Plant Power - cooperating with plants
Rediscover the power of plants, drawn from the wisdom of our ancestors combined with the knowledge of today. Did you know that the primal herbs our ancestors used are still all around us? We often call them ‘weeds’ and have forgotten how much value they hold, but once they were at the basis of our medicine, our medicine chest and were part of our most significant rituals.
I invite you to meet these plants again. To learn to recognise them, not only in the workshop but also around the corner at your place. I will show you how to harvest them with respect and then process them into natural remedies that support you (for ailments you would normally go to a drugstore for). Salves, syrups, tinctures, sprays, beneficial teas – we make the remedies in conjunction with the season and from what grows on our trail.
One day of both foraging and medicine making!
In the morning we go out into the city’s natural surroundings. I will teach you to recognise the plants of yesteryear – they are still there, around the corner, in the park or park. We harvest them and process them at the Ceuvel. Some we gently brew for an herbal oil, or we put them in for tincture – both an important basis for herbal remedies. Some herbs we will dry in a drying oven.
In the afternoon, we process the extracted oil and dried herbs into various self-help salves, creams, teas or other remedies. Depending on the type of herbs picked, but also on your own preference for a particular product.
You will go home at the end of the day with:
– Various homemade remedies,
– Recognition of herbs we worked with, with usage.
– Basic recipe & experience making tinctures and oil.
– A jar of tincture or oil which will continue to infuse at home with a recipe for processing it.
Friday October 17th
Location: Werkplaats (Maakbar) at De Ceuvel
Time: 10:00 – 17:00
Exchange: €110 p.p.
Stadspas: €15,- (2 places available)
Maximum of 10 people
Please note: this workshop consists of one afternoon.
During this afternoon, you will use dried wild herbs, their oils and tinctures to make a whole range of different remedies.
Perfect as a gift for someone else or yourself.
You will learn the basic methods for making an ointment, a spray, a tea, a smudge stick, bath salts or another remedy, depending on your preference for a particular product.
In addition, you can tailor the choice of basic ingredients to the needs of the person for whom the remedy is intended.
You will go home with a wealth of knowledge and experience about working with oils, tinctures and dried herbs. And, of course, with a set of homemade products made from honest ingredients and wild-picked herbs!
Friday December 12th
Location: Werkplaats (Maakbar) at De Ceuvel
13:30 – 17:00
Exchange: €55 p.p.
Stadspas: €15,- (3 places available)
Maximum of 12 people
Customised: This workshop can also be booked for a group. On a different location is possible. Weekdays are preferred for this. To do so, click on the ‘tailor-made’ option in the enrollment form or contact us!
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The Nature Connection
The Nature Connection takes you into Nature with craftworkshops, foraging, mindfulness and coaching. Based at De Ceuvel in Amsterdam Noord.
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- Korte Papaverweg 2L
- 0621546663
- info@thenatureconnection.nl
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