Caitlin Bergman at work

If you ever wanted to go back to the days where you learned some­thing good and true and had fun doing it, this is your chance. Sort of like Girl or Boy Scouts. There is not enough of that going around in our adult world! Caitlin Bergman of Say Per­ma­cul­ture will be teach­ing a spe­cial work­shop on herbal body prod­ucts at the Los Ange­les County Arbore­tum and Botanic Gar­den on Sun­day, August 28. This is the course description:

Join us for a fun and relax­ing sum­mer evening mak­ing home­made, premier-​quality body care prod­ucts. For a sliver of the cost of nor­mal shelf prod­ucts, we will be cre­at­ing blends uti­liz­ing sim­ple, organic, safe ingre­di­ents suited to your own per­sonal skin care needs. You’ll get to take home the prod­ucts you make, along­with the knowl­edge to keep on mak­ing more!

You will receive a brief back­ground on cre­at­ing herbal prepa­ra­tions as well as spe­cial back­yard herbs suit­able for use on your beau­ti­ful, glow­ing body. Most of class is hands-​on, craft­ing prod­ucts with like-​minded par­tic­i­pants. Did you know that every­thing that comes into con­tact with our skin, such as mois­tur­iz­ers, per­fumes, and hair­care prod­ucts, gets absorbed into our bodies? Learn to make your own healthy, reju­ve­nat­ing skin care kit com­plete with: body balm, masque, scrub, hydrosol, and more! Please come pre­pared to make and sam­ple our creations.

Caitlin Bergman is a Per­ma­cul­ture Designer, Con­sul­tant, and Edu­ca­tor who has a grow­ing fol­low­ing of peo­ple who love tak­ing her empow­er­ing courses. Hold­ing a degree in Botany, and hav­ing served as the Arboretum’s Prop­a­ga­tion­ist and Per­ma­cu­ture Cura­tor, for the last decade Caitlin has also been con­sult­ing as an Herbal­ist. She totally enjoys guid­ing oth­ers into the world of plants and incor­po­rat­ing them into every­day lifestyles.

I think that about says it all. The class will be held at the Arbore­tum, 301 North Bald­win Avenue, Arca­dia, CA 91007 on August 28 from 4 — 7 pm. There are a few spaces left; con­tact Jill Berry at Jill.​Berry@​arboretum.​org or phone her at 626−821−4624. Caitlin’s web­site is at www​.sayper​ma​cul​ture​.com.

On the Web:

• Aus­tralian Native Plant Nurs­ery is fea­tur­ing a great look­ing orna­men­tal shrub, Adenan­thos Cunea­tus aka Coastal Jug Flower. Click in their link on the right to see it; go to dis­cover on the right side of the web­site. (www​.aus​tralian​plants​.com)
• Wei­d­ners Gar­dens in Encini­tas (under San Diego County Nurs­eries) is hav­ing their Annual Sale 8/​20 — 9/​5. (www​.wei​d​ners​.com)
• Nopal­ito Native Plant Nurs­ery in Ven­tura is hav­ing a sem­i­nar on Fall in the Organic Veg­gie Gar­den, Sat­ur­day Aug. 20 –free with pre-​registration