Join us for the
LIVE Herbal Intensive in ITALY!
1st - 5th September, 2025
Imagine this...
It's the 5th of September 2025. You've just spent an unforgettable week in the Italian countryside with an incredible group of herbalists. You are feeling energized and ready to bring all that you have learned from the speakers back to your home community and put your skills into practice.
More than anything, you feel deep inside of you that you have the power to practice as an herbalist and have a meaningful impact on the people that you work with.
This is my actual vision for the herbalists who will attend the LIVE Herbal Intensive that I'm hosting in Italy this September.
After the success of our trial run in 2024 turned out to be the favourite week of my life to date, we're back for round 2!
Herbalists Sharing With Us in 2025:
We are absolutely thrilled to bring four incredible herbalists to Italy to share their expertise with us during the week:
Sajah Popham
Evolutionary Herbalism
Selima Harleston-Lust
Iwilla Remedy
April Punsalan
Wild Herbal Academy
Lisen Sundgren
Life By Lisen
Please note that this is an indicative speaker lineup. We've received tentative "yes" responses from each speaker but given the nature of the live event, there may be changes to the lineup.
What people are saying about our first LIVE Intensive:
Event Schedule:
Monday 1st September, 2025
Check-in from 2 pm at "Palazzo Loup", our home for the week. We'll start the week off with an Opening Circle in the beautiful gardens, followed by a foraging walk around the area. We will then proceed with an apericena as our first dinner together.
Tuesday 2nd September, 2025
After breakfast, we'll have our first 3-hour intensive workshop with one of our herbal teachers. We'll have a break for lunch and then another opportunity to learn from an experience herbalists with a 3-hour class. We'll join together for dinner in the evening.
Wednesday 3rd September, 2025
After breakfast, we'll start the day with a workshop from our third herbal teacher for the week, followed by lunch. In the afternoon we'll enjoy another 3-hour workshop with one of our herbal teachers and have dinner together.
Thursday 4th September, 2025
We'll start the day with breakfast and then we’ll split into smaller groups for you to spend more in-depth time with the herbal teacher(s) you feel called to spend time with. After lunch, we’ll have our last workshop on this journey. Finally, we'll celebrate our last night together with a formal dinner surrounded by the mountains.
Friday 5th September, 2025
On the final day, we'll have breakfast and a Closing Circle to enjoy the last few moments of the event and reflect on what we have learned together before checkout at 10:30 am.
Practical Information
What is included?
The ticket price includes admission to all events during the intensive, all food and lodging for the duration of the event.
What's NOT included?
Travel to the location and flights to Italy are NOT included. We will help to organize transport to the live intensive location with buses (it's in the Italian countryside), which will be available for a nominal fee to cover the cost of bus hire and drivers. While tea/coffee will be available during the day and a glass of wine will be provided with dinner, additional drinks at the event will also incur an extra charge.
Where are we staying?
We are excited to welcome you to our stunning venue, Palazzo Loup in Italy! Palazzo Loup is an ancient 18th-century residence in Scanello (municipality of Loiano), 30 km from Bologna. The villa is surrounded by a centuries-old park in a unique place nestled in nature between the Emilia Romagna and Tuscany
mountains.
How can I book?
We're on a mission to sell out this event BEFORE we launch the virtual Herbal Entrepreneur Conference in March, so if you want to come, NOW is the time to book your spot. Reserve your ticket by making your first payment here.
Hosted by Yolanda Joy
Let's be honest -- I am creating this event for myself because it quite literally is my dream come true.
As an Australian living in Italy, I'm bringing together a handful of the herbalists I admire the most in the world so that we can spend a week immersed in this wonderful craft and learning together, while also enjoying the delights Italy has to offer!
And I'd like to invite you to join us on this journey as we deepen our knowledge of the plants and spend some time together.
