Medicine Making Workshop | AUGUST 17TH & 18TH 2024

9:30am-4pm
Course fees: $350 (includes all medicine making supplies)
Location: Ravensong Farm, 4335 Macaulay Rd, Black Creek BC

Gather fresh herbs and learn the art and science of making potent herbal medicines!

Join herbalist and Ravensong founder Jessy Delleman for this intensive weekend workshop on herbal medicine making. Students participate hands on in harvesting, processing, and drying medicinal herbs and preparing decoctions and infusions, fresh and dry plant tinctures, herbal vinegars, glycerites, infused oils, and salves.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
During this popular two-day workshop beginner and intermediate students will learn how to make high-quality herbal teas, tinctures, infused oils and salves using effective and repeatable methods. The workshop includes a plant walk in the herb gardens where students will learn materia medica and plant id for a variety of medicinal herbs.

Students will experience hands on techniques in medicine making and plant harvesting. You will take away from this course first hand experience of gathering plants from the farm, how and when to harvest different herbs, how to process and dry them, and make them in to a variety of highly potent and effective medicinal herbal preparations.

Students will gain confidence in basic medicine making skills and learn standardized methods by using weight to volume ratios and measuring by parts.

Students take home all medicines made in class including a fresh plant tincture made with a herb of their choice, a salve, and a basket full of freshly harvested herbs to dry or make into preparations at home.

Printed, detailed course notes and herbal materia medica monographs for all herbs are also provided.

Day 1 | Teas & Tinctures
Herb harvesting
Hot & Cold Infusion, decoction
Choosing your menstruum: alcohol, vinegar, glycerin
Fresh & dry plant tinctures
Materia medica for all herbs used in workshop

Day 2 | Infused Oils & Salves
Herb drying and storage
Oil infusion methods
Fresh & dry herbal oils
Herbal salve making
Materia medica for all herbs used in workshop

“The herbal medicine making intensive completely exceeded all my expectations... A perfect mix of lecturing and hands-on work with plants and making medicine. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who has any interest in medicinal plants and their benefits, whether you are brand new and curious about herbal medicine or have previous experience I feel confident saying you will benefit from this course greatly. The farm is an incredibly beautiful and peaceful location in which to learn and be inspired by nature.”
— Jayme

“The workshop was great for both newcomers to herbs and to seasoned medicine-makers. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming, with plenty of room for questions and various comfort levels. I loved that all of the medicine-making was hands-on, from harvest to final product. I was so proud of the tincture that I went home with because I had helped with the entire process from start to finish. It was a wonderful way to foster an in depth understanding of how everyday plants become powerful medicine.”
— A.E.

“I enthusiastically recommend the medicine making intensive taught by Jessy. She is a knowledgeable and generous teacher. I learned so many practical tips for making my own herbal medicines. I also really appreciated Jessy’s experiential approach to getting to know the plants. I definitely plan to take more classes with her in the future.”
— Nancy

“Spent the weekend in the herbal medicine making intensive. I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent meeting some great ladies and learning from Jessy..she is very knowledgeable, funny and warm. She answered all our questions...of which we had many..I will be taking more weekend courses at the farm.”
— Donna