Classes & Workshops

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I offer in-person workshops, herb walks, online classes on a variety of holistic health and herbalism topics.

See below for current & past offerings, or contact me to book a private workshop or class for your group.

Upcoming Classes

Herbal Medicine-Making Workshops

Join Deborah for immersive evenings of hands-on herbalism and learn to craft your own natural apothecary!

Date:
4th Thursdays 6/25, 7/23, 8/27, 9/24)

Time:
6PM – 7:30 PM EST

Location:
Origins Cafe, 558 Beaver St, Cooperstown, NY

In each 1.5-hour workshop, you will discover the healing properties of local plants and create & take home a 16oz herbal preparation to build your home medicine cabinet:

June 25th: Meet Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) & make a strawberry lemon balm shrub

July 23rd: Meet Solstice wort (Hypericum perforatum) & learn to make an alcohol extraction

August 27th: Meet Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) & make a blackberry anise hyssop shrub

September 24th: Meet Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) & make a late summer cordial

REGISTRATION: $35/session **

~All organic herbs, carrier menstruums, glass jars, as well as a detailed recipe handout will be provided.~

**If this fee is beyond your means, please reach out to discuss a trade or sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.

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Past Offerings

Spring Tonic Workshop - March 2026

Herbal Love Potion Workshop - February 2026

Learn to Make Fire Cider Workshops - October 2025

  • Hosted at Village Library of Cooperstown and Origins Cafe

Herbal Allies for Autumn - - September 2025

  • part of Wellness Wednesday Series at Origins Cafe

You Are Enough: Plant Wisdom to Interrupt Scarcity Mindset - December 2024

  • Virtual Talk at Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism