Basic Herbal Extraction Techniques: How to Make Herbal Extracts, tinctures, liniments and elixers 9/26/26 2:30 pm- 4:30 pm
Basic Herbal Extraction Techniques: How to Make Herbal Extracts, tinctures, liniments and elixers 9/26/26 2:30 pm- 4:30 pm
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Basic Herbal Extraction Techniques: How to Make Herbal Extracts, tinctures, liniments and elixers 9/26/26 2:30 pm- 4:30 pm

$45.00
$45.00
OUT OF STOCK

BASIC HERBAL EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES: HOW TO MAKE HERBAL EXTRACTS, TINCTURES, LINIMENTS, AND ELIXERS. 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

This class will focus on basic herbal extraction methods, materials used for extractions using alcohol, vegetable glycerin, and vinegar. We will discuss double and triple tincturing, fresh herbs vs dried, preparing herbs for extraction, Alcohol vs glycerin and vinegar. We will cover ratios used in alcohol extraction for various herbs, proper storage of various types of extractions and expirations, and more. This class is hands on and provides extensive written instructions. Students will go home with various extracts.

Come learn the basics of herbal formulation, herbal extraction, and herbal salve and cream making with experienced herbalist Brita Wynn Dinsmore! This is the second course in a series of four. Take one or more to gain herbal knowledge over the weekend. The focus for this series will be the adaptogenic herbs (stress relieving herbs) and fall and winter preparation.

Brita Wynn Dinsmore M.A. is an experienced herbalist, anthropologist, ethnobotanist, healer and hedgewitch. She has studied with many well known herbalists in face to face courses and has taught and co taught 25 Gaia Conscious 9 month apprenticeships over the course of the last 30 years. She currently teaches herbal crafting and other classes in Tacoma, WA and has taught herbal intensive and apprenticeships on her own small farm in Shelton, WA.  She currently teaches intensive herbal healing series in Olympia, WA and teaches herbal craft and medicinal courses at Morningsun Herb Farm. She grows most of the herbs she uses and has decades of experience in formulation technologies.

Course fee $45

Saturday, September 26th

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm


at Morningsun Herb Farm, in Vacaville, CA


HOW TO REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS

1. Please register early because workshops tend to fill up in advance of the scheduled day.
2. Pay in full when registering (including materials fees). We accept checks, cash, Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. IMPORTANT NOTE: We are happy to add your name to the sign-up list for any of our workshops. However, until we have received payment, you ARE NOT OFFICIALLY ENROLLED IN THE WORKSHOP. This means that as workshops sell out, and they often do, sign-ups who have not yet paid will be dropped from the list to make room for paying enrollees.
3. Payment can be made in person, by phone, AND NOW ONLINE!
4. Provide your name, address, phone number, and title of class when registering.
5. A 48-hour cancellation notice is required to receive a refund.
6. A $5.00 non-refundable fee will be retained on all cancellations.
7. Confirmation will be by phone. Please provide a phone number when registering.
8. Class may be canceled if a minimum number of students is not met (for a full refund).

Phone Registration:
Morningsun Herb Farm
(707) 451-9406