learn and create

Our workshops are a view of each season with an observation of medicinal plants using your senses. Each workshop starts with a garden walk to explore the variety of plants growing at Phytofarm and a sensory and visual sensation in the drying room. They contain discussions to excite your mind, tastes to stimulate your palate with a variety of edible plants from the garden and the Phytofarm pantry. Homemade crackers, medicinal hummus, nut cheeses, meadow plant pestos, fermented condiments, local goat cheese, plant-based chutneys, mini muffins, inulin rich beverage and seasonal tisanes. Food provided at the workshops will accommodate any special dietary requirements – vegan, vegetarian or gluten intolerant.

The workshops will inspire you to create your own medicinal plant garden, – on a farm, in a suburban garden or a courtyard garden using containers or vertical displays. Discover how to engage with plants to keep you well as we move around the sun. These workshops are a holistic view of “prevention is better than cure” and an observation of accessible local plants, the ones that very likely grow around you, but you just have not introduced yourself.

the workshops

Each season has its own focus that starts with EXPLORE in spring and goes through to DISCOVER in summer, LEARN in autumn and winter INDULGENCE. Learn everything you need to create your own natural products to use in the home and garden.

These are the next workshop dates (10am – 2pm each day):

2021 Summer Well Being Workshop DISCOVER
In summer the workshop will focus on topical applications using colourful infused oils to make healing skin preparations.

  • Sunday 17 January FULLY BOOKED
  • Saturday 30 January
  • Saturday 6 February FULLY BOOKED
  • Thursday 11 February
  • Saturday 20 February

2021 Autumn Well Being Workshop LEARN
In autumn, the workshop will focus on the value of roots and how berries provide valuable medicine.

  • Saturday 6 March
  • Sunday 14 March
  • Sunday 9 May
  • Saturday 22 May

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Group Specials: Please contact us to discuss any special requests or topics of interest. If you live outside the Canterbury area workshop days can be blocked together to limit travel costs.