Description
Join the Green Path: Registrants Pay Off Your Immersion
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The term Viriditas comes from the mystic healer Hildegard von Bingen. It refers to the “greening power” of nature—the life force that sustains us all.
This onsite immersion is an accelerated, 40-hour intensive designed for those ready to commit to the work. We are moving away from the screen and back to the soil, focusing on place-based medicine and authentic intimacy.
What You Will Receive:
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25 Years of Herbal Wisdom: Direct mentorship from Nicole Telkes, integrating traditional folklore with modern science.
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The 6-Sense Practice: Hands-on learning through lectures, practice, sound, ceremony, breath, song, movement, and touch.
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Digital Detox: A “low-tech/no-tech” environment to help you repair, restore, and reconnect.
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Herbal Mastery: Intensive study of 60+ Central Texas and common Materia Medica.
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Integrated Learning: Includes 6 months of online preparatory material ($600 value) plus pre- and post-immersion community circles to ensure your knowledge sticks.

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What to Expect
Standard Tuition: $1,250 Includes 40 hours of in-person, live instruction, 6 months of online preparatory program access, and daily organic lunches. Open to 12 dedicated students.
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C. Texas bioregional native and common medicinal plants materia medica
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Permaculture and Herbalism
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Plant Spirit Medicine and Flower Essences
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Medicinal Plant Gardening
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Native and Naturalized Medicinal Wild Plant Walks
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Fresh Plant Medicine Making,
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Botanical ID and Plant Morphology
Where? We will be meeting in a private residence in C Texas and will also be carpooling to a few wild plant walks, permaculture projects nearby.
Lodging: Options available for an additional fee, or locals may come in for the day
Refund Policy: Applicants may receive their investment amount back if canceling within 30 days of the event. If cancellations occur after this time, an additional 25% is kept to cover costs in addition to your $250 nonrefundable application fee.



