Earth Alchemy School
A return to learning that honors the land, the body, and the sacred.
Welcome to Earth Alchemy School™, the educational branch of Return to Vital Roots — where ancient earth wisdom meets regenerative living.
We believe education should not just inform, but transform — connecting people back to what truly matters: soil, seasons, spirit, and sustainability.
What We Offer
→ Short Courses
Bite-sized, high-impact lessons across our four core pillars:
Permaculture | Conservation | Sustainability | Vitality
→ Guided Pathways
Curated bundles like The Regenerative Garden Path and The Rooted Vitality Path to help you learn with flow and purpose.
→ The Vital Roots Method™ Masterclass
Our signature deep-dive class — the perfect starting point for anyone craving clarity, inspiration, and rooted direction.
→ Vital Roots Alchemist™ Certification
A comprehensive training for those ready to embody and share regenerative living in their homes, communities, and work.
→ Downloadable Tools
Garden planners, ritual guides, herbal trackers, and other printables to support your journey.
Our courses are rooted in four foundational pillars
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Permaculture
Designing with nature, not against it. This pillar teaches how to regenerate land, grow food, and create systems that sustain life. Rooted in ethics and patterns found in the wild, permaculture here is both practical and poetic — a pathway to belonging through design, observation, and hands-in-the-soil learning.
Course Offerings:
✦ Start Your Native Garden
✦ Raised Bed Garden Planning
✦ Herb Spiral Design
✦ Intro to Food Forests
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Conservation
Protecting what’s wild, sacred, and worth remembering. Our conservation teachings reconnect us with native ecologies, pollinators, wildlife, and ancestral land stewardship practices. This pillar is about reciprocity — tending the Earth in a way that honors its original rhythms and inhabitants.
Course Offerings:
✦ Living Landscape
✦ Wildlife at the Threshold
✦ Watershed Ways
✦ The Conservation Ethic
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Sustainability
Living in alignment with the planet — and your real life. We explore circular living, zero-waste practices, regenerative homemaking, and conscious consumption. This pillar bridges the gap between ideals and action, helping you build a lifestyle that’s rooted, doable, and deeply nourishing.
Course Offerings:
✦ Earth Aligned Home
✦ The Regenerative Kitchen
✦ Sustainable Living Toolkit
✦ Rooted Family Ways
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Vitality
Because a healthy Earth starts with a vital you. This pillar focuses on herbalism, seasonal wellness, ancestral nourishment, and self/community care. It’s about rewilding your body, mind, and spirit — and remembering that healing ourselves and healing the planet are one and the same.
Course Offerings:
✦ Wild+Well: Family Herbalism
✦ Sacred Nourishment
✦ Backyard Apothecary
✦ The Vital Self
Pathways
The Regenerative Garden Path
A lush, earth-connected path for the garden dreamer and ecological doer.
1. Start Your Native Garden (Permaculture)
2. Watershed Ways (Conservation)
3. Earth Aligned Home (Sustainability)
4. Sacred Nourishment (Vitality)
The Conscious Homestead Path
For those building a rooted home and ritual-rich life from the ground up.
1. Raised Bed Garden Planning (Permaculture)
2. Living Landscape (Conservation)
3. The Regenerative Kitchen (Sustainability)
4. Wild + Well: Family Herbalism (Vitality)
The Rooted Vitality Path
A path of spirit, resilience, and rhythm — for those who want to thrive naturally.
1. Herb Spiral Design (Permaculture)
2. Wildlife at the Threshold (Conservation)
3. Rooted Family Ways (Sustainability)
4. The Vital Self (Vitality)
The Vital Roots Method™ Masterclass
Become a certified practitioner in the Vital Roots philosophy of regenerative design, sacred ecology, and Earth-aligned living.
Why Earth Alchemy?
We are the bridge between Earth’s ancient wisdom and a thriving future. Our school is rooted in permaculture, sacred ecology, and ancestral knowing — reimagined for the modern Earthkeeper. Whether you’re tending your garden, nourishing your home, or healing your body, you’re part of the return to vital roots.