Workshops & Classes
Hands-on, plant-first learning for the herbally curious.
These offerings are rooted in connection — with plants, with tradition, and with your own two hands.
Whether you're blending your first herbal tea or exploring how the seasons shape our health, each workshop and class is designed to be warm, welcoming, and deeply practical.
You don’t need to know anything about herbs to begin. Just come with curiosity and a willingness to learn by doing.
Medicine-Making Workshops
Hands-On Learning
These seasonal, stand-alone workshops offered in the fall and winter focus on practical, kitchen-friendly ways to work with herbs. At each session, participants will be crafting an herbal remedy to take home for personal use.
Classes are small, informal, and designed to help you feel confident using plants in your daily life.
Topics include:
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Herbal support for common ailments: respiratory infections, stress, insomnia, indigestion,
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Herbal first aid
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Making elderberry syrup and fire cider
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Exploring kitchen herbs
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Crafting medicinal oils and salves
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Lotion-crafting
No herbal background is needed — just curiosity and a willingness to learn by doing.
If there's a topic you’re especially interested in, feel free to reach out and let me know.
And if you'd like to be notified when new workshops are announced, join the mailing list.
Classes in Herbal Medicine
Experiential Herbalism
For those who want to deepen their understanding of herbal medicine, I offer a six-part experiential herbalism class series between April and October.
Each three-hour session focuses on a specific type of herbal preparation: water extracts, tinctures and glycerides, vinegars, oil infusion, honey extracts, and flower essences.
Participants create two herbal remedies at each class to build their own herbal pharmacy.
Registration for 2026 will begin in March.
$85 per session.
To hear about future classes, you can join the mailing list.
Upcoming Workshops & Classes
Here’s what’s currently scheduled. If you’d like to join, just email to reserve your spot.
Private Workshops
Your Group, Your Creation
Discover the fascinating world of herbal medicine with an engaging private workshop.
Available for booking by any adult or youth group in the greater Waterloo Region.
These custom-tailored experiences provide an immersive and educational exploration into the power of plants and offer a unique opportunity to learn about medicinal plants and their traditional uses.
Pricing
$150 for the initial hour
$100 for each subsequent hour
Should your group choose to create an herbal product, additional charges apply for materials.
What You Might Be Wondering
Every workshop and class is a little different, and it’s normal to have questions before signing up. Here are a few common things people ask — and if there’s something else you’re wondering about, feel free to get in touch.
Want to Be the First to Know?
If you'd like to hear when new workshops and classes are announced, you're welcome to join the mailing list. I send occasional updates — no spam, just herbal things worth sharing.