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        <p class="eyebrow">Sedona Field Trip</p>
        <h1>Walk the Desert. Learn the Plants. Make Your Own Medicine.</h1>
        <p class="text-lg text-neutral-700 mb-4">A four-day herbal field trip in Sedona, Arizona. You'll identify wild plants, harvest them by hand, and make remedies you can keep making at home.</p>
        <p class="text-neutral-600 mb-6">June 2-5, 2026 | Sedona, AZ | $450 | Only 13 spots</p>
        <p class="text-neutral-600 mb-8">No prior experience required | Packing list sent after registration</p>
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          <a class="btn btn-primary" href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( 'checkout/?add-to-cart=1652' ) ); ?>">Reserve Your Spot</a>
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        <div class="eyebrow">The Gap</div>
        <h2>You&rsquo;ve Read the Books. You&rsquo;ve Watched the Videos. But You Still Hesitate in the Field.</h2>
        <p>You know what chamomile looks like in a textbook. But could you find it growing wild and feel sure enough to pick it?</p>
        <p>Most herbal students hit the same wall. You study hard. You take notes. You memorize Latin names. But when you&rsquo;re standing outside, looking at an actual plant, doubt creeps in.</p>
        <div class="pull-quote">&ldquo;Is this the right one? Am I harvesting it correctly? Am I taking too much?&rdquo;</div>
        <p>Online courses can teach you concepts. They can&rsquo;t teach you how a leaf feels between your fingers. They can&rsquo;t show you where a plant chooses to grow&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;and what that tells you about its medicine.</p>
        <p>That gap between knowing and doing is where confidence lives. And it&rsquo;s hard to close it alone, from behind a screen.</p>
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        <div class="eyebrow">The Experience</div>

        <h2>Four Days in the Desert That Change How You See Plants Forever</h2>

        <p>The Sedona Herbal Field Trip is a four-day, camping-based immersion led by Feather Jones. She is a registered clinical herbalist with more than 40 years in the field. She served as president of the American Herbalists Guild. She has been leading this trip every June since 1994.</p>
        <p>For three days, you&rsquo;ll walk through some of the richest plant country in the Southwest. Sedona&rsquo;s Verde Valley sits between the Mingus Mountains and the Mogollon Rim. It holds seven of Arizona&rsquo;s nine plant zone communities in one compact area. That means more plant diversity in a short walk than most students see in years of study.</p>
        <p>You won&rsquo;t just look at plants. You&rsquo;ll crouch beside them. Smell them. Learn to read the landscape they chose. Practice harvesting them with care and intention.</p>
        <p>Throughout the trip, you&rsquo;ll make real medicine with your own hands&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;tinctures, salves, and preparations you can keep making in your own kitchen long after you leave.</p>
        <p>In the evenings, the group gathers. Stories are told. Songs are shared. The kind of learning happens that only happens when people slow down together in a beautiful place.</p>
        <p class="font-semibold text-[var(--dark-brown)]">This is not a lecture series with a nice view. It&rsquo;s a practice. And you&rsquo;ll leave knowing how to keep practicing.</p>
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          <span class="credential-tag">Standalone experience &mdash; No prior courses required</span>
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      <div class="eyebrow">What&rsquo;s Inside</div>
      <h2>What Your Four Days Look Like</h2>
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        <h3>Arrive and Start Making Medicine</h3>
        <p>Get to camp, set up, and meet the group. The first afternoon goes straight into medicine making. Plants are in your hands from day one.</p>
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        <h3>Field Study and Harvesting</h3>
        <p>Each day you&rsquo;ll walk a different part of Sedona&rsquo;s high desert and canyon country. Feather guides you through plant identification, scent, and habitat. You&rsquo;ll practice ethical harvesting in real time. In the evenings: fresh preparations, storytelling, and songs.</p>
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        <h3>Oak Creek Canyon and Closing Circle</h3>
        <p>A final harvesting walk through one of the most beautiful canyons in Arizona. Then a closing circle to bring it all together before you head home with your medicine and your notes.</p>
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        <h3>Everything in Your Tuition</h3>
        <p>3 days guided field study. Hands-on medicine making from day one. Ethical harvesting training. Expert plant ID instruction. Evening community circles. A small, intentional group of 13 people.</p>
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      <a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( 'checkout/?add-to-cart=1652' ) ); ?>" class="btn btn-primary">Reserve My Spot</a>
      <span class="friction-text">June 2&ndash;5, 2026 &middot; Sedona, AZ &middot; $450 &middot; Only 13 spots</span>
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      <h2>What Past Participants Say</h2>
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        <p class="vq">I came thinking I&rsquo;d learn some plant names. I left knowing how to actually make medicine. That shift&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;from reading about plants to working with them&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;changed everything for me.</p>
        <div class="va">&mdash; Marissa, Flagstaff, AZ</div>
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        <p class="vq">Feather doesn&rsquo;t just teach you what a plant is. She teaches you how to pay attention. I&rsquo;ve been back to the desert three times since, and I see it completely differently now.</p>
        <div class="va">&mdash; Daniel, Santa Fe, NM</div>
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        <p class="vq">I was nervous about camping and worried I didn&rsquo;t know enough. By day two, I forgot both of those concerns. The group was warm, the pace was gentle, and I learned more in four days than I did in a full year of online study.</p>
        <div class="va">&mdash; Elena, Boulder, CO</div>
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        <p class="vq">I&rsquo;ve taken courses, read every book I could find, and watched hours of videos. Nothing compared to four days in the field with Feather. There is no substitute for being there.</p>
        <div class="va">&mdash; Priya, Asheville, NC</div>
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    <div class="eyebrow">Already Enrolled?</div>
    <h2>In the Live Group Classes or Private Mentorship?</h2>
    <p>Your field trip is included in your tuition at no extra cost. Spots are first come, first served&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;and there are only 13 of them. If you haven&rsquo;t registered yet, do it now. Waiting until the trip fills up means losing your spot.</p>
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      <div class="eyebrow">Before You Go</div>
      <h2>Questions Before You Go</h2>
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        <button class="faq-q" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="faq-a-1" id="faq-q-1">Do I need herbal experience to attend?</button>
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          <p>No. Beginners and experienced students both get a lot out of this trip. The field is the teacher&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;and it meets you where you are.</p>
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        <button class="faq-q" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="faq-a-2" id="faq-q-2">I&rsquo;m coming alone. Is that common?</button>
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          <p>Yes. Most people arrive solo. The small group format makes it easy to connect. By day two, it feels like you&rsquo;ve known everyone for years.</p>
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        <button class="faq-q" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="faq-a-3" id="faq-q-3">How much does the full trip cost, including travel?</button>
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          <p>The field trip is $450. You&rsquo;ll also need to budget for travel to Sedona, your own food for four days, and camping gear if you don&rsquo;t already have it. A full packing list is sent after you register so you know exactly what to bring.</p>
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          <p>Over four days, you&rsquo;ll spend more than 30 hours in the field with a registered clinical herbalist who has been teaching plant medicine for over 40 years. You&rsquo;ll leave with hands-on skills you&rsquo;ll use for years&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;and remedies you made yourself. Past participants describe it as one of the most valuable learning experiences of their lives. Many come back.</p>
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          <p>You should be comfortable walking on uneven desert terrain for a few hours each day. The pace is steady, not rushed. We stop often to observe, smell, and learn.</p>
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          <p>Your own camping gear, food, water, a notebook or field journal, sun protection, and sturdy shoes. A full packing list is sent after you register.</p>
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          <p>Camping details and the exact location are shared with registered participants. Medicine-making sessions take place at a private residence in Sedona.</p>
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          <p>No. You bring your own food. Past groups have shared meals around the picnic tables in the evenings&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;it tends to become part of the experience.</p>
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          <p>Join the waitlist. If a spot opens due to a cancellation, we&rsquo;ll contact you. You can also join the waitlist to be first to hear when next year&rsquo;s dates are announced.</p>
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          <p>Since 1994. This is the 31st year.</p>
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    <div class="eyebrow">JUNE 2-5, 2026</div>
    <h2>13 Spots. Four Days. A Practice You&rsquo;ll Carry Home.</h2>
    <p style="font-size:17px;max-width:580px;margin:0 auto 12px;color:rgba(255,255,255,.8);font-weight:300;line-height:1.8;">This trip has run every June since 1994. People come back year after year. People send their friends. The spots fill up.</p>
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    <p class="meta-line">June 2&ndash;5, 2026 &middot; Sedona, AZ &middot; $450 &middot; 13 spots available<br>No prior experience required &middot; Packing list sent after registration</p>
    <p class="cross-sell">Interested in studying with Feather beyond the field trip? Explore the <a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/live-group-classes/' ) ); ?>">Live Group Classes</a> or <a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/courses-catalog/' ) ); ?>">self-paced online courses</a>.</p>
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