Distillation Workshop:
Wild Harvesting, Making a Distillation Unit, Distilling Herbs
A Wild Crops Farm is pleased to announce their summer 2010 home distillars workshop series, "How to Make your Own Essential Oils and Hydrosols at Home" with George Frazier.
The workshops include
- discussing the theory and mechanics of distillation
- constructing a distillation unit for each participant
- exploring other simple tools for in-home distillation
- harvesting of native plants from either A Wild Crops Farm or another farm in our network
- teaching on distilling of native plant species and garden herbs
- hands-on wild harvest of medicinal herbs, which will be distilled in the participants' distillers
- handling of herbal harvesting
- wild crafting ethics
- plant identification
- native plant restoration principals
Tenative schedule distillations
- May 24th - June 3: Yarrow
- June 3: Mondarda Braderianna
- June 22 - Mid-July: Elderflowers, Mondarda Fistulosa
- Fallback harvests (in case of harvest failure): Native pine, Wild mints, Witch hazel
Fees and Registration
Two Day Workshop: $245.00
Material Fee: $50
All workshops taught at a certified organic wild crop distillary. Class size limtied to 12, so register early
A Wild Crops Farm
Rt. 4 Box 523. Salem MO 65560
Salem Mo