About your herbalist Having wanted to be a herbalist since the age of 4 (and writing to the National Institute of Medical Herbalists at the age of 11 to ask how I could train!) I was lucky enough to train with the College of Phytotherapy and graduated with a BSc (Hons) in 2004. As well as treating patients I am passionate about the education of trainee herbalists - I helped design and deliver the BSc in Herbal Medicine at Leeds Metropolitan (now Beckett) University between 2007 and 2012, and now teach on the professional course for Heartwood who offer excellent training for the next generation of herbalists.