Incense Making Workshop with Marae Dalgas, Folk Herbalist
Sunday March 23, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Heart & Hands Health Collective, 2612 Quadra St.
MASKING REQUIRED – we are prioritizing the health and safety of our staff and attendees. If you forget yours, the clinic will have medical masks available for $2.
Workshop fees, $30 – 75 sliding scale. Pay what you can afford.
Course fee includes your custom cones small incense making recipe zine
to take home
Registration via e-transfer preferred to viriditasapotheca@gmail.com
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Join folk herbalist and medicinal herb farmer Marae Dalgas of Viritas Apothecary in a hands-on workshop crafting hand-rolled incense cones made with locally grown and farm-direct herbs, berries, roots, floral waters and honey. Participants will learn blending and hand rolling methods and take their custom cones home. We will discuss the use of plant smoke cross culturally as a mantle for intergenerational connection and healing.
We will explore both physiological and spiritual benefits of plant smoke, discussing its use across various cultural and historical contexts. The workshop will create space for conversations around the respectful use of plant smoke, acknowledging the issues of appropriation of Native American sacred plants and smudging practices.
We will highlight the importance of culturally relevant and respectful alternatives for folks of mixed ancestries. Marae will provide tips on at-home growing and sourcing ingredients in an urban setting. She will also share uses of plants rooted in her mixed Slavic and Scandinavian ancestral folk traditions.
If you’d like to work with a specific culturally significant-to you plant, you are welcome to bring it along! Tools will be available for grinding herbs during the session.
Viriditas Apothecary is a small scale medicinal, flower and vegetable farm located on the traditional and unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples.
Born of a desire to make medicinal plants and food more accessible, I farm using organic regenerative practices to promote resiliency and health of the soil, water and local flora and fauna. As an uninvited settler on these lands, I acknowledge the impact of historical and ongoing colonial violence and am committed to deepening my understanding of allyship and supporting indigenous self-determination.
My approach to clinical herbalism is rooted in a biomedical understanding of health that is also informed and woven with folk animist practice. I work with patients to discover the underlying causes of imbalance and to support physiological, emotional, mental and spiritual healing.
