All attendees will take home an herbal bath soak, a set of tub teas, a lotion bar, a lip balm, and a lavender plant for the garden!

11:00 AM: Herbal Bath Salts & Tub Teas

In this "make & take" workshop you will learn about all the natural ingredients you can grow in your garden to add to herbal soaks like lavender, rose, calendula, and much more. You'll be introduced a variety of skin-soothing ingredients for skin like salts, clays, oatmeal, milk powder, herbs, dried botanicals, spices, and essential oils. You will have the opportunity to craft up two projects with the ingredients of your choice to take home as customized herbal bath gifts: an herbal soak and a tub tea.

12:00 PM: Tea Party

A light lunch of tea & canapes will be provided.

1:00 PM: Natural Lotion Bars & Herbal Lip Balm

In this demonstrative workshop, you will see how to use all-natural ingredients to make solid lotion bars and lip balm. Both projects will be made from herb-infused organic oils to extract the natural properties and scent of the herbs, without the need to add essential oils, colours, or fragrance. See how to infuse herbs using both cold-infusion and warm-infusion methods, and discuss the best herbs for skincare. Each participant will go home with a solid lotion bar and lip balm to keep or give as gifts.

About Stephanie Rose

Stephanie Rose's training in gardening, permaculture, herbalism, and natural skin care formulation were inspired by the desire to live a better life through plants. She started growing organic food and making her own natural beauty products in 2008 to recover from severe and debilitating illness. After studying with a variety of soapmakers, aromatherapists, and herbalists, she switched all of her skincare products to homemade herbal preparations and has never turned back.