Learn how to utilize the healing properties of flowers to create products to nurture your skin! Participants will learn about a variety of materials to make a facial/body scrub, toner, or moisturizer. Learn to create your own unique and personalized self-care item.

The birch polypore has medicine that we can all access. In this workshop, build your relationship with this special mushroom by learning about its medicine in community. In addition to learning, we will make a salve together that you'll be able to take home to continue your relationship with birch polypore.

Cosmetic body art may be the earliest form of ritual in human culture! From Nefertiti to Jezebel and Esther, women have enjoyed decorating their eyes and skin with charcoal and clay. This workshop is your opportunity to learn how to make and apply your own clay-based eye liner / mascara, as well as bronzer and blush. You'll leave with a tin of your own custom made, earth-based, essential-oil-free paste.

Calendula, one of the easiest herbs to grow, is useful in so many ways! In advance of this summer's harvest, come to this workshop to learn 10 recipes and applications of this vital plant for beauty and vitality. A Recipe handout is included.

Have you wondered what plants you might be able to use when you have bumps and scrapes? Learn about four common plant allies that have different actions that can help many small injuries – from bee stings to mosquito bites to small scrapes. We will make a herbal first-aid roller bottle.

As the summer approaches, let's find balance in our relationship with the sun! We'll discuss philosophies and strategies of sun exposure, talk about herbal and folk remedies for the times we get too much, and then craft an herbal sunscreen together. Participants will leave everything they need to know to craft their own!

Come and learn the basics of medicine making. We will talk about remedies, and even experience them, from the simple tisane, to lotions and more. Figuring out which type of remedy to make should be easy, let's take the mystery out of choosing and making herbal medicines together, so that everyone can confidently make the remedies they need for themselves and others.

Discover how mushrooms can nourish and support your skin naturally. Many fungi are rich in antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, and polysaccharides that help hydrate, soothe, and protect the skin. Mushrooms offer a wide range of benefits for skin care and healing. In this class, we'll explore the skin-supporting properties of different medicinal mushrooms and create a couple of samples.

Three plants considered sacred by Indigenous people of the prairie - sage, sweetgrass and cedar - combine to make an amazing skin salve. Rachel demonstrates the folk method of salve-making and presents information on the ethnobotany of each plant. You'll also learn the skin-soothing, pain-easing, itch-relieving properties of other common prairie wild herbs. Sample and salve recipe card included.