Classes offered by Herbly Wonderful
1. Herbs for
your Health and Stress Relief - This talk is about culinary herbs that are good for your
health and how they can help with the heart, diets, stress, diabetes, etc.
2. Growing a Cut Flower
Garden - This class teaches what flowers are good to grow in your garden
and how to cut them. It also teaches you how to arrange a bouquet or
centerpiece.
3. Herbal Luncheon - (Only offered during our Herb Festival July 11th
and 12th) We will serve you a nice lunch in which everything contains
herbs, then we will quiz you at the end as to what herbs you think are in each dish.
We will then share the recipes and tips for making them with you. (If you do want to
join this we are limited to 50 seats per day.
Reserve your seat early)
4. Creating a Living Wreath/Topiary - This class will teach you how to
make these living creations, and how to care for them. You can create one with
our help after the demo if you chose to purchase one.
5. General Herb Talk - We discuss the growing and uses of culinary herbs as
well as
a few medicinal uses. We'll also touch on the most common bug and disease
problems and their natural solutions. Lastly, if time permits, we will discuss edible flowers
and their varieties and tastes.
6. Growing Herbs & Cooking with Kids - Get the kids out of the house and
have them come learn how to grow herbs, why to grow herbs, and how to use them
for fun, food and entertainment. This is a great class for kids to do with
parents, grandparents and friends. Kids under 10 are required to bring an
adult.
7. Creating a Fresh/Dried Herb & Flower Wreath - During this hands-on class, you
will make a wreath using fresh herbs and flowers, and then we will teach you how
to dry this creation and enjoy it in your home for many years. (During our
herb festival we offer a special variation of this in which participants will
cut lavender from our fields and and make a lavender wreath.
8. Creating & Planting
Vibrant Mixed Containers - Learn how to combine plants and color in various
containers for your home and garden. Bring your own container or chose one
of ours to build a beautiful container garden to take home with you.
(Additional containers are also welcome for just the cost of the plants.
Our experts will assist you if needed. Remember to leave extra time.)
9. Culinary Herbal
Creations - Come learn how to make easy, flavorful culinary creations using
simple herbs that you grow in your house or garden.
10. Organically Growing &
Using Heirloom Vegetables - Learn what an Heirloom vegetable is and what
makes them different. We'll teach you how to grow them organically so you
can enjoy the most flavorful, mouthwatering foods.
11. Creating an Herb/Flower
Garden - Come join us as we teach you the simple easy ways to design and
create a beautiful herb and flower landscape. The dos and don'ts of
planning and implementing a garden design for a successful experience.
12. Preserving your Harvest
of Herbs, Flowers & Vegetables - It is time to look at the bountiful harvest
of all that you have grown throughout the season. We will give you ideas
and methods for preserving all these beautiful vegetables, flowers and herbs.
You'll learn lots of projects to use them up throughout the winter months.
13. Making Essential
Household Creations - Learn about using culinary herbs for all sorts of
everyday household uses, from the kitchen, to the bath, to the laundry and
beyond. After hearing about a wide variety of herbs and their uses you
will get to make a few herbal creations to take home.
If we come to your club or
organization the following are the current costs:
$35.00/1 hour Talk + mileage
$50.00/2 hour Talk/Demo +
mileage
(material costs are determined
per/person for hands-on classes) Call for pricing.
We can give custom talks and demos if there is a special topic that you want
discussed. We require a minimum of 10 people in a group to book us.
Otherwise, the only open public talks we do are during our annual Herb Festival
or during the above scheduled classes. Call or email with any questions
about availability.
