In this gathering, participants will explore the different types of kitchen medicines they can easily make in their own kitchens for the Fall and Winter Months. Honeys, vinegars, simple tinctures, tea blends, and syrup preparations will be discussed as well as recipes provided by Lori Jenkins of Sister of Mother Earth.

Participants will be able to make their own…
**A fire cider blend for Winter illnesses in a quart jar
**An elderberry syrup to take home in an 8oz bottle (group demonstration-we will make a big batch together)
**An herb-infused honey in a nice flip-top jar for the Winter chills
**An herbal tincture in a nice flip-top jar to infuse to hit the crud hard when it comes, and then a dropper bottle to decant it in
**An herbal tea blend in a nice flip-top jar to help ease symptoms associated with the temps changing

Come for an afternoon of sharing, tasting, creating, and gathering together while enjoying a lovely fresh herbal tea made from seasonal herbs. Plus, you will also go home with several recipes to help stock your medicine cabinet even more!

Teacher bio:

Lori Jenkins is a Traditional Herbalist, Wildcrafter, and practicing Kitchen Witch of over 20 years currently living just outside of Asheville, NC. She is the owner and creatress behind Sister of Mother Earth, LLC, a small-batch herbal business focusing on herbal tonics, wildcrafted potions and elixirs, products made for the kitchen witch at heart, herbal classes, and plant walks. Lori’s goals are to create community within her own local food structures and support those who grow and make our food, as well as those that create magick in the kitchen to share with those around them! Lori believes in the local food movement so much so that she is currently serving on the Board of Directors as President for the Weaverville Tailgate Market and serves on the Board of Directors for the Asheville Herb Fest, which is the longest-running and largest herb festival in the United States.

Lori’s teaching career in Western North Carolina spans over 7 years, with credits including several local businesses and major festivals such as the WNC Wild Herb Weekend, faculty member for HERBalachia in Tennessee, Asheville Raven and Crone, the Asheville Herb Festival and many others. Her classes often include practical applications of kitchen witchcraft and medicine, informed by many great teachers and herbalists in turn. She has graduated from courses of study at the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine and in Rosemary Gladstar’s course The Science and Art of Herbalism as well as completed coursework and classes under fellow herbalists and wild women Anni Daulter, Asia Suler, Abby Artemisia, Rebecca Beyer and so many others.