With guest educator naturopath Hannah Moore, this session will help you make sense of what’s really going on in your body AND how to support yourself through the changes of perimenopause and beyond.

You’ll learn how to:
✨ Use food as medicine
✨ Choose the right vitamins, minerals & herbs
✨ Support your liver, gut, and hormonal health
✨ Tune in to your body’s signals and tailor your care to your unique needs

Expect a warm, welcoming space that feels more like chatting at the kitchen table with your bestie, complete with laughter, practical tips, and plenty of time for questions.

Hands-on

Whilst most of this session will be a kitchen-table style chat, I always like to keep the learning practical and hands-on. We’ll make some food as we talk about how to use food for hormonal health.

Pricing

Herb Folk members: $60*

Casual single ticket: $80

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We’re going to explore all of this and so much more in this hands-on Herb Folk workshop. 

But home herbalism is about so much more than tinctures too – so we’ll explore some other easy, delicious remedy types, including elixirs, vinegars, oxymels and glycetracts. 

You’ll learn what they all are, why you’d want to choose one over the other and get familiar with the process how to make them!

We’ll make the remedies together and you’ll get to take some home! 

All supplies included and you’ll get to take home the recipes.

This will be another laugh-filled, action-packed herbal medicine workshop on the Sunshine Coast and I can’t wait to welcome you to our heart-filled community gathering.

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This month at Herb Folk, we’re diving deep into one of the true powerhouses of the herbal world: Nettles!

They’re bold, they’re nourishing, and they’ve been a herbalist favourite for generations.

Our special guest is Alyson Maier — naturopath and author of a beautiful new kids’ herbal book — and she’s bringing all her nettle magic to share with us. Together, we’ll explore:

🌿 Nettle’s rich history + folklore
🌿 Herbal actions + energetics
🌿 Growing, harvesting + wildcrafting tips
🌿 How to use nettles as both food and medicine
🌿 Hands-on herbal prep and safety 

And of course, it wouldn’t be a Herb Folk session without getting our hands in it! We’ll make a warming forager’s nettle soup, and while it’s bubbling away, we’ll make another nettle remedy.

We haven’t quite finalised what remedy yet, but it’ll either be: a gorgeous nettle + rosemary hair oil, a nettle clay face mask or a nettle vinegar hair rinse. 

To top it off, Alyson will give a live reading of her newly released kids’ herbal book on Nettles — which is now on sale!

Learning herbs one by one is such an important part of learning so you can really develop a deep understanding and relationship with each herb. 

and our Herb Folk workshops aren’t just about learning herbs, but about filling our cups spending time with our heart-led herbal community! Come laugh, learn and feel inspired about life again!

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In herbal medicine, we take a holistic approach to health, understanding that health is built on a foundation of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellness.

Flower essences are subtle vibrational energy that can assist the body to come back into a state of alignment and support emotional health.

When there is stagnation or a block in one area, this can show up in other parts because of the many bi-directional relationships and influences within us.

Flower essences have a role to play in supporting our emotional and spiritual health, and turn our whole bodies.

With guest educator Heidi Merika, at this Herb Folk you’ll learn:

🌸What is a flower essence
🌸Materials need for making a flower essence
🌸Types of water used in flower essences
🌸Different ways to make flower essences
🌸Directions for making a flower essence
🌸Flower essence dosages
🌸How to use flower essences to support yourself and family at home

Our Herb Folk sessions are always practical and hands on as one of the best ways to learn is through direct experience. You’ll get to make a flower essence during the session using flowers that are available at the time. Could be herbs or native flowers. Given 2 hours is a bit short to make a full flower essence, we’ll modify it a bit, but you’ll learn how to do the whole process.

Come hang out with our fun, welcoming community of herbal medicine lovers and learn to make and use flower essences

This is the last Herb Folk event for 2024.

Herb Folk members

Use the Herb Folk members code to get $10 off this ticket price.

NOTE -at checkout, please choose local pick so it doesn’t charge shipping. I’ll put on my tech hat and figure out how to change that sometime,Cat x

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Want to learn a cornerstone herbal medicine-making technique? One that saves you time, money and only takes 5 minutes to do?

Come learn to make your own healing herbal salves!

Salves are made by mixing oil and beeswax or vegan wax and are useful for a range of first aid and everyday situations.

At this fun, hands-on workshop, you’ll make 1 – 2 salves to take home. I’ll have a range of oils and recipes available so you can choose what you’re interested in. You can make a salve for:

🌿sore muscles

🌿first aid  – cuts, scrapes, stings

🌿bumps, bruises and broken bones

🌿itchy bites and itchy rashes

🌿headaches

🌿arthritis and sore joints

🌿lip balm (a balm is just a salve with more beeswax in it – you’ll learn all this and more!)

You’ll also learn when and when NOT to use a salve.

You’ll get familiar with some common herbs and carrier oils that are used to make salves (although we won’t go too deep down the herbal-infused oil rabbit hole)

These salves are made with herbal-infused oils which are different to essential oils. If you’re sensitive to essential oils, you can still make these salves.

This is a very practical, fun workshop and I can’t wait to see your proud faces after you’ve made your salves!

Herb Folk member

Use the Herb Folk members discount code to get $10 off the ticket price.

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This special knowledge on the inner workings of your body and overall state of your health is actually hidden in plain sight – in your hair, eyes, nails, skin, energy levels and poop!

You might have heard this concept online, but been confused how to sort fact from fiction!

At this special Herb Folk event, local naturopath and kinesiologist Hannah Moore is going to give us the inside scoop!

She’s going to share tips and tricks from 15 years in clinic so you can confidently know what’s true, what indicators are actually helpful and what’s just smoke and mirrors.

Learn to be a home body detective, understanding how to:

• recognize early warning signs of health problems so you can try to prevent them
• become a poo detective – digestive system is the root of all health, so what’s going on with yours?
• learn how skin colour and sleep patterns can tell you about what’s happening inside your body
• which hair and nails signs are actually helpful (and which aren’t)

Hannah will also give us an introduction to basic kinesiology so you can learn to test yourself and your body to find out what it needs. This is a really practical skillset for home healers that enables you to tap into your body wisdom and heart perception.

Hannah is an engaging speaker and she shares her wealth of knowledge in a warm, easy-to-understand manner.

Home self-diagnostics is an important aspect of our home healing repertoire. We can’t care for what we can’t understand and I’m really excited Hannah’s sharing these pearls of wisdom!

You’ll leave this Herb Folk event with a whole new set of practical skills to care for yourself and family naturally at home!

Herb Folk Members Price

To make it affordable to come regularly, there’s a Herb Folk Members discount code, just pop it in the coupon code at checkout. Get in touch if you’re a member and don’t have the code

PS – Sorry, tech trouble — if it charges you shipping at checkout, just choose local pick up to skip charge!

Get to know Hannah

Hannah Moore is a dynamic and experienced Naturopath, Herbalist, and Kinesiologist with 15 years of clinical expertise. Specializing in hormone balance and emotional healing.

Hannah’s own significant health journey has been her greatest teacher, shaping her into an exceptional healer and a living example of overcoming challenges. Known for her straightforward, no-nonsense approach, Hannah cuts through the noise to deliver clear, effective guidance. Learn more: Naturopath Sunshine Coast, Naturopathic Clinic Online, Maroochydore (hmnaturopath.com.au)

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She’s an expert herbal cream-maker, specializing in sensitive skin and traditional craftsmanship. What she doesn’t know about herbs, oils, and emulsifiers isn’t worth knowing!

In this hands-on, deeply explorative Herb Folk workshop, she’ll  walk us step-by-step through the herbal lotion-making process. You’ll leave understanding:

• What is a herbal lotion or cream?
• what ingredients are in it, and how to choose which herbs or oils?
• do you need preservatives and if so, which ones?
• what is an emulsifier, and how do you choose the best one for your lotion?
• what’s the shelf-life for herbal lotions and creams? How can I tell if they’ve gone off?

Kaja will have various creams and lotions to try  (so you can feel the difference) and she’ll demonstrate how to make it at home – with opportunities to pick her brain as we go.

We’re still finalising whether you’ll be able to make your own lotion in the workshop (we hope so) but I can promise it’ll be as hands-on and interactive as we can make it, as I firmly believe the best learning happens when you get your hands dirty (or in this case, really silky 😉). Either way, you’ll get to take home the most gorgeous handcrafted herbal lotion to use at home.

Whilst this workshop is aimed at beginners, even if you have experience making your own herbal lotions and creams at home, you’ll still get a lot out of this workshop! You’ll have a chance to have super nerdy convos with Kaja (although we won’t have time to go too deep down too many skincare rabbit holes)

Don’t miss out – snag your spot!

I rarely cap numbers for Herb Folk events, but this herbal lotions-making workshop will be capped so everyone can get up close and personal with the process.

Staying in Touch

If you book a ticket, I’m really reliable when it comes to event emails, but the fickle email gods aren’t always good at delivering them – so if you don’t hear from me, please reach out! I’m not gonna leave you hanging!

Get to know Kaja

Kaja harnesses her background in pharmacy & chemistry and her life-long passion for traditional herbal medicine to work and teach at the interface of herbalism and cosmetic chemistry. She is the founder of Herbae Thylacini – an award-winning range of herbal skin care hand-crafted from locally sourced herbs and ingredients.

What is Herb Folk?

Herb Folk (click here) is our monthly (or seasonal) herbal medicine group on the Sunshine Coast (and Gympie/great Brisbane region for those who like to travel). We’re a laid-back, fun, plant-loving community and we gather to make seasonal herbal remedies, and learn about herbs and herbal medicine-making techniques.

Location

This event is at a private address. I’ll email the address the week of the event.

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Playtime isn’t just for kids. One of my favourite parts of home herbalism is the creativity and experimentation involved in crafting remedies ourselves. Not just play though, because electuaries are a potent, effective and particularly delicious remedy to use in your home!

Join this unique Herb Folk medicine-making circle where we’ll be learning to the art of making herbal honey electuaries.

An electuary involves mixing powdered herbs and honey together. These have a long history of use and are said to work synergistically – meaning both the herbs and the honey are more potent medicine together than if they were alone.

What will you make?

We’ll have several recipes to choose from and those who want to can make their own, or create one of the suggested remedies.

There’ll definitely be remedies to support

🌿sleep,

🌿stress,

🌿digestion and

🌿kids – think tummy upsets, irritability, meltdowns, overwhelm, nervousnss and fussiness.

There might be others I’ll finalise it and let you know.

We’ll talk about the history of using honey as medicine and as a medicinal preparation and get hands-on practice in this delicious and effective form of medicine.

You’ll get to take some herbal electuaries home. Hope you can join us.

Some Nitty Gritty Details on wheres and whats.

Held at private farm in Ninderry – address will be emailed a few days prior to event. Note – this is an outdoor event. There’s nothing more delightful than sitting around (undercover) outside — but the elements always join us, so dress appropriately for the date.

Casual tickets:  $65 or get a discount with when you buy  $100 Herb Folk members credit. Herb Folk members pay $50 for this event.

*Note – Herb Folk Members Credit lasts 1 calendar year.

If you’re buying $100 Herb Folk members credit, pop an order note with it saying you’re using it for this Herbal Electuary or Honey

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The joy of Herb Folk is that it’s experiential, community learning. You get to directly experience the herb we’re learning about, as well as nerd our with others passionate about herbs, plant medicine and living more naturally.

In April, we’re being joined by popular local naturopath Karen McElroy and she’ll be introducing us to Lemon Balm – melissa officinalis.

Lemon Balm has a long history and is a really easy-to-grow herb with a variety of everyday uses in your home so it’s a wonderful one to add to your toolkit.

At each Herb Folk, you’ll get hands on experience, tasting and make something from the herb, as well as learning:

• history and folklore
• energetics and taste
• herbal actions
• indications for use, based on modern research and traditional use
• safety and contraindications etc

My hope is you’ll walk away with a full heart, a practical toolkit, and a deeper relationship with plant medicine.

Held at private farm in Ninderry – address will be emailed a few days prior to event.

Casual tickets:  $40 or get a discount with when you buy  $100 Herb Folk members credit. Herb Folk members pay $30 for this event.

*Note – Herb Folk Members Credit lasts 1 calendar year.

If you’re buying $100 Herb Folk members credit, pop an order note with it saying you’re using it for this Lemon Balm.

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