Community Ed & Rec offers herbal gift & soap workshops

Posted November 6, 2023

Plymouth School District Community Education & Recreation is offering workshops this fall to guide you in making herbal gifts and your own soap!

The following classes will meet at Plymouth High School, 125 S. Highland Ave.

From the Garden: Herbal Gift Making

Learn about herbs & make 10+ gifts to give away or keep to pamper yourself! Items include body spray, herbal infusion blends, lip balm and healing salve, herbal-infused honey, herbal-infused vinegar, herbal-infused oils, cedar wands, and much more.
Instructor: Linda of Moonwise Herbs
Details: 6-9pm Thursday Dec. 7 in PHS Room C105
Fee: $65 until Nov. 26, then $75
Register: online via MyRec

From the Garden: Herbal & Goat Milk Soap Making

This comprehensive soap-making class will offer a foundation for making soap with the best ingredients from the field, forest, and farm. Learn myriad ways to add herbs to soap, as well as how to make a creamy, moisturizing farm-fresh bar of goat milk soap. Class will cover the qualities of the herbs we can add for their healing and moisturizing qualities, plus 3 approaches to soap making: hot process, cold process, and hand milling. In addition to making soap, participants will learn to felt soap as well as add loofah sponges for exfoliation as well as additional nourishing skin qualities. Participants will leave with many bars of soap to cure at home, a recipe guide, and skills for a lifetime of soap making.
Instructor: Linda of Moonwise Herbs
Details: 10am-4pm Saturday Dec. 9 in PHS Room C105
Fee: $65 until Nov. 26, then $75
Register: online via MyRec
Note: Dress to mess.

How to register

Online (preferred): plymouthwi.myrec.com (If you have not done so already, you will need to create a MyRec account; once we verify residency and approve the account, you can register for any of our current offerings.)
By mail: Download the printable registration form and send it to Community Ed & Rec, 125 S. Highland Ave., Plymouth WI 53073.
In person: Registrations are accepted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays in our office on the south end of Plymouth High School. Park in the visitor lot in front of the school and enter at Door 18.

Learn more:

• Visit plymouthwi.myrec.com to view available classes, create a MyRec account, and register online.
• View or download a copy of the complete Fall 2023 Course Guide.
• Contact the Community Ed & Rec office at commedrec@plymouth.k12.wi.us or 920-892-5068.
• Visit our office 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on the south end (Door 18) of Plymouth High School, 125 S. Highland Ave.
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