Herbal Tea blending workshops | Book a private or group session

Details: Private half-day workshop (usual duration 3 hours) on a date to be confirmed with Wendy. Please email wendy@savour.org.nz with details of your enquiry, number of people in your group and preferred date and venue. Workshops at Savour gardens can involve a short garden tour to show you some of the plants we use in our tea blends.

Location: Either at a venue of your choice in the Wellington area or Savour Headquarters and Gardens, 94 Oban St., Wadestown, Wellington

Price: $125 pp (2 person minimum)

Description:

Enjoy a relaxing and nourishing morning or afternoon session learning more about the healing properties of plants. Blend your own herbal tea to take home using your choice of herbs and flowers harvested from our organic gardens. 

We'll begin by enjoying a selection of herbal teas along with gluten-free, nutrient-dense chocolate treats. After a brief introduction to the plants we'll be using, we'll enjoy a garden tour together (if at our venue) before learning about 12 plants commonly used in herbal blends, their herbal actions (how the herb impacts our bodies and minds), and making a personalised blend of dried flowers and herbs you'll choose according to your own health needs and flavour preferences.  

Wendy will offer some recipes for inspiration such as Calm + restore tea, menopause relief tea, hibiscus rose immunity tea, and many others. Some herbs we'll have on hand harvested from our organic gardens: calendula, feverfew, lemon balm, lavender, nettle, chamomile, dandelion, lemon verbena, rose petals. We will review plant characteristics, such as flavour, aroma, texture, and color, for you to consider as you put the final touches on your tea blends. Package your herbal blends and decorate them with creative stamps and labels.

This workshop is for you if you're keen to:

1)  learn more about the healing properties of herbs and how you can use them to support your overall health and well-being. 

2) learn how to blend your own herbal teas depending on your and your loved ones' individual health challenges and flavour preferences.

2) make your own herbal gifts. Herbal tea blends make perfect handmade presents you can make again and again and tailor them to each of your friends and family members! 

Get in touch now to discuss a bespoke workshop for you and your friends or colleagues! This workshop is great for hens' parties, corporate wellness seminars, friend groups looking for something different to do.

Dr. Wendy Joyce, founder, head gardener and chef of Savour Cooking School, has completed the Herbal Academy International School of Herbal Arts and Sciences tea-blending course and has career-long experience working with, foraging and growing medicinal herbs.