Herbs Courses

Learn How to Use Oils for Health & Well-being

This is a great course for anyone wishing to learn more about the safe use of aromatherapy essential oils for healing and relaxation. The course provides an introduction to a range of oils, their chemical groups, modes of harvesting and extraction, as well as how they can be used.

Essential oils are the backbone of Aromatherapy. Their effectiveness is dependent on their safe and proper use, as well as on the quality of the oil used. Oils work in a much more subtle way than many commercially prepared products and in many situations are more suitable for preventative treatment rather than cure. 

Learn to Identify, Propagate, Grow and Cook with Culinary Herbs

This course covers a large range of edible herbs. You will learn how to identify and successfully grow dozens of common and less common edible herbs. You will also develop your skills and experience the delights of cooking adventurous new recipes with herbs, and learn about drying and other methods of preserving the flavour (e.g. herb oils, salt, vinegar).

The course has broad appeal. It may be of value for those who wish to take it for home use but is also of value to people who may wish to use it for a catering business, to start a herb nursery or herb farm, work in crop production, etc.

Become Skilled at Growing & Using Lavender

This course is aimed at the lavender enthusiast and anyone who is interested in starting commercial lavender production. Lavender has been a popular cultivated plant for many centuries and is perhaps the most common, and certainly one of the most versatile, herbs you could ever consider growing. It can be grown as a shrub, a container plant or hedge over a metre tall, depending on the species.

The flowers and leaves of lavender can be used for medicinal, craft, cosmetic and culinary purposes. It is sold as bunched lavender, stripped flowers for crafts, or distilled for its essential oil – making it a profitable commodity worldwide.

Discover How to Grow Herbs and Become a Herb Professional

Learn to identify, grow, harvest and use a wide range of herbs. Improve your knowledge, employment prospects or herb business opportunities.

An extensive course for the herb farmer, nurseryman or classic garden designer.

Turn your fascination with these interesting plants into a life-long passion and a career.

This course is designed to develop a solid grounding in herb growing and the herb industry. Half of the course deals with general herb culture, including identification, soils, mulching, feeding, watering, propagation, pest & disease control, harvest, storage, processing, companion planting, nursery management and herb farming. The remainder of the course involves detailed studies of major groups of herbs such as: mints, thymes, lavenders, scented geraniums, garlic, roses, artemisias and parsley.

Passionate about Herbs?

A broad based six lesson course for beginners to herb growing, covering the history of herb use, herb culture, and identification of the major herbs. This course involves about 80 hours of study with an emphasis on growing and using herbs as a hobby. Thirty different herbs are studied in detail and a systematic method of identifying herbs is emphasised.

Why study here? ....ACS is different in many ways

• Established since 1979, Internationally recognised (IARC)
• Support from an international team of highly qualified herb experts
• Courses are continually reviewed and revisions are happening every month of the year
• Courses are "experiential" based learning (This is different to many other schools)

Find Out How Plants Can Promote Health

Medicinal herbs are plants which contain phytochemicals that have an effect on the body. Some herbs are used to treat mental symptoms like anxiety, restlessness, and sleeplessness.  Others are used to treat physical complaints such as diarrhoea, stomach aches, and sinus complaints.

Study this course to learn about the identification of medicinal herbs, their culture and history, herbal remedies, poisonous plants, and more. This eight lesson course is not designed to train naturopaths, but will teach you the basics of how to identify and correctly administer herbs for medicinal purposes.

Lesson cover: Introduction to Medicinal Herbs; Culture of Medicinal Herbs; History; Main Medicinal Herbs; Herbal Remedies; Preparing Herbal remedies; Poisonous Plants; Developing a Production Plan.

 STUDY SCENTED PLANTS ONLINE

Scented plants add a wonderful perspective to any garden; if selected and used properly. Too many can be overpowering, and some can cause allergic reactions in some people; but many others have aromatherapy affects, soothing the garden visitor, reminding them of pleasant times from the past. This course can provide an entoxicating experience for the enthusiast and equally enhance and advance the career prospects for a garden designer, manager or grower.

Why study here? ....ACS is different in many ways

• Established since 1979, Internationally recognised (IARC)
• Support from an international team of highly qualified plant experts
• Courses are continually reviewed and revisions are happening every month of the year
• Courses are "experiential" based learning (This is different to many other schools)