Events Calendar · August 2023
Essential Oils Distillation and Olfactory Therapy Workshop at The Haven at Tomales
Date: Sunday, August 6, 2023
Time: 11:30am - 4:30pm
Join us for a day of learning in the garden!
What you will receive:
- A day of learning from Alice Encinas Duvernell, MA, a French Ethno-Botanist and the founder of Biophilia Botanicals
- How to perform hydro-distillation in a traditional copper still AND everyday kitchen appliances
- Informational handout
- 100 ml custom blended aroma blend
- 2-ounce bottle of freshly distilled hydrosol distilled onsite at the farm
- Mid-day meal and refreshments
In this full-day demonstration/workshop, you will be discovering the very special and unique experience of steam and hydro distillation in a traditional copper still, as well as a method in an affordable home cooking device. Alice will share her passion and knowledge about the science and alchemy of the distillation process. Students will learn the difference between hydro-distillation and steam distillation as well as the ways to improve yields of essential oil extractions with simple kitchen apparatus and labware. Students will be taught the differences between essential extraction and hydrosol extraction. Although they may be part of the same process, they present distinct techniques for enhanced results!
During the second part of the day, Alice will introduce the class to the basic principles of alchemy and psycho-aromatherapy, also called olfactory therapy.
The cost is $159 per person and reservations are required in the above website link.
Additional Location or Other Information
900 Cerini Road, Tomales, CA 94971
