Cool and soothe summer skin with herbal salves and bath blends crafted from farm-grown allies like peach leaf, plantain, yarrow, and more.
In this hands-on workshop, you'll receive a bundle of four soothing herbs, ideal for easing bug bites, scrapes, and sore muscles.
Learn the art of oil infusion, the fundamentals of salve-making, and how to create aromatic herbal soaks. You'll go home with a handcrafted salve and the skills to keep making your own herbal remedies.
Please note: registration ends the week before class to ensure we have a final count for herb bundle harvests.
Meet your Teacher: Lacey Walker, Fox Haven Herb Farm Director, CSA & Herb Internship Manager
Lacey is an educator whose passion for herbs led to becoming Fox Haven’s herb farmer, herbalist, forager, and plant educator. While teaching English to non-native speakers in DC, Lacey began facilitating peer-to-peer learning, a style of group learning. As Director of the Learning Center Farm, she created the Fresh Herbal CSA in 2017 and established Fox Haven’s Herbal Internship Program in 2018. A lifelong learner, Lacey studies with noted experts and has completed two years of apprenticeship at the Wild Ginger Herbal Center (formerly Centro Ashe), as well as two study trips to Costa Rica and training on the body, with Tammi Sweet of Heartstone Herbal School. In 2017, she completed coursework on fermentation with Sandor Katz in Tennessee, and in 2019, completed an apprenticeship with Susquehanna Apothecary, where she honed medicine-making skills.
