Winter Warmers: The Healing Power of Herbs - Fire Cider Workshop

Join us for our new series of workshops looking at how we can use herbs in our day-to-day life to support our health and wellbeing.Each workshop will focus on a different way of preparing herbs. Over the course of the workshops, we’ll discuss lots of different plants – both wild and cultivated – looking into their medicinal qualities and traditional uses. At each session, you’ll make a different preparation to take home with you.The sessions are 45 minutes long, so perfect if you want to step away from work at lunch time to do something creative and relaxing. You can attend all sessions, or book them individually.

Jan 15th - Fire Cider – the perfect winter immune tonic! Fire cider is a powerful concoction, used in many cultures around the world. We’ll discuss different variations of this popular remedy, and you’ll prepare your own jar of fire cider.

Jan 22nd - Oxymel – we’ll discuss how to prepare this ‘food medicine’ and have an in-depth look at the qualities of particular herbs that can be included.

Jan 29th - Syrup – learn how to prepare a syrup, and make your own immune-boosting syrup to take home with you.

Feb 5th - Tinctures – learn how to make this concentrated herbal preparation.

Feb 12th - Sugar scrub – in this workshop, we’ll have a deep-dive into the properties and uses of lavender. Using lavender grown and dried at the project, we’ll make a beautifully scented sugar scrub for you to take home.

This workshop will take place in the Pavilion at Vine Road Rec.

Please note, dogs will not be admitted at this event except guide dogs. All our events are dog free unless specifically mentioned in the event listing.

We may be taking photos and/or recording video at this event. These photos and videos will likely to be used on our website, social media platforms as well as marketing materials and press releases. Please contact us directly (by emailing or in person at the event) if you do not wish to be in the photographs/videos.

This is a non smoking event. Smoking and vaping is not allowed at this event. If you smoke or vape outdoors, please dispose of your cigarette butts and used vapes responsibly as they constitute a fire hazard and pollute the environment.

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Concession tickets: All proceeds from ticket sales will support our conservation work and future learning events and we would encourage you, if you can, to pay full price. We do not want cost to be a barrier to our activities, as such we have a limited number of discount concession tickets available, please email for details.

Refund policy:

Unfortunately we are unable to issue refunds on cancellations made within 2 weeks of the event. In some circumstances, we may be able to offer a rebooking for a similar event.

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