Twin Star Tribe is a Spirit-Based Herbal & Energetic School offering community classes, workshops, Herbalism and Flower Essence Certificate Programs, Green Witch and Goddess Trainings, as well as Sacred Travel.

we OFFER a myriad of classes ranging from evening or Full-day workshops to tHree-year professional herbal training intensives. founder Lupo passero and Twin Stars' staff of knowledgeable and heart-led healers and teachers cover a variety of topics including Western Herbal Medicine, Flower Essence Therapy, Plant Spirit Healing, Nature Connection, Green Witch and Goddess Trainings, Astrology, Ayurveda & more.

We have two locations:
Twin Star North, in the beautiful hills of Western Connecticut and Twin Star South in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains of Asheville, NC

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unable to join our 2025 Foundations of herbalism hybrid program this year?

Can’t make it to our 2025 Foundations of Herbalism hybrid program? No worries—you can still embark on your herbal journey from anywhere with our immersive online course! Dive deep into the wisdom of plant medicine at your own pace, with expert guidance and a vibrant learning community. Don’t miss this opportunity to cultivate your herbal knowledge—join us today!

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TANYA DONTATELLI, Herbalist & owner of oak fairy apothecary

“In my three years at Twin Star, I have found it to be an invaluable resource for herbal knowledge, experience, and community. I have made lifelong friends out of both people and plants, and Lupo and Bekah do an amazing job of helping each individual student find their place in the craft. Twin Star made it possible for me to understand the call I've been hearing to herbalism my whole life, and I am forever grateful for it!”

UPCOMING EVENTS

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New Course: Botanical Bartender save $100 when you sign up by 3/31
Feb 22
New Course: Botanical Bartender save $100 when you sign up by 3/31

This incredible botanical training, six years in the making is about to make its long-awaited debut. As a lover of both herbal medicine and botanical beverages, Herbalist Lupo Passero has been paying close attention in recent years to this botanical boom in the bar industry and has certainly been inspired and excited to see some of her favorite medicinal plants become a huge part of the cocktail/mocktail revolution. However, she was quick to notice that several of the specialty drinks she has been served, as a patron and as a judge at various local cocktail competitions, contained ingredients that, as a trained herbalist, she would not necessarily deem safe for consumption by all. While sharing a plant-based beverage (and her concerns) about this topic with fellow Herbalist, beloved friend, and Aromatherapist Ilana Sobo, the two felt inspired to create an online training program that would offer all lovers of plant-based spirits a course in the safe and efficacious use of commonly used herbs and botanicals.

Foundations of Herbalism Level 1 Herbal Certificate Training (Asheville, NC)
Mar 17
Foundations of Herbalism Level 1 Herbal Certificate Training (Asheville, NC)

Our MOST POPULAR CLASS: Foundations of Herbalism is a both a live and in-person learning experience, consisting of a combination of live online lectures paired with hands on, in person learning, consisting of over 50 in-depth lectures with monthly full day in-person herbal learning days and monthly plant identification walks, as well a beloved community herbalist celebration event and herbal graduation. 

Our 2025 class lectures and scheduled full-day in-person learning days have just been announced!

March 17 & 31, April 14 & 26*, May 12 & 24*, June 9 & 28*, July 14 & 28*, August 11 & 23*, September 8 & 27*, and October 6 & 25*

*These days will consist of plant and mushroom identification walks, herbal medicine gardening, ethically wildcrafting and harvesting, plant spirit philosophy and botanical exercises as well and incredible herbal remedy making lessons (in which you will begin to build and take home remedies for your own at home apothecary).

We will have a full day in-person immersions once a month on Saturday’s, in addition to online classes for herbal lectures and slide shows on Monday’s.

We offer a limited number of spaces each year to create an intimate class experience.

Foundations of Herbalism Level 1 Herbal Certificate Training (CONNECTICUT)
Mar 17
Foundations of Herbalism Level 1 Herbal Certificate Training (CONNECTICUT)

Our MOST POPULAR CLASS: Foundations of Herbalism is a both a live and in-person learning experience, consisting of a combination of live online lectures paired with hands on, in person learning, consisting of over 50 in-depth lectures with monthly full day in-person herbal learning days and monthly plant identification walks, as well a beloved community herbalist celebration event and herbal graduation. 

Our 2025 class lectures and scheduled full-day in-person learning days have just been announced!

March 17 & 31, April 14 & 26*, May 12 & 24*, June 9 & 28*, July 14 & 28*, August 11 & 23*, September 8 & 27*, and October 6 & 25*

*These days will consist of plant and mushroom identification walks, herbal medicine gardening, ethically wildcrafting and harvesting, plant spirit philosophy and botanical exercises as well and incredible herbal remedy making lessons (in which you will begin to build and take home remedies for your own at home apothecary).

We will have a full day in-person immersions once a month on Saturday’s, in addition to online classes for herbal lectures and slide shows on Monday’s.

We offer a limited number of spaces each year to create an intimate class experience.

HEATHER WRIGHT FITZGERALD, Herbalist & owner of tea & tarot

“Twin Star showed up in my life when I most needed community. After only one class, I felt like I had come home. I've spent the last 4+ years taking anything and everything I've had time for. I've learned a wealth of herbal knowledge, and been introduced to topics I would never have known without them. Lupo's style is engaging, pulling you out of the classroom and into nature so you can experience herbalism in person, firsthand whenever possible. I have genuinely loved every class I have ever taken and look forward to taking many others in the future!”

Help us rebuild After Helene

We Feel deeply grateful to the MANY OF YOU that HAVE REACHED OUT, ASKING HOW YOU CAN HELP Twin Star to recover after our classroom and studio space, Located in the River Arts District, was destroyed in the floods post helene. WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN and continued SUPPORT and donations.

As herbalists We put our work directly into action by into action by creating the Appalachian Herb Collective and continue daily to ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF OUR beloved COMMUNITY.

Craft Mocktails, Cocktails, and Botanical Infused Spirits have recently made a huge comeback and are a fantastic, fun, and popular trend these days. Bartenders, Baristas, and Herbalists alike are creating incredible herbal-infused drinks, cocktails, and mocktails with fabulous botanical ingredients from all over the world, offering patrons a historically rich and botanically infused experience.

This is an easy-to-follow, in-depth training that covers all the botanical bases, from history to modern-day use, and is meant to ensure that botanicals are being blended safely and celebrated properly. Filled with numerous recipes, history, fantastic plant wisdom, and potent preparations, this class is sure to overflow your spirit with the wisdom of the plants!