HERBAL TEAS - GROWING & BLENDING AT HOME

with JUDY KEATS

Saturday 5 December - 10:00am to 12:30pm

Join us at Kelmarna Gardens to explore the possibilities for growing herbal teas and learn everything you need to know to get started at home.

In this workshop with Judy Keats you will forage for herbs, learn about cultivation and drying methods, explore medicinal benefits, blend flavours, and brew your own herbal teas!

What to expect:

The session will start with a foraging exercise to observe the growing habits, preferred conditions, and to gather a variety of essential tea-brewing herbs.

You will then try your hands at combining them to craft and taste test your own blends as Judy guides you through drying methods and some of the health benefits and medicinal uses for different herbs.

At the end of the session, you will get to choose two seedlings to take home with you to get started growing the ingredients for your favourite blend on your own!

So look forward to an herbal adventure with Judy that will leave you able to create and share your own delicious herbal teas at home!

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Judy Keats is a permaculturist, organic systems educator, and community garden mentor and advisor, with more than 8 years experience establishing, coordinating, and teaching in community gardens across Auckland. Judy is passionate about wellbeing, caring for the environment, and believes that by observing our plants and our changing climate we can learn to create sustainable outcomes.

Judy is also an avid herbal tea maker, who is known for her blends, knowledge of flavours, and uses of often unsuspecting herbs from all around the garden. She is keen to guide you to make the most out of the garden, for your health and pleasure in every cuppa!

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At Kelmarna, we strive to make education accessible for everyone. So, where possible, we offer a 40% discount on our workshops to valid Community Services Card holders. If you book one of these tickets, please email us a copy of your valid Community Services Card, and remember to bring it along to the workshop. Please note that this option does NOT include Super Gold Card holders. Ngā mihi.