Soil to Skin: Herbal Practices for Tending Our Skin

Join us at the Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA.

The Learning Center has a dedicated dye garden, riparian restoration corridor, edible garden, native pollinator garden, and other beneficial plants woven into the land. Many plants we use for dyes, fibers, or native environmental support are also incredible medicines.

This interactive class will teach participants specifically about skin-nourishing plants, drawing from a variety of medicinal plants harvested locally, as well as on the immediate land where Fibershed is centered. Participants will further learn the basics of how our skin functions, and how these plants can support our skin's health through all seasons of the year and of life.

This class will include an on-site plant walkThis class will include an on-site plant walk to attune participants to the remedies that grow around us, medicine-making demonstrations, and hands-on learning of infused oil, salves, & balms. Participants will take home an infused oil & salve made during class. Join Isabella in learning how to incorporate simple and creative herbal practices into your life from garden to skin.

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Fibershed Scholarship Program for Tuition Scholarships & Transportation/Childcare Stipends

Fibershed is offering one scholarship per workshop. If you would not otherwise be able to attend, and would like to be considered as a scholarship recipient, please answer a few brief questions on our Scholarship Application. Responses will be reviewed by Learning Center staff and kept strictly confidential.

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Please keep your pets at home as we have livestock onsite. Service dogs are permitted.

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Isabella Ayala DeCredico has a diverse background training and working within herbalism. She graduated from a two-year program at the California School of Herbal Studies as well as continued her education in Botanical Skin Care Formulation, Holistic Approaches to Skin, Product Formulation & Development, and Cosmetic Chemistry. She also holds a BA in Communication from UC Davis. Currently, she is completing her Integrative Nutritional Health Coach Certification through IIN. She is Co-Creator of herbal brand, Earth Allies, is a core instructor at the California School of Herbal Studies as well as Ancestral Arts, and she is a formulator, medicine maker, and consultant for other herbal businesses in California.

To her, herbalism supports us in connecting back to our ancestors, to the earth, and to our creative expression. Her desire is to guide, inspire, and connect others to the simple and daily ways of connecting with plants and ourselves. She believes that we are each our own healer, and her role is to support you in reconnecting with plants & herbal practices.

She lives on a farm in Alexander Valley, Ca with her partner and their Blue Heeler, Colter & farm cat, Orca.