Online Workshop: Growing herbs – Plan your herbal year – live on Zoom

Hackney Herbal is a social enterprise promoting health and wellbeing through herbs. They help people discover the creative and beneficial uses of herbs.

Winter is the perfect time to start planning a new herb growing project. Join us for a session that will help you prepare in advance for the growing season ahead. In this informative workshop, we’ll go through the entire year in a herb garden, and get you all set to make the most out of the growing season.

We will cover:
– the best time and different ways to propagate herbs
– life cycles of different plants and what that means to us
– seasonal tips on how to keep your plants healthy throughout the year
– how and when to harvest a variety of herbs
– what is available to forage at different times of the year
– drying and storing herbs

By the end of the afternoon, you will have a handy guide packed with information, tips and ideas for each month of the year.

This workshop is suitable both for beginners and those who already have some gardening or growing experience.

Ticket price of £20.00 includes the 2-hour online session along with detailed handouts that will be emailed over to you. It also includes signposting to places where you can source materials from (for UK).

Group size limited to 15 people.

You can find out more details here.

Date: Saturday 30th January 2021
Time: 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Online Intuitive Herb Tasting Course: Exploring Herbs Together – live on Zoom

Hackney Herbal is a social enterprise promoting health and wellbeing through herbs. They help people discover the creative and beneficial uses of herbs.

Join us for a 3-part series exploring herbs through intuitive tea tastings. Drawing on the wisdom of our own bodies, we will practice meditative herb tasting to explore and get to know 7 herbs a little more deeply. 

The sessions will be relaxed and restorative, with a mix of meditation, tasting and knowledge sharing. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend some calming, focused time with herbs through your own experience and share this with others. We will look at herbs for winter immunity, stress, anxiety and digestion. We welcome all to join the sessions, no previous experience of meditation or working with herbs is required.

As part of the course, you will receive a set of mystery teabags that we will taste in our online sessions. These will be sent to the billing address you enter when you purchase your tickets. If you would like them to be sent to a different address please email us after purchasing to let us know.

Ticket price includes the 3 online sessions along with your set of teabags. It also includes signposting to places where you can source materials from (for UK). From £20.00

Group size limited to 12 people.

You can find out more details here.

Dates:
Wednesday 27th January 2021
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Time: 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Online Workshop: Growing herbs – Plan your herbal year – live on Zoom

Hackney Herbal is a social enterprise promoting health and wellbeing through herbs. They help people discover the creative and beneficial uses of herbs.

Winter is the perfect time to start planning a new herb growing project. Join us for a session that will help you prepare in advance for the growing season ahead. In this informative workshop, we’ll go through the entire year in a herb garden, and get you all set to make the most out of the growing season.

We will cover:
– the best time and different ways to propagate herbs
– life cycles of different plants and what that means to us
– seasonal tips on how to keep your plants healthy throughout the year
– how and when to harvest a variety of herbs
– what is available to forage at different times of the year
– drying and storing herbs

By the end of the afternoon, you will have a handy guide packed with information, tips and ideas for each month of the year.

This workshop is suitable both for beginners and those who already have some gardening or growing experience.

Ticket price of £20.00 includes the 2-hour online session along with detailed handouts that will be emailed over to you. It also includes signposting to places where you can source materials from (for UK).

Group size limited to 15 people.

You can find out more details here.

Date: Saturday 23rd January 2021
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm