Calendula Workshop

May 28, 2025

We had another successful herbal workshop last night. The last Tuesday of every month we join together with Amanda at her shop Sacred Space, located in Modesto. We had a few new faces that joined us last night. It is always exciting as well as nerve wrecking meeting new people. Talking to groups of people always makes me a little uneasy. Thankfully everyone listened to me nervously ramble about all the neat information that I have collected about Calendula. Each month everyone gets a few pages about the herb we are discussing. First time participants always get a folder to place all their herbal info into. I then put together a few pages of information and recipes on whatever herb we discuss. Everyone brings the folder back and adds the new information from the workshops into their folders. Kathy make us delicious treats and beverages. Last night she made some tasty Calendula cookies. She put together Calendula margaritas or a mocktail for those who didn’t want to drink. We created herbal bath blends with a mixture of herbs known to be helpful with dry irritated skin. The herbs we used included marshmallow root, lavender, chamomile, rose, and rosemary. Of course, we had the herb of the month, Calendula. We had oatmeal already ground up and ready to be added to their herbal bath blends. After they finished creating the blends we then had them create a Calendula sugar body scrub. Everyone left with a gift bag. It contained some lovely items that we create and sell. Everyone went home with a small Calendula plant. We had a great group of people who enjoy a night of mixing herbs and good conversations. Next month the 24th of June we will be discussing the mint family.