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Lavender in Vintage Bottles: Watercolor Class – August & Sept

January 11, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Dates:

Sunday, August 24th

$45 Early Signup before Aug 17th

Coupon Code ART17

Saturday, Sept 6th

$45 Early Signup before Aug 30th

Coupon Code ART30

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Saturday, Sept 20th

$45 Early Signup before Sept 13th

Coupon Code ART13

Time: 10am – 12noon

Cost: $55/pp

Watercolor Class

Come be inspired by the beauty of vintage bottles and fresh lavender!

In this workshop you will be instructed on how to paint a still life of lavender in small, vintage glass jars and bottles. Embrace the old and the new in this mashup of the softness of the fresh lavender and the untold stories seen by vintage glass bottles. During this 2 hour workshop, you will cut your own lavender from the field, choose your glass bottle, arrange a still life, make a watercolor painting of your arrangement, and at the end, you get to take home your still life and your painting! Reserve your spot today!

artist Carolyn Juel — Carolyn Juel, multi-media artist and entrepreneur

Hi! My name is Caroline and I am the owner and artist of Juel Studios LLC. I work in a variety of mediums including printmaking, painting, and pottery. I love teaching and helping people find their artistic side! Take a class with me and discover what you can make!

Mushroom Cultivation Workshop – August

January 11, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date:

Sunday, August 24th

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Tickets $85

Mushroom Cultivation

$85 – Share the Abundance – Paying full price helps to subsidize and support those that may not have the means at this time.

$75- Essential – Paying this price is in line with my financial integrity. Please use coupon code FUNGI10

$65 – Basic – Paying this price is what feels right for me and my financial situation. Please use coupon code FUNGI20

Are you interested in learning more about mushrooms? Join mushroom cultivator and forager Kacy Binz in a fun and hands-on mushroom cultivation workshop! Kacy will walk you through each step of the growing process, from mycelium to mushroom. She will lead the group in an inoculation of blue oyster mushrooms, and you will leave with your own at home mushroom growing kit! You will also learn about the phenomenal health benefits of mushrooms as well as some tasty recipes to introduce wild mushrooms more into your diet. She will also have some tips and advice for those interested in wild foraging.

Mushroom snacks and tea will be provided, as well as print outs of all the information.

Savory Wild Mushrooms served at workshop!

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!

Make Your Own Bar Soap Workshop – August through Oct

January 11, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Dates:

Saturday, Aug 30th

Saturday, Sept 20th

Saturday, Oct 4th

Time:

1pm – 3pm

Cost: $85/pp

$85 – Share the Abundance – Paying full price helps to subsidize and support those that may not have the means at this time.

$75- Essential – Paying this price is in line with my financial integrity. Please use coupon code SOAP10

$65 – Basic – Paying this price is what feels right for me and my financial situation. Please use coupon code SOAP20

BarSoap

Make your own bar soap from scratch using ingredients that are good enough to eat!

In this hands-on workshop you will learn the basics of soap making. Together we will go through the steps of making a soap base safely and get acquainted with all the equipment essential to the process. There will be discussion of the different emollients and their benefits.

Then the fun starts, allowing us to play with color, scents, and decoration to customize your soap bar to your liking.

All materials required to make soap are provided during this workshop; organic oils, lye, water, soap molds, mixing containers, essential oils, natural color additives like clay, dried flowers, spatulas, scale and immersion blender

You will take home a soap mold filled with soap and the soap recipe.

Alex Jimenez spent 17 years as an organic farmer during which time she learned a lot of useful skills. She has since transitioned from farmer to homesteader, putting all those skills to use at her home and sharing them with others via workshops. She runs a business that offers nutrition coaching and meal prep at Holistic Approach and she brings foragers and Homesteaders together with the Hunterdon Homesteaders club. She spends most of her time on the River, in the Forest, and at her home with her Dog and Ducks. Learn more at Holistic Approach LLC

Elderberry Syrup, Fire Cider and Kitchen Medicine – September

January 10, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date: Sunday, September 14th

Time: 1 – 3pm

$65/pp

$55/pp with early registration before Sept 1st

Please use Coupon Code FIRE

Fire Cider Etc

Get geared up for winter with an herbal medicine cabinet! During this workshop we will be discussing many kitchen herbs, spices and roots that work as herbal allies to strengthen your immune and respiratory systems to assist your body’s natural ability to ward off colds and flu. You will gain knowledge of how to work with plant medicine to relieve symptoms of cough, sore throat, earache and congestion. Together we will craft a fire cider and participate in a demo for making elderberry syrup.

You will leave with 4 oz of elderberry syrup and 12oz fire cider. Your Elderberry Syrup is ready for consumption. Your Fire Cider will need to infuse on your shelf and will be ready just as the winter season sets in.

Herbal tea and cookies will be served.

April Morecraft is a mother, teacher, gardener, and creator of Oak Root Herbals, a home based, small batch herb business. She began her studies 5 years ago in a farm based herbal foundations course with Linda Shanahan of Bluestem Botanicals. April has completed a 3-year apprenticeship with herbalist, author and green witch, Robin Rose Bennet of Wise Woman Ways and is currently studying herbal astrology online with Sajah Poham of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism.

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

Earth Medicine Day Retreat – Sept

January 10, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date: Sunday Sept 21st

Time: 10am – 3pm

EARTH MEDICINE

$125 – Share the Abundance – Paying full price helps to subsidize and support those that may not have the means at this time.

$105- Essential – Paying this price is in line with my financial integrity. Please use coupon code EARTH20

$85 – Basic – Paying this price is what feels right for me and my financial situation. Please use coupon code EARTH40

Adrienne, Shannon and April have collaborated to bring you a beautiful day of simple Earth Medicine practices to enhance your well being and to give gratitude to Mother Earth

Opening ceremony calling the Four Directions

Kundalini with Goats (mindful movement with breath work and play)

Fall Tea Blend Workshop: herbs for moon cycles and seasonal shifts

5 herb Smudge Wrapping Workshop

Fire Ceremony, drumming and oracle card pulling

Herbal tea and cookies will be served. Please bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the farm.

Adrienne is an artist, lavender farmer, reader of IChing & Tarot, root digger, goat momma and co-owner of Mad Lavender Farm. Adrienne wears many hats on the farm, including the Mad Hat and likes to paint murals on any available surface.

Shannon is the owner of Water Street Wellness and her reiki practice Anavah Mind Body Soul. Shannon is a champion of women, practitioners, and students. You will often hear her talk about connecting to your “you-ness” because she believes wholeheartedly in each individual’s authenticity being nurtured and given space to bloom.

April Morecraft is a mother, teacher, gardener, and creator of Oak Root Herbals, a home based, small batch herb business. She began her studies 5 years ago, taking a farm based herbal foundations course with Linda Shanahan of Bluestem Botanicals. April has just completed a 3-year apprenticeship with herbalist, author and green witch, Robin Rose Bennet of Wise Woman Ways and is currently studying herbal astrology online with Sajah Poham of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism.

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