UPCOMING
Botanical Extractions: The Art of Making Tinctures - Saturday May 9 at 10AM - Blanchard Prayer Garden
Herbal First Aid - Saturday May 9 at 1PM - Blanchard Prayer Garden
Sip and Paint: Natural Herbal Watercolors & Wine - May 30 at 1PM - Betty Virginia Park
Juice & Paint: Kids’ Natural Plant Painting - June 6 at 1PM - Blanchard Prayer Garden
Map Reading and Topographic Navigation -June 13 at 11AM — Kisatchie - Long Leaf Vista Trail
Bush Craft Fundamentals: Survival Skills - June 14 at 10 AM - Kisatchie Bayou Campground
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Botanical Extractions: The Art of Making Tinctures
Herbal Combinations & Customization
Take your tincture-making skills to the next level with this deep dive into herbal combinations and customization! In the Botanical Extractions series, participants will learn how to blend herbs to create personalized tinctures tailored to specific health goals. This class focuses on understanding the interactions between herbs, ensuring safety, and crafting remedies that align with individual wellness needs.
Guided by Courtney Hay, a board-certified Naturopathic Practitioner, you’ll gain the confidence to experiment with herbal blends while creating a custom tincture to take home.
What You’ll Learn:
How to combine herbs for specific health goals (e.g., stress relief, immune support, or digestion).
Understanding herb interactions, safety considerations, and proper dosages.
Hands-on creation of a personalized tincture blend tailored to your wellness needs.
What’s Included:
All herbs, jars, and tools for tincture-making.
A take-home custom tincture crafted during the class.
Expert guidance and personalized feedback.
Class Size:
Limited to 12 participants for an intimate, hands-on experience.
Safety:
Participants must sign a liability waiver before the class begins.
Herbal First Aid Workshop – Retreat Favorite, Now Local!
Back by popular demand! Experience the same hands-on Herbal First Aid class that was a hit at our recent Kisatchie Nature Retreat—now offered right here in our local community.
What You’ll Learn:
Practical herbal remedies for cuts, scrapes, burns, stings, and more
How to make your own herbal salves and tinctures
Building a natural first aid kit with easy-to-find ingredients
Real-life scenarios and group practice
Why Attend:
Whether you missed the retreat or want a refresher, this workshop is your chance to gain practical skills in a relaxed, supportive setting. No experience needed—just curiosity and a desire to be prepared!
Details:
Who’s It For: Adults of all backgrounds—bring a friend!
Spots are limited to keep things interactive. Sign up now and take home a fillable Herbal First Aid booklet, new skills, and the confidence to care for yourself and your loved ones—naturally!
Map Reading & Topographic Navigation
Learn to read maps, use a compass, and follow azimuths through real terrain in this hands-on half-day workshop. Perfect for outdoor enthusiasts, hikers, and preppers.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Read and interpret topographic maps
- Understand contour lines, elevation, and terrain features
- Compass basics and how to use with a map
- Take and follow azimuths (compass bearings)
- Orient a map to terrain
- Real-world bushwhacking and navigation
WHAT TO BRING
- Long pants & long sleeves (protect skin from brush/thorns!)
- Closed-toe hiking boots
- Personal backpack with water (2-3 liters)
- Personal first aid kit
- Paper and pencil
- Hat or sun protection
- Insect repellent (optional)
WHAT WE PROVIDE
- Topographic maps (copies provided)
- Compass (bring yours or use ours)
- Map protractor
- First aid kit on hand
- Expert instruction and real terrain practice
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Active outdoor class involving 2-3 miles over uneven terrain, bushwhacking, and navigation with compass and map. You should be comfortable with physical exertion and outdoor conditions.
SAFETY FIRST
First aid kit on hand, group stays together, waivers required, weather-dependent with rain dates available.
Herbal Tea Blending Workshop: Craft Your Own Healing Brew 🫖🌿
Discover the art and science of blending your own medicinal and delicious herbal teas!
For centuries, homesteaders and herbalists have turned to the garden for comfort, healing, and warmth. A simple cup of tea is one of the most effective, gentle, and beautiful ways to bring plant medicine into your daily life.
In this interactive, sensory-rich workshop, you will step up to our "Herbal Tea Bar" to smell, taste, and learn about a variety of dried healing herbs. We will teach you the secrets to formulating a tea that not only supports your wellness but actually tastes amazing!
What you will learn & do:
🌿 Meet the Herbs: Learn the healing properties of individual herbs (like calming chamomile, nourishing nettle, and soothing peppermint).
⚖️ The Art of the Blend: Learn the proper ratios for blending—how to balance "base" herbs, "action" herbs, and "flavor" herbs.
🍵 Sip & Sample: Taste different herbal infusions during class to find what your body craves.
✨ Craft Your Own: Create your very own custom, organic tea blend to take home in a beautiful glass jar or eco-friendly bag!
Whether you want to craft a "Sleepy Time" blend, an "Immune Boost" brew, or just a delicious daily sip, we will guide you every step of the way.
Explore, Identify & Use Autumn’s Healing Plants
As the weather cools and nature shifts, it’s the perfect time to discover the powerful medicinal herbs that thrive in fall. Join us for a guided, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to identify, harvest, and use seasonal herbs for wellness and home remedies.
What You’ll Experience
Herb Walk & Identification: Explore local parks or wild spaces to spot and identify fall’s most beneficial medicinal herbs—think yarrow, marshmallow root, calendula, lemon verbena, and more.
Harvesting Tips: Learn ethical wildcrafting practices and the best times and methods for harvesting cool-weather botanicals.
Practical Uses: Discover how to prepare these herbs for teas, tinctures, salves, and other home remedies to support immunity, soothe seasonal ailments, and promote wellness.
Hands-On Activities: Participate in simple DIY preparations and take-home recipes and tips for using your fall herbal finds.
Who Should Attend?
Open to adults and teens—no experience necessary! Ideal for gardeners, homesteaders, herbal beginners, and anyone interested in natural wellness.
Event Details
What to Bring: Comfortable walking shoes, notebook, and a love for learning!
Why You’ll Love It
Enjoy a friendly, supportive environment where you’ll gain practical skills, connect with nature, and leave feeling empowered to use the season’s best herbs for your health and home.
Spots are limited for an interactive, small-group experience.
Botanicals & Beverages: DIY Herbal Cosmetics Workshop 🌺🥂
A luxurious evening of natural pampering, plant magic, and herbal sips!
Skip the drugstore aisles full of harsh chemicals and join Holistic Homesteaders Healing and Wellness for the ultimate night of natural self-care!
Nature provides everything we need to glow from the outside in. In this fun, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to harness the power of dried flowers, herbs, and natural butters to create your own premium, customized botanical skincare.
What you will learn & do:
🌿 Plant-Based Pampering: Learn the benefits of using natural exfoliants, organic carrier oils, and skin-loving botanicals (like rose petals, lavender, and chamomile).
✨ Craft Your Cosmetics: You will formulate and mix your very own Botanical Body Scrub and a custom Herbal Lip Balm to take home!
🥂 Sip & Socialize: Enjoy a relaxing evening connecting with community while you craft your luxury apothecary items.
Details:
What’s Included: All organic ingredients, jars, tubes, and custom labels.
Sips & Snacks: We will provide complimentary beverages (including our signature herbal wines and teas) along with light, homestead-inspired snacks to enjoy!
Member Perk: Holistic Homesteaders Monthly Members get a 15% VIP discount on this premium event!
Looking for a unique, relaxing night out? Grab a friend, bring your favorite beverage, and join Holistic Homesteaders Healing and Wellness for a "Sip and Paint" night unlike any other! 🎨✨
Instead of using traditional synthetic paints, we are going back to the roots of art and herbalism. In this interactive, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to extract gorgeous, vibrant colors directly from everyday plants, herbs, and spices!
We will create beautiful, natural watercolor paints using ingredients like deep red hibiscus, golden turmeric, and earthy spirulina—and then we’ll spend the evening relaxing, sipping, and painting our own botanical masterpieces. 🌺🌿
✨ What’s Included with your Ticket:
A fun, hands-on lesson on how to make natural plant-based dyes and paints
All painting supplies (high-quality watercolor paper, brushes, and palettes)
All the herbs, flowers, and spices needed to create your paints
Light, homestead-inspired snacks and herbal teas
A beautiful, natural piece of art to take home!
🍷 What to Bring:
We also recommend wearing comfortable clothes that you don't mind getting a little colorful!
Space is limited, and these seats will fill up fast!
👉 Get your tickets and secure your spot here:
(Are you a part of the Holistic Homesteaders Monthly Membership? Save on ALL classes this year by joining)
Come unwind, get creative, and experience the magic of plant medicine with your local community. We can't wait to create with you! 🌻
🔥 Bushcraft Fundamentals: Survival Skills 🏕️
Learn essential survival techniques in this hands-on half-day workshop. Master water filtration, emergency shelter building, fire safety, knot tying, and practical survival skills.
CLASS DETAILS
📅 Saturday, June 14, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (half day)
📍 Location Kisatchie Bayou Camp Ground
💰 $75 per person
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Water filtration and purification methods
- Building emergency shelters (debris shelters, lean-tos, tarps)
- Fire safety and basic fire-building techniques
- Knot tying for survival situations
- Identifying edible plants and basic foraging
- First aid and emergency response basics
- Survival priorities and decision-making
WHAT TO BRING
- Long pants & long sleeves (protect skin!)
- Closed-toe hiking boots
- Personal backpack with water (2-3 liters)
- Personal first aid kit
- Work gloves (optional)
- Hat or sun protection
- Insect repellent (optional)
WHAT WE PROVIDE
- Water filtration supplies and demo materials
- Shelter-building materials (tarps, branches, natural materials)
- Fire-building supplies and safety equipment
- Rope and paracord for knot-tying practice
- First aid kit on hand
- Expert instruction and real terrain practice
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Active outdoor class involving 1-2 miles over uneven terrain, hands-on shelter building, and physical work. You should be comfortable with physical exertion and getting dirty.
SAFETY FIRST
First aid kit on hand, group stays together, fire safety protocols strictly enforced, waivers required.
Ready to learn survival skills? Comment below or message us to reserve your spot!
Sip & Salve: Herbal Healing Salves Workshop 🌿🍷
A hands-on "Sip & Make" evening of natural pampering and plant medicine!
Looking for a unique night out? Grab a friend and join Holistic Homesteaders Healing and Wellness for our most popular premium event!
Long before drugstores existed, homesteaders relied on herbal salves to heal dry skin, soothe bug bites, and calm minor scrapes. In this fun, relaxing, and interactive workshop, we will demystify the art of herbal remedy making while you sip and socialize.
What you will learn & do:
🍯 The Basics of Botanicals: Learn how to pair skin-loving herbs (like calendula, lavender, and plantain) with natural carrier oils.
✨ The Art of the Salve: Watch a live demonstration on the traditional method of infusing oils and working with natural beeswax.
🌿 Pour Your Own: Customize, blend, and pour your very own organic healing salve to take home for your natural first-aid kit!
Details:
What’s Included: All herbs, oils, beeswax, tins, and labels!
Sips & Snacks: We will provide complimentary beverages (like our delicious herbal wines and teas) along with light, homestead-inspired snacks to enjoy while we craft.
Member Perk: Holistic Homesteaders Monthly Members get access to classes year around.
Get ready for cold and flu season with a hands-on, herbal wellness experience! Join us for our Herbal Fire Cider Workshop and craft your own immune-boosting tonic using time-honored herbs, roots, and spices.
What You’ll Experience:
Learn the history and health benefits of fire cider—a traditional folk remedy for immunity and digestion
Explore the properties of key ingredients: horseradish, ginger, garlic, hot peppers, citrus, and immune-supporting herbs
Create your own custom fire cider blend to take home (all materials provided)
Sample a fully steeped fire cider and discover tasty ways to use it in your daily routine
Receive a recipe card and immune support handout for continued wellness at home
Connect with a like-minded community in a fun, supportive setting
Who Should Attend:
Anyone interested in herbal remedies, holistic health, or boosting their natural defenses for autumn! No prior experience needed.
What’s Included:
All workshop materials and ingredients
Mason jar for your custom fire cider
Printed recipe card and immune support guide
Tasting samples
Community Q&A and herbal wellness tips
Pours & Plant Dyes: Natural Fabric Dyeing Workshop 🍷🧣
Discover the ancient art of extracting gorgeous colors from the earth!
Before synthetic dyes existed, homesteaders and artisans used the roots, flowers, and leaves around them to bring beautiful colors to their clothing and textiles. Join Holistic Homesteaders Healing and Wellness for a creative, relaxing evening as we bring this ancient art back to life!
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to unlock the hidden pigments in everyday plants, herbs, and spices (like golden turmeric, deep red hibiscus, and earthy botanicals) to naturally dye your own fabric.
What you will learn & do:
🌿 The Science of Color: Learn the basics of natural dyeing, including how to prep fabric and extract potent pigments from plants.
🎨 Create Wearable Art: You will design and hand-dye your very own [canvas tote bag OR silk scarf] to take home!
🍷 Pours & Plants: Enjoy a relaxing, creative atmosphere while sipping and socializing with our community.
Details:
What’s Included: All plant dyes, binding materials, and the blank fabric item (tote bag/scarf) for you to dye.
Sips & Snacks: We will provide complimentary "pours" of our signature herbal wines and teas, along with light, homestead-inspired snacks!
Member Perk: Holistic Homesteaders Monthly Members get access to all classes throughout the years at a discounted rate.
Looking for a fun, messy, and educational nature activity for the kids? Join Holistic Homesteaders Healing and Wellness for a special "Juice and Paint" class just for little homesteaders! 🌻✨
In this fun, sensory-friendly workshop, we are turning nature into art! Kids will learn how to extract gorgeous, vibrant colors directly from everyday plants, fruits, and spices to create their very own 100% natural, non-toxic watercolor paints.
We’ll crush, mix, and mash ingredients like bright pink hibiscus, yellow turmeric, and purple berries, and then spend the rest of the class painting beautiful botanical masterpieces! 🍓🌼
✨ What’s Included with your Child's Ticket:
A fun, hands-on earth science lesson on how plants make colors
All painting supplies (watercolor paper, brushes, and palettes)
All the 100% safe, natural, and non-toxic herbs and spices needed to make the paintLooking for a fun, messy, and educational nature activity for the kids? Join Holistic Homesteaders Healing and Wellness for a special "Juice and Paint" class just for little homesteaders! 🌻✨
In this fun, sensory-friendly workshop, we are turning nature into art! Kids will learn how to extract gorgeous, vibrant colors directly from everyday plants, fruits, and spices to create their very own 100% natural, non-toxic watercolor paints.
We’ll crush, mix, and mash ingredients like bright pink hibiscus, yellow turmeric, and purple berries, and then spend the rest of the class painting beautiful botanical masterpieces! 🍓🌼
✨ What’s Included with your Child's Ticket:
A fun, hands-on earth science lesson on how plants make colors
All painting supplies (watercolor paper, brushes, and palettes)
All the 100% safe, natural, and non-toxic herbs and spices needed to make the paint
A juice box and a healthy, homestead-inspired snack 🧃
Their beautiful, natural piece of art to take home!
👕 What to wear:
While these paints are natural, plant dyes can stain! Please send your little ones in play-clothes or bring a smock/old oversized t-shirt for them to wear.
Space is limited so we can give every child hands-on help!
👉 Get your tickets and secure your child's spot here: [Insert direct link to the ticket page]
(Are you a part of the Holistic Homesteaders Monthly Membership? Memberships get discounted access to classes all year.)
We can't wait to get creative and messy with your little ones! 🌿🎨
Children’s Gardening and Homesteading Basics 🌱🧑🌾
Growing healthy habits, life skills, and a love for nature!
Kids were made to get their hands in the dirt! In a world full of screens, our Children’s Gardening and Homesteading Basics class is designed to help little ones reconnect with nature, understand where their food comes from, and learn the magic of growing things themselves.
In this fun, sensory-rich, and hands-on workshop, your child will step into the shoes of a "little homesteader." We will explore the basics of gardening, plant life, and earth skills in a way that is highly engaging and easy for kids to understand.
What your little homesteader will learn & do:
🌻 Seed to Sprout: We will learn how seeds grow and every child will plant their very own seed or herb to take home and care for!
🪱 The Magic of Soil: A fun look at why healthy dirt matters (and yes, we might talk about worms!).
🌿 Plant ID for Kids: How to recognize simple, safe, and helpful plants in our own backyards.
👩🌾 Homesteading Chores: Learning the value of responsibility, caring for nature, and the basics of self-reliance.
Explore Nature, Discover Wellness
Step outside and join us for a guided Wildcrafting Walk focused on identifying, harvesting, and using local edible and medicinal plants. Led by a board-certified naturopath and herbalist, this event is your chance to connect with nature, learn traditional plant wisdom, and gain practical skills for holistic living.
What You’ll Experience
Plant Identification: Learn how to safely recognize and ethically harvest wild herbs, flowers, and roots growing right in our local area.
Hands-On Foraging: Practice wildcrafting techniques and gather a selection of seasonal plants for use at home.
Medicinal & Culinary Uses: Discover how to turn your finds into teas, tinctures, salves, and nourishing meals.
Sustainable Practices: Understand the importance of responsible foraging and stewardship of our natural spaces.
Take-Home Guide: Receive a fillable, branded field guide booklet with plant profiles, safety tips, and recipes.
Who Should Attend?
This walk is perfect for adults and teens—whether you’re a beginner, gardener, homesteader, or just curious about the wild world around you. No previous plant knowledge required! Come solo or bring a friend for a fun, interactive experience.
Event Details
Date & Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Cost: $40 per person (includes field guide and all materials)
What to Bring: Comfortable walking shoes, water bottle, notebook, and curiosity!
Why You’ll Love It
Past participants rave about the “eye-opening discoveries,” “practical tips,” and “welcoming, community vibe.” You’ll leave with new knowledge, confidence, and inspiration to explore the world of wild plants.
Spots are limited for an intimate, hands-on experience.
Step into the magical side of autumn with our Holistic Halloween: Folklore & Witchy Wellness workshop! Celebrate the season with mystical herbal folklore, hands-on crafting, and empowering rituals for mind-body wellness.
What You’ll Experience:
Discover the magical history and folklore of classic “witch” herbs: sage, rosemary, mugwort, yarrow, vervain, and more
Create your own spell jar and herbal sachet for protection, abundance, or self-care (all materials provided)
Brew and sample a mystical herbal tea blend or warming autumn cider
Learn simple, holistic rituals for wellness—herbal baths, smoke cleansing, and moon journaling
Enjoy a welcoming, festive atmosphere—costumes encouraged!
Receive a folklore handout, ritual ideas, and recipes to continue your witchy wellness journey at home
Who Should Attend:
Anyone interested in herbal folklore, holistic wellness, or a magical autumn experience—no prior herbal knowledge needed!
What’s Included:
All crafting and herbal materials
Spell jar and herbal sachet to take home
Printed folklore and ritual handout
Herbal tea or cider tasting
Community circle and Q&A
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