Erin Vanhee, LMT, Herbalist

06/03/2026

Back by popular demand! Join Erin in a 3 hour walk and talk focusing on wild edible and medicinal plants of the PNW. This walk is held in Rockport at the foot of the North Cascade Pass. Come for the day and stop in Concrete for dinner and a movie or hit the trails or nearby lakes.
When? June 20
Time: 1:00-4:00pm
Where? Rockport, WA
Touch, smell and nibble your way to plant knowledge and hang out with like minded plant people.
www.erinvanhee.com/in-person-classes/rockport-plant-walk

Directions sent upon registration.

Sorry, no harvesting on this wild plant walk.

Trillium Herbal Medicine Plant Walks are immersive herbal experiences with advanced herbal practitioner and founder of Trillium Medicine, Erin Vanhee. Learn to identify and use native and introduced species of Washington State. Touch, smell, and nibble your way to herbal and edible plant knowledge

06/03/2026

Are you SURE you don't want to do this 4 Week Herbal Intensive? We have a small group for June so there is still room for you.

Rare opportunity to get your hands in the thick of herbalism as wildcrafter and medicine maker. You can't learn this in a book. You can't learn this online.

Here is the link- we begin tomorrow.

www.erinvanhee.com/beginthejourney

06/02/2026

The famous Herbal Medicine Making Extravaganza day class returns October 3. Registration is open!

This always sells out so I encourage you to get your tickets early.

Fresh and dried plants are all provided for you.

Make and take Herbal Salts, Syrup, Vinegar, Tincture and honey. Make a sample herb infused tea, infusions and decoctions. Best way to learn or accelerate your confidence and knowledge is to learn by Doing.

Here is a link-

https://erinvanhee.com/in-person-classes/herbal-medicine-making-workshops

06/02/2026

The LAST Wildcrafting class for 2026! Looking to gain more confidence in your wild plant ID and foraging skills? Last harvesting classes begin THIS Thursday. 4 weeks of study around the Skagit County area and one day on Camano Island.

This is your final opportunity for 2026 to learn about wild plants that includes harvesting protocols and medicine making.

Can't make it to this one or just not interested in harvesting or crafting herbs into medicine? Are your interests more in line with knowing your plant identification and a few tips on how to use them?

Stay tuned for a few Wild Plant Walks in July but if you want it all- Plant ID, harvesting and medicine making...here is the link to register

Wildcrafting and medicine making on the fly! Field study, plant identification, harvest, preparation with Erin Vanhee, Herbalist

05/29/2026

Do you ever wander around your yard, land, neighbourhood looking at all the wild plants around you and wonder what they are? Have you ever used your APP to get an ID of a plant and think I wonder what it's used for? Or have you gathered all the info but then had no idea on how harvest it, what part to harvest or when?

Well it's your lucky day. I have a Wild plant class coming up next week on Thursday June 4 that runs for 4 consecutive weeks and those questions and curiosities is what we do all day.

Best part? You get to make herbal medicines every day of class- From Day One.

Join us. www.erinvanhee.com/beginthejourney

05/26/2026

Fresh or dried? Which is best? The way we do things here at Trillium is based on a bit of learning from your mistakes and a bit of how we approach plants as a whole medicine and not just a single constituent.

For water based nourishing infusions- we go for the tried and true dried plant. The drying process opens the cell walls making sure we get all the nourishment and tonic aspects of plants like nettle or oat straw.

For alcohol extracts, most of what we make here is from fresh plant. I love the tradition of capturing the full matrix of the plant and processing it into medicine just minutes following harvest.

There really isn't anything better than making a juice or a "chew" or essence water from fresh plant. But I would be lost without my small home apothecary with my favourite dried herbs available when needed.

Compared to dried herbs in commerce- you can not get any better herbal medicine than from the plants you harvest and dry yourself.
Dried herbs from Amazon or even the very popular massive herb retailers & food co-ops- comes from very far away from who knows what type of facility. (Be sure to read the fine print for the origin of what you may consider a local herb.)
Always, when possible- harvest and dry your own herbs. There are some great dehydrators out there now- we have the Excalibur 9 tray. Do it yourselfers may buy the book "Dry It- You'll like it" for a detailed plans on making your own.

Or buy DIRECT from farmers or personal wild crafters. Your herbal remedies are only as good as the herbs you use to make them.

What's your favourite way to use herbs? Fresh or dried?

05/24/2026

One more Wildcraft & Medicine Making 4 Week Intensive is happening in June! Plant ID, harvesting and making medicine all in one class. We meet one day a week Thursday on public lands around Skagit County and one day on Camano Island.

Join us and spend the rest of the summer feeling confident in your wild foraging and harvests.

Here is the link:

www.erinvanhee.com/beginthejourney

05/19/2026

If you are on social media or listening to a podcast or worse- seeing TV ads ~ you may be thinking that something is wrong with you. Culturally- what is wrong with you is highlighted with louder frequency than what is right with you.
Especially as women. The noise around women's health and well being is even louder. And with good reason- I acknowledge that it's a scary and unprecedented time.

But- and there is a but here.....In general, we are OK. And that's where herbs come in to the picture. What I love about using herbs in wellness, healing, supporting is the myriad ways that plants show up.

I am out with students every week witnessing their beginning or continued journey with herbal medicine. We meet plants and share story and the "This herb for this and this herb for that" part of herbal education. We also talk about ways to invite herbs to be a part of our WELLness- our "I am OK"- ness.

What does that look like? That is the part where you sit with the plant and allow the plant to show you what it has to offer you. Or maybe what you have to offer the plant.
It may or may not be very different from the "this herb for this problem" aspect of your herbal knowledge.

Last week when gathering roses - we spoke of how the Rose is supportive for the grief experience and also for giving and receiving Love. There is a big gap between grief and Love- Or is there?
One of the ways to gather rose to support us is to intentionally gather the rose in bud before the flower has opened. These can be strung together to make a garland or a lei to wear yourself or gift to someone in their healing process.
With each rosebud you string together - there is an opportunity of prayer or visualisation or raising the healing vibration- whatever you want to name it.

My experience with gathering rose and weaving rose into lei has been healing to my own process and as an offering to others. There have been times that the offering to others was silent and unknown to them- It is these times that the plants seem to do their best 'work'.

How are you showing up for yourself? How are plants showing up for you? We sometimes think plants are here for us. But what if we are here for them? What if their plant constituents and healing capabilities are just the surface of what they can do you?

Plants don't watch TV commercials that subliminally tell us what's wrong with us. Plants don't even read the herb books that tell us how we can be 'Fixed.'

Plants do tend to remind us that we are vibrant, living beings.
They are happy to see you when you show up.

05/16/2026

We are already half way through the May Wildcraft & Medicine Making Intensive! I get so distracted by plants and great conversation that I forgot to take photos.
So far we have harvested wild rose, hawthorn flowers, yarrow, cleavers, nettle, fir tips, mugwort, horsetail. We have tasted, smelled, touched and learned about many more along the way.

We have also gathered a whole lot of Earth time and connection with the medicine at our feet and the bounty of the PNW.

Are you looking for a fast paced short class on herbalism, plant ID and medicine making? This may be just the ticket. June 4 Week Herbal Intensive begins June 4 and there is still room.

Here is the link- www.erinvanhee.com/beginthejourney

05/12/2026

Hey, wild plant folks! This is the last In person Wildcrafting class I have for 2026!
Four weeks in June- You know, June, right? That is flower time in the PNW and that means flower harvesting along with all the good plant ID and medicine making time.

Join us, yes? You'll be glad you did. 4 weeks, 4 Thursdays begins June 4.

Wildcraft & Medicine making Intensive/June — In this wild food and medicine intensive- we meet Thursdays 10:00-4:00 for 4 consecutive weeks. Dates: Thursdays June 4, 11, 18, 25 , 2026 Location: Outdoor spaces within Skagit County- May 7 on Camano Island Tuition: Early Bird Tuiti