We design all of our programs with an international classroom in mind. The Botany and Wildcrafting course will give you the knowledge you need to identify and forage for wild plants in your area! The course guides the student to be able to identify and forage for plant species anywhere in the world. Many of the specific wild plants mentioned do grow world-wide though some are more common in North America.

In the course you will learn the following skills which are applicable to plants worldwide. 

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:
  • Name all the parts of a plant, including the parts that make up flowers, leaves, fruits, and stems.
  • Identify new plants anywhere in the world using a dichotomous key.
  • Understand how to decipher plant part differences such as leaves, flowers, and fruits of separate plant species.
  • Decode patterns in nature and gain insight into plant relationships and herbal and edible use by understanding these patterns.
  • Sense of the vast number of relationships that exist between plants and other organismsthat are required for pollination, seed dispersal, and survival.
  • Understand how and when to use a plant’s binomial name and discover why a plant might have more than one name.
  • Dry plants in a way that maintains their vitality, aroma, color, and flavor.
  • Create your very own herbarium of pressed plant specimens.
  • Get to know plants on a deeper level through keying, drawing, coloring, and organoleptic identification.

Additionally, the Botany & Wildcrafting Course is completely online, self-paced, and flexible to fit your own schedule. Choose to upgrade with our Botanical Illustrations Workbook if you'd like a tangible companion product to use in your studies. It'll be about a 30 hour course at minimum to complete the program, but we are offering our students Lifetime Access to the course so you can enjoy your studies at a pace that is most convenient to you. Of course, all of the lesson text will be available for download as unit PDFs so you can continue to use these as an ongoing resource even after you complete your studies!