Medicinal Vinegars & Oxymels

You can book and pay on my site or you can BOOK HERE (this link takes you to the Tablehurst Farm Events page where you can also book and pay for your workshop).

We've eventually come full circle... our ancestors' deep knowledge of natural remedies is being rediscovered and appreciated like never before.

Especially if you cannot take alcoholic tinctures, this workshop will show you how to extract and preserve the many and varied beneficial medicinal qualities of plants. Recipes for delicate yet potent home made medicinal vinegars and oxymels will lend you their power and confidence to support your and your family's health. 

You'll go away with two gorgeous jars of precious herbal gifts you will have manifested during the workshop.

Coming from a long line of Greek medicine women, I have treasured the traditions handed down from my own great grandmother, rediscovered in long-forgotten, dog-eared, time-stained medicine journal pages.

What's included in the workshop cost:

• Fresh organic/biodynamic produce (garlic, fresh and dried herbs and spices, raw apple cider vinegar)
• Recipe sheets
• Refreshments 

What you can bring:

• Your own favourite herbs, spices, honey and vinegar as well as your own jars (or purchase jars at the workshop).

What you need to bring:

• chopping board*
• sharp knife
• apron
• a bandana or scarf to keep hair out of the way
• two x 500ml glass jars to take away the products they make at the workshop**
• a pair of protective blue nitrile gloves, if sensitive to ginger, chillies, or garlic

What you can purchase at the workshop:

• Raw Honey
• (*) Beautifully crafted bespoke acacia hardwood chopping blocks are available to purchase at the workshop (pre-order here)
• (**) Kilner clip-top jars are available to purchase at the workshop (pre-order here)
• Fermentation weights are available to purchase at the workshop (bespoke, food-safe, double-kiln-fired, hand-made by a local master potter) (pre-order here)

Very limited spaces so please book early!

Refund Policy for Fermentation Workshops: No refunds given with less than 5 working days’ notice because all fresh produce needs to be ordered in advance. If a participant cannot make the day due to unforeseen circumstances, a future workshop spot may be made available, as long as we have notice they can’t make it before or on the day of the workshop they were due to attend.

Notice on allergens: this workshop takes place in an environment where gluten, dairy and nuts may be prepared. However, this workshop does not include any of the major allergens as listed in Annex II (1169/2011) of the EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation:

• Cereals containing gluten (wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut and their hybridised strains)
• Crustaceans (e.g. crab, lobster, crayfish, shrimp, prawn)
• Eggs
• Fish
• Peanuts
• Soybeans
• Milk
• Tree Nuts (e.g. Almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecans, brazils, pistachios, macadamias)
• Celery & Celeriac
• Mustard
• Sesame seeds
• Sulphites at concentrations of ten parts per million
• Lupin
• Molluscs (e.g. Mussels, oysters, squid)

Cancellation Policy: As we have to pre-order fresh produce for the workshop participants depending on number of bookings, no refund will be given with less than 5 working days' notice. Please get in touch as a matter of priority to let us know.

In the unlikely event we have to cancel the workshop, a full refund will be given.