Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine
Asheville, North Carolina
A blend of Chinese and Western sciences, CoreyPine Shane's 300-hour, six-month herbal training program cultivates a sense of self-sufficiency and community among students via ethical plant gathering and identification lessons, and do-it-yourself-style learning. For more experienced students, he offers an advanced five-month clinical program, which often functions as a follow-up to the herbal training program. For more information, visit blueridgeschool.org.

Sacred Plant Traditions
Charlottesville, Virginia
In the urban setting of Charlottesville, Virginia, Kathleen Maiers has created a backyard botanical sanctuary. In the nine-month "foundations program," Maiers teaches bodily systems and incorporates the sacred aspects of basic herbal preparation. From there, students can go on to complete a three-year clinical training, the only one of its kind on the East Coast. Numerous one-day workshops are also available. For more information, visit sacredplanttraditions.com.