Columbines School
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Columbines Instructors:
Howie Brounstein is the owner of Columbines and Wizardry Herbs, Inc. and primary instructor of the Columbines School of Botanical Studies. He has taught botany, herbalism, and wildcrafting extensively for decades, including such herbal establishments as the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Howie has a clinical practice in Eugene, Oregon.
Steven Yeager has been studying Oregon’s local flora for over fourteen years, both wildcrafting and preparing herbal preparations for himself and the community. He enjoys botanizing and exploring Oregon’s wild places. He was the manager of the Columbines and Wizardry herbal business and has been a teacher in the Apprenticeship Program since 1997. Steven is administrator for the Columbines School of Botanical Studies. He is laboratory manager and part of the quality control department at Mountain Rose Herbs. He has also taught for Blue Iris Botanicals and Healing Hands School of Holistic Health.
Education
What is the Columbines School?
The Columbines School of Botanical Studies offers a unique educational program ranging from entry level lectures in community herbalism to a two plus year program including botany, ecology, wildcrafting, plant pharmacy, physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical herbalism. Operating for over twenty-five years, we specialize in field programs where the majority of the classes are outside with the plants for a truly ‘hands on’ experience.
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Herbs for Stress Management in Santa Barbara, California
We are proud to announce our workshop at the exceptional Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens in Santa Barbara, California!
Instructors: Howie Brounstein and Kristi Reese
This 9 hour lecture will cover calming herbs and adaptogens for stress reduction, relief of muscle tension and coping with todays hectic world, along with herbs for colds and flus. Class includes, light permitting, plant walks in the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens each class with a focus on Southern California medicinal plants.
Tuesday to Thursday, March 5-8, 2012 6:00 to 9:00 PM, $165, $150 for Garden Members
Contact 541-687-7114 for more information or to reserve a spot.
2012 First Year Field Apprenticeship
There are spaces available in the 2012 Field Apprenticeship, and we will begin taking interviews in the summer of 2011. The best way to assure a space in the interview process is to fill out an interview request form and send it to us.
The 2012 Field Apprenticeship is comprised of a field program and a lecture series. The field trips are the backbone of our educational curriculum in which you will experientially learn field botany, ecology and wildcrafting techniques, as well as defining your relationship with nature. The lecture series provides the inside classroom environment required for note taking and lecture-based learning.
Upon completion of the Apprenticeship, you will be able to identify, locate, harvest, process, and use plants you have never seen before. This skill will apply throughout the world beyond the Pacific Northwest.
Michael Moore Tribute Video
Michael Moore Tribute: Howie Brounstein talks about his herbal mentor Michael Moore who passed away in February of 2009.
Botany
What is Botany?
Botany is the science of plants: their life, structure, growth, classification, as well as the study of the plant life in a specific area. In this section you will find plant lists of the western United States, original articles and links pertaining to the science of plant identification, as well as other aspects of the scientific study of plant life.
Wildcrafting
What is Wildcrafting?
Wildcrafting is gathering plant material from its native "wild" environment. Wildcrafting is stewardship. This means we take care of the land and our plant populations or stands. We harvest in a way that insures the health of the stand for our children. We should be able to return to this stand year after year. It will teach us many secrets about ecology and population dynamics. It is not a one-night stand.
Herbalism
What is Herbalism?
The art and science of herbalism is a practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts promoting health, and preventing and modifying illness. Herbalism is also known as botanical medicine, medical herbalism, and herbal medicine.
