WORKSHOPS
I believe that the root of the environmental, food, and health crises we face today stems from our total disconnection from the earth. These workshops are a way to reconnect with our Mother Earth and her guardians - the plants. We have so much to remember from them! Highly recommended for those interested in plants, herbalism, holistic health, and conscious eating... Plus, Claire is the best guide to the wonderful botanical world!
— Malú Colorín - Talú Earth
SOIL HEALTH
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: Online
An in-depth exploration of how soil is formed, how it sustains life, and why its preservation is essential for ecological balance. We examine the relationship between soil, water, and living organisms, from the microscopic networks of mycelium to the larger cycles that shape fertile ecosystems. Participants learn to recognise healthy soil, understand the causes and consequences of soil degradation, and discover practical ways to restore and build living soil at home through sustainable gardening practices. A grounding meditation helps us connect with the Earth before beginning hands-on work in the garden.
Thank you so much for that beautiful walk through the forest, the visit to the garden, touching the earth! Of course the information about soil health is overwhelming and powerful! And in fact, very little is known about all this. I really wish there were more dissemination. I will definitely never see the earth the same way again. It was an incredible workshop! The mushrooms, the rocks, the lichens—wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
— Workshop Participant
AN INTRODUCTION TO EDIBLE / MEDICINAL / SENSORY GARDEN DESIGN
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: Online
An introduction to traditional and modern techniques of garden planning and design for edible and / or medicinal and sensory gardens. Learn how to plan for the space you have, from urban balconies to rooftops and raised beds, while considering light, climate, shade, etc. The workshop covers essential design principles, plant spacing, container and raised bed types, Square Foot and biointensive gardening methods, herb spirals, crop rotation, companion planting, and nature-led design approaches. Explore the care and requirements of annual and perennial plants, including watering, crop associations, rotation, and plant safety, with guidance on adapting these techniques to any space.
I learned to be more attentive to the messages of nature, to be more aware of my surroundings. It showed me a different path to understand plants, cycles, and how everything is connected. It's as if a fairy took you for a walk through the garden, where there are doors she helps you open, explaining step by step what's there, and guiding you to explore what most catches your attention. By working with that, you learn more easily.
— Participant
SOWING SEEDS AND INTENTIONS
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: Online
Explore the life of a seed and the journey from sowing to thriving plant. This workshop combines hands-on activities, practical guidance, and reflective practice to help participants understand how seeds germinate, grow, and reproduce. Learn how to select, sow, and care for seeds in different environments, including considerations for containers, substrates, light, temperature, and timing. We also explore the diversity and history of seeds, the importance of preserving heirloom and open-pollinated varieties, and how to cultivate plants, community and connection through intentional seed-sowing practices. The session concludes with a meditative seed-sowing ritual, connecting participants with the life, potential, and intentions of every seed they plant.
I recommend this workshop to embark on a journey towards self-knowledge, reconnecting with the earth and nature, and awakening the ancestral wisdom that already resides within you. I have reconnected with nature, with the plants in my garden, and I feel at peace. Every time I place my feet on the grass, I perceive myself as calmer and more in harmony, connected with love
— Landy Jana Rodríguez Hernández
PLANT CARE, COMPOST, WORM COMPOST, BIOFERTILISERS AND HOMEMADE REMEDIES FOR REPELLING PESTS AND TREATING DISEASE
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: Online
Learn how to nurture plants from seedling to maturity through hands-on and practical guidance. This workshop covers the fundamentals of healthy plant growth, including substrates, mulching, light and water requirements, and transplantation. Explore techniques for maintaining soil fertility and plant health, from traditional composting and vermiculture (worm compost), to homemade organic fertilisers, as well as efficient watering methods. Participants will also learn how to prevent and manage pests and diseases organically using homemade recipes, attract beneficial insects, use companion planting strategically, and create a balanced, thriving garden ecosystem. The session combines practical demonstrations with insights into plant needs, empowering participants to care for their garden with confidence and ecological awareness.
I recommend taking this workshop for anyone who wants to reconnect with the earth, their roots, and the knowledge of our ancestors. Claire has a wealth of knowledge to share, which isn't necessarily found in other workshops. I really appreciate the philosophy and love with which she conveys this knowledge.
— Angélica Alcantara
HARVESTING, DRYING AND STORING MEDICINAL HERBS
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Learn to harvest and care for plants and herbs sustainably, safely, and respectfully. This workshop combines practical guidance with ecological and cultural awareness, covering plant identification, climate and seasonal considerations, and techniques for harvesting different types of plants. Participants explore sustainable foraging practices, including recognising plants at risk of overharvesting and those sacred to certain cultures, as well as exploring the concept of an “honourable harvest”. The session also covers tools, cutting methods, drying techniques, and storage practices to preserve potency and quality, providing participants with the skills to gather, care for and store plants responsibly.
I have felt very supported by the information and the meditations; this new perspective on herbalism is an awakening for me, both individually and in how I relate to my plants and nature in general. This course has helped me reconnect with nature and the traditions of my culture. It has provided me with tools to be more observant of my surroundings, to be more attentive and present when working with my plants. Thank you so much.
— Adriana Rojas
HOME HERBALISM
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
An introduction to Folk Herbalism, a simple, practical, and deeply personal way of working with plants. Participants learn the folk method of preparing remedies using economical and accessible techniques, and discover the value of studying one plant at a time to develop an intimate understanding of its character and effects. The workshop also explores the creation and use of herbal monographs, observation and documentation practices, and traditional preparations such as solar and lunar infusions and flower essences, helping participants cultivate a living relationship with plants through safe, direct experience.
Thank you, Claire, for helping me make my journey on this earth more observant and conscious. After completing the workshop, I feel like greeting and acknowledging every plant I see! Now I realize that plants communicate with us and are just waiting for us to listen to learn from them. I highly recommend this workshop for those who want to feel more in tune with the nature around us and of which we are a part. It's important and urgent to reconnect with the earth if we wish to contribute to improving the quality of life for all beings that are part of it... this workshop is the beginning of just that!
— Malú Colorín - Talú Earth
REMEMBERING HERBAL WISDOM
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Journey into the ancestral roots of traditional medicine in Mexico, Ireland, and Peru, and explore how reconnecting with ancient practices can help us restore health and wellbeing. This workshop reflects on what traditional medicine truly means and how mythology, folklore, and ancestral diets reveal the deep relationship our ancestors had with plants and the Earth. Participants learn from Irish mythology and explore parallels in Mexican traditional medicine. We discuss how modern life and the abandonment of ancestral diets have contributed to the rise of chronic illness, and how reclaiming Wise traditions can guide us back to a grounded, holistic way of caring for ourselves, our families, and our communities.
Just like the storytellers of Ireland, you are telling this story, and it is unique information that only exists because it is you who is sharing it and it is so rich because there is information on so many things. It's everything. It covers history, traditions, spirituality, linguistics, translation, love, jokes, anecdotes, physical images and those that you lead us to imagine. It really is so special and a pleasure to listen to!
— Liliana Cisneros Daher
WISE WOMAN HERBALISM
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Reconnect with the wisdom of the Wise Woman tradition, a path of self-care, cyclical living, healing, and deep reconnection with nature. In this workshop, we explore what the Wise Woman tradition is and how it differs from other models of healing. Participants learn to apply the Wise Woman approach to their own herbal path, honouring the natural cycles of the body and Earth. We also explore the influence of lunar phases on plants and how to create a personal lunar calendar for observation and practice. This is an invitation to remember, revitalise, and trust your inner herbalist, cultivating a grounded, cyclical, and intuitive relationship with health and healing.
"It reminded me of the path of the wise woman, the path of the women who walked before me and were guardians of life. This workshop connected me again with them, and I began to receive very revealing messages. I returned to the earth."
— Participant
PHYSICAL, AND ENERGETIC PROPERTIES OF HERBS
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Explore the many ways plants nourish and heal body, mind, and spirit. This in-depth workshop introduces the active principles of medicinal herbs, where they come from, how they work, and how to use them safely and effectively. Participants learn about herbal actions and when to apply them, as well as different systems of energetic classification, including those of Mexican and Peruvian traditional medicine and modern Western approaches. We also study ways of categorising herbs and learn how to determine the best way to prepare and incorporate each plant. Through examples, recipes and the creation of herbal monographs, students gain the tools to understand plants on both physical and energetic levels, deepening their confidence as home herbalists.
Dear Claire, thank you! I just finished a class that has taken me back home. You have brought me back to the plants I played and grew up with, plants, that in one way or another, have been talking to me for years, without me understanding my fascination with them, and without having any idea of their properties or uses. As a child I played at taking the nerves out of the plantain leaves, at picking the little hairs out of the rose hips, I collected mallow and sucked on red clover flowers (they are sweet), and what can I say about the nettles... Asturias is full of them, to my misfortune, since I was always wearing shorts!!
— Maria Isabel Gonzalez Crespo
GETTING TO KNOW PLANTS
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Go beyond what a plant “is used for” and discover who it truly is. This workshop combines sensory, intuitive, and scholarly approaches to plant identification and understanding. Participants learn the importance of scientific and common names, botanical families, and the risks of misidentification, while exploring resources for accurate plant research. We cover native habitats, seasonal changes, stages of plant growth and plant folklore, as well as cultural, historic and non-medicinal uses of plants. Through hands-on observation and engagement with physical and energetic properties, students deepen their understanding of phytochemicals, dosage, administration, and the historical, modern, and energetic uses of plants. Practical exercises and reflective practices help participants develop a more intimate and holistic relationship with each plant. Includes Claire’s “Breathing with the Plants” meditation.
Connecting deeply with my wise woman, with the wisdom of the herbal devas, and reconnecting with the traditions of my land has been a beautiful endeavor! I loved the meditations and the proposed dynamics!! If the interest and the desire to reconnect with your Wise Woman through herbal wisdom have reached you, it's because you're ready to revive these memories and knowledge that reside within you... it's beautiful to journey through this process alongside Claire!! Pure medicine, healing One, we heal all!!
— Rocío
HERBAL INFUSIONS
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Learn how to prepare herbal infusions using water, honey, vinegar, and oils, and discover which menstruum best suits each remedy. Rooted in folk medicine traditions, this workshop emphasises simple, practical, and accessible methods that allow participants to work safely and intimately with one plant at a time, observing its effects in different preparations. Explore a variety of techniques and recipes, including teas, tisanes, oxymels, syrups, decoctions, steams, and medicinal baths, as well as solar and lunar infusions, deepening your connection with the plant and its properties.
Don't hesitate to participate. It is the beginning of a transformative journey without a doubt.
— Participant
HERBAL BALMS, MASSGAE BARS, SALVES AND WHIPPED BODY BUTTERS
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Learn to create organic, medicinal, and nourishing skin-care products while understanding the importance of ingredient purity. This workshop covers balms and salves, their historical uses and mentions in Irish mythology, including ancient recipes and the use of tallow and animal fats. Explore the selection and use of different vegetable oils and butters, such as cacao and shea, as well as waxes such as beeswax and vegan alternatives. Learn how to render beeswax straight from the hive, as well as how to transform suet into tallow. Participants will learn about the utensils required and safe preparation techniques, melting points, and bain-marie methods, as well as essential oil safety and calculating the expiry dates of your homemade products, while making a variety of products including lip balms, hair and beard balms, massage bars, healing salves, and luxurious whipped body butters.
This course is made with the heart, and it shows immensely. It is a precious tool to open a true portal, to connect with the magic that surrounds us, and to return to our roots. It has helped me reconnect with the land, with the wisdom and traditions of my country and my people. I have remembered and also discovered things I didn't know.
— Participant
HERBAL TINCTURES
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Online
Explore the history of alcohol in traditional medicine and its modern applications in herbal tinctures. Learn to create these concentrated plant medicines while understanding what tinctures and extracts are, and why alcohol is such an effective menstruum. We trace the story of distillation, from ancient copper stills to the ceremonial and medicinal use of liqueurs in Mexico and the traditional role of whiskey as a healing tonic in Ireland. You’ll learn which types of alcohol are, and are not, suitable for tincture-making. Discover how to calculate tincture yield, select the ideal alcohol strength, and understand which plant constituents are extracted by alcohol. We explore both folk and standard methods of tincture preparation, using fresh or dried herbs, and cover essential tools, utensils, bottling, and labelling practices. This hands-on workshop includes recipes and folk preparation methods for tinctures that support digestion, immunity, calm, and overall vitality, offering a safe, simple, and time-honoured way to work with the deep wisdom of plants.
I have felt very supported by the information and the meditations; this new perspective on herbalism is an awakening for me, both individually and in how I relate to my plants and nature in general. This course has helped me reconnect with nature and the traditions of my culture. It has provided me with tools to be more observant of my surroundings, to be more attentive and present when working with my plants. Thank you so much
— Adriana Rojas
NATURAL COSMETICS
Duration: 5 hours
Location: In Person
Learn how to combine produce from your garden with other natural ingredients to create botanical cosmetics to nourish body and face. In the workshop we will create 7 simple products, some as a group, and some individually, according to your skin type. Besides your own individual creations, each participant will take home a sample of the products made by the group including herbal and floral infused base oil, moisturising cream so natural you can eat it, botanical cleansing grains for your skin type, herbal and floral blends for facial steaming and misting. blusher, tinted lip balm and face powder.
PRESSED FLOWER AND BEESWAX LANTERNS
Duration: 3 hours
Location: In Person
A beautiful hands-on workshop to celebrate the light within during the darker months of the year. Learn how to create delicate, bowl-shaped lanterns from pure beeswax using simple molds, then decorate them with pressed flowers and leaves gathered from the garden. We’ll explore the symbolism of light at the Winter Solstice and the magic of working with natural materials. Each participant will finish with their own lantern, complete with a handle woven from string, foliage and other natural materials.
A gentle, family-friendly workshop that invites creativity, connection, and reflection. Suitable for both adults and children.
YULE LOG WORKSHOP
Duration: 3 hours
Location: In Person
Celebrate the turning of the year and the return of the light with this hands-on, heartwarming craft. Each participant receives an oak log to decorate with candles, foliage, berries, and foraged natural materials. As we work, we explore the ancient symbolism of the Yule Log – a tradition rooted in honoring the Sun’s rebirth at the Winter Solstice.
Adorned with evergreens and herbs, your Yule Log becomes both a centerpiece and a ritual object, a reminder of warmth, renewal, and the cycle of the seasons. Traditionally burned in the solstice fire, the log carries wishes for the year ahead and blessings for hearth and home. A beautiful workshop for families and adults alike, blending craft, folklore, and seasonal celebration.
