Techniques and preparations from Eclectic herbalism. I have assembled a good collection pharmacy textbooks, formularies, dispensatories, materia medica, etc. from the era when medicine was herbal medicine. Very detailed instructions for up to 50 different types of preparations, on a scale and using apparatus suitable to a home kitchen. I’ll introduce the texts and demonstrate techniques and apparatus as we make a tincture, percolation, syrup, essential oil / hydrosol, herbal mead, salve, and lozenges. (I hope we can squeeze all that in.)
All-day workshops are 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Cost $100 (bring your own lunch)
Half-day classes are 1:00 – 5:00 pm Cost: $50
Plant Walks are 2 hrs long and cost $25
register below or you are welcome to pay by cash upon arrival, please email to let us know you are coming, joehollisherbs@gmail.com
Cost includes handouts, seed and plant distributions and samples of herbs and preparations as appropriate.
Each session will include: a plant walk in the garden and/or adjacent National Forest, lecture/demonstration, hands-on practice, resources and bibliography for further study.
For information on driving, lodging, and refunds, click here.
To register for an event, please follow the link for each date to register online, or call 828-675-5664.
We offer a 20% discount on workshops to groups of 3 or more. Email us for a code.
These workshops take advantage of our unique combination of diverse habitats, extensive plant collection, extraordinary library and well-equipped herb shop, plus my forty years of study and experimentation.
As a ‘botanic garden of useful plants’, one of our purposes is to introduce and promote new useful plants, for gardeners, growers, herbalists and chefs. Areas of special interest include wildfoods, medicinal herbs, (native and oriental), health-boosting (tonic, adaptogenic) plants and east-west parallels in botany and pharmacy.
Seeds and plants of most of the species discussed will be available for purchase; additionally participants will have the opportunity to purchase freshly dug, bare-root plants at a considerable saving.
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