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It’s the perfect time of year to harvest plants for dried tea and herbs! This class will jumpstart your journey into growing, harvesting, drying, and enjoying homemade brews and spices.
In this class you’ll:
Create and take home a reuseable herb-drying wreath made with seasonally available natural materials (ivy, brambles, willow, cherry, and/or apple shoots), jute twine, and cotton baker’s twine
Learn about the native plants we have for weaving wreaths and learn how to make a wreath
Bonus - learn/practice a few very practical knots!
Learn which cultivated plants are great for beginners to start with for tea and herbs
“Harvest” from organically grown and wild harvested seasonally available plants brought to the park for you to take home such as:
Cultivated organic lemon balm, mint, calendula, english lavender, bee balm, spearmint, rosemary, lemon thyme and/or yarrow
Wild-harvested stinging nettle, heal all, trailing blackberry, and/or fireweed
Discuss how to harvest, dry, store and steep plants for tea and cooking
Go on a short plant walk to identify and discuss some of the native plants we have that are great for tea!
Sunday, July 26
10:00-12:30PM
Kenneydell County Park
6745 Fairview Rd SW
Olympia, WA 98512
Note - this park has access to the Black Lake - consider planning to swim, picnic, and/or kayak after class!
It’s the perfect time of year to harvest plants for dried tea and herbs! This class will jumpstart your journey into growing, harvesting, drying, and enjoying homemade brews and spices.
In this class you’ll:
Create and take home a reuseable herb-drying wreath made with seasonally available natural materials (ivy, brambles, willow, cherry, and/or apple shoots), jute twine, and cotton baker’s twine
Learn about the native plants we have for weaving wreaths and learn how to make a wreath
Bonus - learn/practice a few very practical knots!
Learn which cultivated plants are great for beginners to start with for tea and herbs
“Harvest” from organically grown and wild harvested seasonally available plants brought to the park for you to take home such as:
Cultivated organic lemon balm, mint, calendula, english lavender, bee balm, spearmint, rosemary, lemon thyme and/or yarrow
Wild-harvested stinging nettle, heal all, trailing blackberry, and/or fireweed
Discuss how to harvest, dry, store and steep plants for tea and cooking
Go on a short plant walk to identify and discuss some of the native plants we have that are great for tea!
Sunday, July 26
10:00-12:30PM
Kenneydell County Park
6745 Fairview Rd SW
Olympia, WA 98512
Note - this park has access to the Black Lake - consider planning to swim, picnic, and/or kayak after class!