Preserving Herb Harvests Class & Kit
Learn how to preserve fresh herbs and make your own herbal products for around your home! This virtual class will cover skills including drying and preserving herbs for maximum flavor retention, infusing herbs into culinary oil or vinegar and creating herbal oils (for use in home products like lip balms, lotions, and salves - all skills featured in classes later this year!). This class will be taught by Amy Wertheim of Wertheim's Gardens, a longtime herbal expert and farmer of educational, culinary, and medicinal gardens in Logan County. Class registration is free with an option to purchase a class kit to use during the live virtual class. This class will feature fresh rosemary and Thai basil and dried calendula and rosemary. The $15 base class kit includes six plastic containers for infusing, 18 oz of grapeseed oil, balsamic vinegar, cheesecloth, twine, rubber bands, and kitchen gloves and require participants to source their own herbs from their garden or local farmer. There is also an option to select a $30 class kit that includes everything in the base class kit plus bundles of fresh and dried herbs that are featured in the class.
Register for the class using the link below and preorder your class kit to pick up on Friday, July 28th from 4-6pm in the Common Ground Flatlander Classroom. Tune in for the virtual Zoom live class on Saturday, July 29th from 2-3pm. If you receive SNAP, you may be eligible to receive your class kit for free. For more information, please reach out to Kelly Lay at kelly@thelandconnection.org.
About the Instructor: Amy Wertheim
With educational, culinary, and medicinal gardens, Wertheim’s Gardens has a multitude of options for visitors from taking a scheduled tour of the various gardens; participating in a hands-on class to learn how to make your own salves, soaps, teas, or lotions; or learning how to use herbs in your everyday cooking, fresh or dried.
Owned and operated by Amy Wertheim, AIG’s 2018 Businesswoman of the Year as the Most Trusted Woman in Herbal Products, as well as serving on the GRIT Inaugural Forum, IL Specialty Crops Board of Directors, past President, IL Herb Association, and past President of the Logan County Herb Guild, Amy is a proud 7th generation steward of the land. As a four-time Grand Champion, and five-time Sectional Champion of the IL State Herb competition, she is well-versed in all aspects of Herbs and enjoys sharing her knowledge with anyone interested in growing their knowledge in Herbs.