Join us for our Virtual Open House!
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Tuesday February 11th from 6:30p-8p
Get a unique look into our school!
ArborVitae's Co-Founder Claudia Keel, & Director Diana Isidoro will share lots of information about our professional program and answer any questions you may have. If you're considering applying to our professional program that starts in September then this is a great opportunity to speak with faculty and see if ArborVitae is the right fit for your herbalism education.
With Special Guest
Sam Perry, Core Faculty at ArborVitae
Sam Perry
Samuel Perry, RH (AHG) is a clinical herbalist, medicine maker and herbal educator. Sam offers in-person herbal consultation in Albany, NY and the surrounding region as well as phone and Zoom consults for long-distance clients. Practicing in the Vitalist and Eclectic tradition of American Herbalism, Sam offers compassionate attention and support in all manner of health concerns. Sam is the Teaching Assistant and a core faculty member of Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism in New York City. He helps supervise the 3rd Year Student Clinic and reviews and offers feedback on all student homework for the program. He teaches classes covering energetics, botany, herbal history and philosophy and materia medica. The former farm manager of Raven Crest Botanicals, an Herb Farm, Apothecary and Retreat Center in Upstate New York, Sam still leads a variety of programing at Raven Crest including Silent Meditation Retreats and Herbal immersions. He also runs a free 3 hour weekly Herbal Study Group for his local community in Albany, NY. A sometimes poet and a long-time Zen Buddhist practitioner, Sam’s teaching is expressed in a playful and fluid style.