🧂✨ The Salt Apothecary: Folklore & Craft of Culinary and Healing Salts
Salt has travelled through time as treasure and talisman — preserving food, purifying spaces, and protecting hearts.
In this hands-on, scent-rich workshop, we’ll explore the forgotten beauty and ancient power of salt. From medieval kitchens to magical sachets, you’ll blend your own salt-based creations while discovering the rich lore that surrounds this everyday alchemical mineral.
🧂 What We’ll Explore:
- Salt’s role in preservation, healing, and protection across cultures and centuries
- Old salt trade stories, myths, and curious superstitions — from spilled salt to circles of safety
- A guided experience in Salt Divination (Halomancy) — a quiet, contemplative way of reading the patterns left by salt on dark cloth
🌿 What You’ll Create & Take Home:
- 🍽️ A culinary salt blend (e.g., citrus & thyme or garlic & rosemary)
- 🛁 A luxurious bath salt infusion with flowers & oils
- 🌞 An energising salt scrub
- 🧿 A protective salt sachet crafted with herbs, charms & intention
✨ Plus:
- Light medieval-inspired snacks and seasonal drinks
- A Mini Salt-Lore Booklet filled with quirky recipes, rituals, and salty stories
- All tools, ingredients, and gentle step-by-step guidance provided in a warm, welcoming space
📍 Location: Bookham, Surrey (10 mins from the station, on-site parking).Exact directions will be shared by email 3–5 days prior.(Note: the map pin on Eventbrite is intentionally inaccurate to protect venue privacy.)
🕯️ Salt remembers. Salt protects. Salt keeps the wisdom of the sea in every grain. Come craft, stir, and remember
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Join our Apothecary Series and immerse yourself in a variety of hands-on workshops, from creating fragrant potpourri to crafting healing balms and more.Celebrate Your Craft: The Master Apothecary Path
This is a light-hearted yet heartfelt way to honour your journey — a keepsake of the hands-on path you’ve walked with herbs, history, and warmth.
Complete 3 or more workshops in the Apothecary Series and receive a special Master Apothecary Keepsake:
- A herbal crafting kit with essential tools, such as a mortar and pestle, a set of dried herbs and measuring spoons
- A personalised Master Apothecary Certificate to recognise your dedication
- A voucher for a workshop of your choice to continue your journey
How it Works:1. Attend 3 or more workshops from the Apothecary series2. Geanina, The Thyme Keeper, will carefully maintain a Master Apothecary Tracker, recording your completed workshops and creations.3. Celebrate your journey at the Master Apothecary Recognition Event at the end of 2025. Join us for a festive gathering to showcase your creations, share stories, and receive your Master Apothecary certificate and keepsake!
