Classes & Workshops
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.
Past Offerings
Spring Tonic Workshop - March 2026
Co-Hosted with Olivia Dillingham of LAIMA Somatics at Origins Cafe
Herbal Love Potion Workshop - February 2026
Co-Hosted with Olivia Dillingham of LAIMA Somatics at Origins Cafe
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