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Natural Pigment Workshop: the Art of Foraging and Processing Paint – May & October

January 20, 2026 by Adrienne Crombie

Time: 10am-12pm
Dates:
Sunday, May 31
Tickets: $95/pp
 Use Coupon Code PIGMENT24 BY May 24th for $10 discount
Sunday, October 25th
 Use Coupon Code PIGMENT18 BY Oct. 18th for $10 discount

NaturalPigment

Join Tobi Indyke from Periwinkle Skies Farm to learn to make your own fine art pigments from materials foraged straight from Mother Earth! We will review samples of different clays, rocks and mushrooms as well as foraged plants that can all be used to make natural pigments. Tobi will instruct us, step by step, in the art and science of processing these natural elements into useful pigments in a rainbow of colors. Processes will include crafting both watercolor and gouache paints.
There will be time provided for you to do some experimentation of your own!
Paint recipes will be shared and participants can take home some foraged plants for practicing their new skills at home.
Ticket price includes all materials.
Tobi Indyke
Tobi Indyke: forager, farmer and artisanal paint maker

 

 

Tobi Indyke is proprietor of Periwinkle Skies Farm, propagating and providing plants for pigments and herbal tea.

Tobi’s passion is for foraging from nature to create artist colors the way they have been crafted for thousands of years before synthetic paints were introduced. Her mission is to share with others the magic and joy of co-creating with nature through the alchemical process of crafting natural paint.

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Herb Talk “Yarrow” – June

January 19, 2026 by Adrienne Crombie

Day: Saturday, June 6th

Time: 11:30 – 12:30

$25/pp

HerbTalk

Join us on the land for an hour and talk about beautiful magical Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. We will walk, talk and sit while we have an in-depth discussion on the medicine and magic of yarrow. This talk includes plant identification, growing and harvesting tips. Yarrows distribution, history and astrology as well as organ system affinities and herbal actions and energetics. You will also learn about medicinal preparations, contraindications and safety. 

 

You will leave with an herbal monograph and depending on her growing season some yarrow you work with at home. 

Make it a day of herbal immersion and register for April’s Herbal Anxiety Took Kit Workshop at 1pm. We invite you to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in our garden by the waterfall.

 

 

April Morecraft, herbalist
April Morecraft, herbalist

 

April is a mother, teacher, gardener, folk herbalist and creator of Oak Root Herbals. She began her formal studies with a farm based herbal foundations course with Bluestem Botanicals followed by a 3 year apprenticeship with Robin Rose Bennet of Wise Woman Ways. April is currently continuing her plant path with online studies at The School of Evolutionary Herbalism and North West School of Aromatic Medicine.

She looks forward to sharing plant medicine and magic with you.

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Herbal Anxiety Tool Kit – June

January 19, 2026 by Adrienne Crombie

Date: Saturday, June 6th

Time: 1pm-3pm

Cost: $45/pp

HerbalToolKit

Seeking natural ways to manage stress and anxiety? Join us for a workshop that explores the soothing power of herbs.

In this session, you’ll discover the calming properties of various herbal remedies and learn ways to safely incorporate them into your daily routine. From chamomile, lavender, tulsi, oats, and skullcap,  we’ll cover a range of plants known for their anxiety-relieving effects.

The session will provide practical knowledge, hands-on activities, and the chance to create your own herbal blends. This class includes hand crafting a glycerite and blending a tea. Embrace the healing gifts of nature and cultivate your inner peace!

                                                                               
April Morecraft, herbalist
April Morecraft, herbalist

April is a mother, teacher, gardener, folk herbalist and creator of Oak Root Herbals. She began her formal studies with a farm based herbal foundations course with Bluestem Botanicals followed by a 3 year apprenticeship with Robin Rose Bennet of Wise Woman Ways. April is currently continuing her plant path with online studies at The School of Evolutionary Herbalism and North West School of Aromatic Medicine.

She looks forward to sharing plant medicine and magic with you.

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Reishi Mushroom Workshop – May & August

January 18, 2026 by Adrienne Crombie

Dates: 

Sunday, June 7th

Sunday, August 23rd

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Tickets: $85/pp 

$75 with Early Sign Up Discount Until May 31st

Please use coupon code REISHI 

ReishiWorkshop

Join mushroom cultivator and forager Kacy Binz for a deep dive into the fascinating world of Reishi, often called the Mushroom of Immortality. This legendary fungus has been revered in traditional medicine for thousands of years for its ability to support longevity, vitality, immunity, and stress resilience—earning its almost-mythical name.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn:

  • Why Reishi is known as the Mushroom of Immortality, including its powerful medicinal properties and historical use
  • How to identify and forage Reishi safely in the wild
  • Why Reishi is medicine, not food—it’s too tough and woody to eat, but incredibly potent when prepared properly as
    Reishi Mushroom Crown

    tea, tinctures, or extracts

  • How Reishi can be used for art and jewelry, thanks to its beautiful, lacquered surface that preserves well and can be used decoratively
  • How to grow your own Reishi, including making a take-home Reishi grow kit

Reishi mushrooms are more rare and slower-growing than oysters, making them extra special—but with the right

knowledge and care, they’re absolutely within reach for home growers. This workshop is designed to empower and inspire, whether you’re brand new to mushrooms or already cultivating.

✨ Reishi tea will be provided so you can experience this medicinal mushroom firsthand.

 

Kacy Binz, mushroom cultivator & forager

 

 

Kacy has experience growing a wide variety of delectable mushrooms, such as lions mane, oysters, piopinno, white beech, chestnut, nameko and more.  She also enjoys foraging for wild mushrooms and plants, as well as making tea blends and tinctures. Her goal is to inspire people to incorporate more mushrooms into their diet, to become more connected with nature and our source of food, and to make delicious and creative recipes using mushrooms!

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English Lavender Wreath Workshop in June

January 18, 2026 by Adrienne Crombie

Date: Saturday, June 13th

Times: 10am – 12noon

1pm -3pm

$160 pp

Wreath Workshop

Join us on the farm to make a wreath of freshly harvested Super Blue lavender with Nicole of Spadaflora Botanical Artistry

As a part of our workshop, you will pick some lavender right out of the field. It takes a LOT of lavender to create this, and so the lion’s share of it will be fresh cut and ready for you to fashion into your wreath. There is nothing like the color and scent of fresh lavender and it will dry beautifully, lasting well into the next year. Nicole will guide you to adhere it properly and distribute it nicely around your 12inch wreath support.

Lavender lemonade and lavender shortbread cookies will be served to nibble and sip.

Be sure to take the time to enjoy a stroll around the farm. It is the most beautiful time of year!

This workshop is limited to 8 attendees. In the event of rain, the workshop will be held in our new renovated Workshop Space.

 

Nicole Spadaflora
Nicole of Spadaflora Botanical Artistry

 

Nicole Spadafora is a ghost, driving a meat covered skeleton, made from stardust, riding through space; who on a good day fears nothing. She is the proprietor of Spada Flora Botanical Artistry, a design company which is rooted in all things in all things floral & botanical – from designing and implementing native gardens, foraging, farming flowers and herbs to flowering weddings and holy-days.

Her guiding principal is; “There is only two ways to live your life: one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle” Albert Einstein.

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