Due to repeated requests from past and current students, we are pleased to announce a new ongoing extension to our existing herbal diploma, taking students
into part one of a new, revised year two – one week day per month for 10 months. Although there is a curriculum, much of the year’s work will be based upon
an expansion of work already completed with particular emphasis on the needs and requirements of the class group.

During the year, the class will be concentrating on wild harvesting, individualised herbal remedies and product development. Students will be working more
proportionally with understanding the energetics of local, commonly available plants, coming from the same ground and locations as we ourselves do.
New, exciting, plants and materials not worked with before. New research, new herbs, new products and remedies, incorporating new in depth ways of creating
unique formulations contributing to greater understanding and raised levels of wholeness with respect to each students personalized product ranges. In this regard
the year’s work will be highly individualised to each student’s level of intuition, plant insights and unique preparation forms.

Open only to students who have completed our herbal diploma, year one and/or year two. Particularly suited to those students needing a refresher and those
who feel the need for further development and knowledge, in creating more medicines, skincare or healthcare ranges. Nothing remains static – least of all our knowledge
and awareness of our wonderful, healing, nourishing and sustaining plant allies, who benefit us from the cradle to the grave. Please enrol early as this year’s class
only has a few vacancies left.

Continuing Herbal Education

A year focusing on more detailed and intensive herbal studies. Much more emphasis is placed on the practical application and production of herbal products, treatments and protocols.

Formulations are more intensively studied and produced during this year’s work.

1. Identification collection and cataloging of a further 10 herbs. To be intensively catergorised.

2. Plant constituents and their purpose in herbal healing:

• Acids
• Alkaloids
• Carbohydrates
• Enzymes
• Flavonoids
• Glycosides
• Gums and Mucilages
• Phenols
• Tannins
• Resins
• Saponins
• Starches
• Volatiles Oils
• Waxes

3. Herbal production and application of:

• Five types of infusions
• Linaments
• Poultices
• Ointments / salves and balms
• Herbal syrups
• Oxymels
• Fomentations
• Pessaries / suppositories
• Percolation
• Maceration
• Compounds
• Lozenges
• Enemas (types)
• Cerates
• Powders
• Casts / plasters
• Electuaries
• Vermifuges
• Glycerites
• Succus’s
• Pills
• Concentrates
• Mojo’s
• Flower Essences

4. Wild crafted herbs.

5. Herb plant identification follow-on.

6. Culinary herbals.

7. Natural skin care.

8. Nutritional therapeutics, vitamins, foods and drugs.

9. Absorbability of herbal medicines in various solvents –

10. Remedies:

• Peripheral vasodilators
• Circulatory stimulates
• Digestives
• Bitters
• Diuretics
• Relaxants
• Expectorants
• Alteratives
• Tonics
• Hormonals
• Herbal combing

11. Disorders / disease and principles of medicine making.

12. Male health and herbs.

13. Children’s health and herbs.

14. Natural animal healthcare.

15. Detoxification and healing.

16. Spiritual properties and herbs.

17. Native plant medicine and properties.

Class Dates:

Sunday March 13th
Saturday April 29th
Sunday May 15th
Sunday June 12th
Sunday July 10th
Sunday August 7th
Sunday September 4th
Sunday October 9th
Sunday November 6th
Sunday December 3rd

Times: 10.30am – 4.30pm
Please be on time.

Fee: $1450 (inclusive) as per enrolment conditions.

Note: Fees cover all materials and products produced, including literature supplied.

All enrolments must include completed enrolment form with deposit.

Enrolments close as soon as course is filled.

Please click here to download an enrolment form.

Venue: This course is held at the Cottage Hill Herb Farm located at 2 Bridge Road, Birchville, Upper Hutt.
Please click here for driving directions to Cottage Hill Herbs in Upper Hutt

Wild Weeds As Food & Medicine

Date:Sunday 13th of February
Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm
Fee: $89.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

An informative and money saving look at the amazing culinary and medicinal uses of the common weeds of our gardens and wild walkways. Learn how to use them for their vitamin, mineral and nutrient value – how to prepare them and how to turn them into useful and easily prepared medicinal products. Take home plants and medicinal products.

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

Chest Rubs & Oils

Date:Thursday 24th of February
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Fee: $85.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

Learn how to create your own ointments, salves and chest rubs from common garden weeds and herbs that grow easily around us.

You will make and take home:
• Infused Oils
• Wound Ointment
• Healing Salve for treating eczema, skin problems etc
• Chest Rub for bronchial and respiratory conditions

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

March 2011

Creating Natural Skincare Products

(Two Day Intensive Workshop)

Date:Saturday 5th and Sunday the 6th of March
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $340.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

A two day basic intensive workshop designed to show you how simple, easy and cost effective it is to create your own superior, chemical free beautiful skincare products.

Over the course of two days you will learn to make your own base creams, herbal infused oils etc. study which herbs and natural ingredients are the most effective in rejuvenating, healing and improving the look, texture and health of your skin.

You will learn how to make over fifteen unique, specialized natural skin and body care products worth hundreds of dollars and you will take these home with you at the end of each day. No experience is necessary – we set you on a new and exciting path to formulating all of your personal skincare products free of any chemical contamination, and customized to suit your skins unique needs.

Note: Please book early. Class numbers are strictly limited with places usually booked out early. Enrolment form and deposit required to secure your place.

During the workshop you will make and take home:

• Base cream
• Herbally infused oil
• Healing hand cream
• Skin and body oil
• Moisturiser
• Cleanser
• Body scrub
• Facial masks
• Exfoliater
• Lip Balm
• Shampoo
• Conditioner

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

April 2011

Soap Making The Easy Way

(Using Melt & Pour Soap Bases)

Date:Saturday 10th of April
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $160.00 (Inclusive of all materials, take home your creations)

An informative and money saving look at the amazing culinary and medicinal uses of the common weeds of our gardens and wild walkways. Learn how to use them for their vitamin, mineral and nutrient value – how to prepare them and how to turn them into useful and easily prepared medicinal products. Take home plants and medicinal products.

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

May 2011

More Creative Melt & Pour Soap Making

Date:Sunday 1st of May
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $180.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

This is a follow on from our most popular soap making basic melt & pour course. During this highly fragrant day we will explore soaps for specific skin problems and ages. You will learn fun and easy methods to make a variety of shapes and sizes, embedding techniques, colour combining, using clays, micas and pigments. Hand made melt and pour soaps are safe, easy and very creative to make from pure natural ingro.

During this workshop you will make and take home: -

• Shaving Soap
• Goats Milk Soaps
• Gardeners Soap
• Babies and children’s soaps
• Loaf – style soaps
• Re-milled soaps
• Butter bars
• Layered soaps

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

A Little About Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicine is the oldest medicine on the planet and still the referred medicine of the greater population worldwide. More than 80% of the world’s population uses Herbals as mainstream medicine, according to the World Health Organisation.

Most of us do not have the slightest idea of how to achieve and maintain good health today. Our fast pace lifestyles, with polluted environments, alcohol abuse, drug dependencies, fast foods and high tech stress, make us susceptible to all sorts of illnesses, with many of them life threatening. The 3rd leading cause of death in the Western world today is the admission to a hospital!! What does this say for our healthcare system.

We have simply lost the ability to take an active part in our own healing of ill health and in understanding the simplicity of achieving optimum health, through the cleansing, rebuilding and maintenance of our bodies, using pure, natural, cost effective herbs rocessed in the traditional ways.

Cottage Hill Herbs ’Diploma of Herbal Studies’ is a unique way to study the uses and application of a wide range of herbs. Students work with the plants, grown organically, working from the ground up – learning practical methods of growing and use of herbs raditionally and clinically. We develop an intimate understanding of the plants when working with nature first hand. The aromas, scents and growth patterns speak to us and we each grow in an awareness of the other.

Modules Covered
1. Introduction to Herbal Medicine and Herbal Terminology.
2. Body Systems, Disease, Nutrition Therapy.
3. Herbal Therapeutics, Herbal First Aid.
4. Herbal Medicine and Animal Treatments. Including production of animal care products.
5. Herb Identification, Collection and Cataloging of 50 Herb Specimens.
6. Horticultural Methods, Propagation, Harvesting, Drying and Seed Collection.
7.Understanding the Elements of Health.
8. Holistic Nutrition, Diet, and Detoxification.
9. Identifying Symptoms.
10. Phytonutrients and Nutraceuticals.
11. Planting “Your Green Pharmacy”.
12. Essential Oils and their Therapeutic Use and Application
13. Production of Ointments, Salves, Tinctures, Oil Blends, Capsules, Formulas and Herbal Teas.
14. Formulations, Poultices, Compresses, and Powders.
15. Natural Skin Care Creation.
16. Running a Chemical Free Home and Formulation of Cleaning Products.
17. Flower Essences.
18. Herbal Crafts, Seasonings and Culinary Blends
19. Business and Marketing Opportunities

• No prior herbal knowledge is required for this course, although the commitment to complete assignments given throughout the year is essential. This involves approximately 3 hours per week in addition to class attendance.
• Graduation is not subject to examination, but is assessed on adequate completion and understanding of all assignments given over the year’s course.
• Becoming herbally educated is one of the most important and cost effective steps you can take toward wise and effective healing of body, mind and spirit.
• Class numbers are strictly limited to 10 students only.
• The class year consists of fortnightly attendance of one full weekend per fortnight, held at the Herb Farm. Assignments and further weekly study is conducted during students own time, but is a requirement of attendance. On time regular attendance is also required, as is prepayment of student fees.
• All materials, herb plants, seeds, bottles etc are supplied. All ointments, crèmes, tinctures, capsules etc – produced by
• students are supplied at no additional cost to students and become the property of each student. Personal paperwork and books are not supplied, but notes where required are provided, other than those taken during class.
• Total hours involved are approximately 200, plus assignments

Class Dates
July 12th & 13th and 26th & 27th
August 2nd & 3rd and 16th & 17th and 30th & 31st
September 13th & 14th
October 4th & 5th and 18th & 19th
November 8th & 9th and 22nd & 23rd

10:30am – 4:30pm

Fee: $2170 (inclusive)

Enrolments close as soon as the course is filled. Enrolment forms must be completed prior to the course start date. Please email or phone Donna on (04) 526 4753 to request an enrolment form to be sent to you.

Venue: This course is held at the Cottage Hill Herb Farm located at 2 Bridge Road, Birchville, Upper Hutt. For driving directions please click here

Please note: Students enrolling in the Herbal Diploma are strictly limited to 10 students in total per course. Should a student be unable to complete the course, the course fee is still due and payable, as per enrolment conditions.