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This page is dedicated to herbal happenings.

You will find listings of fun live events, plant walks, workshops, & gatherings.

There are no refunds on live events.

For information on our Herbal Field Apprenticeship click here.

New free event for you.

We have just started a monthly marketplace where you can buy herbal products from Shana or pick up whatever you need for making your own herbal creations. Get anything from dry herbs, to waxes, butters, solvents and containers. Check out Earthwell refill, a sustainable way to stock up on natural cleaners and household aids. Moringa For Life will be there offering all things Moringa. Also check out some nice vintage threads from Tender Earth Thrift. This event is free and will happen on the third Saturday of each month from 10 am - 2 pm. Stop ordering everything online. Say hello, save on shipping and have some fun.

 Join us for this hands-on, interactive, delicious, and nutritious workshop.
 

We are surrounded by hidden food. Many of our common weeds are incredibly nutritious plants that have figured out how to grow alongside the ever-changing human landscape. We call many plants weeds because we do not know their names, but we should. To educate ourselves to the food that grows around us directly connects us to food security. This leads us into creating relationships with the ecosystems, environments and farms in our local areas. Empower yourself to learn to source locally abundant food with significantly more nutrition than most of our conventionally grown produce.

These are all benefits from learning to Eat Your Weeds.

We have picked 10 of the most common weedy plants to focus on, 
Identifying characteristics, 
Look-a-likes, 
How to use them with recipes, 
Where to pick, where not to pick, 
Finding abundance in your community 
Handouts for later use and so much more! 
We will make a delicious and nutritious weedy pesto for everyone to enjoy!

Date: Saturday,  January 24th

Time: 12 - 3 pm
Location: Valley Center, CA
Cost: $50

The Art and Alchemy of Distilling Hydrosols!

Aromatic distillation is both a chemical process and a spiritual one, involving both art and ceremony with the Elements. Distillation can bring about a deeper relationship with the plant's archetype and its therapeutic components.

Join us as we discuss a variety of stills and their components, pack an Alembic copper still and a glass still with aromatic plants for beautiful hydrosols. While the stills are running, we will enjoy a plant walk, discuss sourcing and community connections, ethically harvest a specific plant, and learn its properties. We will discuss the foundations of distillation and dive into hydrosols and their many uses. Resources will be shared.

Come meander with the aromatic molecules and explore a whole new experience of plant extraction. Go home in a state of bliss ready to embark on your aromatic journey.  

In this hands-on class, you will learn:

*The anatomy and physiology of the still

*Everything needed to set up and run a still

*Safety tips and tricks

*How to process the plants and pack the still

*The importance of collecting in fractions

*How to store the hydrosol product for maximum shelf life

*How to use the beautiful hydrosols in formulations

*Explore the aromas of a variety of hydrosols

*How to clean and store the equipment

*How to create a stove-top hydrosol with a make-it-yourself still

Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026

Time: 10 am - 3 pm (Bring your lunch)

Instructors: Cindy Christ & Shana Lipner Grover

Location: Valley Center, CA

Class Fee: $125 early bird; $135 after January 31st

*Registration is now open

*Class size is limited