ONE DAY HERBALISM WORKSHOP
Gather a small group of friends or family and join us for an immersive day of practical herbalism led by one of our talented apothecary artisans: Lindsay Chestnut, Ashley McDonell, and Babi Montenegro. Together, we’ll explore the art of herbalism in a hands-on, interactive setting designed around your unique interests. Each workshop is custom-tailored to your group’s preferences, with options to conduct the class in English or Spanish—making it accessible and enjoyable for everyone!
After your workshop, unwind in our lush gardens or elevate your experience by booking an herbal bath, sauna session, or cold plunge for an even deeper connection with nature’s healing powers.
CUSTOM CLASS:
Choose your own adventure
HISTORY OF HERBAL MEDICINE
Discover the rich traditional history of using medicinal plants to holistically conceptualize this complex and diverse history across time.
Learn a few different preparations you can easily make at home. We will have some fun getting hands on in the garden, and you can buy the preparations we make together at cost.
MEDICINE MAKING 101
HEART CONNECTION
& TALKING TO PLANTS
In order to deepen your practice, a budding herbalist does best incorporating a rooted spiritual understanding of herbal medicine. Learn how to sit and connect with plants from a place of humility and respect. Every course we host will explore these connections with plants.
Dive into tissue states and how they manifest in different organ systems. Learn their patterns to find how to pair the tissue states with herbs that bring organ systems back into balance.
TISSUE STATES & ORGAN SYSTEMS
Learn how plants express energetic actions and affinities through their taste, appearance, and growing environment. Learn the terminology necessary to speak and think like an herbalist, and see the plant world with new eyes.
HERBAL ACTIONS & ENERGETICS
Learn the ethics of being an herbalist. How to best source your materials, wildcrafting and tending wild stands. With this knowledge, you will empower our global environment of herbal medicines to thrive, and infuse your medicine with reciprocity.
RESPONSIBLE HERB CRAFT
Meet Your Instructors
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Babi has worked in our apothecary since 2022, preparing medicines and tending to our gardens. She’s also had her own line of herbal medicines and beverages for a few years. Babi is native to Guatemala and is fluent in Spanish and English. Her teachings are practical and full of depth.
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Ashley’s classes are infused with the wisdom and inspiration she has gathered in her ten years of studying the plants. With her dynamic and engaging teaching style, she will take you wherever you would like to go within the broad discipline that is Herbalism, in English or Spanish. From plant songs to physiology, ceremony to medicine making, she is pleased to hold space for you on your plant path!
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Lindsay has worked in our apothecary since 2021 as Production Manager. She has studied formally with the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, and informally with books and at work alongside Julia and the many herbalists who come through our gardens. Her teachings bring forth her passion for empowering individuals to find the natural healer within themselves.
3 Hour customized herbal workshop
Learning materials
Access to apothecary & gardens
PRICING
$100/pp
2 person minimum
ADD-ON EXPERIENCES
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Herbal Yoga
A yoga practice to get you into your body and connected with the heart and soul of our plant kin. You will imbibe a tea and/or tincture, and learn the ways of the plants throughout the practice.$25 USD
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Temazcal & Cold Plunge
Sweat and cleanse in our sauna, and dunk into cold pools in between the heat. We include an herbal sugar scrub and a strong aromatic tea to steam on the rocks inside the temazcal.$50 USD
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Herbal Plant Bath
We have 2 clawfoot tubs tucked privately in the garden that we fill up with piping hot water and aromatic herbs to steep you in the herbs, cleansing your body, mind, and spirit.
$40 USD -
Mayan Fire Ceremony
Sit in ceremony with a Mayan Elder to honor the spirit of this land, support the ancestral ways of the local comunity, and receive a personalized Mayan Cosmovision Reading.
$95 USD for one person $25 per person extra
READY TO COME LEARN?
Please fill out the form below to get started. We typically get back to these requests within 24 hours. Thank you, see you soon!
Once we have a headcount for your workshop and add-ons, we will send you an invoice to be paid in full at least 24 hours before the workshop begins.
If for any reason, you choose to cancel, you may be granted a 50% refund if requested 48 hours before your scheduled time. If you choose to cancel within 48 hours of your scheduled time, 50% of your payment becomes credit toward future workshops