Saturday

• 10AM – Gather at The Salty Rose Apothecary in Rosedale, NY (for carpooling if needed) and for opening circle

• Or directly at the location we will be visiting (i.e. trailhead for a botany walk, farm we are touring)

• 10:15-1:15 - Walk/botanize/harvest/possibly with a guest teacher

• Meeting the herbs through our senses! We will be smelling, nibbling, touching, observing and listening

• This will be very hands on! We will be mindfully digging roots, snipping leaves, collecting flowers, etc.

• We will be discussing Plant ID and how to harvest in a sustainable, regenerative, and reciprocal way.

• 1:15-2:15 - Lunch!

• Pack your own

• Seasonal teas will be supplied

•  2:15-3:15ish - Processing/Garbling/Medicine Making

• Examples:

• Wild green juices

• Wild green pesto/chimichurri/other food prep

• Fresh plant tinctures/glycerites

• Honey Infusions

• Fresh vinegars and oxymels

• Syrups

• Hydrosol

• Dried for tea

• Dehydrated for grinding/processing the following day

• Wilted for oil infusing the following day

• Etc.

Sunday

• 9AM - Gather at The Salty Rose Apothecary, Rosendale, NY

• Morning tea/green juice will be served

• 9:15-12 - Medicine Making Continued

• Examples:

• Oil Infusions

• Tinctures/oxymels/glycerites

• Mushroom Tinctures

• Salves, creams, and lotion bars

• Decoctions or syrups

• Herbal seasonings

• Herbal sugar and salt scrubs

• Intro to Distilling

• And beyond!

• 12-1 - Lunch!

• 1-3:45 - Medicine Making Continued (yet again!)

• The afternoon will be a combination of wrapping up existing projects from the weekend and straining infusions from the previous month(s).

• 3:45-4 - Closing Circle