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Herbal Tea Blending

Program Type:

Educational

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

This session, facilitated by Sara O'Connell, will highlight a selection of herbs, focusing on their properties and therapeutic benefits. Master the crucial details of blending, including how to harmonize different flavor notes and select complementary plants. Everyone will have time to curate and taste their own unique, hand-blended herbal tea mixture to take with them.

Sara is an Iowa transplant and herbalist who is passionate about sharing her knowledge of herbal medicine and ethical and sustainable wild harvesting with others through classroom instruction and workshops. Her botanical studies began over 15 years ago. Sara studied in Oregon at the Columbines School of Botanical Studies, in the classroom and in the field, learning about physiology, botany, wildcrafting, and ethical and sustainable harvesting.

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Accessibility

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