The Crafty Herbalist Academy

A foundation in herbal

medicine, rooted in

tradition, science &

seasonal practice

Kristine De Block, BSc Hons,
Medical Herbalist, MNIMH

One of my earliest memories is standing in my grandmother’s Belgian garden while she introduced me to the elder tree. She treated plants as trusted companions, and I didn’t know it then, but that’s where everything started.

I trained as a medical herbalist at university in the UK. That was over twenty years ago. Since then I’ve been seeing patients in my own dispensary in the Chilterns and teaching herbal medicine at every level. I also spent years studying with the late Christopher Hedley in the older constitutional and humoral tradition, which still shapes how I work.

The Academy is where I bring all of it together – for people who want to learn herbal medicine in a real way, whether for their own family and community, or as a foundation for going further.

I’m glad our paths have crossed.

Kristine x

How I teach herbal medicine

The Academy draws on the traditional Western herbal medicine I was taught,
the modern research I have used throughout more than twenty years in clinical practice, and the understanding that comes from working with the plants yourself.

This is how I learned.
Studying the body and the herbs gives you the framework,
but tasting a plant, making a remedy and seeing how it behaves
through the seasons bring that knowledge to life.

WHAT’S INSIDE

What you’ll find in the Academy when you join

A thirteen-module course covering the major body systems and over 100 herbs – the nervous system, digestion, cardiovascular, respiratory, hormonal health, immunity, skin, and more. Each module has a fifty-plus page handbook and a written assignment that comes back with my personal feedback.

Hands-on practice from the start, with remedy-making tutorials for tinctures, syrups, balms, and infused oils, foraging videos through the seasons, and printable recipe booklets keyed to the year.

Monthly live Zoom classes, often with a herb to taste together. A student forum of herbalists worldwide, working through the material at their own pace.

A CMA-accredited ‘Foundations in Herbal Medicine’ certificate on completion – the same grounding whether you’re learning for your family and community or building toward further training as a medical herbalist.

Annual saves £98 – the equivalent of two months free.
7-day refund guarantee on the monthly plan.

Not ready yet?

That’s perfectly fine. Use the free planner, and feel free to read my blog posts, or come to a live Zoom class or in-person event when one is open to the public.

If you’d like regular herbal letters from me – musings from my life as a medical herbalist and teacher, news from my garden clinic with what’s coming into season and how to work with it, or to keep up to date with in-person events – you can sign up to my mailing list below.