Located in beautiful Sonoma county, the California School of Herbal Studies is one of North America’s oldest centers for herbal education. Founded in 1978 by Rosemary Gladstar, and led today by school director Rebecca Maxfield along with a skilled and dedicated staff of teachers, cshs continues in the spirit in which it was created. Our mission is to help create sustainable communities by providing earth centered, community based herbal education. CSHS works to empower individuals with the skills, experience and confidence needed by the community herbalist. Our school teaches from the tradition of western herbalism, with a materia medica primarily made up of North American and European herbs. Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine perspectives and herbs are used to complement the western tradition. Our full-time, Roots of Herbalism intensive offers students a broad-based foundation in herbal medicine. For those who can't make a full time commitment we also offer a broad range of weekend series courses and one-day workshops. Successful graduates of our intensive program go on to the second year Community Herbalist intensive program and leave here with the knowledge they need to enter and contribute to the field of herbalism. Upon graduation students receive certificates of completion that are highly regarded by the herbal community.