will send an email with your private class link.
Q: Are there payment plans available?
A: Yes, we offer payment plan options for our online program. Typically, payment plans require 25% down (non-refundable), 25% due 12/01, 25% due 01/01, and the balance due 02/01. Admittance to class may be discontinued after these dates if balance is unpaid. All payments are non-refundable and can not be transferred.
Q: Will I become a licensed herbalist with the 10-course online track?
A: No, as there are no official licensing requirements to practice as a herbalist. Our classes are meant to provide a spark, so you leave excited to dig deeper and learn more after discovering the area of Herbalism that calls to you most. We are dedicated to common sense herbalism with the goal being to put the power of your and your family's wellness in your own hands.
Once you complete the 10-course online class structure, you will receive a Certificate of Completion in the mail, signed and dated by Brandon and Jenni.
It's important to take note that we are not doctors. We are herbalists, teaching our passion for the plants. Any medical-related information shared during these classes are for entertainment and educational purposes only. We do not recommend treating others as a physician or medical professional would, for without proper education and experience, great harm can be done.
Q: What is required to attend a Green Path Academy online class?
A: An open mind and a desire to learn. No previous training is required. Everyone is welcome. A computer or smart phone capable of streaming live video, internet access, and the Zoom app. And of course, a notebook, pen, and a smile. Herbalist tools and supplies are not exactly required, but they will be helpful to support the learning process, which is why we offer options to provide you with all the supplies and goodies required to make medicine along with us as we go. We will send a list before the courses begin.
Please note: All attendees are required to sign a liability waiver prior to instruction. If a student refuses to complete and sign this form, they will be asked to leave before a class can proceed. No refunds will be given for refusal to sign the educational agreement.
Q: Who is allowed to attend?
A: Anyone may attend our online classes. If more than one person wishes to sit in on a live Zoom class, they will be required to pay for their spot as well.
Q: How do the online classes differ from the in-person classes at Clary Gardens in Coshocton, Ohio?
A: In-person classes will always be superior, as there's no way to rival in-person instruction online. We make every effort to keep you connected and informed, as we will cover 90% of the subject matter online that we teach in-person. Mainly, you will not be able to attend plant walks with us in the gardens, nor will you be able to work with the living plants through a video screen.
Q: What is the refund policy for online classes?
A: There are no refunds, exchanges or transfers. If you miss a class, you will have 7-days to catch up before the next class with a replay video link. If you miss a class and do not watch the replay video, you will be unable to make up for that loss.
Q: What is Green Path Academy's disclaimer?
A: Green Path Academy LLC's classes are not accredited, and any recipes or products sold there have not reviewed by the FDA. We do not make any claims, promises, or about the health benefits of any products. All statements are not intended to diagnose, cure or prevent disease. We only offer our opinions and resources based on research, product testing amongst ourselves, and customer reviews. Any and all ingredients, recipes, and products discussed or shared are intended to support well-being, overall awesomeness, and are not meant to treat disease nor replace medical treatment. Use at your own risk. We are not responsible for accidents, misuse, or adverse reactions. Everybody reacts differently to plant-medicines and caution should be taken at all times. Always seek advice from a medical professional or primary care physician.
While we are four generations of herbalists, we are not doctors. We do not make health claims, offer health-related advice, nor can we diagnose conditions. The information provided on this site or in any class is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or any health-related concern. The information on this website and in every class are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the Woodland Herbal or Green Path Academy site.
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