Spring Potions: Make Your Own Herbal Syrups this Spring Equinox

Let’s harness some seasonal magic by making delicious, herbal syrups using early season plants including Stinging Nettle, Chickweed, and, if we’re lucky, maybe even Magnolia flowers. Join Seattle-based clinical herbalist Rosa Vissers for a hands-on workshop and learn to craft your very own herbal elixirs. The class will be interactive and engage all your senses. You will:

• Look at, touch, and taste the abundant plants of early spring, learning their nutritional and medicinal properties along the way.
• Learn two distinct ways of infusing flowers, leaves, or fruit to make herbal syrups.
• Take home your own tasty, handcrafted Spring Equinox syrup.
• Receive a handout with instructions to refer to when making syrups at home.
• Spend an afternoon set amongst the beautiful setting of Carnation Farms.

Working with culinary and medicinal plants doesn’t need to be complicated. In fact, it can be simple. Let’s celebrate the plants of early spring and make some tasty concoctions along the way. This botanical workshop is perfect for those interested in plant medicines, holistic wellness, or those wanting to celebrate the changing seasons.

About the instructor: Rosa Vissers is a clinical and somatic herbalist, teacher, and movement artist based in Seattle. Born and raised in the Netherlands, she has always felt a strong connection to the plant world. With a background as a professional dancer and yoga teacher, Rosa brings a unique lens to her herbal practice: one that is rooted in the body. Together with her husband, she owned Hildegard Ferments & Botanicals, a small seasonal brewery and apothecary in Seattle. Today, Rosa offers clinical herbalism sessions, crafts plant remedies under the name Hildegard Botanicals, leads classes and plant walks, and consults on medicinal herb gardens. Learn more on her website, rosavissers.com, or check her out on instagram: @rosa_vissers_herbalist.

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