Join us at Goldthread Farm for a Magical Winter Distillation and Essential Oils Workshop!

   

February 25, 2012 • 10am-4pm  

$60 Advance Registration Required

In this special day long workshop at Goldthread Farm & Distillery participants will have a rare hands-on opportunity to learn about the  fundamentals of essential oil distillation. We’ll begin with an invigorating winter hike into the forest to gather the evergreen branches from which we’ll extract fresh essential oil the traditional way — in Goldthread’s 85-gallon wood-fired distiller. 

As the fire beneath the distiller crackles and the scent of crisp evergreen fills the air, we’ll gather for class by the woodstove and sample a wide variety of  essential oils, discussing their therapuetic properties and invaluable role in grassroots healthcare. How can we use these oils to effectively prevent colds and flus, ease muscle and joint aches, heal wounds, aid in relaxation and sleep?

Participants will come away with a fundamental understanding of essential oil: the alchemy of distillation, its many therapeautic uses, methods of administration, dosage and safety information — as well as a bottle of the freshly distilled evergreen hydrosol from our day together, and instructions for its use.

call to reserve your place! 

413-587-0620

No special tools are needed. Dress warm, bring a lunch, and Goldthread will provide hot herbal tea.

A Special Event at Goldthread: Activating the Healers

Join us for an evening with 

Claudia Abbott-Barish and Meghan Murphy

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Tuesday August 30th at 6pm

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Goldthread Herbal Apothecary

1 North Main Street, Florence, MA

Using popular education and anti-oppressive techniques, this workshop will cover a brief history of corporate power and how regulatory agencies have prevented (and continue to prevent) us from actions of self-sufficiency. Claudia and Meghan will focus on why cultivating, wild-crafting and teaching about herbs is a true act of resistance and creates new possibilities for us to create more healthy, reciprocal systems (social, economic, and political) in the rest of our lives. This analysis will include examples, past and present, of how people have used herbs and herbal medicine to resist dominant oppressive paradigms. The workshop will end with a dialogue around who and how to engage around these issues with members of our communities; what methods are inclusive and equitable, and how to reach the most people.

All workshop participants will receive a medicinal salve wildcrafted locally from plants that grow in your area.

Sliding Scale Donation for this event is $0-$10. Please join us!