A Sunday morning exploring the simple, yet slow, seasonal and quality processes behind topical herbal infused oil and salve making.

Sliding scale tickets $40-70
Duration: 3 hours
Sunday November 3rd 9am-12pm at Growing Place Social Farm in Cowaramup,   in the new workshop space and garden.

~ You'll learn the step-by-step processes to make your own medicinal herbal oil and herbal salve using homegrown herbs for topical use.  

~ We'll start with a walk through the herb garden, identifying common safe and suitable herbs for salve and infused oil making, and explore their medicinal application and constituents for topical use.

~ We’ll explore the basics of harvesting, drying, and storing herbs, plus run through the solvent and extraction methods involved in processing these herbs to yield a quality, safe and effective herbal-infused oil or salve for your herbal medicine first aid cabinet at home.

A casual learning environment suitable for beginners or those with experience who want to improve their processing and hang out with other herb-curious folks.

Includes: Take-home recipes, 50ml herbal salve, herbal monographs, herbal tea and light snacks.

Plants, seeds and other herbal products will be available for purchase on the day.

About the facilitator:

Tamara is a student herbalist, herb grower, maker and workshop facilitator based on Wardandi Noongar boodjar.

My recent approach to herbalism is informed by Health Science studies and various grass-roots herbal medicine-making courses over the past 5 years, as well as curiosity surrounding themes of herbal ritual for a personal connection to land, and decolonizing herbalism. Through these workshops, I aim to highlight the importance of learner-centred learning, skill sharing, personal connection to plants for healing, community-sufficiency building, and the joy that slow and simple home herbalism can bring to our daily lives.