About this Event
Our end of year event is here. To wrap up 2024 at Vic Herbs, the wonderful duo Julie and Jan are hosting a herbal manufacturing workshop for our community. Join us for an evening of community, connection and herbal creation! The event is in person, at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library. Join us for drinks and nibbles, starting at 7pm, with the workshop commencing at 745.
Please note, at Vic Herbs we have a strong focus on sustainability and we always try our best to be environmentally friendly. If you would like to create a product to take home, we kindly ask that you bring your own jar :)
About the event:
This evenings' talk is about herbal blending inspirations, revisiting the essentials of quality herbal manufacturing and the ways to further utilise extemporaneous dispensing for therapeutic advantage of both family & friends and in clinic. Facilitating the fun evening are Julie & Jan who, between them, have over half a century of utilising herbs clinically as foods and medicines for all ages.
Looking at health and wellness through the lens of community, there will be an opportunity for hands on herbs; to touch, smell and taste herbs along with increasing your herb ID skills. Drawing upon classic & contemporary combinations of herbal therapeutic forms, and how to get maximum therapeutics into your topical and ingestible products.
About Julie:
Julie Wilkinson Flores is a herbalist, naturopath and educator. With post graduate studies in both herbal medicine and tertiary education, she has supported many students through their botany, manufacturing and materia medica subjects, along with their clinical practicum. This year Julie has been growing, foraging & harvesting and processing herbs, where she has been developing a medicinal herb garden in Wangaratta.
About Jan:
Jan Illingworth, a naturopath and retired nurse with a background in farming a passion for community health, plants and our profession. Jan has formulated a wide range of therapeutic tea/infusion blends and has spent years proactively promoting the evidence of their efficacy to the broader community.
Julie and Jan have both previously been on the committee of Vic Herbs for many years and love using herbs and trying to make them accessible for everyone.
Hope to see you there!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library, 182-186 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North, Australia
AUD 6.61 to AUD 17.19
