herbal wisdom workshops - hormone and menstrual health
A transformative journey into herbal wellness! This hands-on workshop series will guide you through growing, harvesting, and crafting herbal remedies specifically tailored to support menstrual and hormonal health. From building your own apothecary garden to blending teas and tinctures for cycle balance, cramps, and PMS, each session provides practical skills, menstrual health education, and take-home herbal preparations. Whether you’re looking for natural support for PMS, perimenopause, or overall well-being, these classes will empower you with herbal knowledge rooted in tradition, practice, and science.
Each class will include education about the menstrual cycle and related health topics, handouts, medicine-making instructions, hands-on time with plants, and herbal remedies to take home. Each class builds on the knowledge learned in previous classes, but is also accessible as a stand-alone class.
*Please note that accessing my garden requires a very short hike down a hill (and back up again) through the forest. I can also drive folks down there who have limited mobility, please let me know how I can accommodate you!
Saturday, June 21st - An introduction to the apothecary garden for hormone and menstrual health
10AM - Noon
A plant walk around the garden that will give you a basic introduction on how to use herbs to address common menstrual and hormonal complaints like cramps, PMS, irregular cycles, and heavy bleeding
Herbs you’ll interact with: motherwort, nettle, raspberry, yarrow, valerian, mugwort, lemon balm, Lady’s mantle, rose, comfrey, ginger, dandelion, yellow dock, skullcap, vitex, St. John’s Wort, and more!
A medicine-making activity based on what is ready to harvest. Examples: rose tincture, lemon balm glycerite, nettle vinegar.
Saturday, July 12th - A deeper dive into the hormonal cycle: The role of the liver and digestion for hormones and cycle support
Learn about our body’s natural detoxification systems
Learn recipes for medicinal blends you can make at home to support the beautiful work your liver and digestive system are already doing:
For PMS
Digestion/microbiome support
Skin health
Harvest fresh herbs
Craft your own liver-supporting blend to take home
Sample herbs: Dandelion, Burdock, Artichoke, Yellow dock, Lemon balm, Catnip, Fennel, Milk thistle
Sunday, September 28th - Top 5 herbal remedies to support hormone health - at the Goldenrod Gathering
Saturday, October 11th - Herbal support for perimenopause and menopause
Deep dive into vitex, black cohosh, and other key herbs to support the hormonal transition, including blends for hot flashes, insomnia, and mood
Harvest either vitex or black cohosh and make tincture
Will non-alcohol tinctures (i.e., vinegar) be available during these workshops, as well?