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Soap Making - Class - Saturday 31st March 2018
SOAP MAKING “Natural Soap Making with Holly Smith”Come and learn how to make natural, nourishing cold processed soap! Making your own soap from scratch is fun and rewarding and you can create gentle products that nourish your skin and are also great to give as gifts. This course will cover the history of soapmaking, the basic cold process soap making techniques, equipment, safety and how to customise your soap with natural additions like essential oils and botanicals. Holly will run you through the process of making a basic unscented soap and a fragrant soap with natural botanicals. You w...
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Soapwort
SoapwortBotanical Name: Saponaria officinalis Soapwort is a hardy perennial, growing from 40 - 60cm tall with a 1 meter spread. It may be used as a larger groundcover when multiple plants are used, since it grows quite vigorously. The stems are unbranched and hold dark green, lance shaped leaves of 5-12 cm long. The flowers may be pink or white and they bloom for a long period from late summer to autumn. Each flower has 5 petals and they are held in loose terminal clusters on tall stalks. The flowers have a spicy clove fragrance which is said to be stronger at night. They are self-fertile a...
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Society Garlic - Variegated
Variegated Society GarlicBotanical Name: Tulbaghia violacea Variegated Society Garlic is an evergreen perennial which is highly ornamental and very useful as a garden border plant. It has long narrow leaves, similar to garlic or chives, extending up to 30 cm. It may often be called ‘Silver Lace’ in reference to the white margins, on the blue green leaves, which give a silver hue. The showy 1.8cm flowers are a lilac colour and appear in clusters of 8-20 flowers, held on 30-60cm stalks. The clumps can grow up to 60cm wide and the leaves arise from the rhizomes which creep underground.The plan...
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Soft Skin Balm 175g
Rich balm for dry hands, feet, elbowThis 100% natural Soft Skin Balm is extremely rich, intensely moisturising and has been developed especially for dry hands, feet, elbows and knees. It is ideal for those who work all day with their hands in water, or who need to constantly wash their hands like cooks, gardeners or even builders. People with dry, chapped of chaffing skin will also find the Soft Skin Balm from The Herbal Gardener to be of tremendous benefit.It contains 10% of certified organic calendula infused oil with coconut and castor oil and is designed to sooth and soften very dry ski...
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Soft Skin Balm 40g
Rich balm for dry hands, feet, elbowThis 100% natural Soft Skin Balm is extremely rich, intensely moisturising and has been developed especially for dry hands, feet, elbows and knees. It is ideal for those who work all day with their hands in water, or who need to constantly wash their hands like cooks, gardeners or even builders. People with dry, chapped of chaffing skin will also find the Soft Skin Balm from The Herbal Gardener to be of tremendous benefit.It contains 10% of certified organic calendula infused oil with coconut and castor oil and is designed to sooth and soften very dry ski...
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Sorrel
Sorrel FrenchBotanical Name: Rumex acetosa Sorrel is a perennial with broad lance shaped bright green leaves and grows to about 90cm high. Sorrel is native to Europe and Asia and has naturalised in many countries.The tart, lemony leaves can be pulled from the base of the plant by hand, discard the stem and use the leaves to flavour soups, sauces and salads. Sorrel leaves partner well with avocado in a salad or on a sandwich. Add some shredded leaves to scrambled eggs, omelets and frittata. Quinoa salad loves the tangy addition of sorrel as do seafood and tomato dishes. Stir finely shredded ...
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Sorrel - Red Sorrel
Red SorrelBotanical Name: Rumex sanguineus Red sorrel is an attractive herbaceous perennial and one of about 200 species belonging to the genus Rumex. It has the look of spinach, with the green leaves described as lance shaped, from 5-14 cm long. The characteristic red-purple veins are quite striking and may be more prominent in the summer months. This colouring also gives the red sorrel the names ‘bloody sorrel’, ‘bloody dock’ or ‘red veined dock’.There are various reports on the height attained by red sorrel, but an average seems to be 60cm by 40cm wide. It may grow higher in good conditi...
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Sorrel - Sheep Sorrel
Sheep SorrelBotanical Name: Rumex acetosella Sheep sorrel is a perennial with a creeping habit, with lance shaped leaves 5-8cm long. Spikes of insignificant tiny, yellow flowers turn into small red/brown seeds. Leaves and stems can also have a brown tinge. The plant reaches a height of 30cm when in flower.This sorrel has a bit more zing than garden sorrel. The bite size leaves are great to add to a salad, they add a sour lemony taste. The leaves can also be added to sauces and soups.Sheep sorrel is one of the four herbs in the Essiac formula that Renee Caisse used in a cancer treatment. I...
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Spearmint
.SpearmintBotanical Name: Mentha spicata Culinary UsesSpearmint has a cooling effect on the palate and like most mints, it may be used for whatever culinary purpose you desire. Spearmint works well with peas, vegetable and fruit salads, or meat, poultry and fish dishes. It does equally well with desserts, herbal tea and cold drinks. In particular, Spearmint is known for its role in preparing the alcoholic drinks mojito and mint julep usually added fresh, but if you don’t have fresh spearmint growing you can make a Spearmint syrup to add to drinks of desserts. Spearmint Syrup1 tablespoon dri...
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Spicy Xmas Cheer
Give this set of spices this xmas and get the party started with some mulled wine or a non alcoholic spicy punch. recipe included. This gift pack includes: 1 - 50g Cardamon1 - 50g Cloves1 - 50g Star anise1 - 50g Cinnamon Sticks Free Gift Wrap & Handmade Gift Tag
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St John's Wort
nBotanical Name: Hypericum perforatum St John's Wort - Cannot be sent to NSW and VICSt John’s Wort is a perennial, evergreen herb growing from 30cm to 90cm high. It has a spreading habit so the width may be variable, but individual crowns may be about 30-40cm wide. The rhizomes send up stems that are erect, with a branching habit in the upper sections of the plant.The yellow flowers appear in late spring to mid-summer, from October to January, in the second year after planting. The 2.5 cm flowers have five petals, three bundles of stamens, conspicuous black dots and are held in broad cyme...
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