Herbal Salve Making

Come and learn about a number of different native and introduced plant species present at Welland Orchard and some of their uses in herbal medicine. 

This workshop will include an introduction to principles of herbalism, tips for growing your own herbal medicine garden, ethical harvesting practices, drying and processing techniques as well as a hands on demo on how to make an herbal salve.

Each participant will get to take home a small container of herbal salve made during the workshop. 

Be sure to come dressed for the elements as this workshop will be held outdoors.

As there is limited parking available at the orchard, please bike, walk, bus or carpool if possible. We are located right on the galloping goose, and you are welcome to bring bikes into the orchard to lock them up safely.

If you are driving, there are 8 parking spots located at the end of stancil lane, 1 of which will be reserved as accessible for the duration of the workshop. Please be mindful of our neighbours and do not park in the large driveway on the south side of the street. Additional parking can be found along the street on High St and Eaton Ave.

River (they/them) works for Lifecycles Project as the Welland Orchard Coordinator, as well as running their own landscaping business, Nightingale Gardens. They are passionate about increasing the resilience of urban and suburban landscapes through utilising plants native to these territories, increasing food security through integrating edible perennials and fruit trees into the landscape, and helping to increase connections to land through making gardening more possible and accessible.

This workshop is in person only. Please dress appropriately for all types of weather, as the workshop will be hosted outside in the orchard.

This workshop is available on a sliding scale basis. Please pay in alignment with your financial privilege to help us continue to offer tickets in this way, and support those in your community with less financial privilege to attend our workshops. There are also a limited number of by donation tickets available for this workshop, these tickets are prioritized for folks who are low income and would otherwise be unable to attend. If the ticket cost is a barrier for you, please utilize these tickets.

LifeCycles Project Society is always working to learn more about, and breakdown, barriers that may exist in accessing our programming. We understand providing sliding scale tickets is by no means an exhaustive look at systems of oppression that exist for people. We welcome your ideas and feedback as we work to continue learning.

Please contact us if you are no longer able to attend but hold a ticket so we can make your space available to someone else and work to process your refund.

You can also register for the event by calling our office at 250 383-5800 or via email by contacting [email protected]

Access from the parking area off Stancil Lane is through a latching unlocked gate. There is a gravel/dirt path sloping downward from the gate that leads to a wide flat grassy area with picnic table seating. If you are coming from the Galloping Goose entrance, which also has a latching unlocked gate, you will find a gravel/dirt path that slopes upward to the wide flat seating area. The steepness of the path varies throughout the Orchard and is steepest at the top of the Orchard closer to the Stancil Lane entrance, and at the bottom between the Galloping Goose trail and the Orchard entrance. The pathway from the Galloping Goose to the entrance to the Orchard has several sharp turns.

The Orchard has a single-stall gender-neutral composting toilet facility on site with ramp access and transfer bars which will be open during the workshop. The composting toilet is located below the flat area and toward the Galloping Goose entrance. Hand sanitizer is available inside the toilet.

The workshop will be held outside rain or shine, please dress appropriately for the weather. The seating provided is picnic benches. Please feel free to bring a cushion or your own folding chair, a limited number of cushions are available at the orchard.

There is access to potable water on site. Please bring your own water bottle.

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