A Four‑Season, Sensory‑Ecological Herbalism Journey Rooted in the Ozark Land
Learn herbalism the way the land teaches — through pattern, season, sensation, and story.
Ozark Herb Ecology is a year‑long, place‑rooted herbalism course that teaches you to read plants, landforms, and your own body through the shifting ecologies of the four Ozark seasons.
This is herbalism that feels alive.
Mythic.
Embodied.
Seasonal.
Rooted in the land beneath your feet
If you’ve ever wanted to learn herbalism through direct experience, pattern literacy, and ecological intelligence, this is your path.
THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO …
- understand why plants behave the way they do
- read microclimates, landforms, and seasonal patterns
- build a living relationship with Ozark ecology
- deepen your intuition through embodied, sensory practice
- craft seasonal formulas that match real ecological patterns
- explore emotional ecology through the lens of the land
- root your herbal practice in place, story, and season
❄️🌱☀️🍂 THE FOUR‑SEASON ARC
Each season becomes a teacher.
Each landscape becomes a lesson.
Each plant becomes a pattern.
You’ll move through four immersive modules — one for each Ozark season.
❄️ WINTER — Root Fire & Stone Clarity
Winter teaches:
- cold as a clarifying force
- dryness as concentration
- stillness as revelation
- evergreen medicine
- root intelligence
You’ll learn:
- winter microclimates (ridges, hollows, cold sinks, seep springs)
- root and resin energetics
- winter emotional ecology
- warming, grounding, and clearing winter formulas
Winter is the season of truth, structure, and root depth.
🌱 SPRING — Rising Sap & Tender Green Vitality
Spring teaches:
- upward movement
- moisture
- emergence
- cleansing
- tenderness
You’ll learn:
- spring microclimates (seep springs, warm pockets, early green zones)
- lymphatic and mineral‑rich greens
- spring energetics (cooling, moistening, lifting)
- emotional ecology of renewal and overwhelm
- spring tonics and green formulas
Spring is the season of rebirth, hope, and green flood
☀️ SUMMER — Heat‑Stone, Storm Cycles & Fire Medicine
Summer teaches:
- heat
- intensity
- drought
- storm movement
- protection
You’ll learn:
- summer microclimates (heat stones, river cool zones, drought ridges)
- aromatic dispersants and cooling herbs
- summer energetics (drying, cooling, protective)
- emotional ecology of passion, burnout, and vitality
- summer cooling teas and protective blends
Summer is the season of fire, clarity, and resilience
🍂 AUTUMN — Understory Gold & Root Return
Autumn teaches:
- descent
- consolidation
- grounding
- sweetness
- preparation
You’ll learn:
- immune tonics and root return
- autumn energetics (warming, grounding, nourishing)
- emotional ecology of release and settling
- autumn bitters, spicebush teas, and immune blends
Autumn is the season of gathering, softening, and root descent.
🌿 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ACROSS THE YEAR
Pattern Literacy
Read ecological patterns — temperature, moisture, movement, exposure, light — and apply them to plants and bodies.
Microclimate Intelligence
Understand how ridges, hollows, slopes, and springs shape plant behavior and medicine.
Seasonal Energetics
Taste and map warming, cooling, drying, moistening, dispersing, grounding patterns.
Emotional Ecology
Explore how each season shapes mood, identity, and inner pattern.
Sensory Mapping
Develop a sensory vocabulary for herbal energetics through touch, taste, scent, posture, and landscape.
Seasonal Formulation
Craft blends that match the season’s ecological and emotional patterns.
Land Relationship
Build a living, reciprocal relationship with Ozark landforms.
WHO THIS COURSE SERVES
This course is designed for:
- herbalists
- foragers
- land‑tenders
- homesteaders
- educators
- somatic practitioners
- pattern‑seekers
- mythic storytellers
- anyone who wants to learn through land, season, and sensation