Throughout history, mothers and grandmothers of every culture and tradition have been the source of healing in the family. In the kitchen, the heart of the home, remedies were made from locally grown and easily accessible herbs for everyday ailments. These days it isn’t necessarily the mother, or even a women, but the foundations of kitchen medicine remain the same, it’s the art of making medicine for everyday ailments out of common ingredients sourced from your garden and pantry.

During this hands-on workshop, Lisa will introduce you to herbal medicine making. You will take a walk through the CERES garden beds and bring the wisdom of traditional herbal medicine into a modern context. You will explore the traditional and modern uses of the plants and how to introduce these plants into the kitchen as medicine. You will make an item to take home as well as a seedling.

Trainers Bio:

Naabi Methe is a degree qualified Naturopath and a registered member of the
Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA). She has
been a committee member of Vic Herbs since 2016 and has volunteered with
Hands on Health and the Fitzroy All Stars. As well as being a
clinician, Naabi manufactures small batch vegan botanical skin care,
medicinal teas and first aid products under the name of Common Garden
Health; runs fermenting and home remedy workshops and blogs about
herbal remedies and food as medicine. Her passion is the use of herbal
medicine and food as medicine to achieve affordable and sustainably
optimal health outcomes, and believes that knowledge is power, and
knowledge about sustainable health practices should be common knowledge
and should be shared. It's also really fun!

What you will learn

An introduction to herbal medicine making, Plant Identification
Guidelines for foraging and wild-crafting, Medicinal Uses for Plants
How to introduce medicinal herbs into the kitchen for medicine

What you will get

A remedy and a seedling

What to bring

Notepad and pen

What to wear

Comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing