Past Events

  Make your own socking stuffer/ gift lip balms and lip glosses from skin and people friendly botanical ingredients locally and/or ethically sourced. Take home 10 sticks and/or pots of your own personally customized and labeled products. $65 includes all materials. REGISTRATION IS LIMITED

Get ready for Valentines Day! Make your own Love Potion Liqueur (non-alcoholic version available), scented skin nourishing massage and bath oil, plan (and sample!) an aphrodisiac picnic. $115 includes all materials (except alcohol for liqueur) and lunch. REGISTRATION IS LIMITED  

Create your own colours from nail polish base free from the 10 worst chemicals that are usually present*. Go dark, light, bright, shimmery, dramatically sparkly or understated! Every participant or adult child duo will custom craft 2 large and 4 small polishes to take home. All genders and ages (6 and over) welcome. Children 6-12 must be accompanied by an adult. Siblings, friends & intergenerational groups encouraged! $45 includes instruction and all supplies, materials & polish containers. Registrations is limited.…

This early spring version of the Medicine Making 101 Full Day Workshop will help you stock your medicine and first aid cabinet with versatile, safe and multi application remedies. As always, we will cover herbal medicine safety. You will learn how to make an infused oil, and how to turn that into an ointment or salve. This time it will be a birch and balsam bud salve to use topically for pain relief, general fist aid and a variety of…

In this delicious cheesemaking foray with a French Flair, we will make our first cheese involving culture. This soft almost cream cheese like cream has a more complex flavour thanks to the culture, and is extremely versatile. We will play with it in savoury and sweet crepe fillings! $75 includes all materials and food, excluding any wine you may wish to bring to have with your meal. Please email greenheartstudio@mac.com to register or for more information.

North america "discovered" fresh mozzarella in the last decade or so and embraced it with an open heart. You will learn how to make your own, and lots of different ways to use it (if it lasts that long!). We will enjoy ours on home made pizza starting with fresh dough, and we will introduce you to the delights of flammkuchen; a regional specialty from both sides of the Rhine close to where I lived in Germany for awhile. It…

This early summer version of the Medicine Making 101 Full Day Workshop will help you stock your medicine and first aid cabinet with versatile, safe and multi application remedies, focusing on topical remedies for summer sun & bug action. As always, we will cover herbal medicine safety. You will learn how to make a topical spray for discouraging insects and treating itch, and a salve for sun protection and relief. We will make a plantain tincture and review the surprisingly…

Yes tofu! Undoubtedly the oldest plant based cheese, there are so many benefits from making your own! You control the ingredients so you can get all the health and possibly cancer preventing benefits* without worrying about glyphosates. Dragon bowls and fresh spring rolls are two delicious ways to use your artisanal small-batch tofu, and I will share a variety of delicious marinades. Even if you have no or negative previous experience with the taste of tofu, you will be really…