Welcome to the Urban Herbology Apprenticeship

The Urban Herbology Apprenticeship is a year-long journey into the remarkable plants growing around us and the skills needed to live more closely with nature, even in the heart of the city.

The apprenticeship comprises ten seasonal workshop days in Amsterdam, where we gather to identify plants, make herbal remedies, share food, explore local green spaces, and learn together through practical experience. Supporting every workshop is the Urban Herbology Library — an ever-growing collection of videos, recipes, plant profiles, downloads, and demonstrations that you can return to whenever you wish.

Together we'll explore four interconnected themes:

Urban Plants — learning to recognise, understand and care for the plants around us.

The Urban Apothecary — creating safe herbal remedies, skincare, tinctures, teas and seasonal preparations.

Urban Foodcraft — foraging, fermentation, preservation and bringing local plants into everyday cooking.

Regenerative Urban Living — gardening, biodiversity, sustainable household crafts and practical ways to support the places where we live.

Most of the lessons in this library are available only to enrolled apprentices, although you'll find a selection of open pages to explore. Take your time, have a look around, and if this way of learning speaks to you, I'd be delighted to welcome you to a future apprenticeship.

Urban Herbology isn't simply about learning the names of plants.

It's about learning to feel at home in the landscape around you.

Urban Herbology is a Registered Training School with the CMA.