New York
Urban Garden Apothecary
Botanical Body Oil, From An Urban Garden
In this workshop, we’ll connect with the many medicinal and cultivated plants that thrive in our climate — exploring their textures, tastes, and effects on the body. Together we’ll talk about how these plants support us anatomically, and how you can grow them yourself, even within an urban setup. Along the way, we’ll touch on the role of NYC’s public growing spaces and the access they create for city dwellers.
You’ll also learn simple herbal preparations and craft your own body oil using plants locally grown in Brooklyn — a reminder that the city can be its own kind of apothecary, offering healing and connection right outside our doors.
Ticket Type
When
09/27
Time
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Intensity
About
Katina Leier’s path to agriculture and education has been a gentle unfolding, full of many twists of fate. The through line in her varied experiences has been plants, specifically growing plants across many different climates - from Atlanta to Alaska. She’s managed several farms across the U.S. and is most interested in cross-cultural methods of healing and eating.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This workshop is designed as an immersive journey through the plants that surround us. We’ll begin with a demonstration on direct harvesting and the basics of herbalism, before moving into hands-on plant identification and simple tools for recognizing what grows in our climate. Along the way, you’ll be invited to taste fresh herbs and produce from the garden, noticing their flavors and effects on the body.
Together we’ll create a nourishing body oil using a base of Argan and Jojoba, bottling your own blend in glass dropper bottles with custom labels so you can bring a piece of the garden home with you.
This grounding and communal experience it’s a chance to learn, taste, and create in rhythm with the plants and people around you.
NOTE: You'll be given everything you need to create your own botanical body oil will be provided. All you need to bring is curiosity, closed toe shoes, water to drink, and layers if you're sensitive to bugs.