MAY HOMESTEADING MEETING: GROW YOUR BACKYARD APOTHECARY
Mon, May 20
|Winchester
🌟Join us for our May Monthly Member Meeting:🌟 Growing your backyard apothecary with local herbalist and fellow homesteader, Kelly Howard. 🪴


Event Details
May 20, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Winchester, 4305 Middle Rd, Winchester, VA 22602, USA
About the event
Grow your backyard apothecary! 🌻
Gain knowledge and confidence as you learn the top herbs to grow, when to use them, and how to make herbal medicine.
Local herbalist, Kelly Howard will share her top favorite herbs to start your backyard apothecary. Kelly will discuss how to grow, harvest and store herbs as well as situations and specific conditions for their use. A brief overview of making herbal medicine (teas, tinctures and oils) will be shared. apothecary! Gain knowledge and confidence as you learn the top herbs to grow, when to use them, and how to make herbal medicine. 🌱🫖
Be sure to mark your calendars and share with a friend!! 🗓️This is one meeting you won't want to miss.
Meeting will begin promptly at 7PM and end at 8:30PM. We will reserve time for folks to ask questions of our guest speaker and fellowship amongst one another after her presentation.
☞Don't forget to RSVP to reserve your seat.
As always, guests and first time visitors are welcome to join us! See you there..👋🏻
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