Green Witch Gardening and Apothecary
year long interactive course
everything you need to create a magnificent and powerful garden
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01
come through the garden gate with me
Show details- welcome from cheralyn FREE PREVIEW
- course housekeeping
- land guardianship
- what is a green witch?
- garden journalling
- plant identification
- your zone
- the elements and your garden
- gardening and apothecary tools
- the moon and our gardens, an introduction
- connecting your dream garden with reality
- suggested activities....
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your garden journals & starting an apothecary
Show details- Why Keep Garden Journals and Records?
- garden journal pages to download
- your plant inventory
- excel spreadsheet garden planner
- your personal herbarium
- botanical sketching for your journals - tools and materials
- preserving botanicals to use in your journals and herbariums
- pressing flowers & foliage tutorial
- drying botanicals for record keeping with silica tutorial
- apothecary: setting up your storage space
- apothecary: foundation supplies
- apothecary labels
- apothecary: how to sterilise glass jars and bottles
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lunar gardening & plants of protection
Show details- geocentric and heliocentric lunar gardening
- creating lunar notations in your journals
- full moon in the garden
- waning moon in the garden
- new moon in the garden
- waxing moon in the garden
- plants of protection booklet
- plants of protection
- lunar and astro phase resources
- garden rituals of autumn
- apothecary: waters
- apothecary: glycerites
- apothecary: flower and plant essence creation
- apothecary: a collection of essence and water recipes
- apothecary: tinctures
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indoor gardening
Show details- exploring and testing your indoor areas
- tools
- magickal & healing placement of plants
- which plants can grow indoors?
- general indoor plant care
- soils
- water
- air
- light
- when things go wrong
- gardening rituals for indoor plants
- apothecary: carrier oils
- apothecary: a selection of sacred oil recipes
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outdoor gardening
Show details- tools
- set a magickal place of good and powerful energy
- magickal directions and your garden
- your climate and zone
- soils
- composts
- apothecary: drying herbs
- apothecary: creating infusions (teas!)
- apothecary: a collection of infusion recipes
- apothecary labels for teas
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the magickal edible garden
Show details- creating a vegetable, fruit and herb garden
- planning your garden bed and pot locations
- soil
- water
- fertilisers
- pests and diseases
- vegetables
- herbs
- fruits
- flowers in the veggie patch
- raised beds
- apothecary: creating tinctures
- apothecary: tincture recipes
- gardening rituals of summer
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cut flower gardening
Show details- planning a cut flower garden
- a year planting guide
- what goes in? soil and compost mixtures
- flowers in pots
- how to harvest and keep flowers
- basic floristry care
- apothecary: a wreath of healing
- apothecary: a healing posy
- apothecary: creating smudging sticks
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the harvest
Show details- magickal gathering
- drying methods
- preservation and storage
- apothecary: creating spells
- apothecary: creating tonics
- apothecary: a collection of tonic recipes
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propagation
Show details- basic propagation techniques
- transplanting seedlings
- apothecary: creating balms
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seed saving
Show details- seed collection
- seed viability
- storage methods
- seed collectors and swap clubs
- winter gardening rituals
- apothecary: haircare creations
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plant divination
Show details- how plants and flowers can help us plan ahead
- the language of plants and flowers
- plant scrying
- tea leaf reading
- botanical grids
- apothecary: magickal botanical mists, essences and potions
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spell crafting
Show details- creating magickal spells from your harvest
- magickal protection during crafting
- apothecary: a foundation spell collection
- apothecary: a foundation spell collection
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bee keeping
Show details- native and honey bee start up and maintenance
- the lessons of native bees
- apothecary: a collection of honey concoctions
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community gardening
Show details- my tips on begin involved and how to set up
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resources
Show details- keeping your own resources
- books
- magazines and newspapers
- tv and radio
- podcasts
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Cheralyn Darcey is a botanical explorer, florist, organic gardener, environmental artist and the author and illustrator of over a dozen internationally published botanical titles that share with readers her passion for nature and researching plants and their relationships with us. Living on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia, Cheralyn has created and nurtures her own extensive flower, vegetable and interesting plant home garden that has been featured in national publications and her creative sanctuary. Cheralyn has also taught arts, crafts and botanical history for over three decades in person and for the past ten years, online. Her passion is sharing what she finds inspiring in our botanical world with others.Instructor(s)
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