~ Herbalism Essentials ~
Hands-On Workshop Series 2025
Are you excited to learn how to make herbal preparations with common medicinal plants growing around you? These day-long herbalism workshops will give you a chance to learn hands-on herbal medicine throughout the growing season. In all of the classes we will weave values of ecological sustainability, accessibility, gender inclusivity, and decolonial approaches to our relationships with plants. We will focus on abundant and easy to grow plants to give you the opportunity to easily apply what you learn into your life!
You can come to one class, two, three, or bundle all four classes for a discount. These classes are in person and outdoors in the medicinal herb gardens at Floreren Farm. No previous experience necessary, all are welcome. All materials provided. Every class you will bring home herbal remedies you make! Limited spots available.
Cost: Each class: $130 (plus hst) or bundle all 4 for $450 (plus hst)
Location: Floreren Farm, 3543 Hwy 201, Centrelea NS, Unceded Mi’kmaq Territory
Dates & Times: Mondays May 12, June 9th, July 7th and September 15th at 10am-4:30pm
May 12th: Herbs for Digestion & Tincture Making
Come to this full day hands-on dive into spring herbal medicines! We will do a spring herbs plant walk and explore the foundations of how to use medicinal plants to optimize digestion. We will differentiate herbs for digestion through taste and direct experience. We will harvest seasonal spring herbs fresh from the garden and make a digestive support tincture for participants to bring home.
June 9th: Herbs for Emotional Support & Flower Essences
Plant medicines can help us move through emotional difficulties with more ease. In this full day hands-on workshop, we will discuss how we can counter experiences of disconnection and isolation by opening our senses to the plant allies growing right in our backyards. In this class, we will talk about herbal strategies to support the nervous system, and we will make a flower essence together for participants to take home.
July 7th: Herbal First Aid
With special guest teacher Oren Hercz
Do you want to feel confident treating common first-aid situations with herbs? Whether it’s treating wounds, scrapes, burns, bruises, bites. . . there is so much more than just polysporin and peroxide. Experiencing herbal first-aid makes people believe in herbal medicine because the herbs work so well, and the results are obvious. You will develop a sense of empowerment knowing you can deal with day to day injuries safely and naturally, reducing pain and speeding healing. Together we will make indispensable herbal preparations for first aid, including salves, poultices, powders, compresses and infused honeys, and you will make your own herbal first-aid kit to bring home with you!
September 15th: Herbs for Cold & Flu Season
Do you want to feel prepared and empowered this cold & flu season? In this day-long workshop we will dive into herbal strategies to strengthen our immune function and manage respiratory infections easily at home. Together we will make herbal infused honeys and vinegars for immune and respiratory support that you get to take home with you. A seasonal plant walk will introduce you to elder, goldenrod, marshmallow, echinacea, and more!