Connecting Through Plants ~ A Tincture-Making Workshop with Nico Ruta

2011 East 4th Street,Long Beach CA 90814

20 November, 2022

Description

QUEERS, you are invited to a hands on herbal tincture making workshop facilitated by Nico Ruta. This space is for you if you’ve been wanting to learn how to make your own herbal tinctures at home and grow relationship with plants through medicine making. This is an introductory class to herbal tincture making and is designed for beginners. You will be given the tools you need to start (or continue) your herbal tincture making journey. This offering will take place at beautiful, queer-owned plant shop, Plantiitas! The plant we will be connecting with throughout the evening is LEMON BALM. We will connect to the energy of lemon balm through tea and hands on tincture making. Each person will be making their own lemon balm tincture that they get to take home. This workshop focuses on alcohol based tinctures. We will be using organic cane alcohol (it is gluten free for our gluten free friends). All supplies will be included. Please bring water to stay hydrated and a mug for hot tea we will be enjoying together. About Nico: Nico Ruta (they/she) is an artist, budding photographer, folk herbalist, and lover of plants, flowers, and our earth home. They are committed to the practice of cultivating home within, and doing it within the ecosystem of community. Nico co-creates intentional communal spaces for joy, creativity, ease, and softness. For the past 10 years Nico has been cultivating a multi dimensional art practice of growing relationship with plants. Their practice includes gardening, medicine making, tea drinking, cooking, talking to the more than human world, and connecting with other humans who also love our earth home. Nico is forever in awe with the plant beings and the presence and gifts they have to offer.