Cooperative Extension Medicine-Making Workshops

Join NWIC’s Cooperative Extension’s Traditional Plants & Foods team on Wednesday afternoons for the next three weeks for medicine-making workshops!

Each Wednesday through July 22, attendees will learn about traditional plant medicines, practice traditional gift giving and prepare remedies for the 2026 Canoe Journey, Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch. Each participant will make and take home balms, soothers and repellents for themselves, as well as be able to make and gift the items to a Canoe Family of their choosing in preparation for the 2026 Paddle to Nisqually.

Each student, staff and/or community member will be able to come in, learn about traditional plant medicines, practice gathering and preparing together and practice gift giving.

Details:

Every Wednesday for the next three weeks from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. PDT in the Cooperative Extension kitchen (Building 20) on Lummi campus.

-July 8: Herbal First Aid Balm

• Participants will create a rescue balm using infused herbal oils of yarrow, calendula, comfrey and others. This balm can be used to soothe cuts/scrapes and for sprains/muscle aches.

-July 15: Sunburn Soother

• Participants will create a sunburn soother using natural ingredients of aloe vera gel, essential oils, fractionated coconut oil and rose water.

-July 22: Herbal Insect Repellent 

• Participants will make a natural bug bite balm and a repellent spray using catnip infused in witch hazel, along with an essential oil blend.

Space is limited, so please pre-register by contacting the NWIC Cooperative Extension via email at cooperativeextension@nwic.edu. CEUs are also available.