Making Your Own Botanical Salve – with Alina Baker

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Location: Innisfree Farm & Botanic Garden, 3636 Trent Road, Courtenay, B

Time: One session: 10:00 AM -12:00 PM (noon)

Participants: 15 registrants

Cost: $40 members or $50 non-member guests

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“Seasonal Solstice Salve Make-and-Take”

With:  Alina Baker, RHT, R.Ac, Medical Herbalist & Registered Acupuncturist

In celebration of the beginning of summer, CVHS is partnering with Innisfree Farm to present a workshop on using herbs from your garden to make botanical salve.

The workshop will include:

·  Harvesting – participants will harvest St. John’s Wort, Calendula, Arnica

·  Making a salve – discuss methods for oil infusion. Demonstration of salve-making with infused oil (prepared ahead of time) and beeswax.

·  Discussion of medicinal properties of the herbs harvested while the salve sets

Participants take home 50ml salve plus harvested materials to make their own at home. Class notes provided

This workshop is brought to you by the Comox Valley Horticulture Society (CVHS)

Contact Workshop coordinators June Ballantyne and Sonia Gonsalves if you have further questions:  cvhsworkshops @ gmail.com

Participation in this workshop is voluntary. These programs are offered by volunteer presenters. CVHS appreciates their time and experience in the subject areas that they present, however CVHS accepts no liability for the information that is presented.