Sage and Sourdough Wellness & Herbs
I am excited to offer more in person classes for this up coming year of 2023! Please visit my events and classes page at the top of the home page to check out all the fun options available! Let me know if you have any questions!
Come and learn how to improve your health through the foods you eat with ferments!
Did you know there are 10x more micro-organisms than our own human cells? Micro-organisms out number human cells 100:1, making us 1% human. For every 1 message our brain sends to the gut, 9 messages are sent to the brain. Our gut is considered our second brain. The microbiome is the control center for the entire body as they communicate with our mitochondria. These messages control our response to stress, brain hormone production, activation of the immune system, the growth of new cells and the neuroplasticity or the adaptability of our brain cells. Our microbiome is unique to us because of our genes, the food we eat and the environment around us.
We will discuss the importance of the microbiome, how we can support it, learn to make fermented bread and other foods. Class will be held at my home in Fairview on Saturday, November 12th at 12 noon. Cost is $15. Lunch will be served and you will get to take home a natural yeast starter to make your own bread with recipes. Send me a message if you are interested in joining us through my contact page. 12 spots available for the class.
Hello Friends!
I have some spots open for my September and October workshops coming up! We are going to have so much fun! Here are the details.
September 24th – Family Immunity Workshop
I love this class. It is the essence of fall in my opinion. We will have a delicious lunch and snacks made with medicinal herbs. I will be discussing all my tips and tricks on how to care for your family during the cold season from my viral protocol to the best supplements and herbs. We will be making herbal medicine you get to take home along with the recipes and more! Here is what we will make, fever tea bags, natural hand sanitizer, elderberry syrup, cough and congestion balm, earache oil, medicinal oxymel, and a medicinal tincture. Cost is $75. Class goes from 12pm to about 4pm in Fairview, UT. Please reach out to me through my contact page if you are interested in securing your place in the class.
October 15th – Homemade Herbal Holiday Gifts
The holiday season will be here before we know it! Come learn how to make something to give that is personal and extra special this year! We will be making holiday aromatic room sprays, herbal lotion bars, peppermint whipped body butter, cold process soap, lip balm, relax and unwind holiday massage oil blends and herbal salt soak. You will get all the recipes and more! Class is $75 and goes from 1pm to 4pm in Fairview, UT. Please reach out to me through my contact page if you are interested in securing your place in the class.
Hope to see you there!
I am excited to add more options for learning plant medicine!
Please see the link here for more info!
I have updated my calendar with lots of classes for the rest of the year. Would love to have you join me! The first one starts next week! All classes are on Saturdays.
We will begin class at 8:30 AM at my home in Fairview (just 1.5 hours from SL) where we will pack a healthy lunch and drive up the canyon to learn to identify local plants. During our gallivanting in the wilderness we will discuss ethical and sustainable harvesting practices, have lunch and enjoy a guided forest meditation. Once we have harvested plant material we will come back to my home where I will teach you how to make herbal medicine for you and your family. All materials and containers will be provided. You will take home and learn how to make tinctures, teas, decoctions, syrups, poultices and salves/creams for first aid and general health needs. The class will end between 4 and 5 PM. Class is limited to 8 people. No refunds offered.
Price – $100. Please click on the contact page to send me a message if you are interested in attending.
We will begin class at 8:30 AM at my home in Fairview (just 1.5 hours from SL) where we will pack a healthy lunch and drive up the canyon to learn to identify local plants toward the end of their growing season. During our gallivanting in the wilderness we will discuss ethical and sustainable harvesting practices, have lunch and enjoy a guided forest meditation. Once we have harvested plant material we will come back to my home where I will teach you how to make herbal medicine for you and your family. All materials and containers will be provided. You will take home and learn how to make tinctures, teas, decoctions, syrups, poultices and salves/creams for first aid and general health needs. The class will end around 6 PM. Class is limited to 8 people. No refunds after August 13th.
Price – $100. Please click on the contact page to send me a message if you are interested in attending.
Come learn how to care for yourself and for your family during the colder months naturally. I will give you all my tips and successful stories on how I keep my family healthy with herbs, nutrition and supplements. You will learn how to incorporate herbal medicine into your cooking, including how to sneak herbs into foods your kids will eat and make simple medicine with herbs and spices you may already have in your kitchen. The class includes a healthy comforting lunch, demonstrations on how to make herbal medicine and samples of those things we make! Some of those items to take home include elderberry syrup, oxymels, tinctures, tea blends and more! Class will be held at my home in Fairview UT and begin at 12 PM and go to about 4 or 5 PM. Class is limited to 12 people. No refunds after September 3rd.
Price – $75. Please click on contact page to send me a message if you are interested in attending.
Come learn to make herbal handcrafted goodies that make the perfect gifts for the holidays! I will show you how to make cold processed soap, herbal lotion bars, herbal bath salts with massage oil, luxurious face and hand cream, lip balm and holiday room sprays. You will get to take home a sample of each with all the recipes! Class will be held at my home in Fairview UT and will go from 1 PM to about 4 or 5 PM. Class is limited to 12 people. No refunds after October 1st.
Price – $75. Please click on my contact page to send me a message if you are interested in attending.
We will be visiting two sites near each other to discuss common weeds and plants that grow in the Utah valley as medicine.
The first spot we will meet at is the Bicentennial Park Loop near Provo at 9 AM. Visit All Trails here for more info and directions.
The second spot we will visit is in Springville along the Hobble Creek trail (just a few minutes from our first spot). Visit All Trails here for more info and directions.
Cost is $20 per person for the day. 15 spots available. (As of June 1st 9 spots are available). We will spend a few hours at each spot. Please reach out to me through my contact page to sign up.
I am so excited to hold an herb walk and medicine making workshop in my area! We recently moved to Fairview and have discovered some amazing plant medicine in these beautiful mountains! Price includes an herb walk, packed lunch (bring backpack to carry your own lunch that will be provided) and medicine making workshop. We will be identifying living plants, discussing their medicinal properties, eating lunch in the mountains and then coming back to my home in Fairview to learn how to make basic medicine you can use for yourself and family in times of need.
Here is what you will learn and get to take home:
Learn the difference between hot and cold infusions. Make and take home your own herbal blend with tea infuser.
How and what we use to make decoctions that can be turned into a medicinal syrup. Make and take home a medicinal cough syrup.
Learn solar and stove top herbal oil infusion applications that can be turned into salves and creams. Take home an herbal skin cream.
Poultices with dried or fresh herbs. Take home a dried herbal poultice blend.
Alcohol and glycerin tinctures. Take home your choice of herbal tincture and dropper bottle.
Herbal vinegars that can be made into oxymels, used as a daily supplement or to enhance the food we eat. Take home a fresh herbal vinegar.
Space is limited to 12 people. (As of June 4th, 4 spots are available) Cost is $100.00 per person. Please reach out to me through my contact page to sign up.
Once you pay for your spot you will receive all the information needed for the herb walk and hands on class. Please keep in mind that Fairview is one and a half hours from Salt Lake. The deadline for returns is June 10th. If there is a waiting list you can receive a refund if someone takes your place.
I have just two spots left for the Family Immune Herbal workshop on the 16th of October! Check out the link for more info on how to sign up!
Hi Friends!
It works better for more to hold the class on Saturday October 16th at noon. So we will go ahead and change the date!
I will be holding a family herbal care workshop on Saturday, October 16th at 12 PM in Spanish Fork. Space is limited to 12 attendees. Please reach out to me through my contact page if you are interested in joining. Cost is $60 per person. Class will go for 2 – 3 hours. We will discuss general illness issues that affect our families, my favorite natural supplements, as well as my protocol we used when our family had covid last winter. We will not go over first-aid treatments as that is a different class.
I will be serving a homemade nutritious lunch, nourishing herbal drinks and herbal treats with recipes. It’s a great way to get herbs into kids!
We will discuss and make herbal medicine, including using herbs you may already have in your kitchen or garden.
Here are the herbal medicines you will learn to make and take home!
Fever Tea Bag
Oxymel ( herbal vinegar)
Herbal Cough Syrup
Cough and Congestion Balm
Glycerite or Tincture (your choice)
Natural Hand Sanitizer
No refunds will be given after October 8th. All funds go to materials for the workshop. If we can find a replacement for your spot then I can issue a refund. If you reach out to me and don’t see a response within a few hours, check your junk folder.
I will be holding one last herb walk for the year around the Big East lake up the Nebo Loop near Payson, Utah. The date is set for Saturday morning at 9 AM on September 18th. It is a 1 mile loop, very easy paved walk. We will identify plants in their late stage of the growing season, including angelica, baneberry, nettles, water cress, mullein, rose, avens, alder, fir, poison hemlock, yarrow and lots more! Plan on 3 hours, not including drive time. Cost is $15 for the walk. I will have limited spots. Please send me a message through my contact page to hold your place and get payment info. Here is the link to the trailhead.
Hello Fellow Herb Friends!
My life has been so busy I haven’t had a chance to list any herb walks this year. I understand this is last minute, but wanted to offer a few walks this week. My plan is to hold more in August as my schedule permits. Each walk is $10 per person. Payment is due upon arrival via cash or Venmo. Please send me a message if you are planning on attending.
July 15th, Thursday morning along the Spanish Fork River. Meet at the Canyon View Park at 9 AM. 3300 E Powerhouse Rd. We will start at the south side of the park to walk along the river.
July 16th, Friday morning Grotto Falls, 9AM – To reach the trailhead from the north, follow 600 East in Payson as it goes south into Payson Canyon. This becomes the Nebo Scenic loop Road. Signs show the way. The trailhead is about 7 miles up the road.
(You can also reach the trailhead by driving north on the loop, from Hwy 132 east of Nephi.) Directions from All Trails
I am also open to holding private group herb walks. Contact me to make arrangements.