Nature, in her infinite wisdom, provides the foods and medicines our bodies need for supporting good health with each new season. In this hands-on workshop explore foods and medicinal preparations that can be used to bolster the immune system this winter!

Explore the medicinal properties and traditional uses of some of winter’s most powerful plant and fungi allies. Learn key botanical traits as well as cultivation and harvesting tips. Put your knowledge into practical use, as you create herbal syrups, medicated honeys, infused vinegars and tonic soups in class. Take your creations home to help bring you and your family back into balance – using nature’s seasonal botanicals as food and medicine.
Upon completion of this workshop you will be able to:

• List at least three of winter’s key medicinal plant allies
• Describe at least three key botanical traits of these medicinal plants
• Describe the medicinal properties and traditional uses for specific plants and fungi used in class
• Describe cultivation & harvesting tips for specific medicinals discussed in class
• Create herbal syrups, medicated honeys and infused vinegars.
• Prepare nourishing tonic soups infused with medicinal roots & mushrooms

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