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.
N.B. This workshop consists of 2 afternoons.
The first afternoon we go out into urban nature. I teach you to recognise the plants of yesteryear – they are still there, around the corner, in the green or park. We harvest them and process them on the Ceuvel into an oil macerate or tincture – both an important basis for herbal remedies. Some herbs we bundle for drying.
— Then everything has to steep (and dry)… nature does everything in its time 😉—
On the second afternoon, we meet again and process the decoctions and dried herbs into various self-help salves, sprays, creams or teas. Depending on the type of herbs picked, but also on your own preference for a particular product.
After these two half-day sessions, you will go home with:
– Various homemade remedies,
– Recognition cards of herbs we worked with, with usage.
– Basic recipe & experience making tinctures and oils.
– Recipes of the various remedies we made.
Location: Werkplaats (Makerspace) at De Ceuvel
Data:
Plant Power – summer edition
Friday 6th of June & Friday 11th of July
13:30 – 17:00
Exchange: €120 p.p.
Maximum of 10 people
Plant Power – late summer/autumn edition (mornings)
Friady 12th of September & Friday 10th of October
9:30 – 13:00
Exchange: €120 p.p.
Maximum of 10 people
Plant Power – late summer/autumn edition (afternoons)
Friady 12th of September & Friday 10th of October
14:00 – 17:30
Exchange: €120 p.p.
Maximum of 10 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!
This workshop is on 1 dag (Wednesday July 16th), and is part of the Craftweek!
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 cards of herbs we worked with, with usage.
– Basic recipe & experience making tinctures and oil.
– A jar of tincture which will continue to infuse at home with a recipe for processing it.
– Recipes of the different remedies we made.
Date: Wednesday July 16th
Location: Werkplaats (Makerspace) at De Ceuvel
Time: 10:00 – 17:00
Exchange: €120 p.p. (If you book another workshop during the Craftweek, you get a discount!)
Maximum of 10 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.
Bezoek Ons
- Korte Papaverweg 2L
- 0621546663
- info@thenatureconnection.nl
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