Herbs and Flavors: workshop at Naliboki Forest

Herbs and Flavors : activate receptors

A useful day in nature, in the Naliboki Forest: we will go for a herbal excursion along the ecological path, discover the plants that are growing under our feet, learn to distinguish a cuff, a shepherd's purse, a yarrow, a speedwells, a loosestrifes, a meadow-grasses, a common wormwood, chicory and much more. You will find out how to distinguish the German chamomile from other types of mayweed, find out why saponaria is called soap root, whether hogweed is poisonous and how chaga mushroom looks like. After detailed stories of our guide, a professional biologist, you will know the characteristics of a number of plants and the way how you can use them to strength you health. And in the end, during aroma workshop you will prepare an individual perfume based on natural oils of your choice!

After this workshop you will know the medicinal properties of plants and will be able to create a herbal first-aid kit, including stop bleeding agents, flu prevention, help with a hoarse voice or indigestion. We will also try to find poisonous plants and memorize their differences from food-growing wild plants similar to them. During the walk we will collect herbs that to prepare tea for the winter! We will learn what fermentation is and prepare fermented honey willow tea. We will also ferment a leaf of strawberry and chokeberry, if we are lucky to find enough of them.

We decided not to limit our workshop only with herbs and to supplement it with aroma diagnostics and making individual perfumes! After lunch, we will explore the world of fragrances, learn how to choose truly natural essential oils, what healing properties they have and how they are related to our character and mood. After exploring more than 30 fragrances, we will create individual perfumes for ourselves (oil or alcohol basis).

Herbs and Flavors

Herbs and Flavors : activate receptors

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